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22 Feb 2026, 12:27
XRP Ledger Developers Plan Follow Up Updates After Bug Report
XRP Ledger developers have hinted at follow-up action following a bug report.
22 Feb 2026, 12:26
Ripple ETF Demand Is Gone as XRP Price Tumbles 11% Weekly
It has been another week of underwhelming XRP ETF performance, with the funds attracting little to no actual net inflows. At the same time, the underlying asset has struggled to maintain the price resurgance from last week, and now trades over 10% lower. Where Did the Ripple ETF Demand Go? Canary Capital’s XRPC was met by investors with open arms, breaking the 2025 debut-day trading volume record on November 13. Four more products tracking the altcoin followed suit, and the total inflows quickly skyrocketed to over $1 billion. However, it has been mostly plateauing since then, and even some weeks deep in the red. For example, investors pulled out $40.64 million during the week that ended on January 23, and another $52.26 million the following week. The next one was more positive, with $39.04 million in net inflows. The trend changed then: the interest and demand are nowhere to be found. Two weeks ago – on February 11 – the ETFs had no reportable daily flows , with SoSoValue showing a clear “$0.00” for the first time since the products’ inception. This behavior worsened last week when there were two such days – February 17 and February 20. Even the other two showed little interest: $2.21 million in net outflows on February 18 and $4.05 million in net inflows on February 19. Since Monday was a national holiday in the US and the markets were closed, this meant that half of the business days had no actual trading volume to report. As such, it’s no surprise that the cumulative net inflows have remained flat at $1.23 billion. Ripple (XRP) ETF Flows. Source: SoSoValue XRP Price Falls Somewhat unexpectedly, Ripple’s native cross-border token jumped hard by double digits last weekend, going to a multi-week peak of over $1.65 despite the lack of ETF action. However, this sporadic price pump was short-lived, and the asset quickly lost traction. It returned to $1.40 mid-week and even dipped below that level on a couple of occasions. It has managed to defend that support as of press time, but it’s still more than 10% down weekly. Aside from ETF investors who had displayed a serious lack of interest in the asset, data shared by popular analyst CW shows that short traders continue to dominate the XRP landscape. Nevertheless, a recent report by Santiment suggested that XRP could be slightly undervalued at the moment, according to the 30-day MVRV ratio. Moreover, the skyrocketing amount of realized losses could lead to a significant price rebound for Ripple’s token, as it has happened in the past. In fact, it led to a 114% surge back in 2022 when such losses were last observed. The post Ripple ETF Demand Is Gone as XRP Price Tumbles 11% Weekly appeared first on CryptoPotato .
22 Feb 2026, 12:17
MSTY: Buy For Income And Upside Exposure On Strategy
Summary The YieldMax MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF is rated a buy for its consistent income and reduced exposure to MSTR's Bitcoin-driven volatility. MSTY's options strategies—covered calls and call spreads—allow investors to capture premiums while limiting downside, making it attractive in stagnant or declining MSTR scenarios. MSTR maintains robust reserves, supporting over 30 months of dividend coverage and 53 years with BTC reserves, mitigating payout and solvency risks. Supportive U.S. crypto policy and prudent management of options strategies position MSTY as a compelling vehicle for income-focused exposure to MSTR. Introduction The YieldMax MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF ( MSTY ) is a fund that aims to provide weekly income for investors by selling call options or call spreads on Strategy ( MSTR ). This allows investors in the fund to capture premiums for income while participating in some of the upside and appreciation of MSTR. See below for details of the fund, from the website . YieldMax MSTY is a buy because it provides consistent income for investors and limits the raw exposure to MSTR, which is a volatile name that experiences heavy swings due to Bitcoin swings. Below, we will outline some recent news and highlights of the underlying company, MSTR. Recent news that impacts MSTR The firm remains steadfast throughout the swings that have occurred in Bitcoin Despite all of the ups and downs that Bitcoin investors have faced over the past few months, MSTR and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor remain bullish on the currency long term. Just last week, the firm disclosed a purchase of BTC in the form of 2,486 new coins for a total of $168.4M. See the image below from MSTR that highlights their recent purchases as well as their overall cost basis. Strategy As you can see, the firm’s average cost basis on BTC is $76K, which for now remains above the current prices of BTC at around $66.7K. This delta is where Saylor and the people who believe in the mission of MSTR can argue that on a long-term basis, these swings in the currency, and therefore the stock, are meaningless and do not dilute the overall thesis. MSTR is becoming more of a financial engineering company The firm, late last year, announced a pivot of its maturity based convertible debt into perpetual preferred stock, which should help to reduce its future ongoing refinancing risk and dampen credit-based volatility across