Day: February 26, 2026

Bloomberg, Kaiko Bring Licensed Data to Tokenized Markets

admin

Bloomberg is collaborating with Kaiko, a Paris-based digital asset market data provider, to make Bloomberg’s licensed financial data accessible directly within blockchain environments rather than through traditional offchain databases. The companies said Thursday that the initiative is designed to address the challenge of inconsistent data across tokenized markets.  In many tokenized asset ecosystems, companies may rely on different versions of pricing data, security identifiers or reference information, increasing the risk of discrepancies and operational inefficiencies. By enabling a common, licensed data source to be embedded onchain, the collaboration aims to…

Bitcoin Adoption Booms While Bear Market Deepens: Watch These Signals

admin

Since dropping by 35% between Jan. 14 and Feb. 5, Bitcoin (BTC) has consolidated in a range between $60,000 to $70,000 over the past 22 days. At the same time, several BTC adoption-linked metrics are moving in different directions across exchange-traded funds (ETFs), whales, miners, and corporate Bitcoin treasuries. These divergences highlight steady capital commitment beneath muted price action and how each signal fits into the bigger picture. Bitcoin ETF flows remain negative The 90-day rolling average of US spot Bitcoin ETF net flows has dropped to -$2.18 billion. Over…

Polymarket User Gains $400K Betting on ZachXBT Investigation

admin

As US policymakers scrutinize prediction markets platforms, many Polymarket users won bets over speculation as to which insider trading an online sleuth had exposed. Polymarket users betting on an employee at trading platform Axiom as the target of an insider trading investigation by ZachXBT were rewarded after the crypto sleuth announced the results on social media to his 977,500 followers. In a Thursday X post, ZachXBT said Axiom employee Broox Bauer and others allegedly were responsible for insider trading activity at the company “since early 2025.” According to the pseudonymous…

How XRP Is About To Create A Historical Losing Streak

admin

XRP’s higher-timeframe structure is approaching a rare technical milestone on the monthly chart. The cryptocurrency is still on an extended pullback from its 2025 highs above $3 and is now trading around $1.38. If the current price action trajectory holds into month-end, XRP could close February with the fifth straight red monthly candle. Such streaks are uncommon for XRP, and they have always come before major turning points. Now that March is approaching, the question is whether XRP is about to extend its losing run or finally break the pattern…

Morgan Stanley explores offering Bitcoin lending and yield services

admin

Morgan Stanley’s head of digital assets, Amy Oldenburg, said that lending and yield products tied to Bitcoin and other crypto holdings are under exploration as the bank develops a native custody and trading infrastructure. “That’s part of the discussion and exploration,” Oldenburg said during a conversation with Strategy CEO Phong Le at Strategy World 2026 this week, addressing a question about whether Morgan Stanley would consider offering yield and lending services against Bitcoin. “It’s a natural part of the roadmap to continue to explore. We’re in a very early journey…

PayPal not pursuing sale despite report of Stripe interest

admin

PayPal Holdings, the digital payments giant, is not currently engaged in acquisition discussions with Stripe or any other potential buyer, despite recent speculation about a possible takeover by the fintech firm. Executives at the payments company have spent months working with advisers to prepare defenses against a potential activist investor campaign or an uninvited acquisition bid, according to a Semafor report. Bloomberg reported this week that privately held payments company Stripe was exploring a potential acquisition of all or part of PayPal. However, Semafor said such a deal appears unlikely,…

How Does Trump Influence the Price of Bitcoin?

admin

Over the weekend, US President Donald Trump announced a raft of new tariffs in response to a Supreme Court decision that ruled many of his previous tariff hikes unconstitutional. Following news of the tariff hikes, crypto markets tumbled in an all-too-familiar pattern that has plagued the industry since April 2025, when Trump introduced the first spate of aggressive tariffs. Analysts have long noted the downward pressure these tariffs have put on crypto markets. But the US’ 47th president also has the distinct ability to pump markets. Bullish comments from the…

REX Shares Launches New ETF with Exposure to Coinbase and Strategy

admin

US-based asset manager REX Shares has launched an exchange-traded fund that bundles leveraged covered-call strategies tied to nine individual stocks, including crypto-linked names Coinbase and Strategy, into a single income-focused product trading under the ticker GIF. According to Thursday’s announcement, the fund holds equal-weighted positions in REX’s existing single-stock Growth & Income ETFs, each of which targets about 1.25x exposure to its underlying equity while writing covered calls on a portion of the portfolio to generate option premium income. GIF trades on Cboe Global Markets and each underlying ETF seeks…

XRP Price Turns Completely Bearish, But Is A Crash To $1 Still Possible?

admin

Crypto analyst CasiTrades has warned that the XRP price structure has turned bearish, putting the altcoin at risk of a further decline. The analyst also suggested that the price could still crash below $1 as it looks to find a bottom.  XRP Price Structure Shifts Bearish With Key Levels Below In an X post, CasiTrades stated that the XRP price structure has shifted bearish, with key levels below. She further revealed that price is starting to gather sell strength and that the trendline break is looking to form resistance. The…

AI, Bitcoin Mining Firms Tap High-Yield Bonds for Data Centers

admin

The AI and data center boom partly driven by Bitcoin miners is increasingly being financed through high-yield bond issuance, underscoring how lenders are pricing both risk and opportunity in the sector. According to TheEnergyMag’s latest newsletter, companies tied to AI data center development have raised about $33 billion in long-term senior notes over the past 12 months, excluding convertible debt — bonds that can later be converted into equity and typically carry different risk dynamics. The interest rate spread is notable: While regulated utilities and traditional energy companies generally borrow…