On February 26, 2026, Block said it will eliminate more than 4,000 roles, reducing headcount from over 10,000 to just under 6,000, and its shares rose more than 25% after hours. The company also reported fourth‑quarter 2025 gross profit growth of 24% year over year and raised its 2026 outlook to $12.20 billion in gross profit.

On February 26, 2026, Citi's digital asset custody head said the bank will roll out infrastructure later this year to integrate Bitcoin into traditional finance for institutions. The plan centers on direct custody, unified reporting, and 24/7 settlement to make BTC fully "bankable" within existing banking processes.

On Thursday, Representatives Scott Fitzgerald, Ben Cline and Zoe Lofgren introduced the Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act to curb prosecutions of developers without custody or control of others' crypto assets by narrowing Section 1960. The Blockchain Association and the DeFi Education Fund backed the proposal, which they say could influence cases involving Roman Storm and Samourai Wallet.

Google Trends data indicates that searches for Buy Bitcoin have surged to their highest level in roughly five years, with interest peaking around February 22. The spike arrives as BTC has fallen 45% over the past four months and dropped as much as 52.15% from its $126.5k ATH before rebounding to about $68k, up 4.5% in 24 hours.

Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake has unveiled the Strawmap, a long-term coordination plan that envisions seven network forks by 2029 and five core aims across speed, scale, security, and privacy. The framework offers investors a timeline to judge execution as the market debates whether ETH can credibly advance toward a $10,000 valuation.

Ether briefly climbed above $2,000 and set a weekly high near $2,150, a level that matches the realized price of wallets holding at least 100,000 ETH. Derivatives data show over $220 million in short liquidations and a funding rate rebound into positive territory, while analysts continue to watch support around $1,800 and potential downside toward the $1,500 area.

Shiba Inu is retesting the 26-day EMA as overhead resistance while a fragile rebound faces selling pressure. The token trades around $0.00000599, down 6.33% over the last 24 hours, and recent volume of roughly 374 billion SHIB has not matched past breakout levels. Shorter-term EMAs lag longer-term trends and RSI remains neutral, keeping bias tilted lower.

On February 26, 2026 (UTC update), tightening scandium supply was pressuring U.S. 5G chip and aerospace chains as inventories ran thin ahead of a planned March summit in Beijing. After April 2025 controls, yttrium exports to the U.S. fell to 17 tons from 333 tons, and prices climbed about 60% since a November alert, with some manufacturers rationing.