XRP's latest uptick left short sellers on the wrong side of a 1,190% liquidation imbalance over a four-hour window, per CoinGlass, with $112,260 in shorts cleared versus $8,700 on longs. The token traded at $1.43, up 2.38% on the day, after touching $1.44, as ETF inflows reached $4.05 million.

Cardano's ADA is trading within a descending channel on the 4-hour chart, hovering around the $0.28–$0.30 area after earlier rejecting the $0.38–$0.40 range. If current resistance holds, analysts warn the price could slide toward $0.22–$0.24, though oversold conditions and an anticipated CME ADA futures listing are seen as potential catalysts for a sharp rebound. At the same time, Cardano's ecosystem is being advanced by developers and community contributors focused on the Cardano Improvement Proposal process and long-term network resilience.

This week, the Shiba Inu team launched the Shib Owes You (SOU) recovery framework on Ethereum to help users affected by the Shibarium exploit in September. K9 Finance, which says it is the largest impacted community, claims it was left out of the SOU NFT claim and has urged affected users to contact the SHIB team. As the program rolls out alongside K9's planned sunset of its Shibarium products on Feb. 25, 2026, Shiba Inu contributors have also warned about fake SOU portals seeking to drain user wallets.

On Feb. 21, on-chain data showed that Shiba Inu's exchange netflow jumped by over 6% to 138,022,600,000 SHIB, signaling stronger selling pressure as market volatility persists. The token's price continues to trade around $0.0000065, with weak demand weighing on recovery expectations despite some traders still hoping for a rebound after the current downturn.

A longtime Bitcoin supporter posting as Pumpius on X has argued that XRP could become the primary bridge asset for central banks and eventually surpass Bitcoin in scale. His claim comes amid discussions about faster settlement rails, recent currency volatility that prompted a rare dollar/yen quote check by the Federal Reserve’s trading desk, and Ripple’s stated goal of attracting larger regulated institutions to the XRP Ledger by 2026. The comparison highlights the sizeable gap between Bitcoin’s multi-trillion-dollar market cap and XRP’s sub-$100 billion valuation, underscoring how much capital would need to shift for such a scenario to unfold.

A single large Solana holder accumulated 121,368 SOL worth $10.26 million at an average of $84.57 while price trades just above the $78.50 macro support. SOL remains locked in a descending channel with resistance around $120 and $146.72, even as MACD, Spot Taker CVD, and negative exchange netflows point to strengthening accumulation beneath the surface.

Cardano is preparing an intra-era hard fork to protocol version 11, with targeted upgrades to Plutus performance, ledger consistency, and node security. On Feb. 21, the X account Cardano Updates announced the Plutus 1.58.0.0 release, while Intersect confirmed the van Rossem hard fork naming on Feb. 19.

On February 20, 2026, analyst Ali Martinez said ETH shows a bullish flag on an inverted chart and warned a larger move could drive prices below $1,400. On February 21, 2026, Daan Crypto Trades highlighted weak early-2026 performance, while the article notes roughly $113 million in spot ETH ETF outflows and continued BitMine accumulation.