On a Wednesday in 2026, the board of GD Culture Group authorized the potential sale of its 7,500 Bitcoin treasury holdings to help fund an already announced stock buyback program of up to $100 million over six months. The AI and digital marketing-focused holding company acquired the BTC in a September 2025 deal worth $875 million, entering the market when Bitcoin traded between $109,000 and $117,000. Following the latest announcement, the firm's shares rose more than 24% to $4.13, while its Bitcoin reserve was valued at about $517.5 million and its market capitalization stood near $236.7 million.

Shares of ETHZilla rose more than 13% to around $3.91 on Tuesday as the company rebrands to Forum and pivots from pure ether accumulation. The firm sold about $40 million in ETH in October and 24,291 ETH worth roughly $74.5 million in December to fund buybacks and retire debt. It is now targeting double-digit yields from tokenized home loans and other real-world assets.

On February 25, 2026, Kalshi said it closed two insider trading cases and reported them to the CFTC, issuing multi‑year bans and financial penalties. One case involved a California gubernatorial candidate; the other named a Mr. Beast video editor. The platform also recorded $8.5B in February trading volume, approaching January’s $9.5B peak.

On February 25, Bitcoin buyers pushed BTC back above $69,000 and Ether rebounded toward $2,000 amid a sharp improvement in risk appetite. Multiple large-cap altcoins, including XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, BCH, ADA, HYPE and XMR, are attempting technical recoveries toward key moving averages and resistance zones. Whether bulls can hold these levels and invalidate the recent downtrends will depend on how prices react around nearby support and resistance in the coming sessions.

Aave's governance rift deepened on Wednesday when Aave Chan Initiative founder Marc Zeller released an "audit" disputing Aave Labs' financial transparency ahead of a proposed $51 million DAO funding round. Over the same period, Hong Kong announced plans to issue its first fiat-referenced stablecoin issuer licenses in March and outlined broader crypto regulatory measures.

Over the weekend, Bitcoin fell to $62,500, then rebounded to $68,000 with a 6% daily rise, according to CoinGecko. On February 25, 2026, analyst CW cited BTC CVD data indicating "explosive buying" from whales. Ethereum climbed more than 10% above $2,000, XRP advanced 7% to above $1.45, and the total crypto market cap grew by $150 billion in just over a day.

In an X post, BitQuant explained why many traders are avoiding Bitcoin and Ethereum around recent lows, noting reluctance to buy BTC at $65,000 amid geopolitical concerns. CryptoQuant recently warned of a deeper decline, highlighting $38,900 as the long-term holders' cost basis. According to the article, the U.S. president over the weekend proposed lifting the global tariff rate from 10% to 15%.

Circle Internet Group said on Wednesday that fourth-quarter 2025 revenue reached $770 million, up 77% year over year, with net income of $133.4 million or 43 cents per share. USDC's circulation climbed 72% to about $75.3 billion by year-end, and shares jumped more than 20% in early trading, while full-year 2025 revenue rose 64% to $2.7 billion.