On Feb. 13, Bitcoin saw its largest short‑liquidation spike since September 2024, with 10,700 BTC shorts cleared as price rebounded from $65,799 to $69,434. It later hit $70,941 on Feb. 15 before easing to $69,333, while traders prepared for Fed minutes and the core PCE inflation report.

XRP Ledger validator Vet has highlighted upcoming confidential transfers for Multi-Purpose Tokens, which are expected to activate institutional-grade privacy on the XRPL in Q1 2026. These upgrades will encrypt balances and transaction amounts for XRP-issued assets while enabling selective disclosure for auditors, potentially boosting institutional use. Developer Wietse Wind has meanwhile warned of an uptick in XRPL-targeted scams, urging users to stay vigilant and avoid signing untrusted transactions.

XRP has printed a golden cross on its hourly chart as its price has climbed 17% over several days. The token rebounded from $1.34 to as high as $1.67, with trading volume and derivatives open interest both recording strong increases. Additional developments around the RLUSD stablecoin on XRP Ledger and exchange integrations have coincided with this short‑term bullish move.

DOGE extended its rebound from the Feb. 12 low of $0.09, climbing from $0.096 to $0.113 on Saturday and hitting $0.117 on Sunday. According to CoinMarketCap, 24‑hour trading volume rose 191% to $2.87 billion, while CoinGlass shows open interest up 25% to $1.31 billion.

Over the next three days, a permissioned DEX amendment is scheduled to activate on the XRP Ledger mainnet, enabling regulated institutions to trade while preserving compliance. XRP validator Vet recently highlighted XRP’s role as a bridge asset between pairs like EUROP/RLUSD via autobridging, and the new feature is expected to extend this function in FX and remittance flows. As XRP’s institutional roadmap expands around settlement, FX, collateral and on-chain credit, the token has also rebounded in price, gaining 13% in one day amid a broader market rally.

Shiba Inu's hourly chart showed a golden cross as the 50 MA moved above the 200 MA, alongside a 6.56% 24-hour rise to $0.0000065 and a 7% weekly gain. The rebound began on Feb. 12 after a Feb. 11 low at $0.00000575, with traders watching $0.000007–$0.0000076 and support near $0.000005.

RippleX has issued a PSA to all XRP Ledger node operators and validators to upgrade their servers to rippled version 3.1.0, released in late January, to maintain compatibility with the network. The update introduces amendments such as SingleAssetVault for the Lending Protocol and fixBatchInnerSigs, along with several bug fixes, while these changes move toward activation via validator voting. RippleX also highlighted that Token Escrow (XLS-85) has gone live on mainnet and that the Permissioned DEX amendment is expected to activate within the next three days.

On Feb. 14, 2026, Anastasia Labs CEO Philip DiSarro said on X that Cardano's ecosystem shows "visible work" while underscoring behind-the-scenes tasks like editing and coordination. Cardano updates include a planned USDCx launch by the end of February, according to founder Charles Hoskinson, alongside a LayerZero integration and throughput goals tied to Ouroboros Leios.

Ethereum climbed back above $2,000 on Saturday, reversing a two-day decline from $1,895 on Feb. 12 and reaching an intraday high of $2,090. This rebound pushed a 105,000 ETH long position, reportedly tied to Matrixport and opened around $2,048, from more than $10 million in unrealized losses into over $1 million in profit as ETH gained 7.15% in 24 hours to $2,033.