According to Bitmine, it holds 4 422 659 ETH and added 51 162 ETH in the past week, amounting to about 3.66% of Ethereum's circulating supply near 120.7 million tokens. The firm reports 3 040 483 ETH are staked, with annual staking income currently around $171 million and a potential near $249 million based on a 2.89% 7-day yield.

On February 23, 2026, USD1, a stablecoin linked to Donald Trump, briefly fell to $0.9942 before returning to its $1.00 peg within a couple of hours, according to the report. The issuer, World Liberty Financial, said the volatility followed a coordinated attack. Fine print on the platform's site now indicates DT Marks DEFI LLC holds approximately 38% of WLF Holdco LLC.

Grayscale increased Cardano allocation in its Smart Contract Fund to 20.34% after successive rebalances from ~18.5% in January 2026. Solana stands at 28.69%, leaving a little over an 8% gap versus ADA. As of February 23, 2026, ADA trades around $0.268–$0.272.

Solana Company unveiled the Pacific Backbone to deploy low‑latency nodes linking Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong, aiming to strengthen staking, validator operations and execution across Asia Pacific. The rollout starts with smaller node activations, targets hardware and tech upgrades by the second half of 2026, and plans liquidity‑focused products in 12–18 months. SOL traded at $79.06 with a 4.93% daily drop.

On February 23, analyst Arthur reported that visible XRP Ledger activity has dropped between 50% and 80% in recent weeks, with active tagged users, payment volume, and sending accounts all sharply lower. He linked the decline to the February 18 activation of XLS-81, which enables permissioned institutional trading that does not show on public dashboards, and argued that this may mask underlying demand. XRP is trading around $1.39 with double-digit percentage losses over the past month and year, while on-chain loss metrics and valuation ratios from Santiment present mixed longer-term signals.

In a recent video, analyst Kamilah Stevenson argued that many XRP holders misunderstand the token, which she characterizes as neutral settlement infrastructure rather than a typical speculative asset. She contends XRP is designed for periods of severe liquidity stress, when trust is scarce and markets are disordered, and that common assumptions about constantly available liquidity break down in such crises. According to her, XRP’s value could be in enabling large-scale settlement with fewer units under pressure, making price compression a functional feature instead of mere hype.

World Liberty Financial, the crypto project linked to Donald Trump and his family, reported on February 23 a coordinated attack on its USD1 stablecoin that briefly pushed it below its $1 peg. The team said attackers allegedly hacked several co-founder accounts, paid influencers to spread fear, and opened large short positions in WLFI to profit from volatility, but USD1 later rebounded to trade back near par. WLFI emphasized that USD1 remains fully backed by cash, U.S. Treasuries, and government money market funds held with BitGo and supported by a transparent mint-and-redeem mechanism.

Pippin (PIPPIN) jumped 20% over the past 24 hours, briefly moving above $0.72 before settling near $0.71, according to CoinGecko. Its market value climbed past $700 million, placing it 81st overall and seventh among meme coins, after an all-time high near $0.76 on February 15. Community targets range from $1.20 to below $0.10, while RSI is around 85.