its balance sheet. The firm offers “perpetual dividends” in the form of 4 different instruments: Stride, Stretch, Strike, and Strife. These sum to combined annual dividends for their holders of over $876M. To minimize distribution risk on these instruments based on the volatility of the BTC market, the firm also has a $2.25B reserve, which reduces the payout risk and allows the firm more options to fund these distributions. See the below details on this arrangement from the website of MSTR. Strategy As you can see, even though the stock is down 63% on a 1-year basis, the firm still has enough reserves across its portfolio to cover 30.1 months of dividend coverage as it stands today. With their BTC reserves, they have enough to cover over 53 years of ongoing dividends for their investors. MSTR, clearly, has been engineered well enough to sustain its creditor operations for the foreseeable future despite the BTC volatility. The current administration is very supportive of crypto assets, and this is a strong tailwind for the industry as a whole The Trump administration has clearly outlined their bullishness on the crypto industry as a whole. In fact, just earlier today the President’s sons, heads of World Liberty, hosted a forum on crypto in America. This is consistent with the news and releases that have come out of the White House, including this Presidential Action that was released in 2025 that emphasizes the President’s desire to turn America into the epicenter of digital financial technologies. We believe that this push from the administration will serve as a strong push for the industry overall, and that this momentary dip in the markets should be considered a long-term buying opportunity. Additional actions such as forming the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve also prove that the administration is supportive of digital assets, and BTC should remain a strong long-term play. This backing from the administration should provide relief to investors in the long run, and this short-term weakness should be nothing but an opportunity for those looking to establish a position. BTC is notoriously volatile, and these swings are to be expected. Options Strategy The fund’s main strategy is to purchase shares of MSTR and then sell covered calls on those shares. An alternate strategy employed is the covered call spread strategy. Both of these strategies are considered “synthetic” because the fund does not directly buy the shares of MSTR. Instead, they purchase option contracts in a manner that mimics the same returns as you would get by owning the shares. For this analysis, we will assume that the fund is buying the shares directly. The overall strategy works out the same. Let’s look at the primary strategy of covered calls using an example scenario: We purchase 100 shares of MSTR at $100 per share We sell a covered call with a strike price of $110 and make $200 in premiums The below chart compares this strategy with the strategy of just buying the shares (no options traded). Doodad Capital The chart has the following properties: At generally lower prices, the “with option” strategy is better. At the higher end of the range, the shares only strategy is better Why is this the case? It has mainly to do with the option premium and strike price. When the shares of MSTR go above the strike price (in this case $110), the purchaser of the option will exercise the option and buy 100 shares from you for $110 each. You will then be left with no positions because the shares are sold and the option contract is closed. This is why the blue line flattens past $110. Below $110, the only impact of the option is the premium you gained. This is why the option strategy is better at lower prices of MSTR. Overall, with this strategy, we see that the best scenario after selling the call options is for the share price to go as close to $110 as possible without going over. Assuming you already own the shares of MSTR, the covered call strategy is best when you think the price of MSTR will decline, or at least not increase by much. The other strategy employed by the fund is the covered call spread. With this strategy, the fund also buys shares of MSTR. However, instead of selling a single call, the fund instead will buy a call option at a strike higher than the current share price and then sell a call option at an even higher strike. We will use this scenario: Buy 100 shares of MSTR at $100 per share We buy a call option at a $110 strike for $300 We sell a call option at a $120 strike for $150 Doodad Capital In this strategy: At generally lower prices, the shares-only strategy is better At generally higher prices, the covered call spread strategy is better In this case we are starting at a deficit of $150. This is because buying a call at a lower strike will cost more than buying one at a higher strike. That is why, without exercise impacts (aka below the lowest option strike of $110), the shares-only strategy is better. However, at higher prices, the $110 strike we purchased will start returning value. After we lose some opportunity value of the shares, we will be obligated to sell. However, that will be more than offset by the returns on the $110 strike option. As stated in the prospectus about the covered call spread strategy, “The Adviser will primarily employ this strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term.” The fund does not explicitly specify when they used the covered call strategy, but we can infer that they will use it when they believe MSTY will drop or