Thu, February 26

Bitcoin Price Weakens as Correlation With Stocks Hits Lowest Since FTX Collapse

Bitcoin’s price relationship with major equity indexes has weakened sharply, falling to its lowest level since the collapse of FTX in late 2022, according to on-chain data from analytics firm Santiment. Over the past six months, the statistical correlation between Bitcoin and U.S. stocks has declined by approximately 43%, a

14 hours ago 3 mins read

Peter Schiff Questions Bitcoin Rally Ahead of SOTU Address

Economist and Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff questioned the price increase of Bitcoin mere days before U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. The price of Bitcoin had risen by over $2,000 in the previous week, reaching close to $66,000 as traders bet on event-driven sentiment. Schiff expressed his

17 hours ago 3 mins read

Bitcoin Depot Requires ID for Every Crypto ATM Transaction

U.S. Bitcoin ATM operator Bitcoin Depot announced a new policy requiring customers to present identification for each transaction at its kiosks nationwide.The company launched a staged rollout of the new compliance process in February 2026, extending previous first-use ID requirements to all uses. This is in a bid to improve

20 hours ago 2 mins read

Canaan Acquires Cipher Mining’s 49% Stake in West Texas Bitcoin Venture for $39.75M

Canaan Inc., which is a Singapore-based bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer and mining operator, has purchased Ciper Mining’s 49% ownership stake in a joint mining venture in West Texas. The transaction was valued at $39.75 million and was completed through a stock deal rather than cash.  Inclusion in the Deal The

February 24, 2026 1 min read

Satlantis Launches Bitcoin Lightning Ticketing Platform

Satlantis has rolled out an events and ticketing platform that implants Bitcoin Lightning Network wallets right into user accounts and individual events. This allows organisers to issue tickets and accumulate Bitcoin payments without tracking traditional payment processors.  The platform works likewise to services such as Eventbrite and Luma, providing ticket

February 24, 2026 2 mins read

Michael Saylor Says Quantum Threat to Bitcoin Is Not Immediate

Michael Saylor, founder of Strategy,  formerly MicroStrategy, discussed concerns about the quantum threat to Bitcoin in an interview and clarified that it is not an immediate security risk at this time, as it is ten years away. ​On February 23, Natalie Brunell, who shared a recent episode of her Coin

February 24, 2026 2 mins read

Crypto Funds Shed $4B as Outflows Hit Five-Week Streak

Crypto investment funds continued to see withdrawals, extending five weeks of net outflows that have reached nearly $4 billion. According to the latest data from CoinShares, funds registered net outflows of $288 million last week alone. Market data indicate that institutional investors withdrew from crypto products, specifically spot Bitcoin exchange-traded

February 23, 2026 2 mins read

Winklevoss Stays Bullish as Gemini Faces Reset

Tyler Winklevoss says he feels optimistic precisely because crypto sentiment looks so bleak. However, the exchange he co-founded with his brother Cameron now faces a sharp strategic reset as financial pressures mount. As per the data available on Arkham, there has been a significant decline in the Bitcoin assets held

February 23, 2026 3 mins read

Bitwise Invest CIO Matt Hougan Defends Bitcoin with a Comparison to Gold

Matt Hougan, CIO of Bitwise, has come out in defense of Bitcoin. His defense comes as a response to ETF Institute Co-Founder Nate Geraci sharing a post by Tom Essaye wherein BTC has been tagged as a speculative asset. Matt earlier drew a parallel between Gold and Bitcoin based on

February 23, 2026 2 mins read
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