
South Korea’s Lawmakers Grill Watchdogs After Bithumb’s $43B Bitcoin Credit Fiasco
Seoul turns up the heat on regulators after Bithumb mistakenly credited $43B in BTC. 99.7% was clawed back, ~$123M covered by the exchange. FSS probe extended.

Bitcoin Edges Higher as Supreme Court Curbs Trump Tariff Powers, Markets Reprice Policy Risk
Bitcoin rose about 1% to $67,271 after a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling found many Trump-era tariffs exceeded authority under IEEPA. Gold gained 1.8% to $5,090 amid policy uncertainty.

Metaplanet CEO rejects underperformance claims, defends Bitcoin treasury and disclosure
Metaplanet’s Simon Gerovich pushes back on criticism of the firm’s Bitcoin strategy and transparency, reframing how investors should benchmark a corporate BTC treasury.

Bitcoin difficulty surges 14.7% to 144.4T as hashrate roars back after U.S. winter storm curtailments
Bitcoin mining difficulty jumped 14.7% to 144.4T—a record absolute increase—as U.S. weather-related curtailments ended and hashrate rapidly returned to the network.

Bitcoin stalls under a key on-chain threshold as ETF outflows thin liquidity, analysts say
Bitcoin sits below a closely watched on-chain cost basis while persistent ETF outflows and tight liquidity keep price action boxed in. Here’s why microstructure now drives the tape.

Bitcoin ETF Outflows Hit $166M; Five-Week Redemptions Near $4B as Market Tests Risk Appetite
Spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $165.76M on Feb. 19, extending a five-week outflow streak nearing $4B even as BTC ticks higher. Why this looks more like a reset than a rout.

Why a $21M Bitcoin Return Matters—and What Robinhood’s 4M-Testnet Week Really Signals
A hacker returned $21M in stolen bitcoin as Robinhood Chain’s testnet logged 4M transactions. Here’s how incentives and signal-to-noise shape crypto security and scaling.

Bitcoin’s Generational Wealth Thesis, Through the Lens of Stablecoins, Tokenized Equities, and Coinbase’s Super Bowl Signal
Crypto M&A expert Christian Lopez discusses stablecoins, tokenized equities, and Bitcoin’s wealth thesis as Coinbase’s Super Bowl push and upcoming earnings frame adoption.

Warren Urges Treasury and Fed to Disavow Any Bitcoin Rescue as BTC Slides 50%
As Bitcoin falls about 50% from October highs, Sen. Elizabeth Warren presses Treasury and the Fed to rule out any taxpayer-funded crypto backstop, spotlighting leverage risks and politics.

Panic Queries Surge as ‘Bitcoin Going to Zero’ Spikes and Fear Gauge Hits Multi‑Year Lows
Google searches for “Bitcoin going to zero” hit highs since 2022 as the Fear & Greed Index sinks to 5. BTC trades near $66.6K, 47% below October’s peak, with markets pricing more downside.

February 20, 2026
Seoul turns up the heat on regulators after Bithumb mistakenly credited $43B in BTC. 99.7% was clawed back, ~$123M covered by the exchange. FSS probe extended.

Bitcoin Edges Higher as Supreme Court Curbs Trump Tariff Powers, Markets Reprice Policy Risk
February 20, 2026
Bitcoin rose about 1% to $67,271 after a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling found many Trump-era tariffs exceeded authority under IEEPA. Gold gained 1.8% to $5,090 amid policy uncertainty.

Metaplanet CEO rejects underperformance claims, defends Bitcoin treasury and disclosure
February 20, 2026
Metaplanet’s Simon Gerovich pushes back on criticism of the firm’s Bitcoin strategy and transparency, reframing how investors should benchmark a corporate BTC treasury.

Bitcoin difficulty surges 14.7% to 144.4T as hashrate roars back after U.S. winter storm curtailments
February 20, 2026
Bitcoin mining difficulty jumped 14.7% to 144.4T—a record absolute increase—as U.S. weather-related curtailments ended and hashrate rapidly returned to the network.