Monthly Archives: February 2026

The United States Supreme Court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump could not use national emergency powers to levy tariffs during peacetime. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-10-global-tariff-scotus-ruling?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that tariffs could help pay down the $38 trillion, and growing, US national debt. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/scotus-strikes-trump-tariffs-alternative-plan?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Crypto illiquidity is pressuring DeFi lending companies, but Wall Street giants continue to increase their exposure to the world’s largest Ethereum treasury company. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/wall-street-boosts-bitmine-stakes-defi-lenders-buckle-liquidity-finance-redefined?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The failure of the bulls to start a strong recovery in Bitcoin and the major altcoins suggests that the bears intend to remain active at higher levels. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/price-predictions-2-20-btc-eth-xrp-bnb-sol-doge-bch-ada-hype-xmr?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty climbed to 144.4 trillion after January storms briefly slashed hash rate, while some US miners offset downtime by selling electricity back to the grid. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-difficulty-rebounds-15-as-us-miners-recover-from-winter-outages?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

After four years contributing, BGD Labs said it would be leaving the DAO, citing changes to the organization and taking an “adversarial position“ to its liquidity protocol. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/aave-core-contributor-bgd-cease?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin stayed rangebound within a “downward trajectory” as the Supreme Court concluded that some US trade tariffs were illegal and liable for a refund. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-ignores-us-supreme-court-trump-tariff-strike-amid-talk-of-150b-refund?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Private equity, which has the second-highest risk weighting, carries a 400% weight under the current Basel III banking framework. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/btc-treasury-reform-1250-percent-risk-basel?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

US Federal Judge Aleta Trauger granted Kalshi a preliminary injunction against Tennessee, finding its sports event contracts fall under CFTC jurisdiction. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/tennessee-judge-blocks-state-crackdown-on-kalshi?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Stablecoin ecosystem A7A5 has faced accusations of sanctions evasion and, according to some analysts, is creating an alternative, sanctions-free financial network. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/stablecoin-a7a5-parallel-network-sanctioned-companies?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound