Chainlink's price is trading below key short- and medium-term moving averages, with sellers currently holding the advantage as the market compresses toward the $7.92 support level. If this area breaks, the price could slide toward lower liquidity near $7, $5 and $4.9, while a reclaim of $9.09 might reopen upside targets around $11.98 and $12.39.

On Monday, World Liberty Financial said hackers, short sellers, and paid influencers targeted its USD1 stablecoin and cofounder accounts in a coordinated effort. During the turbulence, its token fell about 7% and traded near $0.1089, while USD1 briefly slipped to roughly $0.994 before recovering toward $0.999.

According to the analysis, XRP extended losses under $1.350 and printed a $1.3275 low before stabilizing, with hourly price still below the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. Immediate barriers sit near $1.3650 and $1.3760, then $1.3750–$1.40 and a trendline at $1.4250, while supports appear at $1.3275, $1.3200, $1.3050 and $1.30.

Ethereum slipped through $1,880 and $1,860 and is holding under the 100‑hour Simple Moving Average, the analysis indicates. A bounce from a $1,811 low carried price toward $1,840, but hurdles stand at $1,870, $1,900 and a trend line near $1,920. Failure to reclaim $1,900 could open declines toward $1,835, $1,820 and $1,780.

According to CryptoQuant, more than 31 million XRP were sent to Binance in a single day yesterday, lifting readily tradable supply to nearly $45 million at current prices. XRP is struggling to defend the 1.30–1.40 range while Bitcoin stays range bound, and concentrated large holder deposits have heightened near term selling risk for the token.

Solana DeFi aggregator Step Finance, along with SolanaFloor and Remora Markets, is shutting down after a $27 million hack of its treasury wallets at the end of January. The team said it could not find a viable path forward and will halt operations immediately, while planning a buyback for STEP token holders and redemptions for Remora rToken holders.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brought on former Chainlink lawyer Taylor Lindman to advise on digital asset policy. According to Arkham Intelligence, Grayscale's LINK holdings climbed past 5.25 million tokens in February 2026 even as Chainlink traded more than 70% below last year's high, highlighting institutional interest amid weak prices.

RLUSD, Ripple's $1-pegged stablecoin, entered the Top 50 this week at 48th with a $1,558,888,243 market capitalization, according to CoinMarketCap. On February 20, 2026, Paul Barron teased "something big" linked to RLUSD and The Clarity Act, and on February 23, 2026, Chart Nerd framed BTC's liquidity sweep as a potential setup while watching XRP's $1.17 support and an $8 upside scenario.