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Gate and Binance Alpha will both list Fabric Protocol (ROBO) on February 27, 2026, with Gate launching ROBO/USDT spot trading at 18:00 (UTC+8) and converting its pre-market perpetual contracts to standard perpetual contracts with up to 50x leverage.

Pi Coin has rebounded approximately 11% from its February 23 low, climbing back to the $0.174 zone, but technical analysis suggests the recovery may be forming the handle portion of an inverted cup-and-handle pattern, a bearish continuation structure that often precedes price declines.

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has issued a long-term forecast for Bitcoin, predicting the cryptocurrency will survive as a network but decline to "hobbyist levels" with a price below $10,000 in today's dollars by 2050.

Pi Network co-founder Dr. Chengdiao Fan released a video on February 27, 2026, detailing the project's proposed framework for ecosystem tokens on Pi Mainnet, emphasizing a utility-first approach that requires projects to have working applications before launching tokens.

SBI Holdings and Startale Group announced on February 27, 2026, the development of JPYSC, a Japanese yen stablecoin backed by SBI Shinsei Trust Bank, marking Japan's first trust bank-backed digital asset of its kind.

The XRP Ledger Foundation confirmed on February 26, 2026, that a critical vulnerability in the signature-validation logic of the proposed Batch amendment was identified and patched before activation, averting a potential exploit that could have allowed attackers to execute unauthorized transactions and drain funds without access to victim private keys.

Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan announced in his 2026-27 budget speech on February 26 that the government will introduce an amendment bill in the first half of 2026 to provide tax concessions for qualifying family offices investing in cryptocurrencies, with changes retroactively effective for the 2025-26 tax year.

A cluster of at least 12 newly created wallets collectively generated over $1 million in profit on Polymarket by betting that blockchain investigator ZachXBT would name crypto trading platform Axiom as the subject of an insider trading investigation, with trades placed hours before the findings were publicly released.

Data from Wintermute's proprietary retail flow indicators and JPMorgan's equity inflow analysis reveals that retail investor behavior has fundamentally shifted since late 2024, with crypto and equities now functioning as substitute rather than complementary risk assets.

A bipartisan group of U.S. House lawmakers introduced the Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act on February 26, 2026, a bill designed to amend federal criminal code Section 1960 to clarify that software developers who do not control customer funds cannot be prosecuted as money transmitters.

Bitcoin briefly retested the $70,000 level on February 26, 2026, recovering from a low of $62,500 earlier in the week, driven by $764 million in net inflows to U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs over two days.

Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) shares briefly surpassed $90 on February 26, 2026, reaching their highest level since November 2025, following a fourth-quarter earnings report that exceeded analyst expectations and sparked divergent analyst commentary.

MARA Holdings (Nasdaq: MARA) reported a fourth-quarter 2025 net loss of $1.7 billion, swinging from net income of $528.3 million in the same period of 2024, primarily driven by a $1.5 billion negative fair value adjustment on its bitcoin holdings as the cryptocurrency declined approximately 30% during the quarter.

Google Trends data shows that searches for "Buy Bitcoin" have reached their highest levels in approximately five years, peaking around February 22, 2026, even as Bitcoin trades 45% below its all-time high and retail interest remains at record lows.

American Bitcoin (Nasdaq: ABTC), the Bitcoin mining and treasury accumulation firm co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., reported a full-year 2025 net loss of $153.2 million, primarily driven by a $227.1 million non-cash mark-to-market loss on its bitcoin holdings under fair value accounting rules.

Christopher Alexander Delgado, the 34-year-old former CEO of Florida-based crypto investment firm Goliath Ventures, was arrested on February 25, 2026, on federal charges of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with an alleged $328 million Ponzi scheme.

MEV Capital, an onchain asset manager, has seen its assets under management collapse by approximately 80% from a peak of $1.5 billion in October 2025 to roughly $300 million as of February 25, 2026, following a depeg event involving the deUSD stablecoin that triggered automatic liquidations and direct losses exceeding $10 million.

Block Inc. (NYSE: XYZ), the fintech company led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, announced on February 26, 2026, that it is reducing its global workforce by approximately 4,000 employees, or nearly 40%, from over 10,000 to just under 6,000, citing the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on its operations.

Pi Network co-founder Nicolas Kokkalis provided a video update on February 26, 2026, outlining the project's current priorities, including accelerating KYC verification, Mainnet migrations, and expanding developer tools, as the network marks one year since its Open Network launch.

XRP has rallied 9.4% over the past two days to trade at $1.46 as of February 26, 2026, following a broader market rebound that pushed Bitcoin back above $68,000.