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[International Crypto Asset Ninja @ICAN_ICAN_ICAN]

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[David @david_eng_mba]

Paper bitcoin sets the quote. Real bitcoin sets the Outcome.

People think bitcoin trades on “~20M coins”.
It doesn’t.

It trades on the marginal inventory.

Feb 23, 2026:
Mined supply: 19.99m BTC
Illiquid (rarely sells): 13.48m
BTC sitting on exchanges: 3.02M ← the inventory pile

The mismatch:
U.S. spot ETFs: ~1.26M BTC ≈ 42% of all exchange inventory
Strategy: 713,502 BTC
ETFs + Strategy: ~1.97M BTC ≈ 65% of exchange inventory

First Principles:
Derivatives can push the quote around short-term (leverage + liquidations).
But sustained moves require spot absorption.
And spot has to come from that same exchange liquidity pile.

Paper can’t deliver coins.
Every short is a future buy… and the buy has to come from that same 3.02M BTC pile.

Bull case:
When leverage is washed out and net spot demand flips positive, price must rise until new sellers appear.

This is how you get an upside squeeze: a thin sellable float meeting renewed bids.

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🇺🇸HUGE: SEC APPROVES $1.8 TRILLION T. ROWE PRICE'S ACTIVE CRYPTO ETF

The new $TKNZ ETF will actively rotate between 5–15 cryptocurrencies, including BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA, SUI, DOGE and more.

One of the first actively managed multi-asset crypto ETFs from a legacy Wall Street giant.

The fund can rebalance holdings without shareholder votes and won't have to disclose positions for up to 45 days.

[Samuel Richman @samuel_ric5149]

Quick Telcoin Update:

Someone asked me a really good question about the token distribution, so I wanted to share the answer with all of you.

The top 10 wallets currently hold 50.3% of all TEL.

While the public tokenomics only show about 5% officially allocated to the team, a large portion of the supply sits in company treasury and early strategic investor wallets (including those from the $25 million banking round). That’s why the on-chain numbers look much higher than the official docs.

The $25M round was led by Otter & Co. Capital Holdings and other banking investors.

Transparency around token allocation is always important, so happy to clear this up.

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🚨NEW: CHINA SET TO LAUNCH SWIFT ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT NETWORK

China is reportedly preparing to launch mBridge, a blockchain-powered payments network backed by five major central banks.

With $69 billion already processed, the platform could become China's biggest step yet toward challenging the dollar in global commerce.

[Samuel Richman @samuel_ric5149]

Telcoin Just Minted $10M As A US Bank #Telcoin #TEL https://t.co/DPKaBJfZs2 via @YouTube

[Chainlink @chainlink]

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[Samuel Richman @samuel_ric5149]

HUGE Telcoin News: TEL Is Going To SHOCK Everyone https://t.co/E6BmbEjjTW via @YouTube

Fresh/Emphasized Points from the Video

• Strong Fundamentals & Roadmap Delivery: Telcoin has consistently hit milestones (wallet in 171 countries, GSMA ties, Nebraska bank charter in late 2025, eUSD launch, listings like Kraken). It’s portrayed as a “builder” project quietly stacking real utility rather than hype.

• Supply Dynamics: ~96% of supply circulating (~96B TEL), low holder count relative to potential, current market cap around $270M at the time—room for significant upside if adoption hits.

• Regulatory Tailwinds: Heavy emphasis on the Clarity Act (gaining momentum in May 2026) potentially favoring regulated bank-issued stablecoins like eUSD, giving Telcoin a compliance edge.

• Bank & Product Progress: Updated Telcoin Bank UI for personal/business accounts, on-chain features, assisted self-custody, direct eUSD payments, and DeFi gateway.

• Price Outlook: Bullish on retesting old highs (~$0.06) and beyond (10-15¢+ scenarios discussed), especially with mainnet/L1 activation expected in 2026.

• Overall Narrative: Turning mobile/telecom infrastructure into a global payments/banking layer for the unbanked.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

CZ: "Will crypto die? Absolutely not... the super cycle will come."

[Messari @MessariCrypto]

Read the full report here:

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[Messari @MessariCrypto]

State of Cardano Q1 2026

Key Update: Cardano delivered Q1 data behind its institutional infrastructure thesis, including the buildout of a regulated dollar rail, compliance, audit, and tokenization stack, with USDCx capturing 36.0% of the network's stablecoin market at $17.5M, Midnight launching mainnet, and 80.1M ADA deployed under a newly ratified 350M ADA Net Change Limit, even as ADA fell 27.4% to $0.24.