only increase modestly in the short term. These strategies are aligned with our analysis above. Similar ETF Comparison and Comparison to MSTR We look at other MSTR based ETFs to see how MSTY stacks up: Seeking Alpha We see that in terms of AUM, MSTY is the biggest. In terms of expense ratio, it’s one of the lowest, however, by about 50% compared to the most expensive one ( MSTP ). We also looked at the total performance (which includes dividends) comparison of the funds. The general trends are similar, but we can see that MSTY is clearly beating the pack with only ~54% loss in the last year compared to ~76% loss for the next best ( MSTW ) and ~94% loss for the worst one ( MSTX ). Overall, MSTY stacks up favorably compared to similar options. Seeking Alpha Over the past year, holding MSTY would have been slightly better than holding MSTR outright, as you can see from this chart. This is a total return chart, which includes the income that MSTY would have provided to its investors. It has outperformed its underlying holding over the past year, which is a strong reason for investors to consider a position in MSTY. Risks Management efficacy As we discussed, there are 2 different strategies the fund employs. Generally speaking, one strategy is better when the stock is predicted to increase in value, and another strategy is better when the stock is predicted to remain stagnant or decrease in value (assuming you already own the shares). In either case, it is up to management to make the right prediction and employ the appropriate strategies at the appropriate strike prices and premiums. These are a lot of decisions to make, right? And of course, the stock market is notoriously difficult to predict. Near-term volatility can cause increased selling pressure on MSTR As BTC continues to swing, there remains the risk that MSTR becomes more and more underwater on its treasury. However, as all of its BTC holdings are unencumbered , meaning that they are not pledged as collateral on anything, the firm has a large amount of flexibility before it may face any solvency issues. This risk remains low for now. Conclusion MSTY is a fund that allows investors to gain income on a very volatile asset, which is further amplified by the swings of BTC. However, this ETF shields investors from a significant amount of this volatility, and we rate it a buy. MSTR remains a solvent vehicle for BTC investments, and the Executive Chairman is the most outspoken long-term BTC bull. If the management can prudently employ the strategies discussed, MSTY can be a great vehicle for investors to gain exposure to MSTR while also making a little extra income.
22 Feb 2026, 12:12
ADA Technical Analysis February 22, 2026: Support, Resistance, and Market Commentary
ADA is testing the $0.2720 support under downtrend pressure around $0.28; although the MACD bull signal offers hope, RSI and EMAs remain bearish. Due to its correlation with Bitcoin, BTC movements ...
22 Feb 2026, 12:06
Bitcoin Price Pullback: How Whales and Retail Investors Are Reacting
Bitcoin’s price movements since early October can safely be categorized as bearish, given the fact that the asset shed over 50% of its value from its all-time high to its multi-year low of $60,000 marked on February 6. Although it has recovered some ground since then, the cryptocurrency is deep in the red even on a year-to-date scale. Santiment investigated which investor group sold off during the months-long correction, and which increased their positions. Who’s Selling and Buying? The post from the analytics company reveals an interesting pattern. It reads that wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 bitcoins have reduced their positions by 0.8% since the October peak. In contrast, micro investors, those with 0.1 BTC or less, have increased their holdings by 2.5% within the same timeframe. The analysis reads that this behavior from both groups does not suggest an upcoming price reversal. “Optimally, we begin to see these two Bitcoin groups begin to reverse course. Without key stakeholder support, any spark of a rally will tend to be slightly limited due to the lack of large capital,” Santiment said, before indicating that retail investors have remained undeterred, currently holding the highest amount in nearly two years. Bitcoin Investor Behavior. Source: Santiment ETF Investors Flock Unlike the small discrepancy between the two investor groups examined by Santiment, those who gain exposure to the largest cryptocurrency through ETFs have shown a clear and painful trend. In the two weeks leading to the asset’s all-time high of over $126,000, they poured in over $6 billion into the funds. Since then, red has dominated almost every week, with multiple $1 billion or more net outflow examples. In three consecutive weeks in early November, they withdrew more than $3.5 billion. This behavior continued into the new year, and the spot Bitcoin ETFs are currently on a massive red streak of five weeks in a row in the red. Data from SoSoValue shows that these investors pulled out $1.33 billion during the week that ended on January 23. Another $1.49 billion followed, but the silver lining is that the net inflows have decreased to under $360 million in the past three weeks. Nevertheless, the total net inflows into the spot BTC ETFs have declined from $62.77 billion in early October to $54 billion last Friday. Spot Bitcoin ETFs Net Flows. Source: SoSoValue The post Bitcoin Price Pullback: How Whales and Retail Investors Are Reacting appeared first on CryptoPotato .
