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Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Feb. 23

AI trading bot “Lobstar Wilde” accidentally sent a large coin stash to an X user in need of 4 SOL for medical treatment.

The position was the largest single forced closure in 24 hours as bitcoin shed weekend gains and the fear index returned to historic lows.

Outflows underscore persistent institutional wariness toward bitcoin after the early October crash.

On-chain data from Glassnode and CryptoQuant shows large holders dominating exchange inflows while short-term investors continue to sell at a loss, pointing to a fragile base-building phase.

Forget OpenAI and Google. New decentralized networks are putting an end to Big Tech’s monopoly.

As quantum computing inches closer to reality, nearly 7 million bitcoin, including Satoshi Nakamoto’s 1 million coins, are potentially at risk.

President Donald Trump raised the global tariff rate to 15% despite a Supreme Court ruling against earlier emergency trade measures, keeping pressure on China and other partners.

Past capitulation waves have preceded sharp recoveries, but this time price is still fighting technical resistance even as ledger activity surges.

Analysts speculated that a large issuer like Circle might be moving reserve assets en masse into the ETF, but data show otherwise.

An area of blockchain-based finance focused on increasing fans’ engagement with sports teams, SportFi uses tokens to grant access to privileges such as limited voting rights and exclusive rewards.

The project’s creator nearly deleted the viral AI agent after crypto scammers hijacked his accounts, launched a fake token that hit $16 million, and harassed him for weeks.

Google Trends data shows the term hit a record high in the U.S. this month, though global interest has fallen since peaking in August.

The system would use zero-knowledge proofs and secure environments (MPC/TEEs) to protect voter identity and sensitive data while preventing coercion and bribery.

The SBI START Bonds offer a fixed interest rate, blockchain settlement, and XRP rewards for eligible investors registered on the firm’s exchange.

With the rial plunging, middle-class savers are bypassing local banks to move billions into the domestic crypto ecosystem.

The current levels offer an attractive entry for long-term investors, even if their patience will be tested, Vetle Lunde said.

The French government imposed conditions, including a 10% stake by NJJ Capital, to address national interest concerns.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 15% worldwide tariff on imported goods, despite an earlier Supreme Court decision that invalidated earlier trade actions.

A fully automated bot quietly captured micro-arbitrage opportunities on short-term crypto prediction markets, netting nearly $150,000

Private-equity firm Blue Owl Capital (OWL) tumbled nearly 15% this week as it was forced to liquidate $1.4 billion in assets to pay investors looking to exit one of its private credit funds.

Small wallets have increased their BTC holdings by 2.5% since October’s all-time high while large holders trimmed 0.8%, Santiment data shows.

The securities regulator has continued its Project Crypto work to make unofficial policy changes as it moved to let broker-dealers treat stablecoins as capital.

Crypto prices edged higher on Friday despite a splash of tariff turbulence after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Trump’s levies illegal.

New research claims specialized AI dramatically outperforms general-purpose models at detecting exploited DeFi vulnerabilities.

The more significant result from the U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs may be political, which could sting the industry.

Dubai Land Department and Ctrl Alt move to the next phase of real estate tokenization project, enabling the resale of property tokens.

Exclusive fourth quarter data shows 69.2% of issuers are live, while 84.6% report regulatory friction shaping tokenization rollout.

As has been typical in crypto markets of late, even the most modest move higher was met with immediate selling.

Crypto, real estate and politics collided at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club as insiders debated tokenization and regulation.