On February 26, 2026, ZachXBT alleged that Axiom employees misused internal tools to track user wallets and front‑run trades, claiming more than $400,000 in gains. He said the activity began in early 2025 and persisted for at least 10 months. Axiom stated the same day that it revoked access to the tools and launched an internal investigation.

A U.S. federal judge in New York ruled on Thursday that Binance cannot compel U.S. customers to arbitrate claims tied to tokens purchased before Feb. 20, 2019. Judge Andrew Carter Jr. held that users lacked adequate notice of Binance.com's 2019 terms, keeping the Williams v. Binance class action in open court rather than private arbitration in Singapore.

On Friday, February 27, Solana fell 2%, lifting its monthly decline to over 32% as volumes stayed muted. According to Finbold, its AI tool blending ChatGPT, Grok, and DeepSeek Chat points to $89.47 by Sunday, March 1, 2026, with individual calls at $88.90–$90.25, while technicals note a pivot at $87.56 and an RSI of 58.26.

On 27 February 2026, SBI Holdings and Web3 firm Startale Group unveiled plans for JPYS C, a Japanese yen-denominated stablecoin. The token is scheduled to launch in the second quarter with issuance handled by SBI Shinsei Trust Bank under Japan's trust-bank regulatory framework. The project aims to supply a regulated on-ramp for JPY-based trading, settlement, and DeFi activity amid intensifying global stablecoin competition.

The Ethereum Foundation's Strawmap sets a 2029 target to lift Layer 1 capacity to about 10,000 TPS, roughly 1 gigagas per second, and cut finality from around 16 minutes to 6–16 seconds, delivered via up to seven hard forks on a six‑month cadence. The plan reframes L1 as a faster settlement layer alongside L2 scale, while traders are watching $2,150 resistance, $2,000 as a pivot, and $1,920–$1,800 as support.

On February 26, 2026, Layer 1 network Flare and wallet provider Xaman introduced a one-click DeFi integration that lets XRP holders access yield vaults directly from the Xaman wallet. The system targets more than 2 billion XRP held in Xaman, about 3.5% of circulating supply, by compressing previously multi-step cross-chain transactions into a single XRPL-signed operation.

On 25 February 2026, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency outlined how it intends to enforce the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, including strict limits on branded and white-label tokens. Under the proposal, permitted issuers would be capped at a single stablecoin brand, barred from offering yield, required to hold fully liquid 1:1 reserves and meet capital and reporting standards as the roughly $318 billion market shifts toward more heavily regulated players. The framework also opens a 60-day comment period ahead of rules that could become effective before January 2027.

STABLE surges 24.4% to $0.035 amid strong on-chain adoption and StableChain developments. Full price analysis, key levels, and 2026 outlook.