The Ethereum Foundation said Tuesday it began staking part of its ether reserves with an initial 2,016 ETH deposit and expects to stake about 70,000 ETH in total, with rewards flowing back to its treasury. The initiative aligns with its June 2025 treasury policy to actively deploy assets via staking and other strategies while maintaining operational reserves.

On February 20, 2025, Pi Network launched its Open Network; on February 24, 2026, it marked the first anniversary and shared 16.2M mainnet migrations and 17.7M KYC users, according to Pi Core Team. Pi Coin is at $0.1622, close to the all-time low near $0.13, after falling more than 8% over the past week amid community calls to resolve core issues.

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.

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.

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.