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Binance has announced that it will temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals for Shentu (CTK) at 12:00 p.m. UTC on Feb. 25 to support an upcoming network upgrade and hard fork.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $122.02 million liquidated (71.57% longs) - ETH: $95.58 million liquidated (73.58% longs) - SOL: $19.10 million liquidated (81.8% longs)

The U.S. Federal Reserve announced a proposed rule on Feb. 23 to remove 'reputation risk' from its bank supervision standards and has begun soliciting public comment. The Fed stated that financial institutions should not de-bank customers for reasons such as political views, religious beliefs, or their engagement in legal but disfavored businesses, adding that such discrimination is inconsistent with its supervisory framework. In response, Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis said on X that she hopes this marks the end of "Operation Choke Point 2.0," a measure aimed at pressuring the crypto industry by restricting its access to banking. She added that she hopes the U.S. can become a hub for digital assets and that the Fed should not act as both judge and jury over digital asset companies.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Feb. 23 that it has permitted WisdomTree's tokenized money market fund (MMF), the WisdomTree Treasury Money Market Digital Fund, to trade at a fixed price of $1 during market hours. The fund, which holds short-term U.S. Treasuries as its underlying assets, issues its shares as tokens on a blockchain. While MMFs typically trade based on their end-of-day net asset value (NAV), this decision allows investors to buy and sell shares at any time during the trading day for $1 per share through a dealer. U.S. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins stated on X that the agency listens when the industry proposes ways to modernize capital markets with new technology, calling the move an important step forward in promoting tokenization innovation.

Bithumb has announced a temporary suspension of deposits and withdrawals for Flow (FLOW) due to a network issue. The suspension began at 2:20 a.m. UTC today.

OPN, the native token of prediction market project Opinion, has been listed as a pre-market perpetual future on major exchanges including Binance, OKX, and Bybit. According to data, the cumulative 24-hour trading volume for the OPN/USDT pre-market perpetual future has surpassed $400 million. Trading volume on Binance alone reached $277 million, placing it 16th in derivatives trading volume. The token was previously added to Coinbase's listing roadmap and has also conducted a Binance Booster campaign.

BlackRock filed an amended S-1 application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Feb. 17 for its proposed iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB), which would support staking. Under the proposal, 70-95% of the ETF's assets would be staked through third-party institutions such as Coinbase, allowing holders to receive staking rewards. The annual fee is set at 0.25%, with a promotional rate of 0.12% applied for the first year on assets up to $2.5 billion.

Coinbase is actively lobbying in Washington for its stablecoin business, a key revenue source, amid projections that its related income could grow up to sevenfold depending on the details of future legislation. According to Bloomberg, stablecoins accounted for approximately 19% of Coinbase's total revenue last year. This revenue is projected to increase by two to seven times if stablecoin adoption in payments accelerates under favorable legislation. Paul Gulberg, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, explained that achieving a sevenfold revenue increase would require favorable provisions in the final cryptocurrency legislation. He identified the ability to pay out stablecoin rewards as one of the key variables.

South Korean crypto exchange Upbit announced that it is temporarily suspending withdrawals for Flow (FLOW) due to a halt in the network's block generation.

Zach Witkoff, CEO of World Liberty Financial (WLFI), has refuted community allegations of insider trading at the firm. He described the claims as "malicious nonsense," emphasizing that WLFI is a governance token. Witkoff stated that the World Liberty Financial team does not operate an exchange and therefore has no access to any data that could be used for insider trading. He added that those making the allegations are either of very low intelligence or are knowingly spreading false information. The denial comes after on-chain analyst ZachXBT announced he would expose insider trading at an anonymous crypto firm on Feb. 26. Community members have speculated that the firm in question could be Polymarket, Meteora (MET), or WLFI.

The number of active Bitcoin addresses has declined for six consecutive months. In an analysis on X, Cointelegraph noted that this trend is similar to the one observed before Bitcoin's 30% crash in 2024.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $64,000. BTC is trading at $63,922.68 on the Binance USDT market.

The People's Bank of China (PBoC) announced it is holding its Loan Prime Rate (LPR), which serves as the country's de facto benchmark lending rate, steady. The one-year LPR remains at 3%, and the five-year LPR is unchanged at 3.5%.

Binance announced on its official website that it will delist 10 cross margin pairs and nine isolated margin pairs at 6:00 a.m. UTC on Feb. 26. The affected cross margin pairs include POL/USDC, ALCX/USDT, SAPIEN/USDC, PNUT/USDC, ARKM/USDC, BROCCOLI714/USDC, OPEN/USDC, CKB/USDC, HOLO/USDC, and FIL/BTC. The isolated margin pairs to be removed are POL/USDC, ALCX/USDT, SAPIEN/USDC, PNUT/USDC, ARKM/USDC, OPEN/USDC, CKB/USDC, HOLO/USDC, and FIL/BTC.

South Korean crypto exchange Coinone announced it will delist MilkyWay (MILK) at 6:00 a.m. UTC on March 27.

Cryptocurrency exchange Backpack will provide users who stake its upcoming native token with an option to acquire equity in the company, Cointelegraph reported. Users who stake Backpack tokens for a minimum of one year will have the opportunity to exchange them for company shares at a fixed ratio. The total equity allocated to staking participants is capped at 20%. Backpack recently unveiled its token generation event (TGE) plan and tokenomics, announcing that 25% of the total supply will be unlocked at the TGE. This initial unlock will be allocated to point holders (24%) and NFT holders (1%).

