Day: February 26, 2026

Indiana Crypto Rights Bill Heads for Governor’s Signature

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Indiana lawmakers sent a bill to Governor Mike Braun that would expand legal protections for cryptocurrency users and require certain state retirement and savings plans to offer a self-directed brokerage option with at least one crypto investment choice. House Bill 1042 (HB1042) for the “regulation and investment of cryptocurrency” cleared the legislature on Wednesday, with 59 lawmakers voting in favor and 33 against, according to data from Legiscan. The bill seeks to protect Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency investor rights, ban discriminatory crypto taxes and open the door for digital asset…

Gate Secures Malta PSD2 License for EU Payment Services

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Crypto exchange Gate has secured a Payment Institution license in Malta, a license under the European Union’s PSD2 framework, giving the crypto exchange a regulated foothold to offer payment services across the bloc alongside its existing crypto permissions. The company said Thursday that its Malta-based entity, Gate Technology, received the license from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). Gate said the approval supports its strategy of linking traditional payment infrastructure with Web3 services in Europe. The authorization adds payment capabilities to Gate’s existing EU crypto permissions. On Oct. 1, 2025,…

Bitcoin ETFs Gain Momentum as BlackRock Leads Inflows

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US spot Bitcoin funds extended their rebound Wednesday as BTC reclaimed $68,000, pulling in $506.5 million in inflows, the largest daily total since Feb. 2. Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are nearing a potential first week of inflows after five weeks of net outflows totaling $3.8 billion, with weekly inflows now at $560.4 million, according to SoSoValue data. The gains mark two consecutive days of inflows, hinting at a possible upside following a massive February sell-off that wiped out $20 billion in net assets. Weekly flows in US spot Bitcoin…

OCC Stablecoin Proposal Targets Yield, Sets Stage for CLARITY Act

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The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has dropped a 376‑page proposal to implement the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act that looks to settle the ongoing stablecoin yield fight. The proposal is open to public comment for 60 days from Wednesday’s publication date, and sets out detailed rules for permitted payment stablecoin issuers under the OCC’s jurisdiction. Supervised entities would be barred from paying any form of interest or yield, whether in cash, tokens, or other consideration, “solely in connection with the…

Whale Loses $8.2M in ARC Liquidation on Lighter as Protocol Contain Losses

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A big crypto trader lost $8.2 million after a leveraged bet on the ARC perpetuals market unraveled on the decentralized derivatives platform Lighter, forcing the exchange to tap its backstop liquidity and trigger auto-deleveraging to manage risk. In a series of posts on X, the platform explained that the whale built a very large long position over several days, pushing total open interest in the ARC (ARC) market to about $50 million, while about 600 traders and market makers took the opposite side. The trade began to fail when ARC’s…

AllUnity Launches Swiss Franc Stablecoin CHFAU

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AllUnity, a stablecoin platform backed by Deutsche Bank, has launched a new stablecoin denominated in Swiss francs (CHF). After introducing its euro-pegged EURAU stablecoin last year, AllUnity is rolling out CHFAU, a stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the franc, the company said in an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Thursday. Initially available to institutional and professional investors, CHFAU launches on the Ethereum blockchain as an ERC-20 token, with plans to expand to additional networks later this year. CHFAU enters the market fully aligned with the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA)…

Can XRP Price Recover in March?

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A convincing bullish reversal setup and hints of easing whale distribution may push the price of XRP up by 20% or more in March. XRP (XRP) is down more than 50% since October 2025, with five consecutive monthly losses. Can March finally snap the bearish streak? Key takeaways: XRP’s double-bottom setup targets 20% upside in March. Whale selling has cooled and larger-holder balances are rising, improving the bullish outlook. Double bottom hints at 20% XRP rally As of Thursday, XRP was forming what appeared to be a double bottom pattern…

Sygnum Select Launches Institutional Crypto Treasury Service

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Global digital asset banking group Sygnum has announced the launch of an institutional crypto asset management service targeting the $100 billion corporate crypto treasury sector. Sygnum Select, launched on Thursday, is described as a “discretionary mandate service” that applies Swiss banking’s established portfolio management model to crypto assets.  The service launches with live client mandates, client assets, and $200 million in actively managed portfolios already in place, a Sygnum spokesperson told Cointelegraph. The move comes amid solid growth in corporate and public digital asset treasury companies (DATs) over the last…

WLFI to Offer More Incentives for Token Holders Who Use USD1

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Trump family-backed crypto venture World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has proposed new measures to boost participation in governance through a staking system and incentivize the use of its stablecoin USD1. In its latest proposal on Wednesday, the team suggested governance votes should require holders to stake their tokens for at least 180 days to ensure “voting power is held by participants with long-term alignment to the protocol,” instead of “short-term holders or speculators.” Stakers would earn an annual percentage rate of 2% provided they participate in at least two governance votes…

Investors Don’t Hear Wall Street’s Crypto Chatter: Bitwise

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Traditional investors don’t yet realize the impact crypto may have on financial markets, meaning there could be an opportunity to invest in what the technology could eventually become, says Bitwise investment chief Matt Hougan. “Everywhere I look, Wall Street is screaming that finance is moving on-chain. Not a little of it; all of it,” Hougan said in a note on Tuesday. “Yet traditional investors can’t hear it.” He argued investors are suffering from “anchoring bias” and are still fixated on how crypto was perceived in its early days — when…