In February, CleanSpark, Cango and BitFuFu together mined close to 1,250 BTC, with CleanSpark contributing 568 BTC, Cango 454.83 BTC and BitFuFu 227 BTC. The three bitcoin miners also detailed efforts to leverage their power capacity and data centers for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing as they seek new revenue opportunities beyond traditional mining.

Bitcoin briefly moved back above $74,000 on Wednesday as a broad crypto market rebound pushed BTC up about 8% in 24 hours and lifted ether more than 9%. Dogecoin and Zcash led gains among large-cap tokens, while shares of Coinbase climbed roughly 15% and Gemini jumped about 34% alongside the move.

U.S. banking trade associations have criticized the Federal Reserve's decision to grant Kraken Financial a limited-purpose master account, arguing it could expose the payment system to risk without traditional bank-level safeguards. The approval has intensified calls for the Fed to finalize and clarify its framework for so-called "skinny" accounts for nontraditional financial institutions. Some crypto industry participants view the move as a significant step toward enabling payment-focused firms that do not rely on conventional deposit-lending models.

Circle Internet Group's stock climbed nearly 8% to $103.71 on Tuesday, its highest level in about four months, as Mizuho analysts lifted their price target from $90 to $100 while keeping a neutral rating. The bank argued that a recent jump in oil prices and reduced expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts could modestly boost Circle's revenue outlook for 2026–2027 and more meaningfully support its valuation, even as long-term competitive pressure in stablecoins remains a concern.

A federal judge in the Southern District of New York has dismissed with prejudice the remaining state-law claims in a class action targeting Uniswap Labs and founder Hayden Adams over scam tokens traded on the protocol. The court held that merely providing a decentralized trading platform and open-source smart contract code does not create liability for alleged fraud by unidentified third-party token issuers, and Uniswap’s UNI token rose 6% to $3.92 following the ruling.

On Monday, Nasdaq was reported to have asked the SEC to approve new yes-or-no binary options contracts tied to the Nasdaq 100 Index and its micro version. The proposed "Outcome Related Options" would trade between $0.01 and $1 in a structure similar to prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi, and could bring event-style products directly into the listed equity index options market if approved.

Mark Karpelès proposed a Bitcoin hard fork to enable recovery of about 79,956 BTC from a dormant address tied to the June 2011 Mt. Gox hack. The draft notes a coordinated upgrade would be required and warns of potential chain split risks. Those coins are outside the trustee’s estate; creditor repayments began in mid‑2024 with the deadline extended to October 2026.

Barclays is reportedly assessing blockchain-based settlement infrastructure and tokenized deposit systems as the stablecoin market expands toward $300 billion in circulation. The bank has taken an infrastructure-focused approach, including an investment in Ubyx, while forecasts from major institutions see stablecoin issuance potentially reaching into the trillions by the end of the decade.

MARA Holdings reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $1.7 billion, driven by a $1.5 billion fair-value hit as bitcoin fell around 30%, while revenue declined 6% to $202.3 million. The company also announced a joint venture with Starwood Capital Group to build AI-focused data centers, and its shares rose more than 15% on Thursday.