On 25 February, World Liberty Financial introduced a governance proposal that ties WLFI token staking and lock-up duration to voting power and annual rewards of roughly 2%. The plan also links higher-level node participation to USD1 stablecoin conversion and liquidity programs, while aiming to shift value from intermediaries to long-term ecosystem participants. Final adoption will depend on a tokenholder vote, with any approved changes to be implemented in stages.

Targeting year-end 2026, Grok AI lays out ambitious paths for three majors: XRP at $8, Cardano near $3.80 (about 1,250% from roughly $0.28), and Ethereum at $10,000. The analysis also flags XRP’s RSI rising from 44 with price under its 30‑day average, and highlights resistance and policy factors that could influence outcomes.

On 25 February 2026, Michael Saylor said the next generation of programmable digital credit would be implemented on Solana, according to comments at an industry event. He described credit as tokenized and code-driven with configurable volatility, liquidity cadence and yields from 5% to 25%. Following the remarks, SOL traded around $89.13, up 13.76% in 24 hours, with market cap near $50.7 billion.

Dogecoin jumped above $0.10 as a sharp bout of liquidations wiped out $1.57 million in short positions within a single hour. Over the last 24 hours, the price reached about $0.1038 with a 12.7% gain while total liquidations climbed to $5.14 million, most of them coming from overleveraged bearish traders.

MANTRA’s OM token is undergoing a governance-approved migration to MANTRA Chain, a 1:4 redenomination into MANTRA, and a ticker change, leading some platforms to halt OM perpetual futures trading. Coinbase Advanced and Coinbase International Exchange have paused OM perps as a precaution around the upgrade, while spot markets and custody can be handled separately. OM recently traded near $0.067 with an increase of over 5%, amid a broader downtrend since late 2025.

On Feb. 25, 2026, XRP advanced 6% to close at $1.44 after opening near $1.35. Daily Bollinger Bands place resistance around $1.51, with the middle and lower bands at $1.42 and $1.34, while the 14-day RSI at 44.75 remains neutral, leaving scope for a push toward the $1.50 area.

Binance has introduced TAO/USD1, ADA/U, DOGE/U and PEPE/U to its Cross Margin offering. The exchange also plans to delist DOT/BRL, GALA/BRL, GALA/EUR, GRT/ETH, GRT/EUR, OP/EUR and SOL/ARS on February 27. On February 25, the named altcoins rose 4%–9% amid a broader market rebound, with BTC above $66,000 and ETH near $2,000.

On February 25, 2026, the Aave Chain Initiative criticized Aave Labs' spending and accountability, citing $86 million in funding and several underperforming initiatives. Aave Labs responded hours later, highlighting milestones since 2017 and arguing forum activity is not a proxy for impact. BGD Labs said it will leave the Aave DAO on April 11, 2026, as AAVE gained over 5% in the last 24 hours.