Author: Kryptonews

Altcoin market capitalization (TOTAL2) remained below $1 trillion in February, while market sentiment fell to its most extreme level in years. Many investors expect altcoins to form a bottom soon after five consecutive months of decline.The first quarter of 2026 may still offer opportunities. However, investors need objective signals to evaluate the broader picture.Sponsored SponsoredPersistent Selling Pressure and Fragmented Liquidity Weigh on AltcoinsA report from CryptoQuant states that selling pressure on altcoins (excluding BTC and ETH) has reached its most extreme level in five years.Cumulative buy/sell delta data has reached -$209 billion over the past 13 months. In January 2025,…

Key points:Bitcoin remains under pressure, and the downside might accelerate if the $65,118 level is breached.Several major altcoins are attempting a recovery, but the bears remain sellers on rallies.Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are attempting to hold the price above $67,000, but the bears have continued to exert pressure. A positive sign for the bulls is that select analysts believe BTC may be bottoming out.Analyst Jelle said in a post on X that all but one of BTC’s major bottoms had formed between the 200-week simple moving average ($58,371) and the 200-week exponential moving average ($68,065). BTC trading near the 200-week EMA…

Six national nonprofit organizations devoted to the national parks, history, and science have sued the Trump administration over its censoring of signage it disapproves of in national parks across the U.S. The plaintiffs in the sixty-page suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court of Masachusetts, include the National Parks Conservation Association; the American Association for State and Local History; the Association of National Park Rangers; the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks; the Society for Experiential Graphic Design; and the Union of Concerned Scientists. The suit names as defendants the U.S. Department of the Interior, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and…

Institutional investors just sold $173 million in Bitcoin and crypto investment products in one week, according to a new update from CoinShares. The digital asset firm says outflows have now totaled a whopping $3.74 billion in the last month, as the price of BTC dropped from around $95,400 to a low of $62,800. Last week, Bitcoin witnessed $133 million in outflows. Ethereum followed with $85.1 million outflows. Some altcoins bucked the trend, with XRP attracting $33.4 million inflows, Solana $31 million and Chainlink $1.1 million. Regionally, the US led with $403 million outflows. That was offset by $230 million inflows elsewhere,…

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Prediction markets are starting to play a role in how traditional financial markets move, New York Stock Exchange President Lynn Martin said Wednesday at the World Liberty forum in Palm Beach.“It was very clear for us… that prediction markets [were being used] as an input to traditional markets,” she said at the event hosted at Mar-a-Lago, pointing to a moment during the 2024 U.S. presidential election when S&P futures spiked unexpectedly. According to Martin, the move was later explained by crypto-based prediction platform Polymarket having shown Donald Trump as the likely winner before other sources did.The…

The European Central Bank (ECB) is moving closer to a pilot for a digital euro, with Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone outlining plans to begin selecting payment service providers (PSPs) in early 2026, ahead of a 12-month test scheduled for the second half of 2027.Cipollone on Wednesday held an executive committee meeting of the Italian Banking Association. He said the pilot would involve a limited number of payment service providers, merchants and Eurosystem staff. Selection of participating providers is expected to start in the first quarter of 2026.Cipollone said the digital euro will be designed to ensure it protects European…

Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pump.fun has rolled out a new feature that shifts rewards toward memecoin traders rather than its deployers — a tweak to its fee model that once generated over $15 million in a single day at its peak.In a post to X on Tuesday, Pump.fun said the platform’s memecoin creators can now decide whether a token “truly deserves” Creator Fees, or whether it’s best to redirect rewards to traders engaging with the token through “Cashback Coins.”  Pump.fun’s original model features Creator Fees, giving token creators 0.3% of all fees generated by the tokens they launch.However, Pump.fun said not…

Good Morning! A restitution battle over a Franz Marc painting in the collection of the Folkwang Museum in Germany heats up. As of last Friday, Sotheby’s has raised its buyers’ fees worldwide. British artist and Turner Prize winner Tai Shani has withdrawn a Phaidon monograph following sexual assault allegations against owner Leon Black revealed in the latest Epstein files. The Headlines FEE HIKE. Sotheby’s has raised its buyer’s premiums worldwide, with the move coming into effect last Friday on February 13, The Art Newspaper wrote. These non-negotiable fees, added on top of a lot’s hammer price, are a key revenue source for auction houses,…

A recent poll of 1,000 American investors in digital assets found that over half are scared they’ll face an IRS tax penalty this year as new transparency rules governing crypto exchanges take effect.The data collected at the end of January by crypto tax platform Awaken Tax canvassed U.S. holders’ concerns about a radical shift from self-disclosure to automatic reporting of transactions.This has been enacted through the introduction of the “Digital Asset Proceeds From Broker Transactions,” or Form 1099-DA, which tens of millions of Americans will be made aware of over the next month or so.The new rules are designed to…

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) crypto is tearing through resistance, rallying nearly 20% to test the critical $0.12 level. The catalyst is clear: intense Whale Accumulation ahead of today’s high-stakes summit at Mar-a-Lago. Key Takeaways Surge: WLFI spikes 20% to trade near $0.118, eyeing a confirmed breakout above the $0.12 resistance zone. Whales: A fresh wallet withdrew 25 million tokens ($2.75M), signaling high-conviction buying before the event start. Catalyst: The sold-out Mar-a-Lago forum kicks off today with top finance and Trump Crypto figures. Why is the Market Buying the Hype?All eyes are on the World Liberty Forum, launching today at Donald…