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Kazakhstan is cautiously entering the crypto market, with its National Bank allocating up to $350 million for a national investment fund focused on crypto hedge funds, ETFs, and related companies, rather than directly purchasing Bitcoin. This strategy diversifies exposure while maintaining reserve security.

Key Takeaways _Solana has dropped to two-year lows near $80, losing over 42% in the past month._ _SOL has broken below both the 100 MA

Robinhood has launched the public testnet for Robinhood Chain, marking a significant step in its blockchain ambitions. This Ethereum Layer-2 network aims to expand the company’s on-chain financial services. The move is part of Robinhood’s broader strategy to build its own blockchain infrastructure a

Chinese New Year historically triggers predictable Bitcoin patterns: 20% pre-holiday selloffs followed by 33% recoveries. According to 10x Research, buying BTC three days before and selling 10 days after generated 11% average ROI historically. China's 59.1 million crypto holders liquidate positions to fund celebrations, creating liquidity void that algos exploit.

BlackRock has taken a significant step into the world of decentralized finance (DeFi) by bringing its $2.1 billion tokenized Treasury fund to Uniswap. This move marks the asset management giant’s first formal engagement with DeFi and offers institutions new avenues for on-chain investment. The

Ripple stands at the most consequential regulatory inflection point in its history. The company holds conditional OCC approval for a national trust bank charter—pending final sign-off—while the CLARITY Act, stalled since January with over 130 amendments, faces a White House-imposed March 1 deadline for banking and crypto industry consensus. Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty described recent negotiations as “productive” and urged the industry to move “while the window is still open.” CE

Bitcoin's New Year prices surged from $314 in 2015 to $94,419 in 2025—30,000%+ gains despite 70%+ drawdowns. However, the 2026 New Year opening at $87,508.40 marks 7.3% decline from 2025, validating analyst warnings of correction toward $69,700-$71,400 support zone.

Market speculation suggests a Hong Kong hedge fund's distress contributed to Bitcoin's rapid decline from $90,000 to $60,000, with unusual ETF trading volumes revealed. Analysts caution against attributing the crash solely to this entity.

ChatGPT crypto analysis 2026 reveals scenario-based forecasts as single-number predictions fail amid volatile ETF flows. Bitcoin ranges from $55K-$85K bear to $180K-$250K bull, while Ethereum spans $2K-$3.2K to $9K-$14K. This analysis combines institutional outlooks from Standard Chartered, Bloomberg Intelligence, and Fundstrat with market structure observations.

The −1.0 MVRV band has aligned with Bitcoin’s macro bottoms across multiple bear market cycles. Current data places this statistical undervaluation zone near $52,040 as a potential support area. On-chain metrics show repeated transitions from capitulation to accumulation near this band. Th

Shiba Inu faces bearish pressure with a pattern of lower highs and ongoing selling within a descending channel. Despite a recent bounce, risks of further declines remain unless it breaks key resistance levels around $0.0000062.

2026 Year of the Horse (Bing Wu Year) meme coins mainly feature Chinese themes, with "I’m on my horse" gaining the most attention, once soaring over 700%, with a market capitalization surpassing $52 million. The token name combines a Chinese swear word pun, quickly becoming popular in Chinese-speaking communities. Other popular ones include "Horse to Success" (a lucky phrase emphasizing the New Year atmosphere), "Dark Horse" (a narrative of reverse rise), "Crying Horse" (self-deprecating trapped emotions), "Teng Little Horse" (cute pet style), and others.

BlackRock increased its stake in Bitmine Immersion Technologies by 165.6% in Q4 2025, now holding 9.05 million BMNR shares valued at \$246 million, betting on Bitmine’s rapidly growing Ethereum treasury, which holds 4.3 million ETH—3.5% of total supply—plus nearly \$10 billion in combined assets. Yet the institutional endorsement arrives as Ethereum itself trades at \$1,958, just 5% above critical support, with whales offloading 160,000 ETH in nine days. The contradiction captures crypto

Midnight (NIGHT) increased by 2% during the Friday morning trading session, shortly after founder Charles Hoskinson announced plans to launch the mainnet at the end of March during the Consensus 2026 event. This information has further boosted market sentiment, helping NIGHT sustain its short-term recovery momentum.

Several Taiwanese financial institutions, including private banks and pure online banks, have completed negotiations with partnered VASPs over the past year to submit applications to the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) for a trial virtual asset custody business. However, they have been repeatedly rejected. The FSC's reason is that "the number of warning accounts is too high," and they require banks to significantly reduce the number of warning accounts before their applications can have a chance of success.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), supported by Trump, plans to launch the World Swap foreign exchange trading platform, co-founder Zak Folkman announced at the Hong Kong Consensus Conference. The platform will use WLFI's USD1 stablecoin as the settlement currency, aiming to transfer foreign exchange trading onto the blockchain. The global forex market has a daily trading volume of over $7 trillion, with most transactions currently conducted off-chain.