President Donald Trump raised the global tariff rate to 15% despite a Supreme Court ruling against earlier emergency trade measures, keeping pressure on China and other partners.

ECB president Christine Lagarde is a crypto skeptic, but her likely successors are no more enthusiastic about cryptocurrencies.

A long-running governance dispute inside the Aave ecosystem has escalated after a core engineering firm announced it will step aside. Key Takeaways: Core developer BGD will not renew its contract, deepening a governance dispute between Aave DAO and Aave Labs.…

Dollar-pegged tokens edged higher over the past week, pulling in roughly $703 million in fresh capital. Even with that bump, the sector remains down 0.61% month over month, a $1.9 billion dip that keeps the broader tally in check. Among…

The Netherlands Gambling Authority has moved against prediction markets platform Polymarket, ordering its Dutch affiliate, Adventure One, to stop offering wagering services to residents without a permit. Key Takeaways: Dutch regulators ordered Polymarket’s affiliate to halt operations for offering unlicensed…

US spot Bitcoin ETFs logged five straight weeks of outflows, with $315.9 million leaving last week as institutional investors de-risk amid macro uncertainty.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs near a five-week outflow streak, with $2.7 billion in losses year-to-date, as 2026 shapes up to be one of Bitcoin’s worst yearly starts.

Your day-ahead look for Feb. 20, 2026

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Korean exchanges Upbit and Bithumb both added local currency pairs for the privacy-focused layer-2 token, triggering a sharp move in a thinly traded market.