During Tuesday’s session, Bitcoin slid toward $62,000 after briefly trading just above $62,500, then steadied near $64,000. On Polymarket, odds for a February close above $80,000 or $90,000 are 2% or less, while the probability of $60,000 or below is around 23%. Sentiment has cooled after failed rebounds earlier in the month.

In February 2026, Lime co-founder Brad Bao was named a defendant in a $100 million federal RICO lawsuit in the Northern District of California tied to the Cere Network token. The suit alleges a pump‑and‑dump scheme and improper fund transfers; plaintiffs seek compensatory and punitive damages, while all claims remain unproven in court.

On Monday, Tice P. Brown, a beneficial owner of roughly 9.8% of Empery Digital, urged the board to liquidate the firm's 4,081 BTC treasury, return proceeds to investors, and remove CEO Ryan Lane along with the directors. According to his letter, Brown rejected a Feb. 18 offer to repurchase his shares at 100% mNAV, calling it a premium meant to protect management.

Developers have proposed XLS-56d to add Batch Transactions to the XRP Ledger, enabling atomic bundling of up to eight transfers for more predictable outcomes. The amendment remains under validator voting, and a bug discovered prior to activation led to a temporary veto recommendation. A software update is expected next week to deprecate the current version before a fixed release.

Anthropic introduced Claude Cowork on January 30 and, during an online event on Tuesday, said Claude can now operate inside popular business apps. The company highlighted integrations with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, Google Drive, Gmail, and Calendar, plus DocuSign and LegalZoom, as stocks reacted with sharp declines in early February and a Tuesday rebound for FactSet (+3.8%) and Thomson Reuters (+8.8%).

On 24 February 2026, Emirates NBD, the UAE’s second-largest bank, described Bitcoin as "digital gold" and a long-term store of value while enabling in-app crypto trading and institutional custody. The bank is evaluating whether to add Bitcoin to its own portfolio, aligning with the UAE’s broader regulatory and tax framework that supports digital asset adoption. This shift comes as the country records tens of billions of dollars in annual crypto inflows and strengthens its position as a regional hub for virtual assets.

On 24 February, a market review covers Bitcoin, XRP and Ethereum while highlighting XRP's sharp February drawdown of over 30% from near $2.05 to the $1.40 area. The analysis also cites more than $1.3 billion in cumulative institutional inflows tied to XRP products since late 2025, framing a contest between persistent seasonal weakness and ongoing accumulation.

Kraken is launching round-the-clock trading in tokenized equity perpetual futures built on xStocks technology, initially covering gold, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 plus shares such as Apple, Nvidia, Google, Tesla, Robinhood, and crypto-focused companies. The fully collateralized contracts target eligible non-U.S. clients across more than 110 countries and are described by Kraken as using regulated benchmarks while it works to finalize the acquisition of xStocks and advances toward a potential public listing.