Author Ahmed Balaha Author Ahmed Balaha Part of the Team Since Aug 2025 About Author Ahmed Balaha is a journalist and copywriter based in Georgia with a growing focus on blockchain technology, DeFi, AI, privacy, digital assets, and fintech innovation. Share Last updated: February 18, 2026 A flood of fresh cash might about to land in crypto. Roughly $150 billion in tax refunds will hit U.S. consumer accounts by the end of March.Some analysts think part of that money could drift straight into risk assets. Including crypto. Wells Fargo strategists say this refund wave, boosted by 2026 tax incentives, may…
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YZi Labs, a global investment firm and venture capital entity, has displayed the list of top 15 projects in terms of weekly investment volume. These projects are named Sui ($SUI), LayerZero ($ZRO), Aster ($ASTER), Axie Infinity ($AXS), Ethena ($ENA), Chiliz ($CHZ), Movement ($MOVE), Aptos ($APT), Initia ($INIT), Injective ($INJ), Arkham ($ARKM), Celestia ($TIA), zkPass ($ZKP), Curve DAO Token ($CRV), and Pendle ($PENDLE). In the given list, Sui ($SUI) is leading with the highest value of $3.7B in market cap, along with a weekly change in price of +3.4%, and having a weekly volume of $2.6B. LayerZero $ZRO is the runner-up…
SUI price coiling to recoup its bearish momentum and breach the immediate support of $0.88. Derivative market data shows 46% decline in SUI’s open interest since early January, suggesting the market is losing speculative force. SUI’s TVL plunged from approximately $2.6 billion to nearly $560–$580 million by early 2026. SUI, the native cryptocurrency of the SUI blockchain, showed low volatility trading during Tuesday’s U.S. market hour to waver around $0.96. The coin price has been wavering around the $1 level for the past two weeks now, indicating weak confidence from buyers to sellers to drive a sustained recovery. However, a…
XRP price faces risk of continued correction as traders witnessed renewed selling pressure at $1.56 resistance. Crypto analyst highlights a 26% decrease in XRP’s active addresses dropped from 55,080 to 40,778 amid current market uncertainty. The 41% reduction in open interest tied to XRP’s futures contracts indicates significant deleveraging among market participants On Tuesday, the XRP price experienced a slight dip of over 0.88% to reach its current exchange hands at $1.47. The selling pressure can be attributed to general market weakness as Bitcoin struggles to hold the $70,000 mark or XRP facing overhead supply at $1.56. Along with price…
While the overall volatility in the crypto market remains intact, taking a deeper dive into recent performances shows that the market itself is going through a transition. The “Top Gainers” on CoinMarketCap are starting to show more interest in mid-cap projects and tokens related to specific ecosystems. Traders are moving away from simply chasing hype toward assets that have clearly defined roadmaps; thus, today’s top performers represent a picture of how liquidity is moving throughout the current 24 hours. MemeCore and Nexo – Outperforming the Pack MemeCore (M) leads all cryptocurrencies today with a massive rise of 16.09%, resulting in…
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has become the public market’s most widely traded Bitcoin proxy, using equity, convertible notes, and preferred stock to build a balance sheet dominated by the top crypto.However, as Bitcoin trades near $68,000 and Strategy shares hover below $130, investors are paying closer attention to the mechanisms that allow the company to continue buying BTC without becoming a forced seller.Industry experts such as Bloomberg Intelligence strategist Mike McGlone have warned that Bitcoin could decline to $10,000.While this drawdown scenario presents challenges for the firm, the Michael Saylor-led firm appears confident in its ability to navigate these issues even…
All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. Monero recorded a sharp rise to hit an intra-day high of $344 after a report by TRM Labs broke down its resilience in the face of exchange delistings. The report also revealed that the network’s share of the darknet market has shot up, with half of all new markets now supporting XMR only. Monero surged 8.9% earlier today to hit an intra-day high of $343.88 as market sentiment around its XMR privacy coin improved following a recent report by TRM Labs. At press time, XMR…
George Town, Cayman Islands, February 17th, 2026, Chainwire Zircuit, a security-first digital asset company backed by YZiLabs, Dragonfly, and Pantera, today announced the launch of Zircuit Finance. Incubated by a team from Quantstamp, Zircuit Finance is a secure platform for institutional-grade strategies, a stablecoin vault designed to generate yield on USDC and USDT, with a stated target range of 8–11% APR, subject to market conditions and variability. Historically, access to professional asset managers and institutional strategies required significant minimum investments and long lockups. Zircuit Finance removes those barriers with a simplified, cross-chain interface that provides access to institutional-grade yield strategies…
Heavy order-book activity has been recorded on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) after automated monitoring systems detected 310 sell-side whale alerts within six hours, most of them linked to a single wallet associated with Bitstamp. The activity comes at a time when XRP price action remains weak and locked inside an important consolidation range.One Wallet Generated Hundreds of Rapid Sell OrdersAccording to an XRPL validator tracking whale movements, a single wallet repeatedly placed sell orders of roughly 1 million XRP, canceled them, and then replaced them every 15 to 30 seconds. In total, nearly 310 million XRP moved through the order…
Monad price moved within the $0.020 and $0.23 range on Tuesday. The layer 1 project eyes traction as $100 million in private credit becomes verifiable on-chain. MON price could retest resistance at $0.030. Monad’s native token, MON, was trading near $0.021 after falling about 7% over the past 24 hours. Data from CoinMarketCap showed the decline followed renewed profit-taking after prices revisited the $0.025 level. Continued weakness in Bitcoin and other major altcoins could add further pressure on MON in the near term. However, some analysts see potential for a rebound as Monad positions itself as a platform for institutional-grade…
