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.

On Thursday, XRP was trading near $1.44 and moved back above its 200-week moving average around $1.42, a level traders are watching as key support. Bitcoin hovered close to $68,072 on Binance but briefly dropped to $47,511 on the Lighter platform after a reported 1,000 BTC order typo, with losses estimated at about $8 million. Meanwhile, Circle's USDCx stablecoin on Cardano's testnet has processed 111 transactions, signaling active infrastructure testing ahead of an expected mainnet launch.

Rising geopolitical friction between the United States and Iran is prompting investors to favor gold and other safe-haven assets while trimming exposure to equities and crypto. Analysts see potential for a sharp gold move and note that Bitcoin remains confined between $60,000 and $70,000 amid weak whale accumulation and ETF outflows. Capital flows in India and the United States highlight how macro uncertainty is reshaping portfolio allocations across gold products and spot Bitcoin ETFs.

The Trade Desk stock dropped more than 16% in premarket trading on February 26, 2026 after its outlook for first-quarter 2026 revenue came in below analyst expectations. The company had just posted fourth-quarter 2025 results that slightly beat on revenue and earnings, but a softer near-term forecast and lack of full-year guidance weighed heavily on investor sentiment.

Jane Street Capital wiped its X timeline in the days after a Feb. 23 lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York tied to the $40 billion Terra collapse. The heavily redacted complaint lists 13 counts and claims the firm avoided more than $200 million in losses; Jane Street denies wrongdoing, while crypto benchmarks and large caps rallied afterward.

Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN) captured the market's full attention on February 25, 2026, with shares leaping 13.52% to close at $183.94. The rally was ignited by a transformative product launch that signals Coinbase’s evolution from a niche cryptocurrency platform into a diversified financial powerhouse capable of challenging traditional fintech incumbents like Robinhood and SoFi.

Bitcoin rebounded more than 5% toward $69,000 after a dip into the $64,000–$65,000 demand zone, with short liquidations helping price reclaim key technical levels. Ethereum climbed 7.4% to $2,065 and XRP added 4.7% to $1.43 as improving macro sentiment, regulatory developments and institutional accumulation strengthened the broader crypto market's recovery. Analysts now see sustained spot inflows, higher lows and stable funding as essential to turning this move into a durable uptrend.