On February 23, 2026, Step Finance announced an immediate shutdown after a late‑January breach, with SolanaFloor and Remora Markets also winding down. The hack reportedly drained over 260,000 SOL; STEP plunged nearly 100%, while Remora's rTokens remain redeemable for USDC. SOL slid below $77 amid negative funding and bearish derivatives positioning.

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.

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.

Uniswap's UNI token is sliding in price even as the community votes on expanding protocol fees to all remaining v3 pools on Ethereum and eight additional networks. The proposal would route collected fees to chain-specific TokenJar contracts, bridge them back to Ethereum, and burn UNI, while current market action shows key support near $3.38 and resistance around $4.24.

Solana (SOL) dropped below $82 amid heavier selling and fading risk appetite, signaling a fragile phase for price action. Liquidations are climbing as leveraged longs exit, and $80 remains a pivotal support, with $75 and $90 highlighted as key reference levels. A recovery would require reclaiming resistance in the mid-$80s to reduce near-term pressure.

Arizona lawmakers advanced a proposal to place XRP in a state-managed digital asset reserve, while XRP held above $1.40 and traders eyed nearby resistance. The fund would be overseen by the state treasurer and sourced from seized assets, with technical levels at $1.50, $1.54, $1.91 and $2.13 in focus.

According to Nexo, the platform has relaunched in the United States with compliant crypto services via a partnership with Bakkt, nine months after signaling a return. The NEXO token trades near $0.8871, up 5.7% over 24 hours and 9.4% for the week, with key levels at $0.8655 support and $0.9619–$1.07 resistance highlighted by analysts.

Dogecoin has reversed its weekend rebound and turned bearish after breaking below the $0.107 pivot with strong trading volume. The price is hovering near $0.102, with the $0.10 support zone seen as a key level that could determine whether the move extends lower or shifts into consolidation. Technical signals, including a break under the 7-day simple moving average and a descending structure on lower time frames, indicate that sellers remain in control unless Dogecoin can reclaim $0.107 and break its downward trendline.

LINEA rose 24% over the past 24 hours to $0.003805 after consolidating between $0.003 and $0.004, with social activity and the rollout of trustless agents via ERC‑8004 cited as tailwinds. According to analysts, key levels include support near $0.00370 and resistance around $0.00413, with projections outlining upside toward $0.0939 or downside to $0.0308.