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Bitmine has 3,040,483 staked ETH, representing $6.1 billion at $1,998 per ETH; MAVAN staking solution on track to launch Q1 2026 Bitmine now owns 3.62% of the ETH token supply, over 72% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 7 months Bitmine recently closed on initial $200 million investment into Beast Industries Bitmine Crypto + Total Cash Holdings + “Moonshots” total $9.6 billion, including 4.371 million ETH tokens, total cash of $670 million, and other crypto holdings Bitmine leads crypto treasury peers by both the velocity of raising crypto NAV per share and by the high trading…

Karavas, Cyprus, February 17th, 2026, Chainwire At a time when much of the blockchain industry is still recovering from one of its harshest downturns, a small number of companies are quietly moving in the opposite direction: expanding, building, and positioning themselves for the next era of adoption. Public Masterpiece, a Cyprus-based real-world asset tokenization company, has announced PMT Chain, its own purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain. Alongside the announcement, the company confirmed a strategic repositioning: PMT, once short for Public Masterpiece Token, will now stand for Public Masterpiece Technology. The timing is notable. Crypto did not simply experience a correction, but…

Iris Coleman Feb 17, 2026 06:52 Anthropic and Infosys announce collaboration to build enterprise AI agents for regulated industries, leveraging Claude models and Infosys Topaz platform. Anthropic has teamed up with Indian IT giant Infosys to develop AI agents targeting telecommunications, financial services, and manufacturing—sectors where regulatory compliance has historically slowed AI adoption.The partnership, announced February 17, integrates Anthropic’s Claude models with Infosys Topaz, the company’s AI-first platform. The goal? Building agentic systems that don’t just answer questions but handle complex multi-step workflows like claims processing, compliance reviews, and code generation.Why This Deal Makes SenseFor Anthropic, this is about distribution.…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto lender Nexo has officially reentered the United States market, marking a return three years after it withdrew operations and paid a $45 million fine to settle charges with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  The company confirmed on Monday that 2026 represents its formal comeback to the US, positioning the move against a backdrop of more crypto-friendly policies and a notable shift in regulatory tone at the SEC. New SEC-Compliant Structure, Bakkt Partnership Nexo previously exited the country following regulatory clashes that culminated in a…

Aave Labs posted a governance proposal on Feb. 12 asking tokenholders to endorse a strategic package that would direct 100% of Aave-branded product revenue to the DAO treasury, formalize brand protection, and center the roadmap on Aave V4.The initiative was named the “Aave Will Win Framework.”The proposal hasn’t been implemented yet, as an early governance temperature check. Yet, the public framing is unambiguous: “We believe there’s no better time to align behind a token-centric vision and position Aave to win over the next decade.”That timing language is the real story.Aave isn’t just restructuring its economics. Instead, it is building as…

A week after the much-anticipated L2’s mainnet launch, the network is showing early liquidity gains, but traction is still below its KPIs for the MEGA token launch.Ethereum Layer 2 MegaETH’s mainnet, which launched on Feb. 9 following a high‑profile stress test ahead of its debut, has seen total value locked climb to roughly $66.48 million as of today, Feb. 16. The total value on MegaETH represents a roughly 65% increase compared with TVL at the immediate post‑launch period, where it was around $40.3 million, data from DefiLlama shows.Total value locked in MegaETH. Source: DefiLlamaStablecoins account for the bulk of on‑chain balances, with…

Bitcoin’s recent price crash towards $60,000 did more than just shave billions off market capitalizations or liquidate leveraged positions.It served as a massive, chaotic stress test that exposed a widening behavioral fracture between the two most dominant venues in the digital asset economy.On one side stands Coinbase, the largest US exchange, where Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong has painted a picture of stoic resilience among retail investors.On the other hand lies Binance, the leading offshore venue, where on-chain data depict frenetic selling and risk aversion.This divergence matters because it reframes the narrative for the weeks ahead.Thus, Bitcoin’s drop to the…

The current bear market is not as bad as those from previous years, according to Matt Hougan.  “The folks saying this [crypto] winter is worse than 2018 or 2022 don’t remember 2018 or 2022,” said Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan on Tuesday. In 2018, “we had $3,000 Bitcoin and a ‘global computer’ [Ethereum] with no applications and limited throughput,” he said before adding, “In 2022, we had a total market collapse and a regulator that wanted to put us out of business.” Things are a little different today as we have “stablecoins going to $3 trillion, tokenization going to…

While mainstream American financial media continue to discuss the stickiness of inflation, fluctuating expectations of interest rate cuts, and the high-level fluctuations of BTC and XRP, a more subtle yet realistic consensus is forming: While prices are uncertain, the cash flow of computing power and Proof-of-Work (PoW) is being repriced. Amid this structural shift, Moon Hash is increasingly seen by North American middle-class and high-net-worth individuals as a “solution to the times”—it doesn’t sell returns, but rather assetizes, institutionalizes, and long-termizes PoW computing power, reshaping participants’ cognitive coordinates with an almost exaggerated sense of stability. Moon Hash periodically allocates PoW…

Dogecoin is flashing a rare weekly “bearish cross” just as traders debate whether last week’s $0.08 washout was the cycle’s reset or merely the first leg lower. The setup matters beyond DOGE itself because memecoin flows are increasingly being treated as a proxy for risk appetite across crypto. Is The Dogecoin Bottom In? A chart shared by Charting Guy shows the 20-week EMA crossing below the 200-week EMA, a technical event he argues has historically aligned with DOGE capitulation. “DOGE typically bottoms around when the 20 weekly EMA crosses below the 200 weekly EMA. That happened last week” he wrote,…