Tether has announced it will discontinue support for its offshore yuan-pegged stablecoin CNH₮, marking another step in the company’s ongoing restructuring of its product lineup.
The oil market is off to its strongest start since 2022, with crude prices hovering near seven-month highs as of February 21, 2026.
President Donald Trump has escalated his trade offensive, announcing a 15% global tariff on imports effective immediately.
A senior official at the European Central Bank has argued that the United States - not its trading partners - has paid the heaviest price for the tariffs introduced by President Donald Trump.
Bitwise Asset Management Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has once again outlined what he calls the “Mount Rushmore” of crypto assets for the current market cycle - Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and Chainlink.
On February 20, 2026, MARA Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) finalized its acquisition of a controlling 64% stake in French computing infrastructure operator Exaion, a subsidiary of energy giant EDF (Électricité de France).
The cryptocurrency market is showing modest recovery signs on February 21, 2026, following months of sustained downside pressure since the October 2025 peak.
On February 20, 2026, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried published a lengthy X thread from prison titled “10 Myths About Me & FTX”.
In 2025, aggregate cryptocurrency flows to darknet markets (DNMs) and drug vendors reached nearly $2.6 billion, with total inflows to drug-related addresses slightly exceeding $2.5 billion, a modest year-over-year increase despite ongoing enforcement actions.
Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds posted fresh inflows on Feb. 20, snapping a stretch of volatility-driven outflows, while Ethereum- and Solana-linked products showed only modest activity and XRP funds were flat.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has rejected the idea of refunding billions of dollars in tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court, calling potential repayments to corporations “the ultimate form of corporate welfare.”
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission introduced a major shift in how broker-dealers can treat certain stablecoins on their balance sheets.



