Month: February 2026

Bitcoin Support Reclaim Fails as BTC Price Sinks Below $68,000

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Bitcoin price strength failed to reclaim a key support zone with traders still expecting the bear market to match previous cycles. Bitcoin (BTC) began to give back gains at Thursday’s Wall Street open as bulls faced a new resistance headache. Key points: Bitcoin fails to reclaim some recently-lost support levels as its $70,000 rebound loses momentum. Traders stay highly cautious on BTC price action across short and long time frames. Calling the end of the bear market is “probably premature,” analysis says. BTC price strength fizzles below $70,000 Data from…

Decibel activates mainnet perpetuals trading on Aptos with $50M in pre-deposits

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Institutional-grade on-chain order book launches after strong testnet with 700,000+ accounts and over $50M in deposits. Decibel, a perpetuals exchange developed by Aptos Labs, launched today on the Aptos mainnet, bringing fully on-chain derivatives trading to the blockchain network. The platform executes all trading operations directly on-chain, including order matching, settlement, and risk management. During its public testing period, Decibel attracted more than 700,000 unique accounts and processed over one million trades daily. The exchange secured over $50M in pre-deposits before going live. Daily active users during the testnet phase…

Jane Street 10 AM Bitcoin Dump Claims Split Analysts

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Cryptocurrency investors accused quantitative trading company Jane Street of pressuring Bitcoin’s price with a daily, programmatic sell-off at the US market open, but market analysts and data suggest the pattern is not consistent, and no single company can force Bitcoin into a prolonged bear market. The claims surged online a day after Terraform Labs’ court-appointed administrator sued Jane Street, alleging insider trading tied to transactions that worsened the collapse of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin ecosystem in May 2022. Several market watchers, including crypto influencer Justin Bechler, have argued that Jane Street’s…

Mastercard, MetaMask Launch Self-Custody Crypto Card in US

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Self-custodial cryptocurrency wallet MetaMask is rolling out its Mastercard-enabled spending card in the United States, with first-time availability in New York. MetaMask parent company Consensys on Thursday announced the general availability of the MetaMask Card across the US following initial pilots in 2025 and 2024. With the US launch, MetaMask Card joins existing availability in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, European Economic Area countries, Mexico, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, with additional markets to follow, the company said in an announcement shared with Cointelegraph. “This is the first time MetaMask Card is…

American Bitcoin’s Trump‑Backed Mining Bet Nets $59M Q4 Loss

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American Bitcoin Corp. (ABTC) reported a fourth quarter 2025 net loss of $59.5 million, even though its revenue climbed to $78.3 million, up 22% from the third quarter, according to its latest earnings release and 8‑K filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  The Trump family‑backed Bitcoin (BTC) miner posted a Q4 gross margin of 53% and said it had “mined Bitcoin at a 53% discount” to spot purchasing. A sizable non‑cash loss on digital assets contributed to a full-year 2025 net loss of $153.2 million, driven…

ZachXBT alleges Axiom staff member abused internal access for insider trading

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Axiom Exchange, a Solana-based trading platform backed by Y Combinator, is facing allegations that a staff member exploited internal tools to access private user wallet data and potentially facilitate insider-style trading since early 2025. ZachXBT, an independent on-chain investigator, published findings today identifying Broox Bauer, a senior business development employee based in New York, as a central figure in the alleged scheme. 1/ Meet @WheresBroox (Broox Bauer), one of the multiple @AxiomExchange employees allegedly abusing the lack of access controls for internal tools to lookup sensitive user details to insider…

Grvt Integrates Aave for Traders to Earn Yield on Perp Collateral

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Decentralized perpetual futures exchange (perp DEX) Grvt said it has integrated the Aave lending protocol to let traders earn yield on collateral posted for margin while keeping their derivatives positions open. The company said Thursday that the feature is designed to reduce the opportunity cost of margin collateral that typically sits idle on trading venues. Perpetual futures are crypto derivatives that track an asset’s price and do not expire. “On most platforms, your capital can only do one thing at a time,” Hong Yea, CEO of Grvt, told Cointelegraph. “Your…

OKX Integrates Chainalysis Alterya for Pre-Withdrawal Scam Screening

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Crypto exchange OKX has expanded its relationship with blockchain analytics company Chainalysis by integrating Alterya, a fraud-detection platform designed to identify scam-related payment destinations before funds are sent. The partnership reflects a broader shift among exchanges from post-transaction blockchain monitoring toward earlier intervention, particularly in cases where users are persuaded to transfer funds to scam-controlled accounts, OKX told Cointelegraph.  Alterya analyzes scam infrastructure across websites, social media and messaging channels, and links those signals to financial identifiers such as crypto wallets and bank accounts. Integrated into withdrawal flows, the system…

Vitalik Buterin exceeds target after selling over 17,000 ETH

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has continued to sell Ethereum, bringing his total recent sales to 17,196 ETH, worth approximately $35 million, according to on-chain data. The amount now exceeds his original plan to sell 16,384 ETH. In January, Buterin disclosed plans to liquidate a portion of his holdings to support long-term ecosystem initiatives. Proceeds from the sales are earmarked for privacy-focused projects and open-source development efforts. He stated that the strategy was meant to reinforce the network’s infrastructure during a period of elevated volatility. The sales were executed through both…

Wallet in Telegram Adds DeFi “Vaults” to Earn on BTC, ETH and USDt

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Telegram’s built-in crypto wallet has introduced a feature that allows users to earn returns on major cryptocurrencies inside the messaging app. The update introduces vaults in TON Wallet, a self-custodial wallet integrated within Wallet in Telegram, enabling users to hold, send and earn on Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and Tether’s USDt (USDT) without leaving the chat interface, according to a Thursday announcement shared with Cointelegraph. “At Wallet in Telegram, our mission is to transform digital assets from complex concepts into practical tools for everyday life,” said Andrew Rogozov, CEO of…