On February 25, 2026, Coinbase criticized proposed UK stablecoin caps, saying the limits threaten $1.35 billion of its business. The Bank of England's draft would cap individual holdings at £20,000 and corporate holdings at £10 million and require issuers to keep most reserves in short-term government debt and central banks.

The crypto market is heading into a major Deribit expiry with $8.4 billion in open interest while Bitcoin trades near the $60,000 level and faces key U.S. macro data. Cardano has been listed on Bitstamp by Robinhood in Singapore as large ADA holders accumulate hundreds of millions of tokens despite a steep price decline, Peter Brandt has rejected calls for a rapid move to $150,000 in BTC, and Dogecoin has confirmed a weekly death cross below $0.15.

South Korean lawmaker Kim Seung-won is drafting amendments to the Capital Market and Financial Investment Business Act and the Act on the Protection of Virtual Asset Users that would mandate disclosure by online "finfluencers." The proposal would require people who regularly promote or advise on financial products or virtual assets to reveal both their compensation and the type and amount of assets they hold, with potential penalties on par with market manipulation or insider trading.

According to a copy obtained by RBC and cited by Bits.media, the Bank of Russia and the Finance Ministry drafted a law to regulate digital-asset trading, with adoption expected in the spring session and effect no later than July 1, 2025. The bill sets licensing for venues, a 3.5 million-ruble monthly turnover bar for registrants, caps on annual purchases, testing, and transaction identifiers with reporting of transfers ≥100,000 rubles.

NVIDIA Corp (NVDA) is scheduled to report its fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 earnings today, February 25, 2026, after the market close. As the world’s most valuable company and the undisputed king of the AI revolution, Nvidia’s results serve as a high-stakes referendum on the durability of global AI infrastructure spending.

On 24 February, Kraken announced xStock perpetual futures contracts that provide 24/7 leveraged trading of tokenized equities backed 1:1 by underlying shares in over 110 countries. Coinbase is adding spot stock trading through its Coinbase One app via a partnership with Yahoo Finance and plans tokenized U.S. equity products later this spring. These moves come as crypto market capitalization hovers near $2.24 trillion after a 47.5% drop since the 6 October 2025 crash, while the S&P 500 has gained 17% over the same period.

As February 2026 closes with Bitcoin lingering below $65,000 after its weakest recorded start to a year, market volatility is expected to carry into March. Analysts highlight Shiba Inu, Tron, and Ethereum as particularly vulnerable, citing structural issues, regulatory and governance concerns, and deteriorating performance. With macroeconomic uncertainty and liquidation risks still weighing on sentiment, these assets may face heightened downside pressure in the coming month.

On 25 February 2026, President Vladimir Putin signed a law empowering Russian courts and investigators to seize cryptocurrency, which the act classifies as "intangible property." It takes effect ten days after publication and precedes a July 1, 2026 regime with a 300,000‑ruble annual cap for non‑qualified retail and domestic licensing rules for exchanges.