On February 21, 2026, Eastern Eight District Time, the **IoTeX cross-chain bridge was attacked due to a private key leak**, and the assets in the vault were transferred out and exchanged for ETH in a short period. Some of the funds were subsequently transferred across chains to the Bitcoin network. The security agency **PeckShield** quickly provided a preliminary estimate of **approximately 8 million dollars in losses**, while the IoTeX official statement emphasized that "**the current situation is under control**" and claimed that the actual losses were **significantly lower than market rumors**.

Recently, the most discussed topic in the Ethereum community is undoubtedly Vitalik Buterin's public reflection on the scaling roadmap. It can be said that Vitalik's attitude is "sharp," explicitly stating that with the improvement of Ethereum's mainnet (L1) scaling capabilities, the roadmap established five years ago, which regarded L2 as the primary scaling method, has become obsolete. This statement was once interpreted negatively by the market as a "pessimistic" or even "denying" view on L2. However, if one carefully organizes Vitalik's core viewpoints and combines them with Ethereum's series of mainnet scaling progress...

History always completes its cycle unintentionally.

As an industry, we have achieved success beyond our wildest imagination; however, the prevailing sentiment at the moment is an extreme frustration that we have not seen in a long time.

MrBeast currently holds a rare traffic card, but will he turn this card into a more inclusive, transparent, and strictly self-disciplined "financial enlightenment path," or will he convert the traffic advantage into a growth shortcut aimed at the most sensitive teenage audience?

Small wallets have increased their BTC holdings by 2.5% since October\\\'s all-time high while large holders trimmed 0.8%, Santiment data shows.

On February 20, 2026, in the Eastern Standard Time Zone, the United States Supreme Court ruled with a vote of **6 to 3** to cancel the comprehensive tariff measures from the Trump administration. This institutional confrontation between the highest judicial authority and key figures of the former executive power quickly became the focus of global financial and political discourse. After the announcement of the ruling, the price of Bitcoin was briefly pushed up by capital, with a single quoted source showing a rapid increase of about **2%**, piercing above **68,000 dollars**, and then

When Zach Pandl, the director of Grayscale Research, finished the last page of that report, the price of gold was lying near an all-time high. Over the past year, this ancient metal had risen by 85%; meanwhile, on the same chart, the curve of Bitcoin had slid downward by 30%. This was not how a technical correction should look. This was a fracture in the narrative.

BlackRock transferred 2,563 BTC and 49,582 ETH to Coinbase, Trump announced a 10% global tariff, Federal Reserve's Logan supports keeping interest rates unchanged in January, and the preliminary annualized quarterly GDP growth rate for the United States in the fourth quarter is 1.4%.

Crypto prices edged higher on Friday despite a splash of tariff turbulence after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Trump\\\'s levies illegal.

The more significant result from the U.S. Supreme Court\\\'s rejection of President Donald Trump\\\'s trade tariffs may be political, which could sting the industry.

As has been typical in crypto markets of late, even the most modest move higher was met with immediate selling.

The evolution of U.S. cryptocurrency policy in 2025 is not linear. Although the Trump 2.0 administration has sent very strong signals at the executive level, the legislative practice regarding the competition for "liquidity sovereignty" has entered a stage of technical detail negotiation.