Strategy Adds 2,486 Bitcoin As Saylor Doubles Down Despite Market Slump
Michael Saylor revealed on Feb 17 that Strategy has purchased another 2,486 BTC for roughly $168.4 million, paying an average of $67,710 per coin. The buy comes at a time when Bitcoin remains under pressure, with many investors debating whether the market is entering another long downturn. With this latest acquisition, Strategy’s cumulative BTC holdings
XRP Emerges As The Crypto Everyone’s Talking About, Grayscale Says
Reports of real-world trials and steady questions from advisers are giving XRP and its network fresh attention, but the story is part optimism and part early-stage testing. Grayscale Investments Reports Growing Advisor Questions According to people familiar with sales desks, the firm’s teams keep hearing the same line from financial advisers: clients want to know […]
Is Jane Street Manipulating Bitcoin? The Viral Theory Explained
A fresh round of Bitcoin market-manipulation chatter is ricocheting through crypto X after Jane Street added 7,105,206 shares of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, in Q4 2025, bringing its reported position to 20,315,780 shares. Speculators tie this disclosure to a long-running rumor about a daily “10AM” sell program. Is Jane Street Manipulating The Bitcoin Price? […]
Why Dogecoin Could Repeat History And What The Outcome Would Be
Dogecoin is trading under low pressure, struggling to build sustained upside momentum due to low bullish sentiment in the entire market. The leading meme coin has had its price action trading around the $0.1 support, with buyers and sellers locked in a tight battle. However, crypto analyst Cryptollica has shared a chart that suggests that […]
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 […]
While some big investors cash out of crypto, others double down
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