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin sold 10,723 ETH, worth $21.74 million, in February, Onchain Lens reported. The average selling price was $2,027. Of this total, approximately 3,765 ETH ($7.08 million) was sold over the past three days. Buterin had previously stated on Jan. 30 that he planned to sell 16,384 ETH to support the Ethereum ecosystem.

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has established a new dedicated team to support DeFi protocols, The Block reported. The team includes a governance developer from MakerDAO (MKR, now SKY) and a co-founder of Gearbox Protocol. The team is set to support development in areas including: - User-controlled AI - On-chain futures markets - Communities based on futarchy, a governance model where values are determined by voting and implementation methods by prediction markets - Privacy-preserving collateralized loans using zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs The foundation also plans to strengthen its collaboration with individual DeFi projects. It stressed that DeFi must evolve while upholding the core principles of being permissionless, censorship-resistant, privacy-first, self-custodial, and open-source.

An analysis suggests that the recent selling pressure on Bitcoin, triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff remarks, was primarily driven by short-term investors reacting to uncertainty. In a contribution to CryptoQuant, analyst firm XWIN Research Japan noted that while Trump's tariff comments have directly impacted Bitcoin's price on several occasions, this time they acted as a catalyst in an already unstable market rather than being the fundamental cause of the decline. The firm pointed to the Short-Term Holder Realized Profit/Loss Ratio (SOPR) as a key indicator, which shows whether these investors are selling at a profit or a loss. For instance, when a 60% tariff on Chinese goods was announced last April, fear spread on social media, and the SOPR fell below one, indicating that short-term holders were selling at a loss. More recently, after the Supreme Court blocked a tariff policy, a new 15% flat tariff was immediately introduced. Following this, the SOPR again dropped below one, signaling a sell-off. The analysis concluded that the selling pressure came structurally from short-term holders sensitive to uncertainty, not from long-term holders conducting systematic sales.

Solana ecosystem project Step Finance (STEP) announced on its official X account that it is ceasing all business operations. The shutdown includes the on-chain protocol Remora Markets and the Solana ecosystem media platform SolanaFloor. The decision follows a $40 million hacking incident the project suffered in January. The team stated that after the hack, they explored all possible solutions, including fundraising and acquisitions, but were unsuccessful. They added that a buyback for STEP holders based on a pre-hack snapshot and a redemption process for token holders linked to Remora Markets are underway, with more details to be announced soon.

An Ondo Finance (ONDO) multi-signature address deposited 24.47 million ONDO, worth approximately $6.12 million, to Coinbase about six hours ago, EmberCN reported. Deposits to exchanges are often interpreted as a precursor to selling.

A sustained decline in Binance's stablecoin holdings is increasingly signaling a contraction in crypto market liquidity, according to an analysis by crypto analyst Darkfost on CryptoQuant. Darkfost noted that Binance, which holds approximately 64% of all stablecoin reserves on exchanges, has seen its holdings continuously decrease since Nov. 13, 2025. The exchange's reserves have fallen by 18.6%, or about $10 billion, from $50.9 billion to $41.4 billion, returning to levels last seen in October 2024. The analyst attributed this outflow to capital rotating into stocks and commodities, driven by the expansion of the AI industry and a rally in precious metals. Meanwhile, risk appetite for digital assets has been constrained by comments from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller, who stated that the central bank could maintain its current interest rate policy if February employment data proves to be strong. Darkfost concluded that an inflow of stablecoins is necessary to restore market stability.

CoinMarketCap's Altcoin Season Index has risen by one point to 30. The index compares the price performance of the top 100 cryptocurrencies, excluding stablecoins and wrapped tokens, against Bitcoin. An "altcoin season" is declared when 75% of these top 100 coins outperform Bitcoin over the preceding 90 days. Conversely, when Bitcoin outperforms the majority of altcoins, it is considered a "Bitcoin season." A score closer to 100 indicates a stronger altcoin season.

Following on-chain analyst ZachXBT's announcement that he will expose insider trading at an anonymous crypto firm on Feb. 26, the community has begun to speculate that the company in question is Polymarket. An X account with the handle spacexbt noted that ZachXBT mentioned multiple employees had exploited inside information over a long period. The account pointed to several past instances on Polymarket, including bets on Google search predictions, the Super Bowl halftime show, and the potential arrest of Nicolás Maduro. It also referenced a case where individuals were arrested for using confidential military intelligence to trade on the platform. According to the post, Polymarket has previously dismissed such concerns, stating that such outcomes are inherent to prediction markets. However, the account argued that repeated incidents make Polymarket appear to be an unusual platform. It also highlighted that shortly after ZachXBT's announcement, Polymarket created a prediction market on the topic but did not include itself as a betting option, despite user requests.

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index from data provider Alternative is at 8, up three points from yesterday. This reading indicates that the market remains in a state of extreme fear. The index measures market sentiment on a scale where 0 represents extreme fear and 100 signifies extreme optimism. The score is calculated based on volatility (25%), market volume (25%), social media mentions (15%), surveys (15%), Bitcoin's market cap dominance (10%), and Google search trends (10%).