Cryptocurrency payments to suppliers of fentanyl precursor chemicals began falling in mid-2023, months before overdose deaths declined. This pattern suggests that blockchain data may provide an early signal of disruptions in the illicit drug supply, according to a new report from Chainalysis. Early Disruption in Fentanyl Supply The blockchain data company observed a measurable drop […]
Crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly Capital has closed its fourth fund at $650 million. The fund comes as the broader cryptocurrency market faces a severe downturn, with token prices declining and investor enthusiasm weakened. $650 Million Fund Dragonfly’s previous fund, its third, deployed $500 million into startups such as Polymarket, Rain, and Ethena. The new […]
The price of Solana’s native SOL token is near $84, after a steep, multi-month slide that erased nearly 67% from its September 2025 all-time high, with new on-chain data and community debates pointing to a network under strain. The mixed signals matter because they show a split between falling market sentiment and activity metrics that […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin holds more than 240,000 ETH, currently valued at approximately $467 million, according to blockchain intelligence platform Arkham’s investigation into his on-chain holdings. The analysis established Buterin as the largest accessible individual holder of Ethereum, though institutional players and exchange wallets dominate the top rankings of ETH ownership. Buterin’s Portfolio Composition and […]
Several Trump-related meme coins experienced a significant resurgence on Friday, following an intriguing announcement made by the President of the United States. However, the asset lost almost all gains in the following hours, perhaps driven by a blow against Trump from the US Supreme Court. The Trump Effect or Just a Coincidence? Official Trump (TRUMP) […]
[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, February 20th, 2026] Feed Every Gorilla (FEG), a decentralized finance infrastructure project established in 2021, marks its five-year anniversary, reflecting continued development of blockchain-based protocol infrastructure designed to support decentralized token ecosystems and on-chain financial systems. Since its launch, FEG has focused on developing transparent and verifiable smart contract infrastructure […]
Pi Network’s Core Team took it to X at the end of the business week to announce the latest blockchain update that was successfully migrated. The protocol v19.6 has been implemented, leaving version 19.9, which is next in line, the only one left before the highly-anticipated v20. The announcement also urged nodes to ensure they […]
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) returned to the United States this week for the first time since his release from a California federal prison in 2024. The visit took place at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, where Zhao attended a 500-person convention hosted by the Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial. CZ Makes Appearance at […]
The European banking giant Société Générale has launched its euro stablecoin, EUR CoinVertible (EURCV), on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) as part of a multi-chain expansion strategy. According to an official announcement from SG-Forge, a subsidiary of the Société Générale Group specializing in digital assets, the move aims to increase adoption of the EURCV by leveraging […]
Around 30,600 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, Feb. 20, with a notional value of roughly $2 billion. This event is a little smaller than last week’s expiry, so there is unlikely to be any impact on spot markets. Crypto markets are in bear market territory, but have remained flat over the past week […]