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Bitcoin BTC$65,381.68 experienced a volatile overnight trading session, rising by as much as 3.7% before giving back some of those gains.The largest cryptocurrency remains in the black since midnight UTC, up by 2.4% to trade around $65,600. That’s still within a price range that has persisted over the past three weeks.The altcoin market is also showing signs of life, with layer-1 tokens solana (SOL) and ADA$0.2708 each putting in a 4.5% rally while tokens including VIRTUAL, MORPHO and ETHFI climbed more than 10%.U.S. equity index futures rose alongside the crypto market. Silver’s 4% rise since midnight suggests the broader risk-asset…

The performances of Dogecoin and Shiba Inu this cycle have been disappointing for investors, who have waited years for the possibility of new all-time highs. Nevertheless, these two remain the largest meme coins by market cap and are often the first stop for investors looking to get into the meme market. Using predictions from the CoinCodex machine learning algorithm, this report will focus on the two leading meme coins and which one could bring the most returns in 2026. Dogecoin Could End Up A Better Investment Than Shiba Inu Since the year 2026 began, both Dogecoin and Shiba Inu have…

Hong Kong will set up a new digital asset platform this year to support the issuance and settlement of tokenized bonds, as the city pushes to move tokenization from pilot deals into core market infrastructure.In his 2026-27 budget speech delivered on Wednesday, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said CMU OmniClear Holdings, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), will build the platform and extend it to other digital assets. The system will be linked with regional tokenization platforms. Chan said the platform would be “gradually extended to other digital assets and linked with other tokenisation platforms in the region,” adding…

Bitcoin payments are getting a contactless upgrade. Numo has launched a new tap-to-pay point-of-sale app that enables merchants to accept bitcoin with an experience similar to Apple Pay and Google Pay — all without requiring additional hardware. The free, open-source Android app is now available as a direct APK download, with a release on the Google Play Store expected soon. Built on Cashu, an open-source ecash protocol for Bitcoin, Numo uses NFC functionality already present in most Android devices.  During checkout, a customer’s Cashu wallet reads an NFC tag emulated by the merchant’s phone and writes back a payment token.…

Bitcoin (BTC ($65,505.00 · Live)) continued its downward trajectory in February, trading at $64,492, nearly 50% below its early October all-time high (ATH) price. Yet, price action tells only part of the story. According to River, Bitcoin adoption accelerated last year, with institutions, banks, merchants, public companies, and even nation-states increasing their exposure. Is Bitcoin’s 50% Decline Masking a Structural Bullish Trend? BeInCrypto recently reported that the crypto market has slipped into extreme fear, with retail investors growing increasingly pessimistic about Bitcoin’s price. This sentiment is reflected in a surge of “Bitcoin going to zero” searches, which recently reached an…

Hong Kong will set up a new digital asset platform this year to support the issuance and settlement of tokenized bonds, as the city pushes to move tokenization from pilot deals into core market infrastructure.In his 2026-27 budget speech delivered on Wednesday, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said CMU OmniClear Holdings, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), will build the platform and extend it to other digital assets. The system will be linked with regional tokenization platforms. Chan said the platform would be “gradually extended to other digital assets and linked with other tokenisation platforms in the region,” adding…

Crypto investor Arthur Hayes has outlined a diversified portfolio spanning commodities, defense stocks and digital assets, signaling a continued preference for hard assets alongside select cryptocurrencies. Summary Arthur Hayes unveils diversified portfolio spanning commodity miners, oil majors, defense contractors, Latin American energy stocks, major cryptocurrencies and physical gold. Allocation reflects his long-held macro thesis centered on inflation risks, geopolitical tensions and monetary debasement favoring hard assets. Hayes recently doubled down on HYPE, challenging Multicoin’s Kyle Samani to a $100,000 bet that the token will outperform large-cap altcoins over six months. Arthur Hayes reveals portfolio packed with gold, oil, and Bitcoin…

Vitalik Buterin earmarked 17,000 ether, worth about $43 million, for privacy projects in January. A month later, his wallet balance is down by roughly that amount, and the token he’s selling has lost more than a third of its value.Arkham Intelligence data shows Buterin’s attributed wallets held about 241,000 ETH at the start of February. That figure now sits at 224,000 ETH after a steady series of outflows through the month, including $6.6 million over three days earlier in February and roughly another $7 million in the past three days alone.The sales were executed through decentralized exchange aggregator CoW Protocol,…

Castle Labs is arguing that crypto’s long tail is structurally overbuilt and that most tokens will ultimately be priced toward zero unless they can prove real business traction and tighter token alignment. The thesis, published in a long X post, frames the current market as a selection phase rather than a broad-based recovery story. The core point is not that crypto itself is failing, but that token supply has far outpaced sustainable demand. Castle Labs says the result is a market where a handful of majors dominate while thousands of smaller assets compete for shrinking liquidity. Too Many Crypto Tokens…

Michael Saylor, one of Bitcoin’s most influential advocates and the leading voice behind corporate Bitcoin adoption, has been officially confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026, returning to the world’s largest Bitcoin conference to share his latest insights on monetary transformation, institutional adoption, and the long-term future of sound money. As the co-founder and executive chairman of Strategy, Saylor has played a central role in reshaping how corporations think about Bitcoin, pioneering the use of BTC as a treasury reserve asset and influencing boardrooms, investors, and policymakers around the world. His past appearances at Bitcoin conferences have consistently been among…