Bitmine Adds 45,759 ETH in One Week as Holdings Reach 4.37 Million Tokens
Bitmine Immersion Technologies added 45,759 ETH in one week, lifting total holdings to 4,371,497 tokens. The purchase strengthens its status as the largest Ethereum treasury globally. The company now controls about 3.62% of Ethereum’s 120.7 million token supply. Combined with cash and other investments, total holdings stand at $9.6 billion. Tom Lee(@fundstrat)'s #Bitmine bought another […]
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Your day-ahead look for Feb. 18, 2026
TradFi is selling crypto income on Wall Street but a hidden switch decides who gets in
Bitwise’s February announcement arrived as two moves packaged as one. The crypto asset manager announced a partnership with Morpho to launch curated yield vaults and simultaneously acquired Chorus One’s institutional staking business. It looks like a deliberate assembly: curation mechanisms to filter protocol risk, infrastructure to deliver returns, and enough operational scaffolding to make the […]
XRP Ledger rolls out members-only DEX for regulated institutions
A permissioned DEX amendment creates controlled versions of XRPL’s built-in exchange, letting approved entities decide who can place and take orders.
Peter Thiel Exits ETHZilla, Company Sells $74.5M in ETH Amid Market Pressure
Peter Thiel and his Founders Fund have sold $74.5 million worth of ether (ETH) through ETHZilla Corp., fully exiting the company’s crypto treasury. The SEC filing confirmed Thiel’s entities no longer hold any shares in ETHZilla. The sale follows a series of ether liquidations by ETHZilla to cover debt and buy back stock. The company […]
Milo tops $100 million in crypto-backed mortgages, closes record $12 million deal
The firm, which holds mortgage provider licenses in ten U.S. states with more to follow, has a perfect track record of zero margin calls across its mortgage portfolio.
Milo Tops $100 Million in Crypto Mortgages, Record $12 Million Home Loan
Bitcoin Magazine Milo Tops $100 Million in Crypto Mortgages, Record $12 Million Home Loan Milo, a Miami-based financial technology firm focused on crypto-backed lending, announced it has originated more than $100 million in crypto mortgages, marking a milestone in the use of digital assets as collateral for home financing and purchasing. The company said the […]
Bitcoin Sees $1 Billion Inflows from Abu Dhabi Funds via BlackRock ETF
Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Investment Company and Al Warda Investments increased their Bitcoin holdings on February 17, 2026, when they acquired more shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), the regulated spot Bitcoin ETF issued by BlackRock. The investments came at a time when BTC was declining by 23% in Q4 2025. By the end of
Bitcoin’s (BTC) Brutal Winter: 2026 Sparks Bold Hope
Bitcoin reached its fifth major drop since Michael Saylor first entered the cryptocurrency market. The pattern is familiar. Prices surge. Leverage builds. Then gravity returns. The word is back. Crypto winter. Strategy chairman spoke in a calm manner. Saylor spoke on Fox Business to confirm what most investors believed about market conditions, which had turned
Peter Thiel Dumps ETHZilla Stake Amid Pivot to Aviation Tokenization
Peter Thiel exits ETHZilla after selling his entire stake as the Ethereum treasury company changes its strategy and launches its Eurus Aero aviation token. The sale comes on the heels of the company’s recent drop in stock price and strategic pivot to tokenized aviation assets. In a latest filing to the US Securities and Exchange
eToro Sees Record $69M Q4 Profit: CFO Says “Company Is Well Positioned To Deliver Accelerated Growth In 2026”
Israel-based social trading platform, eToro announced its strongest quarter on record with $227 million in net revenues for Q4 2025, up 6% from $215 million in Q3, and a whopping $69 million net profit. Furthermore, the company’s full-year revenues reached $868 million, a 10% increase from $788 million in 2024, while net profit climbed 12% […]
CFTC Claims Exclusive Authority Over Prediction Markets: Chair Selig Says, “This Power Grab Ignores The Law, Decades Of Precedent”
On 17 February 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed an amicus brief asking for exclusive federal jurisdiction over prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi. With this, CFTC has directly challenged state governments’ attempts to regulate event contracts as gambling products. The filing in the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit […]