Bitcoin is approaching a major bearish "death cross" on its three-day chart around February 27, with the 50-day SMA set to cross below the 200-day SMA as the asset trades near $63,158. The cryptocurrency has already dropped more than 52% from its October 2025 high above $110,000 to around $68,000, and analysts warn that historical patterns point to further potential downside toward $40,000 or even $30,000. Recent selling has pushed BTC below the $60,000 support and under both key moving averages, with broader risk-off sentiment and leverage unwinds adding pressure.

Five former Binance compliance investigators allege the exchange processed over $1B in Iran-linked transactions after its November 2023 DOJ settlement, and say they were fired for flagging the flows. Binance counters the dismissals were performance-related and cites a 97% drop in sanctions transaction volume between early 2024 and mid-2025 as reform evidence.

On February 10, 2026, XRP Ledger active addresses peaked at 32,684; by February 24 they fell to 14,551, a 55% drop. Active addresses are a key engagement indicator, and the slump coincides with whales moving over 31 million XRP to Binance while price trades near $1.33, raising the risk of a move below $1.

DeepSeek plans to unveil a new AI model as soon as next week, and U.S. officials say it was trained on Nvidia’s Blackwell chips that are barred from export to China. A senior official said Monday the setup could breach U.S. export controls and suggested the hardware may be clustered at a DeepSeek site in Inner Mongolia.

On Feb. 24, trader Cheds Trading posted a weekly DOGE/USD chart on X and said DOGE "looks headed for 6 cents .06 range." The screenshot shows price at $0.09135, below EMA 8 $0.10823, SMA 200 $0.13578, EMA 34 $0.15734 and SMA 50 $0.17912, with Bollinger Bands basis $0.13861 and lower at $0.07328.

On February 23, 2026, Step Finance announced an immediate shutdown after a late‑January breach, with SolanaFloor and Remora Markets also winding down. The hack reportedly drained over 260,000 SOL; STEP plunged nearly 100%, while Remora's rTokens remain redeemable for USDC. SOL slid below $77 amid negative funding and bearish derivatives positioning.

According to crypto trader Surf, Dogecoin is showing a slight weekly RSI uptick against Bitcoin, a setup he says could precede a breakout in the DOGE/BTC pair. Over the past day, Bitcoin fell 4.85% to $63,219 while Dogecoin slipped 5.61%, before recovering to $0.09091 at press time.

The U.S. SEC appointed Taylor Lindman, formerly a senior legal officer at Chainlink Labs, as chief counsel for its Crypto Task Force. According to the report, LINK traded around $8.18 after rebounding from $8.13, with support near $6.80 and resistance at $8.19, while its price is roughly 51% lower year over year.