Tom Lee’s BitMine buys 51,162 ETH as Vitalik sells, marking a week of contrasting moves in the Ethereum market. The Ethereum market, ever the drama queen, has once again taken center stage, with BitMine playing the role of the bold investor and Vitalik the cautious retiree.
Spain’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bit2Me, moved 5.3 billion euros (around $6.24 billion) in trading volume in 2025, an eightfold jump since 2023, as it shifted from a consumer-facing platform to backend infrastructure for banks and law enforcement.
Fast forward, and boom! ZRO drops 12% in just 24 hours. You can almost hear the collective groan of people who thought they’d gotten off easy. Yeah, that’s the sound of confidence crumbling, my friend.
ZachXBT teased the world on February 23, saying that “major investigation” news would drop on February 26 about a wildly profitable crypto business where employees allegedly played fast and loose with insider data for some cozy trading gains. The company? Yeah, he didn’t name it. That’s like telling us there’s a surprise party… but not who’s throwing it.
Analysts, those modern-day soothsayers, squabble like crows over carrion, debating whether this is the death knell or merely the purging of the weak. The on-chain data, a grim ledger of human panic, reveals $1.93 billion in realized losses-a testament to the fragility of faith in the face of uncertainty. Yet, in this theater of despair, trading volumes surge, as if the players in this tragedy cannot resist the allure of their own downfall.
During NEARCON 2026, Haseeb Qureshi from Dragonfly and Arjun Sethi, co-CEO of Kraken, had a lively discussion about when it will be safe to let AI agents manage real financial transactions.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” is supposedly crafting a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin to “support” Gaza’s economy. Because nothing says “we care” like a digital currency.
XRP, in its latest escapade, has plummeted 69%, sending the market into a fit of nervous hysteria. Yet history, that most reliable of gossip columns, whispers that such panic often marks the beginning of a glittering comeback. Recall the last time XRP performed this dance of despair? It was swiftly followed by an 835% rally, leaving traders to ponder whether this new chapter is merely a prelude to another triumphant aria.
The token broke below the $600 support, printing a low near $583 before a mild rebound that could be described as “optimistic” if you’re feeling generous. In doing so, BNB fell beneath its short-term 9 and 21 Moving Averages, reflecting sustained bearish pressure-like a disco ball in a coal mine.2
In a matter that reads like a ledger entry from some luxury apartment in St. Petersburg, Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (BMNR), a firm that proudly brands itself as an “Ethereum‑focused treasury,” has swollen its coffers by 51,162 ETH. The total now stands at 4,422,659 tokens-about 3.66 % of the whole country’s supply. At a price of $1,958 each, this vault would make any small Russian gentry blush with envy.
