On Feb. 23, World Liberty Financial's USD1 slipped to $0.994 and recovered within minutes, a 0.6% deviation, according to DEX Screener. WLFI attributed the move to a "coordinated attack," while Arkham's tracking shows Binance controls roughly 93% of the about $5 billion circulating supply, concentrating peg tests on one venue.

On February 23, 2026, the Coinbase Bitcoin premium moved back above zero after spending most of the month negative since heavy selling on February 6. Market data showed BTC around $66,150 on Binance futures with a 0.40% hourly uptick, while spot was near $65,070 and down roughly 3% for the day.

On February 24, 2026, in a client memo, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argued that DeFi’s governance reforms and rising institutional participation could help lift crypto from its downturn. He highlighted Uniswap’s periods of higher trading volume than Coinbase and Aave’s more than $100 million in annual revenue, even as AAVE fell about 50% over the past year. Separately, Michael Saylor told Fox Business the pullback is milder than prior cycles.

On February 24, Glassnode said its 90‑day SMA of Bitcoin's Realized Profit/Loss Ratio slipped below 1, marking loss‑dominant selling. The firm noted that such breakdowns have often persisted for six months or longer before liquidity returns. Bitcoin traded near $63,200, down 3.6% on the day and almost 29% over a month.

Bitcoin is approaching a major bearish "death cross" on its three-day chart around February 27, with the 50-day SMA set to cross below the 200-day SMA as the asset trades near $63,158. The cryptocurrency has already dropped more than 52% from its October 2025 high above $110,000 to around $68,000, and analysts warn that historical patterns point to further potential downside toward $40,000 or even $30,000. Recent selling has pushed BTC below the $60,000 support and under both key moving averages, with broader risk-off sentiment and leverage unwinds adding pressure.

Five former Binance compliance investigators allege the exchange processed over $1B in Iran-linked transactions after its November 2023 DOJ settlement, and say they were fired for flagging the flows. Binance counters the dismissals were performance-related and cites a 97% drop in sanctions transaction volume between early 2024 and mid-2025 as reform evidence.

On February 10, 2026, XRP Ledger active addresses peaked at 32,684; by February 24 they fell to 14,551, a 55% drop. Active addresses are a key engagement indicator, and the slump coincides with whales moving over 31 million XRP to Binance while price trades near $1.33, raising the risk of a move below $1.

DeepSeek plans to unveil a new AI model as soon as next week, and U.S. officials say it was trained on Nvidia’s Blackwell chips that are barred from export to China. A senior official said Monday the setup could breach U.S. export controls and suggested the hardware may be clustered at a DeepSeek site in Inner Mongolia.