At Sibos Frankfurt, the conversation about blockchain-based payments has crossed a clear line. The conversation shifted from theoretical relevance to practical reality. That is, how stablecoins and programmable currencies are already being used and what needs to be addressed to operate them safely at scale. At the EEA x EY side event on Stablecoins in Business Payments, leaders in banking, enterprise software, blockchain infrastructure and regulated wholesale payments compared notes on what is currently working and where real constraints remain. From ‘eventually’ to ‘right now’ Opening the session, Paul Brody, Global Blockchain Leader at EY and Chairman of the Enterprise…
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Institutional investors sold $173 million in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency investment products in one week, according to a new update from CoinShares. The digital asset company said outflows totaled $3.74 billion last month as BTC prices fell from around $95,400 to a low of $62,800. Last week, Bitcoin witnessed an outflow of $133 million. Ethereum suffered an outflow of $85.1 million. Some altcoins bucked the trend, including XRP with $33.4 million, Solana with $31 million, and Chainlink with $1.1 million. Regionally, the United States leads with outflows of $403 million. This was offset by inflows of $230 million from elsewhere, including…
February 16th Why Wall Street is starting to take prediction markets seriously Posted on February 16, 2026 in Education Maria Lobusova For most of their existence, prediction markets have sat outside of mainstream finance. Although an interesting technological and cultural phenomenon, it has been too small, too few transactions, and too often associated with online gambling to attract meaningful institutional attention. Things will begin to change from 2025 onwards, with rapidly increasing trading volumes, heightened media attention and improved regulatory clarity, making it increasingly difficult for institutions to ignore the sector. Predictive market odds are now starting to appear in…
Ethereum price found support near $1,920 and recovered some losses. ETH is currently consolidating and faces a major hurdle near $2,020. Ethereum is attempting a new recovery above $1,965. The price is trading below $2,000 and the 100-hour simple moving average. The hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken) shows a bullish trendline forming with support at $1,955. If it stays below the $2,020 area, the pair could begin a fresh decline. Ethereum price maintains support Ethereum price failed to stay above $2,020 and began a new downward trend like Bitcoin. ETH price entered bearish territory, trading below the…
Panama City, Republic of Panama, February 18th, 2026, Chainwire Sai today launched Sai Perps, a perpetuals trading platform built to be as fast and intuitive as a centralized exchange with the transparency and self-custody of onchain settlement. The platform features gasless transactions, removing friction for traders while maintaining full onchain security. Sai also unveiled Let’s Go Saicho, a one-month onchain trading competition running February 18 through March 19, 2026, with $25,000 in total prizes. The campaign is structured in two phases designed to reward both performance and participation: a PNL competition for profitable traders, followed by a first-come, first-serve “Be…
Altcoin market capitalization (TOTAL2) remained below $1 trillion in February, with market sentiment falling to its most extreme levels in years. Many investors expect altcoins to bottom soon after five straight months of declines.There may still be an opportunity in the first quarter of 2026. But investors need objective signals to evaluate the broader picture.boost boostContinued selling pressure and fragmented liquidity burden on altcoinsSelling pressure on altcoins (excluding BTC and ETH) has reached its most extreme levels in five years, according to a report from CryptoQuant.Over the past 13 months, cumulative buy/sell delta data has reached -$209 billion. By January…
George Town, Cayman Islands, February 17th, 2026, Chainwire Zircuit, a security-first digital asset company backed by YZiLabs, Dragonfly, and Pantera, today announced the launch of Zircuit Finance. Incubated by a team from Quantstamp, Zircuit Finance is a secure platform for institutional-grade strategies, a stablecoin vault designed to generate yield on USDC and USDT, with a stated target range of 8–11% APR, subject to market conditions and variability. Historically, access to professional asset managers and institutional strategies required significant minimum investments and long lockups. Zircuit Finance removes those barriers with a simplified, cross-chain interface that provides access to institutional-grade yield strategies…
Bitmine has 3,040,483 staked ETH, representing $6.1 billion at $1,998 per ETH; MAVAN staking solution on track to launch Q1 2026 Bitmine now owns 3.62% of the ETH token supply, over 72% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 7 months Bitmine recently closed on initial $200 million investment into Beast Industries Bitmine Crypto + Total Cash Holdings + “Moonshots” total $9.6 billion, including 4.371 million ETH tokens, total cash of $670 million, and other crypto holdings Bitmine leads crypto treasury peers by both the velocity of raising crypto NAV per share and by the high trading…
Karavas, Cyprus, February 17th, 2026, Chainwire At a time when much of the blockchain industry is still recovering from one of its harshest downturns, a small number of companies are quietly moving in the opposite direction: expanding, building, and positioning themselves for the next era of adoption. Public Masterpiece, a Cyprus-based real-world asset tokenization company, has announced PMT Chain, its own purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain. Alongside the announcement, the company confirmed a strategic repositioning: PMT, once short for Public Masterpiece Token, will now stand for Public Masterpiece Technology. The timing is notable. Crypto did not simply experience a correction, but…
Crypto Gamesa new-age cryptocurrency gambling platform, has announced the launch of a content creator contest. The campaign invites video creators to create original content showcasing the platform in exchange for Bitcoin rewards. The contest will run for three weeks and ends on February 28th at 23:59 UTC. Participating creators must submit a video between 90 and 140 seconds in length. Content topics, including platform tours, gameplay sessions, game tutorials, and strategy guides, are determined at the discretion of the creator. All videos must be original work created by the submitter and published on YouTube by adding submission details to the…