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Spain’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bit2Me, moved 5.3 billion euros (around $6.24 billion) in trading volume in 2025, an eightfold jump since 2023, as it shifted from a consumer-facing platform to backend infrastructure for banks and law enforcement. That volume was accompanied by growth in business-to-business revenue, which jumped from 18% of the total in 2023 to 27% in 2025. Crypto-backed loans, a relatively new offering, rose 672% in a single year, with the company’s CFO, Pablo Casadio, saying he sees the crypto industry entering a financial infrastructure phase that the company is taking advantage of, given its backing. The exchange,…

Crypto built the plumbing, but it still hasn’t built the products. This was a common theme at the annual Ethereum development conference $ETH Denver last week, as attendees attempted to shift the focus away from a continually down market and to building better Web3 products. Two prominent voices at the event, $ETH Denver founder John Paller and Aztec Foundation founder Zachary Williamson, delivered a blunt assessment of why blockchain has yet to win over mainstream users. “When you look at what we’ve accomplished in 10 years, we have built an amazing amount of technology and architecture and scaffolding and plumbing…

Kelp’s Liquid restaking token rsETH has now officially gone live on the Mantle network, which is a significant advancement towards spreading the use of restaked $ETH across chains. The launch presents new users with lending, borrowing, and liquidity prospects in the expanding decentralized finance infrastructure in Mantle. rsETH is now live on @Mantle_Official 🌱Our LRT expands to Mantle’s growing DeFi ecosystem, with exciting opportunities across lending and liquidity.🧵 pic.twitter.com/KoJS4sPNzd — Kelp (@KelpDAO) February 19, 2026 Kelp DAO, the developers of rsETH, announced the launch pointing out Mantle as one of the major expansion markets. Bringing rsETH to Mantle gives users…

Ethereum price today trades near $1,954, trading flat in the past 4 hours as the token consolidates inside a tightening symmetrical triangle pattern. The move comes as Bitwise senior research associate Max Shannon warns $ETH could crash 22% to $1,500, while analysts dispute claims that 50% of supply is staked. Analyst Warns Of 22% Drop To $1,500 As Worst Streak Looms According to Max Shannon, senior research associate at Bitwise, Ethereum price risks crashing 22% to hit $1,500 as it tracks toward its worst losing streak in history. If the second-largest cryptocurrency continues falling in March, it would approach the…

São Paulo-based cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin (MB), one of Latin America’s largest trading platforms, released a report outlining six major trends it expects to define the crypto market in 2026. The report identifies a major expansion in stablecoins, tokenization, altcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and AI-driven trading as key forces shaping the next phase of the industry. Bitcoin to gold ratio changes MB estimates that bitcoin $BTC$90,566.73 could reach 14% of gold’s market capitalization by the end of 2026. That ratio is currently at 5.65%, meaning that, all else equal, the price of bitcoin would more than double. The report cites…

Limited stablecoin rewards are favored by the White House, and if bankers sign off, they’ll be in the next draft of the crypto market structure bill, according to two people familiar with the negotiation. At a Thursday working session meant to secure common ground on stablecoin rewards between banks and the crypto industry, the White House made it clear that certain rewards programs were going to stay in the next draft of the crypto market structure bill, the people said. Representatives of Wall Street banks that attended the meeting actively worked on that language, and the White House will put…

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced its support for the network upgrade and hard fork process on the Shentu ($CTK) network. According to a statement from the exchange, deposit and withdrawal operations for tokens on the Shentu ($CTK) network will be temporarily suspended as of February 25, 2026, at 3:00 PM. This step was taken to protect user experience and manage the technical transition process smoothly. The network upgrade and hard fork are expected to occur at block height 28,124,200, around 4:00 PM on February 25, 2026. Binance stated that it will handle all necessary technical…

In a development reshaping the global financial landscape, investment firm VanEck has disclosed a stunning fact: at least 13 national governments are now actively mining Bitcoin. This revelation, reported by former Bitcoin Magazine editor Pete Rizzo, signals a profound shift in how sovereign states view and interact with the world’s premier cryptocurrency. According to Matthew Sigel, VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research, this state-sponsored activity marks a critical evolution from speculative investment to strategic national infrastructure. The implications for monetary policy, energy security, and technological sovereignty are immense, fundamentally altering the Bitcoin network’s geopolitical dynamics. VanEck’s Government Bitcoin Mining Revelation…

Neo SPCC has published NeoFS Node v0.51.1, a follow-up to the v0.51.0 release that shipped earlier this month. The update focuses on new administration and diagnostic tooling, several storage-layer bug fixes, and performance improvements to metabase resynchronization. NeoFS Node v0.51.1 The v0.51.1 release introduces new CLI commands and a storage node observability metric alongside a set of targeted bug fixes and dependency updates. On the tooling side, a new container policy check command allows operators to verify whether a container’s placement policy can be satisfied by the current network map, providing a quick diagnostic for policy misconfiguration. The neofs-adm utility…

For years, crypto markets have operated with a clear gap. DeFi introduced open and transparent trading, while centralized exchanges continued to handle most price discovery. The difference came down to infrastructure. Most blockchains focused on running applications, not high-speed trading. Order books, tight spreads, and real-time hedging demand fast execution and low costs, and that level of performance is now becoming non-negotiable. At these volumes, the pressure on infrastructure becomes obvious. According to DeFiLlama, decentralized perpetual futures markets are now clearing roughly $20–30 billion in daily volume, with monthly volumes regularly approaching the $1 trillion range depending on market conditions.…