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U.S. stocks opened with a burst of optimism Wednesday, but by mid-afternoon that enthusiasm had faded as stronger-than-expected jobs data pushed Treasury yields higher and trimmed hopes for near-term Federal Reserve rate cuts. Wall Street’s Early Pop Fizzles as Hot Jobs Data Lifts Yields, Weighs on Stocks At the time of writing, on Feb. 11, 2026, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down roughly 120 points, or 0.2%, near 50,068 after briefly climbing more than 300 points earlier in the session. The S&P 500 slipped about 0.2% to around 6,928, while the Nasdaq Composite trailed with a 0.5% drop to…

South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, Upbit, Bithumb, and Coinone, announced that they have lifted their previous delisting order for IoTeX ($IOTX). This development is seen as a significant step towards restoring confidence in the project. The exchanges stated that the factors that led to $IOTX being placed on the watchlist have been resolved following a comprehensive review process. The review included direct communication with the project team and a detailed assessment of the past security incident and the response to it. Authorities emphasized that the technical reports and improvement steps submitted by the IoTeX team were deemed sufficient, concluding that…

Euroclear, one of the world’s leading financial market infrastructure providers with €40.7 trillion in assets under custody, has partnered with Chainlink to address the corporate actions problem. Corporate actions, the processes by which companies distribute dividends, execute stock splits, manage rights issues, and handle other ownership-affecting events, cost the global financial system more than $58 billion every year in errors, reconciliation failures, and operational overhead. That number has persisted for decades because the underlying infrastructure handling these events was never designed for the scale and complexity of modern capital markets. Euroclear has €40.7 trillion ($46+ trillion) in assets under custody.Together…

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), led by Fundstrat Global Advisors’ co-founder Thomas “Tom” Lee, is rolling out its MAVAN staking solution after months of infrastructure preparation, the company announced Wednesday. MAVAN, short for Made-in-America Validator Network, is a proprietary staking platform built to dominate institutional Ethereum staking and expand into broader blockchain infrastructure services. It was first teased in late 2025 earnings reports for a Q1 2026 debut. “MAVAN represents a critical step in our vision to build one of the leading staking and on-chain infrastructure platforms globally,” Lee said in a statement. “We plan to expand across additional proof-of-stake networks…

Washington’s stablecoin stalemate is hardening into a fight that banks recognize immediately as a deposit issue. The dispute is no longer centered on whether dollar-linked tokens should exist. It centers on whether they should be treated as deposits, especially if consumers can earn interest-like rewards simply for holding them. A recent White House meeting aimed at breaking a deadlock between banking and crypto trade groups ended without agreement, with stablecoin interest and rewards still the central fault line. The timing is not incidental. Stablecoins have grown beyond a niche plumbing layer for crypto trading and cross-venue settlement. Total stablecoin supply…

Jeffrey Huang, the Taiwanese-American entrepreneur known as Machi Big Brother, has lost around $75 million through leveraged trading on decentralized perp exchange Hyperliquid over the past six months. MACHI BIG BROTHER IS DOWN TO HIS LAST $30,000Machi Big Brother went from being up $44.84M to losing EVERYTHING. He is down a total of $75.19 MILLION in the past 6 months.Will he ever make it back? pic.twitter.com/lebBmrDpF1 — Arkham (@arkham) March 23, 2026 According to Lookonchain, Huang’s account has endured 335 separate liquidations, earning him the title of “King of Liquidations.” Moreover, data from Hyperdash showed that his total profits peaked…

Bitcoin’s miner supply picture remains tighter than in past cycles, but not tight enough to call it a true supply shock. New data from Axel Adler Jr.’s latest Bitcoin Morning Brief suggests miners still retain a meaningful over-the-counter reserve even as exchange-directed selling pressure stays elevated. Bitcoin Miners Flash Mixed Signal Adler’s core argument rests on two separate but related indicators. One tracks the 30-day moving average of $BTC inflows from miners to exchanges, which serves as a direct proxy for realized selling pressure entering the market. The other measures the aggregate $BTC balance held on OTC addresses associated with…

Vienna-based crypto broker Bitpanda is launching a new blockchain network aimed at bringing tokenized assets into Europe’s regulated financial system, as institutions look to move toward always-on markets. The company said Wednesday that its “Vision Chain,” built with the Vision Web3 Foundation and Optimism OP$0.1126, will provide infrastructure for banks and fintechs to issue and settle tokenized assets under EU rules such as MiCA and MiFID II. The network uses compliant euro-denominated stablecoins for transaction fees to avoid the volatility tied to typical crypto payments on public chains. It also relies on Optimism’s Ethereum-based infrastructure to handle settlement and scaling.…

Ethereum continues to navigate a fragile recovery phase as traders weigh mixed technical signals, shifting liquidity, and evolving long-term risks. Recent price behavior on the 4-hour chart shows a market caught between cautious optimism and lingering bearish pressure. While buyers attempt to reclaim momentum above key levels, repeated rejections and weakening indicators suggest that conviction remains limited. Consequently, Ethereum sits at a critical crossroads, where short-term direction may shape broader sentiment in the weeks ahead. Range-Bound Structure Signals Indecision Ethereum’s broader structure still reflects a prior downtrend, marked by consistent lower highs and lows. However, price action has recently transitioned…

Memecoin trading is sending a bear market signal, based on the performance of legacy memes. Despite the rise in small-scale token launches, meme tokens crashed in the past year. The memecoin market showed the first indications of a shift in sentiment, and may be considered a sign that crypto is in the depths of a bear market. Memes usually measure exuberance and the inflow of mainstream retail money. However, there are significant outflows from legacy memes, including the original Dogecoin ($DOGE). Dogecoin was expected to become a mainstream asset, especially after the major boost from Elon Musk. However, after years…