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With volatility intensifying in the broader cryptocurrency market, the price of Ethereum has fallen sharply, drawing dangerously close to the $2,000 level. While there are speculations that the ongoing trend is akin to a bear market phase, investors seem to be unshaken by the sharp pullback in ETH’s price, with accumulation not showing signs of slowing down. Investors’ Behavior After Ethereum’s Drop Below Realized Price Following the sharp pullback on Tuesday, the Ethereum price has now fallen below a key level regarded as the Realized Price. Despite the price experiencing steady downside movements, investors are moving in the opposite direction, as evidenced by their continued interest in the leading altcoin. Related Reading: Ethereum Holders Jump 3% In January, Clear 175 Million Milestone According to CW, a market expert and investor, investors continue to steadily stack the altcoin even with ETH trading below its realized price, which puts a large portion of the market in unr...

Shiba Inu lead developer Shytoshi Kusama has returned to the X platform, teasing an important update for the SHIB community. This comes just as the meme coin’s price crashed to a 3-year low amid the recent crypto market crash .  Shiba Inu Lead Developer Returns as Price Hits New Lows In an X post , the Shiba Inu lead developer revealed that he had an “ultra important” update for the SHIB community . Shytoshi indicated that it was a very important update, noting how it could take 2 more hours to explain and that it was “extremely important to many.” Meanwhile, in a subsequent X post , the developer hinted that the update may be related to AI and a potential integration. Meanwhile, Shiba Inu developer Kaal Dhairya has yet to comment on what the update may be about. However, he defended Shytoshi following criticisms from some members of the SHIB community over the developer’s cryptic comments. SHIB marketing lead Lucie also commented on Shytoshi’s statement, indicating that she wa...

After losing the $80,000 price mark , the price of Bitcoin has made several attempts to recover this level, but each one was capped by this resistance zone, which was once a key support. Interestingly, this continued bearish pressure is beginning to reflect on multiple crucial areas of the market, such as Spot trading. Lack Of Spot Bitcoin Buyers Extends The broader cryptocurrency market was left in awe when the Bitcoin price experienced a sharp pullback during the weekend. Even after a strong decline, the ongoing correction is showing signs of becoming more entrenched, as evidenced by weak spot trading. A glimpse into research from Darkfost, a popular market expert and author at CryptoQuant, shows that spot demand is steadily drying up. This suggests that fewer buyers are choosing to enter the market to absorb sell-side pressure, leaving BTC’s price highly vulnerable to even modest outflows. In addition to the fading spot demand , the market is set to enter into its fifth consecu...

A sudden drop in the Bitcoin price wiped billions from the crypto market in a matter of hours, triggering panic among traders and forcing many leveraged positions to close. While most investors focused on the losses, a billionaire entrepreneur took a very different view, calling the crash a gift rather than a setback. His reasoning explains why sharp price corrections are sometimes welcomed by experienced market participants. Why A Violent Bitcoin Price Pullback Can Strengthen The Market The price decline unfolded at the end of January 2026, when the Bitcoin price dropped from levels near $83,000 to lows around $77,000, marking a decline of more than 5% in a single move. The drawdown triggered over $2.4 billion in liquidations, with long positions accounting for the majority of forced exits. This was not a slow repricing but a leverage-driven flush, visible both in liquidation data and the Bitcoin price chart, which showed a swift breakdown followed by an early-stage rebound towar...

Crypto payments company and XRP developer Ripple continues to expand its reach across global regions, with its latest move revealing a new license in Luxembourg. The team has shown that this license will allow the company to provide crypto-focused payment services within the country, marking another major win in its mission to power global payments with XRP at the center of its expansion.  Ripple Gains New EMI License In Luxembourg In a press release published on Monday, February 2026, the Ripple team announced that the company had achieved a significant milestone by obtaining a full European Union (EU) Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license in Luxembourg. The license was granted by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), Luxembourg’s primary public authority overseeing the financial services sector.  According to the team, the new EMI license further strengthens the crypto payment company’s foothold and supports plans to accelerate the expansion...

With the DeFi ecosystem experiencing continued growth, a notable amount of XRP is being seen across the sector. After a period of reduced demand, more of the token has been moved into several areas of the ecosystem, such as decentralized applications (dApps) and on-chain finance products. More XRP Moves Into DeFi Ecosystem XRP is becoming a pillar for on-chain utilization. A recent report shows that the quantity of XRP in circulation inside the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ecosystem is continuously growing, indicating a significant change in the way the asset is utilized throughout the network. According to Mason Versluis, a builder and YouTuber on the X platform, there are now more than 222.2 million XRP in the DeFi ecosystem. More coins are migrating into decentralized applications, liquidity pools, and on-chain financial products, reflecting rising confidence in XRP-based DeFi infrastructure. Such a massive supply implies that XRP is becoming more involved in yield production...

White House officials met on Monday with leaders from the crypto industry and major banking trade groups in an effort to ease a key regulatory dispute that has slowed progress on the long‑anticipated crypto market structure legislation, known as the CLARITY Act.  The meeting focused on one of the most contentious issues holding up the bill: whether stablecoin issuers and related third parties should be allowed to offer yield or rewards on stablecoin holdings. Stablecoin Rewards Debate The discussion comes against the backdrop of intense lobbying from the banking sector. Banks have been pushing lawmakers to insert language into the CLARITY Act that would prohibit not only issuers, but also third parties, from providing rewards tied to stablecoins.  The cryptocurrency industry, however, argues that such restrictions would tilt the playing field in favor of traditional financial institutions, which they say are increasingly concerned about competition from digital asset firms...