26 | Latest Cryptocurrency News, Bitcoin & Crypto Updates 2026

USDC Grows In Non-US Markets as Market Cap Taps $28 Billion

The market capitalization of Circle’s USDC moved past $28 billion with a gradual increase from Q4 2023 amid wider institutional investments. A new Coinbase report shows a resurgence in the USDC market following the general market upturn and growth in non-U.S markets. According to...

, by David Pokima

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Sells $7M Shares Each in Coinbase, Robinhood

ARK Invest, the asset management firm and Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuer led by Bitcoin advocate Cathie Wood, has sold a significant amount of Coinbase, Robinhood, and Nvidia stocks. According to Ark Invest Daily’s Feb. 26 reveals, the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) sold 35,509...

, by Hongji Feng

Alternative Ways for Coinbase Commerce to Support Native Bitcoin Payments

Coinbase recently announced that it would be removing support for native Bitcoin (BTC) payments across its payment platform for merchants, Coinbase Commerce. The company’s head of product, Lauren Dowling, stated on her X account on February 18 that “customers were struggling with...

, by Rachel Wolfson

Nigeria Asks Telcom Firms to Restrict Access to Binance, Coinbase Websites – Here’s Why

Crypto exchange behemoths are facing serious scrutiny in Nigeria, as the country aims to clampdown crypto transactions. Though Nigeria is sought to be the most crypto-savvy nation ahead of the United States and European countries per a ConsenSys data last year, the country has been recently...

, by Sujha Sundararajan

Coinbase Makes Case for Approval of Ether ETFs in Formal Letter to SEC

Coinbase has thrown its support behind Grayscale's application to convert its Ethereum (ETH) Trust into a spot Ether exchange-traded product (ETP). In a 27-page letter shared on February 22, Coinbase's chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, outlined the legal, technical, and economic rationale for...

, by Ruholamin Haqshanas

Spot Ether ETF Applications Prompt S&P Alarm on Ethereum’s Concentration Risks

S&P Global warned on Tuesday that approving proposed Spot Ethereum ETFs in the US could worsen the network's concentration issue by centralizing staked tokens among a few providers. Certain proposed US spot ether ETFs, including applications from Ark Invest and Franklin Templeton, seek to...

, by Shalini Nagarajan

Head of SEC’s Crypto Legal Team Exits for Private Firm

The leader of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) crypto and cyber litigation legal team has left to join private firm White & Case, according to a February 21 press release. White & Case announced that Ladan Stewart had joined the firm as a partner in its white-collar defense...

, by Brian Yue

Coinbase Commerce Removes Native Bitcoin Payment Support for Merchants – What’s Going On?

Coinbase has removed support for native Bitcoin (BTC) and other UTXO (Unspent Transaction Output) coins on its payment platform for merchants, Coinbase Commerce. In a recent post on X, Lauren Dowling, the exchange's head of product, said that the removal of native Bitcoin and UTXO support was...

, by Ruholamin Haqshanas

Coinbase’s Philanthropic Arm Donates $3.6 Million to Brink for Bitcoin Development

Coinbase’s philanthropic arm GiveCrypto is donating $3.6 million to Bitcoin-supporting nonprofit Brink, according to a February 16 announcement. In an X post, Brink announced that all GiveCrypto funds would be directed exclusively to support Brink engineers and their open-source...

, by Brian Yue

Bitcoin Should Remain Well-Supported On Institutional Inflows For Several Months: Coinbase Research

Coinbase research analysts project adequate support for Bitcoin (BTC) in the market for the next three to six months due to institutional inflows. The institutional research arm of the digital asset exchange explained the trajectory of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other on-chain data post-ETF...

, by David Pokima

Coinbase Transaction Revenue Hits New High, Surpassing Q4 Expectation – Crypto Adoption Rising?

In its quarterly report to shareholders, Coinbase posted a 64% jump in transaction revenue to take in $529.3 million in Q4, 2023. The increase in transactions was due to anticipation for the launch of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Widely considered an important step in Bitcoin's...

, by Tim Hakki

Cathie Wood’s ARK Sells More Coinbase Stock Amid Bitcoin Surge

ARK Invest, the asset management firm led by prominent Bitcoin (BTC) advocate Cathie Wood, has sold a significant amount of Coinbase stock ahead of the crypto exchange's impressive earnings report. According to a filing on Thursday, ARK Invest sold $34.3 million worth of Coinbase shares from...

, by Ruholamin Haqshanas

Bitcoin ETFs May Hurt Coinbase’s Bottom Line In 2024: Analyst

Senior Researcher at Leverage Shares, Sandeep Rao, believes that Coinbase's dominant market position as “the dominant venue for all things crypto” faces a new challenge. In a recent interview with Cryptonews, Rao warned that the company's medium-to-long-term performance could suffer as...

, by Andrew Throuvalas

Sean Patrick Maloney Will Stop Working on Crypto Issues If Confirmed as OECD Ambassador: Report

Sean Patrick Maloney pledged last week to stop advising on crypto issues if he is confirmed as U.S. representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Maloney reportedly sent a letter to Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren on February 9, committing to...

, by Brian Yue

Robinhood’s Strong Crypto Performance Sets Positive Tone for Coinbase Earnings

Coinbase shares rose 10% today after Robinhood's Q4 2023 earnings report yesterday said that the popular trading app made a tidy profit from its crypto trading business. Robinhood declared its transactions-based revenues in Q4 2023 rose 8% compared to the same quarter the preceding year. In a...

, by Tim Hakki

Coinbase Suspends PLA Token Trading After PlayDapp’s Smart Contract Suspension

Coinbase suspended PLA token trading on Wednesday after Web3 gaming platform PlayDapp paused the smart contract's functionality. “We will continue to monitor developments related to PLA from the issuer and update our customers as more information becomes available,” Coinbase said on...

, by Shalini Nagarajan

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