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Trustworthy editorial content reviewed by industry-leading experts and experienced editors. Advertising disclosure After months of aggressive positioning, Bitcoin’s market structure is increasingly defined by caution rather than conviction. Traders are pulling back as macroeconomic and geopolitical risks resurface. Bitcoin traders adopt deleveraging strategies in volatile markets According to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfrost, investors are refraining from taking risky leveraged positions in Bitcoin futures. This change in behavior is most noticeable on Binance. It currently dominates global BTC futures trading, accounting for over 31% of total Bitcoin open interest (excluding CME — Chicago Mercantile Exchange). The BTC estimated leverage ratio on the…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed herein belong solely to the authors and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news editorials. I’ve watched enough liquidation cascades to know that prices move faster than the story, timelines are filled with confident views, and even experienced traders start reacting to the loudest signals in the room. The central challenge in these minutes is to maintain a consistent decision-making process when the environment attempts to break it. summary Volatility exposes the limits of attention. When markets cascade, traders don’t just need predictions, they need compressed context. AI becomes a “second screen”…

Nakamoto Corporation (NASDAQ: NAKA) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of BTC Inc and UTXO Management GP, LLC (“UTXO”), finalizing the merger agreement announced earlier this month. The transaction consisted entirely of the issuance of Nakamoto common stock. BTC Inc. and UTXO security holders received 364,795,104 shares of Nakamoto stock for a total value of $81,632,852 based on Nakamoto’s closing price of $0.248 on February 19, 2026. In yesterday’s Form 8-K filing, Nakamoto revealed that both businesses reported combined revenue of $80.5 million, EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, amortization) of $34.2 million, and net income of $40.1 million…

The Bitcoin price trend has entered a significant consolidation phase, with the major cryptocurrency currently testing the psychological and structural lower bounds around $60,000 to $66,000. After reversing from local highs, BTC $68,070 24 hour volatility: 0.1% Market capitalization: $1.36 trillion Vol. 24 hours: $1.887 billion is trading within a tightening range defined by significant support and resistance levels. Traders are watching this corridor closely as the technical formation suggests an impending breakout that could determine the direction of the market in the next quarter. As volatility diminishes, the market is waiting for a decisive move to see if this…

A federal judge in Tennessee has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing gambling laws against prediction market operator Calci’s sporting event contracts. The ruling, issued Thursday by Judge Aleta Trauger of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, allows Calsi to continue offering sports-related event deals to users in the state while its lawsuit against Tennessee regulators proceeds.Trauger said Carsi’s argument that federal commodity law pre-empts Tennessee’s attempt to regulate sports markets as illegal gambling is likely to succeed. The court concluded that Kalsi’s sporting event contract was a “swap” under the Commodity Exchange Act, which confers…

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials published on this page are for educational purposes only. Several new projects were listed on CoinMarketCap this week, including Monstro DeFi, Espresso, and BitGW. The BitGW team says this development is not just about brand exposure. This represents the integration of the crypto market into a global reference layer, which will be the framework by which exchanges will be continuously evaluated, compared and monitored. BitGW is right on this observation. CoinMarketCap is more than just a directory. For millions of users, institutional analysts, compliance professionals, and infrastructure providers,…

Open this photo in gallery:Bitcoin and stablecoins are often lumped together, but stablecoins should be considered direct competitors, write Paul Bewdley and Amartya Lahiri.Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty ImagesPaul Bewdry is a professor at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver School of Economics and a former deputy governor of the Bank of Canada. Amartya Lahiri is a Royal Bank Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics.Since its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has received increasing attention from investors, regulators, and technology enthusiasts. Bitcoin, which operates on a peer-to-peer network using blockchain technology, was the first operational cryptocurrency made available to individual users. Reflecting this…

Société Générale, a leading French multinational bank, has introduced a euro-denominated stablecoin to the XRP Ledger. The move marks the third network integration of the bank’s digital tokens, following previous launches on Ethereum and Solana. The stablecoin, known as EUR CoinVertible, is operated through the bank’s digital asset arm, SG-FORGE. It is fully backed by euro cash deposits or high-quality securities and is compliant with the European Union’s crypto asset market framework. According to CoinGecko data, EUR CoinVertible has a circulation of approximately 65.8 million euros, making it the third largest euro stablecoin by market value. SG FORGE said this…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed herein belong solely to the authors and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news editorials. Anyone paying real attention to the stablecoin market knows that these assets are firmly entrenched among the most important components of the modern digital economy. By late 2025, the market capitalization of stablecoins will already exceed $300 billion, which shows how much trust people have in stablecoins. summary Stablecoins have crossed the threshold. With market capitalization exceeding $300 billion and card usage skyrocketing, stablecoins are no longer an experiment and are becoming core payment infrastructure. Banks are…

Bitcoin may need a radical fix against quantum threats, as CryptoQuant founder advocates freezing inactive wallets holding billions of BTC. Ki Young Ju, founder of CryptoQuant, proposed that future Bitcoin (BTC) quantum upgrades may require freezing old addresses to prevent potential theft by quantum computers. He also believes the risks will be difficult to address because the crypto community has historically struggled to agree on protocol changes. Quantum risk solutions In a social media post, Ju explained that anyone holding BTC with the old address type faces the same risks. This is because if a quantum machine were to evolve…