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21 Feb 2026, 17:00

Bitcoin drops 23% in 2026: Is this BTC’s weakest start since 2014?

Bitcoin’s worst opening stretch on record reflects leveraged unwinds and Binance-centered liquidity contagion.

21 Feb 2026, 16:43

Bitcoin price slips after Trump hikes worldwide tariff to 15% from 10% despite Supreme Court decision

U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 15% worldwide tariff on imported goods, despite an earlier Supreme Court decision that invalidated earlier trade actions.

21 Feb 2026, 16:40

Kiyosaki Buys Bitcoin as US Dollar Faces Mounting Pressure

Kiyosaki bought Bitcoin during a market dip, citing US dollar weakness and scarcity. He sees Bitcoin’s capped supply as key in countering inflation and currency devaluation. Continue Reading: Kiyosaki Buys Bitcoin as US Dollar Faces Mounting Pressure The post Kiyosaki Buys Bitcoin as US Dollar Faces Mounting Pressure appeared first on COINTURK NEWS .

21 Feb 2026, 16:31

XRP Vs. ADA Vs. LINK Vs. ETH: Which Alt Is More Undervalued and Has the Biggest Upside?

The cryptocurrency market is far from its best shape, with most assets trading 50% or more from their peaks recorded at some point last year. Some of the largest from this cohort, such as BTC, ETH, XRP, LINK, and ADA could provide proper entry opportunities at this point, but a few of them are believed to be more undervalued, according to data from Santiment. Basing their findings on each asset’s Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) metric, the analysts determined the following: According to the 30-day MVRV’s of crypto’s large caps, which identifies overvalued and undervalued assets based on average trader returns, here are where things stand: Undervalued: Ethereum $ETH : -14.3% Slightly Undervalued: Bitcoin $BTC : -6.9% Chainlink $LINK :… pic.twitter.com/Qu08RBaw1S — Santiment (@santimentfeed) February 20, 2026 Ethereum stands out as the king of undervaluation, with -14.3%. The largest altcoin peaked last year at just under $5,000, which was inches above its previous all-time high. However, it has been mostly downhill since then, currently struggling to reclaim the $2,000 resistance. This means that although its network capabilities have expanded, the underlying asset now trades 60% away from its peak. Bitcoin was second in line, with an undervaluation score of -6.9%. The largest digital asset shot up to several new all-time highs last year, the latest being in early October of over $126,000. It now sits at $68,000 or 46% lower than its ATH. LINK is third in Santiment’s ranking, with an undervaluation score of -5.1%. Chainlink’s native token was among the few that failed to mark new peaks in 2025. It trades at $8.88 as of press time, which puts it at a whopping 83% distance from its 2021 all-time high of $52.70. XRP and ADA complete Santiment’s top five, with percentages of -4.1% and -2.0%, respectively. XRP rocketed to a fresh peak of $3.65 in July last year, but now sits 60% lower at $1.45. It’s worth noting that ADA is arguably the poorest performer from this list. It also couldn’t come anywhere near its 2021 all-time high of over $3.00 last year. Moreover, its current price tag of $0.28 puts it at a 91% discount since those levels from four and a half years ago. The post XRP Vs. ADA Vs. LINK Vs. ETH: Which Alt Is More Undervalued and Has the Biggest Upside? appeared first on CryptoPotato .

21 Feb 2026, 16:30

‘Multitudes Beyond the All-Time Record’ — Stablecoin-Compliant ETF Draws $17B on Opening Day

Proshares’ GENIUS Money Market ETF (IQMM) stormed onto NYSE Arca on Feb. 20, 2026, racking up a staggering $17 billion in first-day trading volume and rewriting the exchange-traded fund (ETF) record books. Proshares IQMM Ignites Wall Street In the words of Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, “The Proshares GENIUS Money Market ETF IQMM saw

21 Feb 2026, 16:25

Over 5,500 crypto miners come out of the shadow economy as Russia legalizes sector

Russia’s tax authority has disclosed the number of cryptocurrency miners regularly reporting the digital coins they are producing to the government. The figure announced includes both mining enterprises, which are required to register with the state, and individuals minting on a non-professional level. Miners legalize their business in Russia; many others dodge registration Over 5,500 crypto miners have come out of the shadow economy since Russia legalized their activities more than a year ago, according to the Federal Tax Service (FNS) in Moscow. Among them are 1,500 companies and sole proprietors as well as 4,000 citizens, who are already declaring the assets they are obtaining to the revenue agency, as required by law. The tax collecting body noted that under current rules, legal entities and individual entrepreneurs are free to engage in mining once they are added to its register. For this to happen, they need to fill out and submit an electronic application through a dedicated page, a press release explained on Friday. Private individuals using less than 6,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity monthly to mine digital currencies are not obliged to register. However, both categories must report the minted crypto every month through their personal accounts with the FNS. The authority is drawing attention to a special section on its website where miners and operators of mining infrastructure can find detailed information about the whole process, including how to report the mined cryptocurrency and pay their taxes. Russia is yet to comprehensively regulate all crypto transactions With the adoption of two pieces of legislation in August and October 2024, respectively, which went into force later that year, mining became Russia’s first legalized crypto activity. Many other operations with decentralized digital money, including investments and trading, have yet to be regulated, which the authorities in Moscow intend to do this year. At the end of December 2025, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) published a new regulatory concept aimed at introducing rules for crypto investment and trading. The framework, which must be approved by July 1, should also determine the legal status of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the like. The authority’s plan is to recognize both cryptocurrencies and fiat-pegged stablecoins as “monetary assets,” as previously reported by Cryptopolitan. Current Russian law makes a distinction between “digital financial assets” (DFAs), such as tokenized real-world assets circulated on private blockchains by government-approved issuers, and regular cryptocurrencies. Until now, the latter have been treated mainly as property in a growing number of court cases. The Russian parliament just finalized the adoption of amendments to the country’s Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law that confirmed that definition. The legislation regulating the seizure of digital assets as part of criminal proceedings, which was first passed by the State Duma, was approved by the Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, and signed by President Vladimir Putin this week. Less than a third of Russian miners are registered with the FNS According to an estimate announced last year, up to two-thirds of active mining businesses are still operating under the radar. To boost registration numbers, some officials have suggested an amnesty. Russian miners are also required to inform the Federal Tax Service of the type, quantity and specifications of the coin minting devices they are using. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice proposed harsh penalties for miners who fail to register with the FNS, including hefty fines and even prison sentences. Ending electricity theft by rogue miners has been another major challenge for the federal government and local authorities. Despite an intensifying crackdown , the number of identified and often unregistered mining facilities surged to nearly 197,000 over the past year. Power shortages have been blamed on both legal and illegal mining farms, with regulators imposing a year-round ban in about a dozen Russian regions, from Siberia and the Far East to the North Caucasus and occupied Eastern Ukraine. Want your project in front of crypto’s top minds? Feature it in our next industry report, where data meets impact.