by Benzinga | February 12, 2026 12:39 pm | Crypto News
The official cryptocurrency of Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) rose on Wednesday after the popular NFT collection teased a cryptocurrency debit card as part of its push into consumer finance. ‘Pengu Card’ For Crypto Payments The Pengu Card, powered by payments giant Visa...
by Benzinga | February 12, 2026 10:35 am | Crypto News
Veteran short seller Jim Chanos slammed Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) for touting the stability of its perpetual preferred shares on Wednesday, even as its main stock continues to get hammered. Chanos Takes Fresh Dig At Strategy Chanos reacted to a Bloomberg interview...
by Benzinga | February 12, 2026 9:51 am | Crypto News
Sam Bankman-Fried, who is currently serving a 25-year sentence for the FTX scam, alleged on Wednesday that the Justice Department under Joe Biden threatened key defense witnesses, preventing them from testifying that the exchange was solvent. SBF Wants New Trial...
by Benzinga | February 12, 2026 8:20 am | Crypto News
Leading cryptocurrencies fell alongside stocks and precious metals on Wednesday, even as job growth accelerated strongly in January. Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 8:30 p.m. ET) Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -1.65% $67,779.05 Ethereum (CRYPTO:...
by Benzinga | February 12, 2026 4:09 am | Crypto News
Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) reports fourth‑quarter results Thursday after the close, with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) trading at sharply different levels than during its last earnings release. Coinbase Q4 Earnings Estimates Analysts expect the...
by Benzinga | February 12, 2026 3:10 am | Crypto News
Wall Street’s growing appetite for Bitcoin ETFs was back in focus Tuesday after an SEC filing showed Goldman Sachs holds more than $1 billion in the cryptocurrency through spot Bitcoin funds, including BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ:IBIT) and...
by Benzinga | February 12, 2026 3:10 am | Crypto News
It is no longer news that Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) plummeted and now steadies below $70,000, wiping off almost half of the crypto’s value since it reached an all-time high of $ 126,000 four months ago. The decline represents one of the largest drops in the asset’s value...
by Benzinga | February 12, 2026 2:15 am | Crypto News
Bitcoin is trading lower Wednesday as stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data fueled macro headwinds and triggered another wave of risk-off selling. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $67,633 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $1,953 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $79.84 XRP...
by Benzinga | February 12, 2026 2:14 am | Crypto News
SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the U.S. “can and should be the crypto capital of the world” during a House hearing on Wednesday, where Democrats accused him of eroding trust by dismissing cases against crypto firms tied to President Trump. The Crypto Capital Vision Atkins...
by Benzinga | February 12, 2026 1:16 am | Crypto News
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has shed almost 50% of its value from its top last October and plummeted below its November 2024 price. The $2.7 Billion Liquidation Flush According to Wintermute, the sell-off in early February triggered more than $2.7 billion in liquidations,...
by Benzinga | February 12, 2026 12:35 am | Crypto News
Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson says blockchain-powered dating apps like Tinder could unlock 2-3 billion users. The Blockchain Tinder Vision Hoskinson told CoinDesk at Consensus Hong Kong on Wednesday that he wants Tinder running on a blockchain where...
by Benzinga | February 12, 2026 12:35 am | Crypto News
Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) shares are trading lower on Wednesday after the company reported fourth-quarter financial results after market close on Tuesday. Analysts see the company’s product expansion as a positive, but guidance and spending remain...
by Benzinga | February 12, 2026 12:34 am | Crypto News
Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) rally to $126,000 marked a premature cycle top, which forced a deeper reset toward the $60,000 region instead of making a run to $150,000. Was A Liquidation Cascade The Catalyst? Trader BitQuant on Wednesday analyzed the market swing,...
by Benzinga | February 11, 2026 11:16 pm | Crypto News
Uniswap (CRYPTO: UNI) spiked 15% after BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) on Wednesday integrated its $1.8 billion BUIDL token onto UniswapX, purchasing an undisclosed amount of UNI tokens. The BlackRock DeFi Entry According to a press release, BlackRock will bring its...
by Benzinga | February 11, 2026 10:29 pm | Crypto News
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) may be quietly transitioning into a new “winter phase,” even as prices remain historically elevated, a new report shows. Bitcoin Entering New ‘Winter Phase’? According to CryptoQuant, current conditions increasingly resemble the...
by Benzinga | February 11, 2026 9:16 pm | Crypto News
Ripple on Wednesday partnered with Aviva Investors to tokenize traditional fund structures on the XRP Ledger, yet XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is down 1%. The Aviva Partnership Aviva Investors, the asset management arm of UK insurer Aviva, will work with Ripple to bring...
by Benzinga | February 11, 2026 7:29 pm | Crypto News
Brian Armstrong, the CEO and co-founder of the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S., Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), has dropped out of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which ranks the world’s 500 wealthiest individuals. Armstrong’s departure from the list...
by Benzinga | February 11, 2026 7:27 pm | Crypto News
Morgan Creek Capital CEO Mark Yusko has warned that President Trump “has a whole different agenda” for crypto focused on preserving dollar dominance, predicting Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) bottoms around $58,000-$63,000 in September. The Trump Warning Yusko told Altcoin...
by Benzinga | February 11, 2026 7:26 pm | Crypto News
Pepe (CRYPTO: PEPE) has fallen 38% over the past month, but on-chain data shows whales have been aggressively accumulating since the October 10 liquidation crash. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Market Cap 7-Day Trend Pepe (CRYPTO: PEPE) $0.053568 $1.5 billion -14.5%...
by Benzinga | February 11, 2026 6:35 pm | Crypto News
Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) is down 8% in premarket after reporting crypto revenue decreased by 38% to $221 million in Q4. The Earnings Miss Total revenue rose 27% to a record $1.28 billion in Q4, but crypto dragged performance. Cryptocurrency transaction revenue fell 38%...
