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The Ethereum Foundation officially launches ETH staking in the treasury, with an estimated investment of about 70,000 ETH. All proceeds will be reinvested to support protocol development and community ecosystem. This staking uses an open-source decentralized solution to reduce risk and demonstrates a shift in financial strategy from "selling tokens" to "staking," to promote sustainable operations.

Vitalik Buterin has revealed plans to build a “cypherpunk principled non-ugly Ethereum” interoperable with the existing chain. The new network would run alongside Ethereum for years, but with its own lean consensus and a new virtual machine. Vitalik Buterin has been known to make bold

Bitmine increased its holdings by over 51,000 ETH this week, bringing the total to 4.42 million ETH, accounting for 3.66% of the global supply. Chairman Tom Lee believes that the value of Ethereum will rise in the future and points out three major fundamental drivers, including Wall Street tokenization, artificial intelligence applications, and the creator economy transitioning to blockchain. Additionally, Bitmine has staked approximately 3.04 million ETH, with expected annual yields to further increase.

Wintermute Market Report shows that BTC has recently failed multiple times to break through $70,000, with volatile price movements and thin liquidity. ETH has fallen below $1,900, with attention on the psychological level of $1,600. Institutional demand has not returned, market confidence is lacking, and trading activity is predominantly selling. Although high-net-worth investors have shown brief interest in some altcoins, this interest has not persisted. The overall market is not ready to make proactive moves.

February 24 News, there is a clear redemption wave in US spot Bitcoin and spot Ethereum ETFs. Data shows that on that day, the net outflow from the spot Bitcoin ETF was approximately $204 million, while the spot Ethereum ETF also saw an outflow of $49.48 million, with a total daily capital outflow of $253 million. This large-scale capital withdrawal occurred after Bitcoin's price briefly fell below the critical $65,000 level, combined with macroeconomic uncertainties caused by expectations of US tariff policies, leading to a significant decline in risk appetite in the crypto market.

February 24 News, the Ethereum Foundation has officially launched its vault staking program, with the first batch of approximately 70,000 ETH already staked. The staking rewards generated will be directly funneled back into the Foundation's vault. This move aligns with its previously announced vault management policy, marking the start of the institutional-level native Ethereum staking strategy into practical implementation, and also strengthening the long-term sustainability of funds. In terms of technical architecture, the Foundation has chosen the open-source distributed signer Dirk and verification coordinator software Vouch as a combined solution. Dirk deploys signing nodes across different regions to reduce single points of failure and enhance system resilience; Vouch supports a hybrid configuration of multiple beacon clients and execution clients to mitigate potential network risks caused by client centralization. Additionally, its validator infrastructure adopts a minority client strategy and combines custodial resources with self-built hardware deployments across multiple jurisdictions to improve decentralization and operational stability.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies increased its holdings by 51,162 ETH, bringing the total to 4.42 million ETH, accounting for 3.66% of the total supply. The market value is approximately $8.7 billion, making it the publicly listed company with the largest ETH holdings worldwide. Chairman Tom Lee stated that the reason for holding ETH is optimistic about its future potential, and 68.7% of the ETH has been staked, which is expected to generate substantial passive income.

In the past 24 hours, the total liquidation amount across the entire network reached $375 million, with long positions liquidated at $291 million and short positions at $83.7468 million. Both Bitcoin and Ethereum experienced significant liquidations, affecting a total of 124,467 people. The largest single liquidation was $2.9532 million.

Ethereum founder V神 sold 8,651 ETH in February, but Tom Lee-led BitMine bought over 50,000 ETH on dips. Lee is optimistic about Ethereum's fundamentals, believing it has potential in asset tokenization, AI trading, and creator economy. Despite the market weakness and five consecutive weeks of net outflows in crypto ETPs, BitMine still plans to increase its holdings.

Blockchain intelligence platform TRM Labs and banking infrastructure company Finray Technologies announced a partnership in February 2026, integrating Finray's compliance decision engine XZiel with TRM Labs' blockchain intelligence tools to create a unified system that can monitor both cryptocurrency and fiat transactions simultaneously, providing institutions with real-time risk alerts and compliance management across asset classes.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently sold over 2,400 ETH, totaling approximately $4.8 million, putting market pressure on the asset, with the price of ETH hitting a new low. Since August last year, ETH has been on a continuous decline. Buterin plans to sell a total of 16,384 ETH to fund ecosystem development, and still holds over 224,000 ETH.

