Month: February 2026

ARK Invest Upped Exposure To Crypto Stocks Amid Market Downturn

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Cathie Wood-founded asset manager ARK Invest revealed on Monday it had upped its exposure to crypto-linked stocks amid a stock slump this week. In a trade notification shared with Cointelegraph on Monday, ARK Invest indicated that it had bought shares in trading platform Robinhood, stablecoin issuer Circle, Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc, digital asset manager BitMine and crypto exchanges Coinbase and Bullish, among others.  The purchases were made primarily across two of the firm’s exchange-traded funds (ETFs),  including the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) and the ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF…

Bitcoin May Continue to Fall as No Catalysts Appear: Galaxy

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Bitcoin could continue its downtrend as there are few catalysts to reverse the cryptocurrency’s fortunes, says Galaxy Digital research lead Alex Thorn. Thorn said in a note on Monday that there is a “significant chance” that over the coming weeks, Bitcoin (BTC) could fall to the bottom of a gap in supply at $70,000 before testing its realized price of $56,000, the average cost of all BTC in circulation. “Catalysts remain hard to find and narratives are also working against Bitcoin as it fails to trade along with gold and…

Google Cloud teams up with telecom giant Liberty Global to deploy Gemini AI across Europe

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Google Cloud, Alphabet’s cloud computing unit, and Liberty Global, one of Europe’s largest telecoms groups, have entered into a five-year strategic partnership to modernize the company’s European telecom and TV business using Google’s AI and cloud tech, Reuters reported Monday. The partnership will focus on deploying Google’s Gemini AI models and cloud tools to power Liberty Global’s European operations, which manage about 80 million fixed and mobile connections across the continent. The deal is expected to help Liberty Global cut costs, upgrade networks, and roll out smarter consumer services, including…

Solana (SOL) Keeps $100 Alive, Recovery Push Faces First Test

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Solana failed to settle above $112 and extended losses. SOL price is now recovering above $102 but faces many hurdles near $108 and $110. SOL price started a decent recovery wave above $100 and $102 against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $110 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance at $108 on the hourly chart of the SOL/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The price could continue to move up if it clears $108 and $110. Solana…

HYPE Rises 20% After Hyperliquid Backs Prediction Markets

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HYPE gained double digits on Monday after the team behind HyperCore, the core infrastructure powering Hyperliquid’s layer-1 network, said it will support the HIP-4 proposal to expand into prediction markets. The integration would allow fully collateralized contracts on Hyperliquid, the largest decentralized perpetual futures crypto platform, enabling traders to wager on political elections, sports and other markets. In an X post on Monday, Hyperliquid said the support was driven by “extensive user demand” for prediction markets and bounded options-like instruments, while adding that HIP-4 could allow other novel applications to…

Tether And Opera Expand Stablecoin Access Via MiniPay Wallet

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Stablecoin issuer Tether and web browser provider Opera have partnered to expand financial access in emerging markets through the MiniPay stablecoin wallet app.  Tether announced on Monday that it was expanding support for its stablecoin USDt (USDT) and Tether Gold XAUT (XAUT) within MiniPay, Opera’s self-custodial wallet built on the Celo blockchain. Tether said the initiative is aimed at helping people in emerging markets such as Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia to access dollar-denominated stablecoins for savings and transfers.  “Tether’s mission has always been to provide simple, reliable access…

XRP Price Weakness Persists With Bears Eyeing A New Leg Lower

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Bitcoin supply in loss signals early bear market conditions: CryptoQuant

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Current on-chain data weakens the case for a healthy market pullback, according to CryptoQuant analyst Woo Minkyu, who noted rising supply in loss as a key warning indicator. “Losses are spreading across the supply, even without clear panic yet. This suggests the market is weakening structurally, rather than resetting for another expansion,” Minkyu wrote in a recent analysis. Supply in loss has risen to approximately 44% and continues to expand, even with Bitcoin trading above its realized price. According to Minkyu, similar conditions in previous cycles marked the onset of…

Tether Launches MiningOS, An Open-Source Bitcoin Mining Platform

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Stablecoin issuer Tether has released its open-source Bitcoin mining software, describing it as a means to simplify and scale Bitcoin mining while promoting further decentralization in the sector. In a post on X on Monday, Tether announced the rollout of MiningOS (MOS), stating that the software stack is a modular, scalable operating system built for use by anyone from hobbyists up to large-scale institutions.  “The mining industry has long been limited by closed systems and proprietary tools. MiningOS changes that — introducing transparency, openness, and collaboration into the core of…

Lack Of Leverage And Metals Rally Drag Down Ether Tom Lee

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Fundstrat head of research Tom Lee argues Ether’s recent slump should be seen as “attractive” as its fundamentals remain strong, and that it has only fallen due to a lack of leverage and a flight to precious metals.  The first quarter of 2026 is shaping up to be Ether’s (ETH) third-worst Q1 in history, with the asset down 21% so far this year, according to CoinGlass.  However, Lee said the price drop has come at a time when network on-chain activity and fundamentals have continued to grow. Ethereum daily transactions…