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BitMine Immersion chairman Tom Lee defended this week the more than $6 billion in unrealized losses on its balance sheet, describing them as an expected outcome. According to the executive, his Ethereum treasury strategy is designed to track the asset’s price and outperform it over a full market cycle, without representing any operational failure or execution flaw.

Zcash (ZEC) experienced a dramatic drop in activity, directly impacting its price and reaching multi-month lows. Trading activity plummeted by 70%, including a 97% decrease in outflows from exchanges.

The merger of SpaceX and xAI, which consolidates a total market capitalization of $1.25 trillion, alters how corporate treasuries must value Bitcoin when trading. The combined entity inherited a long-standing Bitcoin position that will now be measured according to newly implemented accounting standards, a change with direct consequences for reported results.

Opera’s shares reached new highs after its wallet, MiniPay, integrated USDT and Tether’s XAUT. In a single day, the price of each share rose 18% at its peak and closed the day with gains of nearly 13%. This move will increase the wallet’s transaction volume and solidify its position as a potential avenue for broader payments and revenue opportunities.

Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks has announced integration with the Canton Network, a blockchain built for regulated markets that emphasizes privacy, interoperability and scalability, enabling financial institutions to custody and settle tokenized assets in a compliant, enterprise-grade environment.

The crypto financial services firm Galaxy Digital, led by Mike Novogratz, reported a net loss of $482 million during the fourth quarter of 2025. Following the announcement, the company’s shares experienced a drop of over 6% in pre-market trading, hovering around $24.70 per share, reflecting investor sensitivity to the negative quarterly results despite the company’s solid overall balance sheet and cash position.

The digital assets unit of Deutsche Börse Group, 360T, recently announced a strategic partnership with the Austrian platform Bitpanda to expand institutional access to crypto assets across the European continent. Through this agreement, both entities will integrate their technological infrastructure to facilitate banks and financial firms operating in compliance with MiCA, strengthening the regulated digital ecosystem significantly.

The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has announced plans to introduce cash-settled futures contracts tied to Solana (SOL), XRP, and Tron (TRX), thus strengthening its existing crypto derivatives market. These new financial instruments will be based on specific indices for each asset and will be denominated in rubles, marking a milestone in the Russian regulated offering.

The digital asset XRP is currently trading below the average purchase price of the past year, placing numerous investors in a loss position and raising the risk of a severe correction. According to data from CryptoQuant, the XRP price experienced its most aggressive weekly selloff since October 2025, reflecting a scenario of significant technical weakness. Currently, the price is hovering around $1.60, having retreated more than 20% over the last week, thus sitting just above its aggregated realized price of $1.48. If the market breaks this critical support level, the majority of holders would officially be underwater, a configuration that…

Transaction costs on the Ethereum network have plunged from peaks above $200 to around $0.14, marking the lowest fee levels since 2017. This dramatic change stems from a series of network upgrades and increased Layer-2 adoption, with significant implications for users, developers and the broader ecosystem.