22 Feb 2026, 12:02
This Statement Proves Eric Trump’s Connection With XRP
Crypto commentator John Squire (@TheCryptoSquire) recently shared a video highlighting Eric Trump’s insights on major digital assets. In the video, Eric discussed several cryptocurrencies and offered specific praise for XRP, backing Squire’s observation. Direct Knowledge of Ripple’s Leadership Eric Trump revealed that he personally knows Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. He stated, “ I know Brad very well , and XRP. And, you know, he’s done a great job.” This direct connection demonstrates a level of familiarity with Ripple’s leadership that is rare among public figures. Trump’s comments indicate that he closely follows the network’s development and understands the platform’s trajectory. He also commended Garlinghouse, who has led Ripple for almost a decade . Under his leadership, XRP gained regulatory clarity in the U.S. and has seen significant adoption worldwide. Trump’s comments suggest the CEO has done a good job, and the majority of the XRP army agrees with him. ERIC TRUMP & $XRP CONNECTION In 2025, Eric Trump revealed he personally knows Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and understands XRP. What once sounded like crypto talk is now looking VERY real. Big moves happen quietly. XRP keeps winning. pic.twitter.com/zm4XzYsJm1 — John Squire (@TheCryptoSquire) February 20, 2026 Broader Crypto Perspective While XRP was central in his remarks, Trump also addressed other leading cryptocurrencies. He expressed confidence in Ethereum, noting that he recommended buying it during a dip, and that it has since performed strongly. He described Bitcoin as “digital gold” and has previously called it the currency of the future . He also called Ethereum “the oil by which all financial systems are going to run on.” These remarks show Trump’s broader awareness of the cryptocurrency market and its key players, positioning him as informed on both the technology and its market trends. XRP’s Position in the Market Trump’s comments reinforce XRP’s status as a major digital asset. By highlighting Ripple’s leadership and signaling personal familiarity, he supports the asset’s credibility. XRP’s consistent performance and ongoing adoption in institutional settings align with this perspective. Observers can infer that leadership engagement and real-world use cases can aid the token’s upward trajectory. Eric Trump’s remarks suggest he strategically monitors digital assets. He indicated that his support for Ethereum was based on early observation of price movements. Applying similar attention to XRP implies awareness of the asset’s market potential and utility . We are on X, follow us to connect with us :- @TimesTabloid1 — TimesTabloid (@TimesTabloid1) June 15, 2025 Increased Market Confidence Trump’s recognition of XRP’s leadership demonstrates awareness beyond casual investment. As Squire stated, “What once sounded like crypto talk is now looking very real.” He noted that big moves often happen quietly, and XRP continues to maintain strength. The token’s steady performance and growing recognition demonstrate its ongoing relevance in the market, and Trump’s knowledge of this progress has bolstered market participants’ confidence. Disclaimer : This content is meant to inform and should not be considered financial advice. The views expressed in this article may include the author’s personal opinions and do not represent Times Tabloid’s opinion. Readers are advised to conduct thorough research before making any investment decisions. Any action taken by the reader is strictly at their own risk. Times Tabloid is not responsible for any financial losses. Follow us on X , Facebook , Telegram , and Google News The post This Statement Proves Eric Trump’s Connection With XRP appeared first on Times Tabloid .
