On Wednesday at Strategy World 2026 in Las Vegas, Michael Saylor outlined a shift from promoting corporate bitcoin treasury adoption to making STRC the firm's core financing tool for future purchases. On Thursday morning, Benchmark reiterated a buy rating on MSTR with a $705 price target as shares traded around $130, saying the focus could speed bitcoin-per-share growth.

In a filing in the Southern District of New York, Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered U.S. prosecutors to answer Sam Bankman-Fried's request for a new criminal trial by March 11. The former FTX CEO, convicted on seven felony counts and sentenced to 25 years in prison, argues that new witness testimony could change his case, while the White House has reportedly indicated that President Donald Trump is not considering a pardon.

On 23 February, ZachXBT signaled an upcoming insider-trading investigation, and on 26 February he named Axiom Exchange, alleging staff misused internal tools for profit. Shortly before the reveal, a Polymarket account funded with about $70,000 in USDC bet roughly $65,800 on Axiom being implicated, later earning more than $400,000, and was subsequently linked on-chain to an active Axiom user's Solana wallet.

On 26 February 2026, Sygnum Bank launched Sygnum Select, an institutional asset management service focused on corporate and crypto-native treasuries, starting with about $200 million in assets under management. The platform offers mandates combining spot crypto, staking, hedging, and tokenized securities, initially for Swiss-based clients, as institutions reportedly move toward diversified, actively managed digital asset portfolios.

US 30-year fixed mortgage rates averaged 6% in the week ended February 20, down from 6.17% and hitting the lowest level since early September 2022. Mortgage Bankers Association data showed total applications up 0.4% week over week, as refinancing rose 4% and 150% year over year, while purchase applications fell 5% amid persistent affordability pressures.

On 26 February 2026, global stablecoin supply reached a fresh all-time high, with roughly 99% of the market still denominated in USD. Non-USD tokens tied to currencies like the euro, ruble, and several emerging market fiats have been expanding, yet exchange net flows remain negative and nearly $10 billion has left trading platforms in recent weeks. This divergence suggests substantial liquidity exists in stablecoins, but it has not yet returned to centralized exchanges to support a sustained Bitcoin uptrend.

STS Digital said Thursday, according to a statement shared with The Block, that it raised $30 million in a strategic round led by CMT Digital with participation from Payward and other investors. The firm plans to expand market‑making and scale its institutional spot and options platform, which offers access to more than 400 tokens across spot, "vanilla and exotic options," and structured products.

Hormel Foods posted first-quarter FY2026 net sales of $3.03 billion with 2% organic growth, while Celsius Holdings reported $2.5 billion in 2025 revenue and fourth-quarter sales of $721.6 million, up 117%. Donaldson Company delivered record second-quarter FY2026 sales of $896 million and outlined segment trends and pricing tailwinds.