Author: Mia Thompson

I am Mia Thompson, a Blockchain Reporter specializing in Altcoins, and I am from Mexico. My day-to-day work consists of exploring the ecosystem beyond Bitcoin. For years, I have been closely following emerging projects, evaluating their real usefulness and technological proposals using a methodology based on research and rigorous information gathering. My goal is to offer you a different perspective on what is really happening in the new digital economy. I am also passionate about dissecting Layer 1 (L1s) networks and their infrastructure, as they are the foundation of everything we build. I also devote much of my work to covering regulation, translating complex policies into clear explanations of how legal changes affect the ecosystem.

ETHZilla Share Price Jumps after Rebrand to Forum as Company Pivots to Tokenizing RWAs

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Shares of ETHZilla jumped more than 13% to $3.91 after the company announced a rebrand to Forum Markets and a strategic pivot away from an Ethereum-treasury identity. The company is framing the shift as a move from a single-asset treasury narrative toward institutional real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. Management’s stated intent is to replace a crypto-treasury […]

US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Shed $3.8 Billion Over Five Weeks as Metaplanet Rebuts Misconduct Claims

US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a net outflow of $3.8 billion across a five-week run ending Feb. 22, 2026, according to the Hodlers Digest covering Feb. 15–22. The streak signaled a measurable institutional pullback that left spot Bitcoin demand more exposed to macro-driven risk-off pressure.

Developer Rejects Quantum-computing Theory for Bitcoin Selloff

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Bitcoin developer Matt Corallo pushed back on the idea that quantum-computing fear is the core driver of Bitcoin’s latest drawdown, arguing on Laura Shin’s Unchained (Feb. 19, 2026) that the storyline “doesn’t add up.” He framed the selloff as more consistent with market mechanics than with a sudden cryptographic crisis.

Optimism’s OP Token Plunges after Coinbase’s Base Abandons OP Stack

Desk with monitor showing steep OP price drop and a diagram of Base moving away from OP Stack, signaling market impact.

Optimism’s OP token slid hard, dropping more than 20% and briefly approaching a 23% decline within a 24-hour window after Coinbase’s Base said it would move off the OP Stack in favor of a unified, in-house technology stack. The market treated the announcement as a direct hit to Optimism’s Superchain narrative and repriced OP rapidly.

Polygon Briefly Overtook Ethereum in Daily Fees After Polymarket’s Oscar Markets Drew $15M

Newsroom desk with a large screen showing Polygon ahead of Ethereum in daily fees, hinting at Polymarket Oscar bets.

Polygon collected about $407,100 in daily transaction fees, exceeding Ethereum’s roughly $211,700 on the same day, as Polymarket’s Oscar 2026 prediction markets concentrated heavy activity onto Polygon’s Layer 2 rails. The key signal is that a single high-throughput, cost-sensitive application can temporarily re-route fee capture away from the Ethereum mainnet and onto a preferred execution […]

Russian Officials Flag $129B in Annual Crypto Flows Operating “Outside Our Attention”

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Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov told a government forum that Russia’s crypto market moves about $129 billion per year and that daily transactions were approaching 50 billion rubles, a volume he said was operating “outside our attention.” Those figures have intensified pressure from the Finance Ministry and the Central Bank to accelerate formal digital-asset rules […]

CZ Says Lack of on‑chain Privacy is Stalling Crypto Payments Adoption

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Changpeng Zhao said a lack of on-chain privacy is one of the biggest reasons crypto payments still haven’t crossed into everyday, large-scale commerce. Speaking around February 15–16, 2026 after appearances tied to major industry gatherings, he argued that public ledgers make routine business payments feel like publishing a company’s internal financial playbook.

Bitcoin Slides Below $67,000 as Derivatives Deleveraging and ETF Outflows Deepen Split from Stocks

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Bitcoin slipped below $67,000 and changed hands around $66,800, as forced liquidations and institutional redemptions combined into a fresh wave of sell pressure that pushed crypto lower while equities held up better. The move has widened the short-term gap between digital assets and traditional risk markets that, at least for now, are showing more stable […]

Polymarket Sues Massachusetts, Citing CFTC Preemption After Judge Bars Kalshi Sports Markets

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Polymarket escalated its fight with state regulators by filing a federal lawsuit on February 9, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The company is seeking to block state-level enforcement after a Massachusetts judge ordered rival Kalshi to stop offering sports-event contracts in the state, setting up a high-stakes conflict between […]

Canton’s Yuval Rooz Says Crypto Sell‑off is Repricing ‘Empty Shell’ Token Models

The latest crypto sell-off is forcing a valuation reset, and Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz says the market is finally repricing “empty shell” token models. In a recent interview, Rooz, the cofounder behind the privacy-enabled Canton Network, said he is not worried about the state of the market and that turbulence has not scared off […]