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Dogecoin pushed higher on outsized volume after repeatedly testing resistance, flipping a key ceiling into support and setting up a near-term test of the next supply zone.News BackgroundDOGE advanced alongside a stabilizing broader crypto market, with buyers stepping in after several sessions of tight consolidation. The move wasn’t driven by token-specific headlines but by technical positioning, as repeated failures at $0.0924 left the level primed for a breakout once liquidity expanded.The rally comes after DOGE spent hours coiling between $0.090 and $0.0927, building compression before volume returned. Open interest remains elevated but not extreme, suggesting moderate leverage participation rather than…

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned a Russian exploit brokerage network accused of purchasing stolen U.S. government cyber tools with crypto and reselling them to unauthorized buyers, marking the first use of new authorities under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act. In an announcement Tuesday, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Russian national, Sergey Sergeyevich Zelenyuk, and his company, Operation Zero, along with several associates and affiliated firms.  The action blocks any property or interests in property of the designated parties that fall under U.S. jurisdiction and bars U.S. persons from transacting with them. Treasury alleges…

Crypto venture firm Framework Ventures has partnered with mortgage services company Better to help it launch a $500 million plan to integrate with the decentralized finance protocol Sky, formerly MakerDAO.Better said on Monday that Framework would help it provide $500 million in credit to Sky’s stablecoin ecosystem, enabling it to launch tokens tied to mortgages that would generate yield.Framework Ventures co-founder Vance Spencer said real-world assets are “one of the most important frontiers in decentralized finance, and government-backed conforming mortgages are one of the largest real-world asset classes in the world.”The plan comes amid a broader interest in tokenization from…

A $7.8 trillion cash pile sits in US money market funds, earning, rolling, waiting. The Federal Reserve began this easing cycle on Sept 18, 2024, and it’s now been 522 days since that first cut.Looking at historical market movements, we’re entering a window whereby funds have typically started to rotate back into riskier assets. Bitcoin analyst Matthew Hyland made exactly this claim on X over the weekend.Historically around 500-1000 days after the FED begins rate cuts the liquidity begins to leave the money market funds and flow out into the markets.The calendar supports the setup, but the incentives will decide…

The court-appointed administrator overseeing the bankruptcy of crypto company Terraform Labs has sued trading firm Jane Street, accusing it of insider trading that worsened the collapse of the multibillion-dollar Terra ecosystem.On Monday, Todd Snyder, Terraform’s court-appointed administrator, sued Jane Street, its co-founder Robert Granieri, and employees Bryce Pratt and Michael Huang in a Manhattan federal court, accusing them of “misappropriating confidential information and manipulating market prices.”The heavily redacted complaint claimed Jane Street used connections with “Terraform insiders to learn material non-public information” about the company and used the information to sell tokens tied to the Terra blockchain that worsened its…

Blockchain intelligence platform TRM Labs has joined forces with banking infrastructure firm Finray Technologies to create a unified system that monitors both crypto and fiat transactions.Finray’s compliance and decision engine, XZiel, has been integrated with TRM’s blockchain intelligence tools to enable real-time alert triaging, automated escalation, case management, and risk assessment across crypto and fiat transactions, the companies announced on Tuesday.With stablecoin settlements and fiat payment flows becoming increasingly interconnected and with new regulations such as Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA), institutions operating in both markets now require unified oversight, according to Finray Technologies and TRM Labs.The system is designed…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto.com has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank. The firm said that the approval allows the company to charter Foris Dax National Trust Bank, which will operate under the name Crypto.com National Trust Bank once it secures full authorization.  Crypto.com Advances Regulated Custody Plans Kris Marszalek, Co‑Founder and CEO of Crypto.com, described the development as a reflection of the company’s focus on regulatory compliance and customer protection.  According to Marszalek, achieving full approval would…

Step Finance and SolanaFloor, two early Solana ecosystem platforms, have announced they are shutting down operations effective immediately after the treasury hack that hit Step Finance at the end of January.Step Finance said it explored financing and acquisition options after the breach but could not secure a viable path forward.  Today we are announcing that Step Finance, SolanaFloor, and Remora Markets will be winding down all operations.Following the hack at the end of January we explored every possible path forward, including financing and acquisition opportunities.Unfortunately, we were unable to…— Step☀️ (@StepFinance_) February 23, 2026 A Tragic End to Solana’s Early…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a new framework for crypto security, offering practical strategies rooted in redundancy, multi-angle verification, and human-centric design.He argues that the best way to protect users is to close the gap between their intent and system behavior.Vitalik Buterin Explains Closing the Gap Between User Intent and System SecurityButerin’s insights, dismantling the idea of perfect security, arrive at a time when crypto platforms continue to face wallet hacks, smart contract exploits, and complex privacy risks.By merging security with user experience, Buterin provides developers with a roadmap for balancing protection with usability.Buterin reframes security as an effort…

In brief FOCIL will headline Ethereum’s Hegota upgrade set for later in 2026. The proposal forces the inclusion of valid transactions to limit censorship. Critics warn it could expose validators to unforeseen risk, particularly when it comes to sanctioned addresses. Ethereum is doubling down on its cypherpunk roots. Developers have scheduled Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion Lists, or FOCIL, as the consensus-layer headliner for the network’s upcoming Hegota upgrade.The Hegota upgrade is a coordinated change to the network’s core rules that developers expect to roll out in the second half of 2026. The proposal, entered as EIP-7805, is designed to ensure that…