SoFi has introduced direct Solana network deposits, making it the first nationally chartered US bank to let its 13.7 million customers move SOL from external wallets into SoFi crypto accounts. Users can now buy, sell, hold, and receive SOL in the same app where they manage checking and savings, while Solana trades around $81.42 after a recent pullback. Technical traders are watching support near $76.60 and resistance in the $85–$92 region.

Cardano deployed USDCx, a USDC-backed stablecoin infrastructure built with Circle that links to the xReserve framework for 1:1 minting and redemption. The rollout integrates with Minswap, Liqwid, and SundaeSwap. Stablecoin capitalization on Cardano is around $34 million while TVL exceeds $137 million, pointing to deeper dollar liquidity despite subdued on-chain activity.

Solana's SOL token has fallen 72% from its $295 all-time high and trades below $188, the level reached when spot SOL ETFs launched in October 2025. Despite the four-month price pullback and slower ETF inflows, onchain data shows leading DEX volumes, rising RWA value and strong address activity compared with rival networks. Technical levels between $51 and $80 and resistance near $120 are being watched as key areas for how this valuation gap might eventually close.

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.