The total crypto market capitalization slipping to about $2.41 trillion as investors locked in profits following recent gains.
The days of buying almost any altcoin and watching it double during a crypto bull run may be finished. That's the assessment of Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management, who argues that the mechanics driving previous altcoin seasons have fundamentally broken down.
The numbers are hard to spin. According to the Chainalysis 2026 Crypto Crime Report, illicit cryptocurrency transactions reached at least $154 billion in 2025 - a 162% jump from the revised 2024 figure of $57.2 billion.
The first U.S. spot ETF tracking Polkadot's native token launched Thursday, as 21Shares began trading TDOT on the Nasdaq — a regulatory milestone that gives institutional investors direct, regulated exposure to DOT for the first time.
Kazakhstan's National Bank has carved out a portfolio of up to $350 million from its gold and foreign exchange reserves - now totaling $69.4 billion - for investment in cryptocurrency-linked instruments.
The noise around Bitcoin right now is loud - most of it bearish. But strip away the sentiment and look at the data, and a different picture starts to emerge.
Bitcoin is approaching what analysts describe as a historically significant timing window - one that, in previous cycles, has coincided with macro bear market bottoms.
Ethereum is regaining strength, with several prominent market analysts arguing that the asset may be significantly undervalued despite improving technical conditions.
Bitcoin closed February 2026 with one of the weakest performances in its history, marking the third worst February on record.
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