Blockchain monitoring organization Onchain Lens data shows that well-known investor Machi Big Brother (Huang Licheng, Machi Big Brother) was fully liquidated from Bitcoin and Ethereum long positions during the market turbulence on February 23 when Bitcoin fell below the $65,000 mark, resulting in a total loss exceeding $27 million. The New Year film he invested in, "Kung Fu," also ended up losing money.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has sold 1,869 ether (ETH) valued at approximately \$3.67 million over a 48-hour period ending February 24, 2026, as part of a previously announced strategy to fund ecosystem development and open-source initiatives during a period of "mild austerity" at the Ethereum Foundation. On-chain data tracked by blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain shows Buterin withdrew 3,500 ETH from the lending protocol Aave before executing the sales via decentralized exchan

According to Coinbob monitoring, the largest on-chain ETH whale currently holds ETH long positions with 15x leverage, with an unrealized loss of $11.8 million and a loss of 138%. Its holdings amount to approximately 70,000 ETH, with a total value of $127 million, and an average price of $1,991. Recently, it increased its position by 10,000 ETH at $1,880, with a total deposit of $55 million. The account funds are approximately $34.3 million. This whale employs a high-selling, low-buy trading strategy.

Cryptocurrency Market Overview BTC (-2.53% | Current Price 63,165 USDT): Influenced by factors such as Trump's 15% global tariffs and weak ETF capital flows, Bitcoin briefly dropped to the $64,200 to $64,400 range in the past 24 hours. On Sunday evening, Bitcoin's price fell more than 5% within just a few hours. The whale ratio on exchanges has risen to approximately 0.64, the highest level since 2015, indicating that large holders are sending tokens to exchanges for selling during price declines. As the price retraces within the short-term structure, the market appears to lack strong upward momentum. Currently, Bitcoin may continue to consolidate broadly between the $60,000 support zone and the $75,000 resistance zone. Only a breakout of either boundary can establish the next sustained trend in one direction.

On February 24, news reports indicate that the crypto market came under pressure due to the intensification of the "Artificial Intelligence Panic Trading" and worsening macro risk sentiment. Ethereum, Solana, and Ripple experienced continued declines, with major cryptocurrencies generally recording an 8% to 11% correction over the week. Bitcoin briefly dropped to approximately $62,900, down about 2.1% for the day, with a weekly decline of 7.5%. Its price remains confined within the $60,000 to $70,000 range established after the early February surge, and the market is more inclined to view this as a consolidation zone rather than a clear bottom. Altcoins performed significantly weaker than Bitcoin. Ethereum's price fell to around $1,829, with a weekly decline of about 8%; XRP dropped over 10%, SOL declined more than 11%, and Dogecoin approached a double-digit correction. Mainstream altcoins weakened in tandem, reflecting a decline in market risk appetite, with insufficient buying interest outside of Bitcoin and more cautious capital allocation.

BitMine Immersion Technologies (NYSE American: BMNR) purchased 51,162 Ethereum (ETH) for approximately $98 million during the week ending February 22, 2026, increasing its total holdings to 4,422,659 ETH, according to a company statement released Monday. The Las Vegas-based firm now controls 3.66% of Ethereum's total 120.7 million circulating supply, with an estimated \$16.4 billion invested in its treasury position currently valued at approximately \$8.4 billion, resulting in unrealize

Between February 24, 2026, 05:15 and 05:30 (UTC), ETH experienced a significant drop in price, with the K-line return recording -1.09%. During this 15-minute period, the price dipped from approximately $1819, indicating increased market volatility and heightened investor attention to short-term performance of cryptocurrencies. Mainstream coins also declined collectively, with trading volume expanding to $2.176 billion over 24 hours, and short-term trading activity becoming more active. The primary drivers of this abnormal movement were large whale rebalancing and leveraged capital activities. On-chain data shows that whale accounts such as “pension-usdt.eth” engaged in large-scale...