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Feb 16, 2026
Russia's daily crypto turnover is over $650 million, Ministry of Finance says

Government and central bank officials are pushing for legislation to regulate cryptocurrency activities, aiming for passage during the sprin...

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Feb 16, 2026
Binance's CZ echoes Consensus panelists on lack of privacy blocking crypto adoption

Lack of privacy is a barrier to both everyday and institutional use of crypto and blockchain technology, CZ and institutions argue....

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Feb 16, 2026
Ripple Price Prediction: Is $1 Back in Play After XRP’s Rally Was Halted at $1.65?

Ripple’s XRP has staged a sharp rebound after printing a local low near $1.10, but the broader structure remains fragile. The recent i...

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Feb 16, 2026
OKX snags European payments license for stablecoin and crypto card expansion

The Payments Institution license, gained in Malta, aligns the exchange with European Union regulatory requirements that take effect in March...

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Feb 16, 2026
Bitcoin Price Analysis: What Does the Latest Rejection at $70K Mean for BTC’s Structure?

Bitcoin’s recent bounce has pushed the market back toward the $70K–$72K area, but the broader structure remains fragile. The key question no...

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Feb 16, 2026
Strategy Says It Will Be Fine If BTC Hits $8K

Software giant Strategy (MSTR) has revealed that its Bitcoin-backed balance sheet can withstand a staggering 88% market crash to $8,000....

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Feb 16, 2026
3 Things That Could Influence Crypto and Bitcoin Prices This Week

A short but busy week lies ahead on the United States economic calendar as spot crypto markets lose recent gains again....

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Feb 16, 2026
Animoca Brands secures Dubai crypto license to expand services in Middle East

Dubai’s regulator approved the license on Feb. 5, allowing Animoca Brands to target institutional and qualified investors under the oversigh...

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Feb 16, 2026
Crypto market drowns in red as bitcoin falls to $68,000

Traders are bracing for a heavy week of macroeconomic events, including Fed minutes and the core PCE inflation report....

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Feb 16, 2026
Bitcoin down 22%, could it be the worst Q1 since 2018?

If Bitcoin posts a loss at the end of this month, it will also mark Bitcoin’s first time ending both January and February in the red....

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Feb 16, 2026
Russians move $129B in crypto yearly ‘outside our attention’: Official

Russia’s deputy finance minister says around 50 billion rubles worth of crypto changes hands daily, calling for crypto market regulation. ...

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Feb 16, 2026
Kevin O’Leary wins $2.8M defamation suit against Ben Armstrong

A Miami federal judge has entered a default judgment against Ben Armstrong, who failed to respond to Kevin O’Leary’s complaint accusing him ...

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Feb 16, 2026
50 Million XRPs Sold in Less Than 24 Hours

XRP’s attempt to break past the $1.66 local high this weekend ended in a sharp 16% correction, a move driven almost exclusively by a localiz...

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Feb 16, 2026
Aave founder pitches $50T ‘abundance asset’ boom to drive DeFi

Aave Labs CEO Stani Kulechov said onchain lending could help accelerate the development of solar, energy storage and robotics by putting mon...

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Feb 16, 2026
Strategy to equitize convertible debt over 3-6 years: Saylor

The world’s largest digital asset treasury plans to convert $6 billion in bond debt to equity, claiming that it could survive an 88% Bitcoin...

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Feb 16, 2026
Crypto Market Review: XRP Breaks 26 EMA, Ethereum (ETH) Forms Micro-Double Top, Shiba Inu (SHIB) Extends Gains to 25%

The market is slowly recovering and showing multiple price spikes across assets in the top 10, but the possibility of a longer-term retrace ...

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Feb 16, 2026
Grayscale seeks to convert Aave trust into ETF on NYSE Arca

Grayscale joins Bitwise in filing to launch a standalone Aave product in the US, betting that Wall Street has retained its appetite for altc...

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Feb 16, 2026
TradFi giant Apollo enters crypto lending arena via Morpho deal

The $940 billion asset manager will collaborate on DeFi lending infrastructure and could acquire up to 90 million MORPHO tokens. ...

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Feb 16, 2026
Solution worse than problem? Adam Back opposes BIP-110 Ordinals fix

Blockstream’s Adam Back said BIP-110 could be used to freeze user funds, but the proposal’s creator argues that safeguards are in place to ...

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Feb 15, 2026
Crypto Flows to Human Trafficking Services Jump 85% to Hundreds of Millions in 2025

As Epstein-linked revelations emerged, new data show crypto payments to suspected trafficking services surged 85% globally in 2025....

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Feb 15, 2026
CZ says lack of onchain privacy is holding back crypto payments

Transparency, which is a hallmark feature of most cryptocurrencies, is likely one of the biggest hurdles to mass adoption, the Binance found...

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Feb 15, 2026
Wall Street giant Apollo deepens crypto push with Morpho token deal

The asset manager overseeing more than $900 billion assets may buy up to 90 million MORPHO tokens as part of a partnership to support DeFi c...

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Feb 15, 2026
PGI CEO Sentenced to 20 Years in $200M Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme

PGI's CEO spent millions on luxury cars, homes, hotels, designer clothing, jewelry, and watches using investor funds....

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Feb 15, 2026
Karpeles Recalls Mt. Gox Bonuses as 1,000 Bitcoins Move

On-chain data confirms that two 1,000 BTC Casascius coins were activated on Sunday after sitting dormant for more than 13 years....

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Feb 15, 2026
Hong Kong is trying to build up its crypto regulations: State of Crypto

Several leaders in Hong Kong announced efforts to advance the region's regulatory environment....

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Feb 15, 2026
Prediction markets vs. insider trading: Founders admit blockchain transparency is the only defense

Prediction markets are increasingly being framed not as gambling platforms but as vehicles for monetizing information, though founders ackno...

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Feb 15, 2026
XRP ETFs Weekly Review: Has the Demand Disappeared?

Here's what happened to the Ripple ETFs in the past week....

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Feb 15, 2026
Grayscale's Silbert Shares Rare Agreement With Binance CEO on 'Missing Link in Crypto'

Why your boss will not pay you in Bitcoin...yet. Binance founder CZ and Barry Silbert agree on the "privacy gap" stopping crypto payments fr...

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Feb 15, 2026
Cardano (ADA) Reclaims $10 Billion Market Cap, But Top 10 Bar Is Now Higher

Cardano (ADA) restores its $10 billion market cap, but digital assets market dynamics and the rise of BCH and DOGE have raised the top 10 en...

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Feb 15, 2026
How High Can Ripple (XRP) Go Next Week? 4AIs Make Bullish Predictions

Can XRP spike to $2 or beyond as early as next week?...

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