Category: Crypto News

BlackRock and Wintermute sold BTC and ETH hours before Trump’s speech as crypto markets saw rising volatility and volume. BlackRock reduced exposure to Bitcoin and Ethereum hours before a scheduled speech by former U.S. President Donald Trump. Blockchain data and market trackers show that millions of dollars in BTC and...

Uniswap plans to activate protocol fees on all v3 pools using a tier-based system for faster governance updates. The proposal expands protocol fees to eight networks, routing revenue back to Ethereum for UNI token burning. Governance will vote through two parallel proposals due to action limits in the onchain voting...

CME Group will launch 24/7 crypto futures and options trading on May 29, responding to record client demand and volumes. CME Group announced plans to launch 24/7 crypto futures and options trading starting May 29. The decision comes after record demand for digital asset risk management tools. Consequently, clients will...

Wallet 0xC32 linked to Arthur Hayes buys another $1M in HYPE, raising holdings to about $6.4M after multiple February purchases. On-chain data reveals that wallet 0xC32, widely associated with Arthur Hayes, has purchased another $1 million worth of HYPE, bringing total identified holdings to approximately $6.4 million after multiple transactions...

Ether.fi moves 70,000 crypto cards and $160M TVL to Optimism for faster payments. Users gain seamless payments, cashback in $USDC, $ETH, $BTC, and new DeFi features. Migration may shift major crypto card volume from Scroll, boosting Optimism’s Superchain. Ether.fi announced it will migrate its Cash product to Optimism’s OP Mainnet....

UAE mines $453.6M in Bitcoin with Citadel, holds most of it, and sits on $344M profit excluding energy costs. The United Arab Emirates has mined approximately $453.6 million worth of Bitcoin through its partnership with Citadel, continues to hold the majority of the mined assets with no major outflows in...

Apia, Samoa, February 19, 2026 — Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, today announced the launch of its AI-Native Revolution, initiating a company-wide transformation that embeds artificial intelligence into the core of its operating model, product philosophy, and long-term strategic direction. Rather than introducing AI as a standalone feature, Phemex is...

Ethereum plans to raise gas limits beyond 100M through unified execution and blob scaling in 2026. Native account abstraction and cross-L2 interoperability headline Ethereum’s user experience roadmap. Security and censorship resistance become core priorities with a new Harden the L1 track in 2026. The Ethereum Foundation has laid out its...

Bitcoin mining electricity cost in 2026 There are three main factors that determine the profitability of Bitcoin mining: electricity cost, hardware efficiency, and the price of BTC. A few years ago, getting a piece of digital gold was relatively easy and cheap, so the utility bill didn’t burn a hole...

NYSE President Lynn Martin says Polymarket’s 2024 Trump election odds preceded a spike in S&P futures; ICE invested $2B in Polymarket. Prediction markets are drawing attention from top financial leaders after NYSE President Lynn Martin said blockchain-based betting platforms influenced traditional markets, citing Polymarket’s early 2024 election call on Donald...