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Pump.fun’s PUMP token slipped sharply owing to speculation surrounding a potential crypto exposé. The dip followed a public statement from on-chain investigator ZachXBT, who warned of an upcoming report targeting a “profitable business.” The announcement triggered a swift shift in investor sentiment as crucial PUMP holders moved to offload their holdings.ZachXBT Investigates Crypto BusinessOn Monday, ZachXBT posted on X that a major exposé was imminent. The post did not name the target, fueling widespread speculation. Since then, traders have debated potential candidates across social media platforms. Betting activity on Polymarket surged as participants attempted to predict the outcome.Want more token insights…

Acurast, a decentralized network using everyday smartphones as secure compute nodes, has officially activated a 225,000-node smartphone compute network on Base. It’s a big development in bringing confidential onchain artificial intelligence (AI) into mainstream Web3. The integration with Base, an Ethereum Layer-2 chain designed to make decentralized applications faster, cheaper, and more scalable, enables developers to run confidential AI workloads directly onchain using millions of smartphones worldwide.  Instead of relying on centralized infrastructure, this network uses Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) built into mobile devices to execute sensitive tasks securely, preserving user privacy and maintaining verifiability. Smartphones are the new cloud…

Observing the cricket grounds in cities like Brescia, Rome, or Cuneo, one notices a distinct shift in how the game is approached. Cricket in Italy is evolving from a Sunday pastime for expat communities into a structured competitive sport, heavily influenced by the high-octane tactics seen in global tournaments. For analysts and players alike, understanding the components of a high-stakes ipl win game provides a window into the strategic depth required to succeed, a standard now permeating European leagues. Reliable data serves as the foundation for this tactical evolution. Enthusiasts and coaches often turn to resources like Parimatch to analyze…

Bitmine has 3,040,483 staked ETH, representing $6.0 billion at $1,958 per ETH; MAVAN staking solution on track to launch Q1 2026 Bitmine now owns 3.66% of the ETH token supply, over 73% 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 4.423 million ETH tokens, total cash of $691 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…

If you’re hunting for the truth about where to bet your Bitcoin, don’t look at the glossy banners on affiliate sites. Look at the guy on Reddit who just lost a five-figure parlay on a Tuesday afternoon or the girl who’s been waiting three days for a Litecoin withdrawal. Reddit is basically the last frontier of semi-honest feedback in this industry. While the rest of the internet is plastered with “Top 10” lists that are clearly just paid advertisements, the degens on subreddits like r/Cortex_Official usually tell it like it is. If a site is “selective” about paying out big…

Bitcoin price has rebounded more than 4% since February 19, helping it recover above $68,200. This bounce offered temporary relief after weeks of weakness. However, new technical and on-chain signals now show that Bitcoin may be approaching its most dangerous level of 2026. A combination of bearish chart structure, heavy supply clusters below price, and rising leverage risk suggests a deeper correction could begin soon. Bitcoin’s 8-hour chart currently shows a head-and-shoulders pattern. This is a bearish reversal structure that forms when price creates three peaks, with the middle peak higher than the others. It signals weakening buying strength and…

In brief Kalshi won a preliminary injunction in Tennessee, but this conflicts with recent rulings in Nevada, Maryland, and Massachusetts, where judges sided with state regulators. The split comes down to legal strategy: states using outside counsel and broader congressional intent arguments have beaten Kalshi, while those relying on narrower “swaps” arguments have lost. With courts divided and the dispute escalating, the Supreme Court will likely need to resolve it. After facing setbacks in key lawsuits against the states of Nevada, Massachusetts, and Maryland, Kalshi pulled off a win in Tennessee this week over the fate of sports-related prediction markets.A…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has paved the way for Wall Street to integrate stablecoins into traditional finance.On February 19, the financial regulator issued guidance allowing broker-dealers to apply a 2% “haircut” to positions in payment stablecoins. A haircut is the percentage of an asset’s value that a financial institution cannot count toward its deployable capital, acting as a customer-protection buffer against market risk.SEC Stablecoin Pivot Pressures Brokers to Build Crypto RailsPreviously, broker-dealers faced a punitive 100% haircut on stablecoins. If a financial firm held $1 million in digital dollars to facilitate rapid on-chain settlement, it had to…

For much of this month, bitcoin BTC$68,128.43 has been trading around the mid-$60,000s. That much is humdrum.The interesting bit is a developing split in coin ownership that could shape what happens next.Data from Santiment shows the number of wallets holding less than 0.1 BTC, a level typically associated with retail investors, has increased by 2.5% since the largest cryptocurrency hit a record high in October. The growth has pushed the so-called shrimps’ share of supply to its highest since mid-2024.In practice, though, it’s the larger holders known as whales and sharks who tend to set the tone for price direction.…

European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde is stepping down sometime before the French presidential election next year.Under her leadership, the ECB has consulted on the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) legislation that defined the crypto landscape in the European Union. The preeminent European bank also began work on the digital euro — the next iteration of the Eurozone’s currency.But there is still work to be done on crypto policy in Europe. MiCA does not, in its current form, regulate decentralized finance (DeFi), and policymakers at the ECB are still deliberating over the digital euro’s final details.While the exact timing…