The crypto market slid over the past 24 hours, with total value near $2,26 trillion, down about 2,9%. Bitcoin traded around $65 761 (-3,26% 24h; -4,18% weekly) on $34,7 billion volume, while Ethereum hovered near $1 883 (-4,67% 24h). Indicators show Fear & Greed at 14 and the Altcoin Season Index at 31/100.

On February 22, 2026, lawmakers in Arizona advanced S.B. 1649, a bill that designates XRP as an eligible holding in a proposed Digital Assets Strategic Reserve Fund. The measure passed a committee vote 4–2 and outlines a state-managed reserve that can hold seized or surrendered digital assets meeting defined sustainability criteria. If fully approved, the initiative would broaden Arizona's potential crypto reserve beyond only the largest networks.

On February 22, 2026, Michael Saylor shared "The Orange Century" on X alongside a chart of MicroStrategy's Bitcoin accumulations. Markets viewed the post as signaling potential new crypto purchases by the company. The message arrived amid heightened BTC volatility.

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, is reportedly assessing a structure that would add Ethereum staking to its exchange-traded products. The proposed model would direct about 82%–83% of staking rewards to ETF investors, with the rest covering validator and management costs, potentially turning spot ETH ETFs approved in 2024 into yield-generating instruments in addition to providing price exposure.

BNP Paribas Asset Management is piloting a tokenised share class of a French money market fund on Ethereum using the ERC-3643 standard, with regulated access for pre-approved investors. In parallel, the bank is helping lead Qivalis, a Euro stablecoin backed by segregated reserves and targeting a commercial rollout in the second half of 2026 across Ethereum, Polygon, and Base.