Espresso (ESP) surged more than 123% over the last 24 hours, hitting a record high of $0.219 as simultaneous listing announcements from South Korea’s top exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, triggered an explosive wave of accumulation. While technical indicators suggest the rally is currently overextended, the token’s massive volume spike indicates strong buyer conviction as it defies a broader market downturn.

Seeker (SKR) surged more than 41% today, hitting an intraday high of $0.032 as a major listing on South Korea’s largest exchange, Upbit, triggered a massive wave of accumulation. While technical indicators point toward a potential retest of its all-time high, the token’s performance stands in stark contrast to a broader market Extreme Fear phase, with traders eyeing the $0.035 resistance level and a sustained breakout into the $0.040 range.

On February 24, 2026, the XRP Ledger Foundation announced rippled v3.1.1, which disables the Batch and fixBatchInnerSigs amendments due to a severe bug and advises validators to acknowledge new GPG keys as Ripple rotates its signing key. A devnet reset is scheduled for March 3, 2026, while mainnet and other XRPL-related networks will continue operating normally.

In late 2024 and into 2025, Bitcoin's price path diverged sharply from gold, weakening the narrative that it behaves like "digital gold." According to CryptoQuant's CEO, the correlation that had stayed mostly positive from 2022 to mid-2024 turned negative around the 2024 US elections, with BTC later suffering a major correction while gold climbed to new highs. As of press time, Bitcoin trades near $63,000 and far below its peak, while gold hovers around record levels and commands a market cap about 30 times larger.

Bloomberg Intelligence said Coinbase's stablecoin income from its USDC arrangement with Circle could increase two to seven times if payment usage accelerates. In Q4 2025, Coinbase reported a $667 million net loss but generated $1.35 billion in stablecoin revenue in 2025, as lawmakers consider curbing customer rewards.

With Bitcoin trading near $63,200, Polymarket markets assign a 17% chance that the price will surpass $75,000, even as technical signals and whale flows point to mounting headwinds. Large holders have reduced but not reversed selling, and strong resistance around $72,200–$73,200 contrasts with key support close to $63,300, leaving price trapped between major levels.

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On 24 February 2026, the White House moved closer to a compromise on stablecoin rewards, with officials aiming to resolve the issue by March 1. Sources say yield on idle balances is unlikely, while narrowly defined, activity-based incentives remain under review. Separately, the SEC now lets broker-dealers count high-quality stablecoins toward capital with a 2% discount.