Revolut confirms ex-employee threatened to leak KYC data for crypto ransom
A crypto trader said a former Revolut employee tried to extort him and contacted his relatives. Revolut confirmed an investigation...
Day: 23 February 2026
Standard Chartered sticks to $2T stablecoin call but trims T-bill impact
Standard Chartered slashed its forecast for T-bill demand from stablecoins to $800 billion to $1 trillion by 2028, but maintained its...
Fictional 2028 AI memo imagines mass layoffs and stablecoin adoption
Citrini Research’s 2028 scenario imagines AI turbocharging corporate profits, while hollowing out consumer demand and quietly migrating global payments to...
Austria’s regulator slaps new business ban on KuCoin’s EU exchange
The Austrian Financial Market Authority has frozen new business at KuCoin EU months after granting the exchange a MiCA license,...
Curve founder says DeFi must ditch token emissions for real revenue
Curve founder Michael Egorov told Cointelegraph that protocols cannot “live without real revenues flowing” as token incentives lose power to...
Bitcoin treasury firms log rare selling streak as BTC trades near $66K
Continued selling from treasury companies and US Bitcoin ETFs threatens a deeper retracement for BTC, but analysts see it as...
Bank of Korea renews call for bank-led won stablecoins as bill stalls
The Bank of Korea proposed a bank-led consortium and a statutory interagency body for issuer approvals, citing the US GENIUS...
Tyler Winklevoss upbeat despite brutal sentiment as Gemini troubles deepen
Gemini’s Tyler Winklevoss said he’s “optimistic” amid peak crypto pessimism, but SEC filings, layoffs and public data on Winklevoss Capital’s...
Polymarket odds of Bitcoin under $55K at 72% as BTC market cap dives
Bitcoin’s market cap dropped to $1.31 trillion, slipping to 15th globally as prices dipped below $65,000, fueling rising bearish bets...
ETH RSI Resets to Historical Lows as Momentum Cycles Grow Shorter Each Year
TLDR: ETH gained 5,600% after the 2019 RSI reset, marking its longest and most sustained bull run on record. Each...
Altcoin Market Cap Slides Below $1T as Trump’s 15% Global Tariff Threat Rattles Investors
The cryptocurrency market faced a sharp downturn on Monday, Feb. 23, triggered by President Trump’s threat of a 15% global...
Beyond US Markets: Why Latin American Equities Are Building a Secular Bull Market
While global investment flows focus on U.S. markets, excess liquidity has accumulated in emerging markets, causing Latin American exchanges to...
Bitgo Appointed Issuer for FYUSD to Establish US Stablecoin Standards in Asia
Bitgo and New Frontier Labs have partnered to launch FYUSD, a regulated stablecoin designed to bring U.S. compliance standards to...
Central Bank of Brazil to Advance Institutional VASP Regulation by 2027
The central bank will focus on designing a regulatory framework for the so-called institutional VASPs, defined as organizations that operate...
How pig-butchering crypto scams turn trust into a financial weapon
Long-term trust-building tactics power pig-butchering crypto scams, the fastest-growing fraud threats today.Unlike phishing attacks that defraud victims quickly, pig-butchering scams...
