Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways Geopolitical Safe-Haven: Bitcoin is decoupling from tech stocks to act as "Digital Gold," surging toward $68,000 as investors hedge against the 10-day U.S.-Iran ultimatum. Gold-BTC Correlation: Both assets are rising in tandem; Gold is testing a historic $5,000 milestone while Bit...

Key Takeaways: The Support Battle: XRP successfully broke out of a falling wedge earlier this week but is now retesting that breakout level as support. If the $1.40 - $1.43 zone holds, analysts project a recovery toward the $1.71 resistance. A break below, however, could expose the asset to the $...

Summary The crypto market on February 20, 2026, continues to navigate a "consolidation and compliance" phase. Following the historic "October 2025 Crash"—which saw Bitcoin plummet from a peak of nearly $127,000 to its current levels—the market is struggling to find a stable floor. While...

Key Takeaways Summer 2026 Deadline: Mass blocking of unregistered foreign exchanges is expected to begin in July 2026, aligning with the introduction of new national crypto laws. Capture of Transaction Fees: The government aims to reclaim an estimated $15 billion in annual fees currently paid t...

Key Takeaways: Strategic Pivot, Not an Exit: Harvard isn't leaving crypto; it's rebalancing. By trimming its Bitcoin stake by 21%, the endowment freed up capital to diversify into other digital assets. First Major Ethereum Stake: The move marks Harvard's first disclosed entry into Ethereum, wit...

Key Takeaways Flight to Quality: Bitcoin and Ether are outperforming the market, indicating that investors are prioritizing stability over high-risk altcoin bets during uncertain macro conditions. Volatility Meltdown: The sharp drop in implied volatility suggests the "panic phase" is over, and ...

Key Takeaways AI Exploitation Outpaces Defense: Early results show a "security gap." OpenAI’s GPT-5.3-Codex achieved a staggering 72.2% success rate in exploit mode, but only fixed about 41.5% of those same bugs correctly. AI is currently a better hacker than it is a doctor. Real-World St...

Key Takeaways: XRP Leading Post-Pullback Crypto Rally XRP has outperformed major cryptocurrencies in the latest recovery phase, surging 15–20% in recent sessions while Bitcoin and Ethereum lag, driven by renewed institutional interest and regulatory clarity momentum. Investor inflows acce...

Key Takeaways “Unilateral control” — the ability of a single party or small group to alter protocol rules, upgrade code, pause functions, or extract value — has become the single most decisive factor regulators use to determine whether a DeFi protocol is truly decentralize...

Key Takeaways Lightning Labs released L402 (Lightning HTTP 402) as an open-source protocol combining Lightning Network micropayments with HTTP authentication, allowing servers to demand payment before delivering AI inference or data. L402 enables fully autonomous AI agents to pay per request in...

Key Takeaways Elon Musk's X platform is preparing to integrate stock and cryptocurrency trading directly into user feeds via "Smart Cashtags," with launch expected in the coming weeks as of early 2026. X Money — the platform's digital payments system, in partnership with Visa — is e...

Key Takeaways MicroStrategy asserts it can fully cover its $6 billion convertible debt even if Bitcoin drops 90% to $8,000, where asset value equals liabilities and equity reaches zero, without selling BTC reserves. The company's $49.3 billion Bitcoin holdings (at $69,000/BTC) and staggered not...

Key Takeaways The PIPPIN token surged 185.7% weekly and 31–54% in 24 hours to $0.51–$0.60 as of mid-February 2026, with market cap reaching $450–$747 million, driven by AI narrative hype and Solana meme momentum. Whale accumulations fueled the rally, with holdings up 5.5% wee...

Key Takeaways PENGU token rallied 10.15% in 24 hours to $0.00764 (market cap $434.5 million) as of February 15, 2026, outperforming Bitcoin by 5.64% with high turnover (21.7% volume-to-market-cap ratio). The surge is driven by Pudgy Penguins' ecosystem growth, including Visa Pengu Card launch, ...

Key Takeaways Morgan Stanley filed S-1 registration statements with the SEC on January 6, 2026, for spot Bitcoin and Solana ETFs (including staking for Solana), marking the first major U.S. bank to launch proprietary crypto ETFs. The bank recommends up to 4% Bitcoin allocation in high-growth po...