On February 26, South Korea’s National Tax Service disclosed photos of seized crypto assets that accidentally exposed 12-word recovery phrases for Ledger hardware wallets. An unknown party then used the seed data to withdraw 4 million Pre-Retogeum tokens, valued on paper at $4.8 million, before later sending them back. The incident revealed a significant custody lapse in how authorities handle Ethereum-based tokens and other self-custodied assets.

On Tuesday, February 24, trader Jussy said on X that if Solana loses the $76.57 support, a bear flag developing since early February 2026 could resolve lower toward $37.88, with risk extending to $30. He also flagged a four-hour triple top implying $61.73 on a breakdown, while CoinMarketCap data show SOL is down over 38% year to date and recently bounced above $86.

On 27 February 2026, Ripple Labs detailed a 2026 overhaul of the XRP Ledger ecosystem, shifting from a Ripple-run grants engine to a decentralized builder framework with regional hubs, DAOs and venture backing. The roadmap includes Zero-Knowledge privacy tools, the XLS-66 native lending protocol, an EVM sidechain and broader RLUSD stablecoin expansion, while XRP changes hands around $1.43 amid mixed analyst projections.

On 25 February, t54 Labs announced Ripple as a strategic investor in its $5 million seed round to build agent payments infrastructure on the XRP Ledger via x402 with a compliance-first design and RLUSD. Data from agentevm shows Ethereum hosts 27,903 distributed AI agents and Base 20,623, while RLUSD stands at about $1.5386 billion in circulating supply and $1.6109 billion in reserves.

Ripple is overhauling how it funds development on the XRP Ledger after allocating more than $550 million to around 200 projects since 2017, shifting from a centralized grants program to a network of independent funding bodies coordinated via the XRPL Funding Hub. The roadmap emphasizes institutional use cases, including ZK-proof based confidential transactions, the proposed XLS-66 lending protocol, expansion of RLUSD to Ethereum Layer 2 networks, and growing participation from venture funds, alongside analyst XRP price targets and key technical levels.

Terra Classic's LUNC surged up to 40% over recent days after a lawsuit was filed by the bankruptcy administrator overseeing Terraform Labs' wind-down. The complaint, brought in Manhattan, targets Jane Street over alleged May 2022 trades; LUNC later peaked near $0.00004947 before dropping 15.6%, with some traders shifting attention to the Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER) presale.

On February 24, 2026, Canton Network said it completed a fourth set of on‑chain repo trades, including a cross‑border intraday repo with tokenized Gilts; on February 25, 2026, it reiterated institutional requirements. As DTCC, which handles quadrillions in value each year, explores RWA tokenization with Canton, XRP is positioned as a separate liquidity bridge rather than a replacement.

MYX Finance has surged nearly 29% in the last 24 hours after a prior 91% monthly decline, with the rebound linked to its V2 partnership with Consensys and a sharp rise in trading volume. The token is consolidating above $0.49, with key support seen at $0.441–$0.430 and initial resistance at $0.546, while traders also eye a March 6 unlock of 9.72 million MYX worth about $9.67 million.