On February 22, 2026, Tether said its gold token XAUt accounted for more than 60% of the tokenized gold market. According to CEO Paolo Ardoino, 94 tonnes shifted on chain over the past six months with total fees of 0.0016%. XAUt trades near 5,100 dollars per ounce with a 2.66 billion dollar market cap and 172 to 247 million dollars in daily volume.

Ripple’s XRP has retreated from a January 2025 high of $3.40 to below $1.40 after setting a new record of $3.65 in July 2025, with a 50% monthly drop between January 6 and February 6, 2026. Four AI platforms, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity, broadly expect XRP to first establish a bottom by spring 2026, then attempt a recovery in summer and potentially enter a stronger bullish phase from Q3 or Q4, with some scenarios pointing to price targets as high as $8–$13 by the end of 2026.

Shiba Inu is forming an inverse head-and-shoulders on the 4-hour chart, with the neckline near $0.0000070–$0.0000072 and targets at $0.0000078, $0.0000085, and $0.0000090 if confirmed. After a more than 20% slide in 30 days, SHIB was $0.00000618, down 5.25% over 24 hours at publication, while analysts flag $0.0000060 and $0.0000058 as key supports.

CME launched Cardano futures on Feb. 9, 2026, starting the six‑month futures track required under the SEC's generic listing standards approved in September 2025. According to Reuters, those rules can reduce the exchange-side timeline for a spot ADA ETF to roughly 75 days from 240, making Aug. 9, 2026 the earliest date the futures condition could be met.

Injective’s INJ climbed 35% from $2.97 on 19 February to $4.02 on 21 February, with trading volume up 57% day over day, according to CoinMarketCap. Pineapple said it bought $2 million in INJ and keeps $20.79 million in reserves, while a real-time EVM mainnet upgrade went live on 20 February. Resistance sits at $4.16 and $6.09.

XRP exchange-traded products have seen inflows stall around $1.23 billion after earlier rapid growth, while the token's price has dropped by more than 10% this week. Recent trading days in February recorded either flat or minimal flows, and XRP has retreated from above $1.65 to around $1.40 despite brief double-digit gains. On-chain analytics point to dominant short activity, but some data suggest XRP may be undervalued and could potentially rebound based on past loss patterns.

XRP is consolidating between $1.20 and $1.40 inside a long-running descending channel while printing its largest realized loss spike since 2022, suggesting possible exhaustion near key support. On-chain and derivatives data show NVT has surged over 100% and nearly 69% of Binance's top traders are positioned long, creating an imbalance that could fuel either a sharp rebound or a liquidation-driven breakdown if support fails.

XRP has fallen about 70% from its 2025 high of $3.65 to nearly $1.10, with realized losses recently spiking to roughly $908 million in the largest capitulation event since 2022. Large wallets and spot ETFs have been absorbing distressed supply as exchange reserves fall to five‑year lows and 30‑day volatility compresses, pointing to a maturing but still fragile market structure. While a past $1.93 billion loss event preceded a 114% rebound, changing liquidity conditions and institutional participation may alter the speed and scale of any recovery in the current cycle.