Feb 23, 2026

Revolut confirms ex-employee threatened to leak KYC data for crypto ransom

A crypto trader said a former Revolut employee tried to extort him and contacted his relatives. Revolut confirmed an investigation...

Feb 23, 2026

Curve founder says DeFi must ditch token emissions for real revenue

Curve founder Michael Egorov told Cointelegraph that protocols cannot “live without real revenues flowing” as token incentives los...

Feb 23, 2026

Standard Chartered sticks to $2T stablecoin call but trims T-bill impact

Standard Chartered slashed its forecast for T-bill demand from stablecoins to $800 billion to $1 trillion by 2028, but maintained...

Feb 23, 2026

Fictional 2028 AI memo imagines mass layoffs and stablecoin adoption

Citrini Research’s 2028 scenario imagines AI turbocharging corporate profits, while hollowing out consumer demand and quietly migr...

Feb 23, 2026

Austria’s regulator slaps new business ban on KuCoin’s EU exchange

The Austrian Financial Market Authority has frozen new business at KuCoin EU months after granting the exchange a MiCA license, ci...

Feb 23, 2026

Strategy adds 592 BTC for $40M in 100th Bitcoin purchase

Strategy bought 592 Bitcoin for $39.8 million in its 100th purchase, increasing holdings to 717,722 BTC.Strategy bought 592 Bitcoi...

Feb 23, 2026

How SocialFi, memecoins and AI pushed Base to the top of the L2 ladder

Base rode SocialFi, memecoins and AI agents to the top of Ethereum’s layer-2 ladder before turning inward to rebuild its core stac...

Feb 23, 2026

Bitmine paper loss nears $8.8B as Ether slump tests cyclical thesis

The mounting unrealized losses of Bitmine shareholders and Ether’s 60% decline are signaling a critical inflection point that may...

Feb 23, 2026

Crypto funds lose $288M as ETPs extend outflow run to five weeks

Crypto investment products posted outflows for a fifth straight week, marking the longest exit streak since the launch of spot Bit...

Feb 23, 2026

Bitcoin treasuries log rare selling streak as BTC trades near $66K

Continued selling from treasury companies and US Bitcoin ETFs threatens a deeper retracement for BTC, but some analysts see it as...