South Korea Evidence-vault Breach Exposes Loss of 22 BTC
South Korean investigators arrested two people after a procedural breakdown at Gangnam Police Station led to the disappearance of 22 Bitcoin, reported at roughly $1.4 million–$1.8 million in value. The core failure wasn’t market volatility or “hack sophistication,” it was basic custody control: authorities lost unilateral access to seized funds. The Gyeonggi Northern Provincial Police […]
UK Security Committee Chair Urges Temporary Moratorium on Crypto Donations to Political Parties
Matt Western, chair of the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, wrote to the government in late February 2026 urging a temporary moratorium on cryptocurrency donations to political parties. He framed the request as a national-security safeguard, warning that the anonymity of digital assets can widen the surface area for foreign interference. The call, made […]
Investor calls Bitcoin ETF outflows a ‘purification’ after $3.8B withdraws; market structure said intact
Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw about $3.8 billion of net outflows over five straight weeks, a stretch that culminated on Feb. 23, 2026 and coincided with BTC dipping below $63,000. The episode is being framed less as a broken ETF complex and more as a de-risking phase that shakes out short-duration holders while leaving the long-term […]
ZachXBT Tease Fuels Nearly $5.02 Million in Polymarket Bets; Exchanges and Solana Firms Top the List
Pseudonymous on-chain investigator ZachXBT posted a cryptic teaser alleging insider trading at a “highly profitable” crypto firm. The post immediately created a high-stakes information vacuum that markets tried to fill with speculation rather than verified facts.
JPMorgan Admits in Court Filing it Closed Donald Trump’s Accounts
JPMorgan Chase acknowledged in a recent court filing that it closed bank accounts tied to former President Donald Trump and his businesses in February 2021, following the January 6 Capitol attack. The filing is the first explicit confirmation from the bank that those specific accounts were terminated.
Agant CEO Warns UK Crypto Rule Delays Threaten Bid to Become Global Digital-asset Hub
Andrew MacKenzie, CEO of sterling stablecoin issuer Agant, said that the UK’s slow rollout of crypto rules risks pushing institutional liquidity and stablecoin issuance toward faster-moving jurisdictions such as the EU and the US. MacKenzie’s core message was that delayed licensing and unresolved stablecoin requirements weaken the UK’s ambition to position itself as a credible […]
Tokenized Gold Market Reached $6.12B
The tokenized gold market climbed to about $6.12 billion, adding more than $2 billion since the start of the year even as spot gold pulled back after a late-January high. That combination suggests demand for blockchain-based bullion exposure stayed intact despite short-term volatility in the underlying metal.
Grayscale: Bitcoin Acted Like a High‑growth Tech Trade in Early February, not a Stable ‘Digital Gold’
Grayscale’s take was blunt: during the early-February drawdown, Bitcoin traded less like a defensive store of value and more like a growth-oriented technology asset. The firm tied that conclusion to correlation data and flow behavior, arguing that Bitcoin’s short-term price action looked like a classic risk-off unwind in growth portfolios rather than anything uniquely “crypto-native.”
Gate.io Consolidates Crypto ETF Lead With 0.1% Daily Fee and Explicit Rebalancing Rules
Gate.io is positioning its leveraged crypto ETF suite as a more institutional-friendly venue by simplifying costs, expanding disclosure, and leaning on scale to keep liquidity resilient. The combination of an all-in daily management fee and more explicit operating rules is designed to reduce pricing ambiguity and execution guesswork, particularly for users who need predictable cost […]
Galaxy Digital Authorizes up to $200M Repurchase of Class A Common Stock
Galaxy Digital’s board authorized a share repurchase program of up to $200 million on February 6, 2026, and the company began buying shares the same day. The headline here is capital flexibility: Galaxy is putting a bid under its own Class A stock while retaining the option to pace, pause, or stop the program over […]