Stablecoins are moving beyond trading desks and into geopolitics.
Crypto.com said it has received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a federally regulated national trust bank, marking a significant step in the digital-asset platform’s push to expand its U.S. footprint.
U.S.-listed cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds posted diverging flows on Feb. 23, with Bitcoin products extending outflows while Ethereum funds also saw redemptions.
Washington’s crypto rulebook may soon get past one of its most stubborn roadblocks: whether stablecoin issuers and platforms can legally attach rewards to their tokens.
Digital assets extended their retreat Tuesday, pushing the total cryptocurrency market capitalization down to $2.19 trillion, a decline of roughly 3.05% over 24 hours, as investor sentiment deteriorated sharply.
The global crypto industry recorded more than $143 million in fresh funding between February 16 and February 22, 2026, spread across 10 publicly disclosed deals.
Taylor Lindman, a senior legal executive at Chainlink Labs, has been appointed chief counsel of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force, according to a statement from the blockchain data provider.
The court-appointed official dismantling the remnants of Terraform Labs has filed suit against Jane Street Group, alleging the trading firm leveraged privileged information to profit during the dramatic unraveling of the TerraUSD stablecoin and its sister token, Luna.
Bitcoin is trading near $62,920, marking its first sustained move below the $63,000 threshold since 2024.
Ethereum’s ecosystem continues to show strong technical momentum, with new data highlighting which projects are attracting the most developer attention.
Austria’s top financial regulator has stepped in against the European arm of KuCoin, freezing its ability to take on new business just months after granting it a key regulatory license.
Private equity is closing 2025 at record scale, even as the industry grows more selective and concentrated.



