The U.S. SEC appointed Taylor Lindman, formerly a senior legal officer at Chainlink Labs, as chief counsel for its Crypto Task Force. According to the report, LINK traded around $8.18 after rebounding from $8.13, with support near $6.80 and resistance at $8.19, while its price is roughly 51% lower year over year.

Espresso (ESP) surged more than 123% over the last 24 hours, hitting a record high of $0.219 as simultaneous listing announcements from South Korea’s top exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, triggered an explosive wave of accumulation. While technical indicators suggest the rally is currently overextended, the token’s massive volume spike indicates strong buyer conviction as it defies a broader market downturn.

Seeker (SKR) surged more than 41% today, hitting an intraday high of $0.032 as a major listing on South Korea’s largest exchange, Upbit, triggered a massive wave of accumulation. While technical indicators point toward a potential retest of its all-time high, the token’s performance stands in stark contrast to a broader market Extreme Fear phase, with traders eyeing the $0.035 resistance level and a sustained breakout into the $0.040 range.

The administrator handling Terraform Labs’ wind-down has filed a lawsuit against Jane Street alleging use of non-public information ahead of TerraUSD’s May 2022 collapse, putting Terra Classic (LUNC) under renewed scrutiny. LUNC trades near $0.00003509 after a $0.0000343–$0.00003516 24-hour range, with analysts watching a potential push toward $0.00003925 and 2026 projections between $0.0000242 and $0.000510.

Speculation about a potential Nobel Peace Prize nomination for U.S. President Donald Trump has inspired the Ethereum-based meme token N4T, launched in November 2025 and themed around support for his diplomatic work. The token, which caps supply at 1 billion with roughly 98% burned and liquidity locked for up to 12 months, has reached about $1.6 million in market capitalization. N4T uses a "one token, one vote" governance model and aims to present aggregated holdings as a public signal of backing for Trump's prospective Nobel recognition.

On February 24, 2026, the XRP Ledger Foundation announced rippled v3.1.1, which disables the Batch and fixBatchInnerSigs amendments due to a severe bug and advises validators to acknowledge new GPG keys as Ripple rotates its signing key. A devnet reset is scheduled for March 3, 2026, while mainnet and other XRPL-related networks will continue operating normally.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has sold 3,788.57 ETH, worth about $7.3 million, over a 72-hour span. The sales, part of a broader \u0022mild austerity\u0022 phase, come as the crypto market corrects and have sparked debate over their impact on ETH\u0027s bearish price action.

HYPE's surge to $38.42 in the first week of February, following a break above the $28.4 lower high in early January, marked a shift to a bullish market structure. The subsequent decline below $30 and down toward key Fibonacci levels between $28.44 and $20.02 is viewed as a retracement within this uptrend, with $24.3 and $20 highlighted as important support areas for bulls. A drop below $23.4 or especially under $20 would signal weakening buyer strength and could invalidate the current bullish setup.