The Austrian Financial Market Authority has ordered KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH to stop taking on new customers and issuing new products or contracts starting 19 February 2026, while existing activities remain subject to stricter oversight. The regulator's intervention, less than three months after granting MiCA authorization on 27 November 2025, follows identified deficiencies in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing and sanctions controls, including missing key compliance officers. The restriction is temporary rather than a license revocation and will remain until KuCoin EU appoints qualified personnel and restores full compliance.

On Feb. 17, the company disclosed an additional Bitcoin purchase of roughly $168 million, and Michael Saylor now hints at buying more as total holdings reach 717,131 BTC. XRP Ledger successful transactions have climbed about 40%, with daily counts nearing 2.5 million. Shiba Inu closed February 2026 around a $3.6 billion market cap amid its 589 trillion supply.

Bitdeer has sold its entire Bitcoin treasury of more than 1,127 BTC in February 2026 to raise liquidity for land purchases and infrastructure tied to AI and high‑performance computing. The miner began reducing its BTC balance from about 2,000 BTC at the start of 2026 and has now cleared its holdings while stressing that its self‑managed hash rate will keep growing. The move challenges the usual HODL approach among public Bitcoin miners as Bitdeer reallocates capital to higher‑margin AI and HPC data center operations.

On February 23, 2026, shares of Arcellx surged after Gilead Sciences agreed to buy the biotech company in a transaction valuing it at about $7.8 billion, including a $115 per share cash offer. The deal adds a potential $5 per share contingent value right tied to sales of Arcellx's CAR-T therapy anito-cel, while the stock price spiked to around $113.95 on heavy trading volume. The acquisition, expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, follows an existing partnership and could become accretive to Gilead's earnings after potential FDA approval.

On February 5 and 6, Bitcoin slipped below $61,000 before rebounding to $66,000–$68,000, while realized losses peaked near $1.24 billion per day and later eased to about $480 million. In early January 2026, USDT supply was about $187 billion and fell under $184 billion by mid‑February, with a 60‑day market‑cap change below ~$3 billion. Some analysts view these extremes and a Fear & Greed low near 5 as potential signs of market exhaustion.

According to the latest CoinShares data, crypto investment products posted $288 million in weekly outflows, marking a fifth consecutive week of redemptions and bringing total withdrawals to $4 billion. Bitcoin led the decline with $215 million in outflows, while Ethereum and Tron also saw institutional selling. In contrast, XRP and Solana attracted modest inflows of $3.5 million and $3.3 million respectively, with Chainlink adding $1.2 million, even as overall market sentiment remained bearish.

Stablecoin issuers are poised to become major buyers of short‑dated U.S. Treasuries, potentially adding $0.8T–$1T of demand by 2028. Market capitalization is projected to approach $2T, with reserve requirements under the July 2025 GENIUS Act concentrating assets in 0–3 month T‑bills. Emerging‑market adoption is expected to drive most of the expansion.

On Thursday, Austria's Financial Market Authority barred KuCoin EU from onboarding new clients or signing new products, citing shortcomings in AML, CTF and sanctions oversight. The action comes months after Austria granted the exchange a MiCA licence, and KuCoin says it has already paused onboarding and begun recruiting to restore key compliance roles.