@Cardano
@InputOutputHK

QoQ Metrics 📊
-Stablecoin market cap ↑ 27.1% to $48.6M as USDCx launched Feb. 27 and displaced USDM as the network's largest stablecoin, while every other major stablecoin supply declined

-DeFi TVL ↓ 23.5% to $133.1M vs an 18.9% industry-wide decline, with SundaeSwap ↑ 45.0% and Danogo ↑ 31.7% as the only top-six protocols growing on USDCx liquidity

-Daily active addresses ↓ 28.1% to 13,400 daily average, while average daily transactions ↑ 2.2% to 26,550 as DeFi and the USDCx and NIGHT launches drove activity

-Total staked ADA ↑ 1.5% to 21.7B, raising the staking rate to 58.3%, even as USD-denominated stake ↓ 26.4% to $5.2B

-Average daily DEX volume ↓ 44.3% to $2.5M, with Danogo ↑ 48.6% as the only top-five DEX posting growth

Post-quarter, an SPO call confirmed the June 2026 launch of the Van Rossem hard fork (Protocol V11), following Q1 node releases that cut SPO RAM requirements from 24GB to 8GB and CME's Feb. 9 ADA futures launch starting the six-month clock toward Aug. 9, 2026, spot ETP eligibility.

Despite the DAA decline, transactions per address rose 16.5% QoQ to 1.98, pointing to existing users transacting more intensively as USDCx and NIGHT activity concentrated flows.

Q2 will test whether the Critical Integrations cadence holds and whether USDCx liquidity converts into organic DeFi rotation beyond its day-one venues.

[Cheeky Crypto @CheekyCrypto]

CRITICAL WARNING: If You Own More Than 1,000 ADA, Watch This Immediately!

If you own more than 1000 Ada, a massive structural shift just altered the destiny of your tokens forever. The plumbing hard fork has officially activated on Cardano, introducing a point of no return that permanently shields the ecosystem from Wall Street intervention and corporate capture. By finalizing CIP 1694, this transition establishes a rigid liquid democracy where decision-making power is handed entirely to token holders, removing the traditional venture capital safety nets in favor of pure decentralization.

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[Crypto Dossier @CryptoDossierYT]

ADA just got Wall Street’s attention.

CME just launched futures on the Nasdaq CME Crypto Index and Cardano is one of the assets inside it.
This gives retail and institutions a regulated way to get exposure to a basket of cryptos, including Cardano.

This is bigger than most people realize.
#Cardano #ADA

[Jaylene🐰 @playmatejaylene]

The first trillionaire in human history

- Elon Musk
- Born in South Africa
- Bullied relentlessly as a kid
- Immigrated to North America
- Arrived with a backpack and a dream
- Built Zip2 with his brother
- Sold it 4 years later for $300 million
- Co-founded PayPal with the profits
- Revolutionised digital payments
- Sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion
- Bet everything on Tesla and SpaceX
- Got mocked for electric cars
- Got laughed at for reusable rockets
- Nearly went bankrupt in 2008
- Kept building anyway
- Turned Tesla into the world’s most valuable automaker
- Made EVs mainstream and transformed the automotive industry
- Made reusable rockets a reality
- Reduced the cost of reaching space by 95%
- Sparked the modern commercial space race
- Built Starlink and connected millions around the world to high-speed internet
- Turned SpaceX into the most valuable private company in history
- Bought Twitter for $44 billion
- The world said he overpaid
- He was called reckless, stupid & crazy
- Advertisers fled, media declared it dead
- Critics called it the worst acquisition in tech history
- Renamed it 𝕏
- Rebuilt the platform anyway
- Turned it into one of the most influential platforms on Earth
- Launched xAI and accelerated the global AI race
- Sent astronauts to space
- Is trying to get humans to mars
- Created millions of jobs
- Generated hundreds of billions in value
- Inspired an entire generation of builders

Before:
- Failed repeatedly
- Worked insane hours
- Slept in factories and offices
- Got bullied, laughed at and mocked
- Constantly told “it’s impossible”
- Kept building anyway
- Made it possible

Today:
- Richest person on Earth
- First trillionaire in human history
- Largest IPO in history $1.77 trillion

Most people quit when the world laughs at them.

Elon Musk built the future instead.

Love him or hate him…

Nobody has changed more industries in a single lifetime.

Payments. Cars. Energy. Space. Social Media. Communications. AI.

History won’t remember the people who said it couldn’t be done.

It will remember the people who did it anyway.

Congratulations Elon.
The first trillionaire. 🚀

[Michael Saylor @saylor]

Congratulations @ElonMusk and $SPCX on a historic IPO.

Thanks to you, 25% of the Mag8 now holds Bitcoin on the balance sheet.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US government orders Anthropic to suspend foreign access to Mythos Fable 5 AI model, citing national security concerns.

Anthropic has disabled access for all users worldwide.

[Jesse Myers @Croesus_BTC]

SpaceX holds 6% of its corporate treasury in Bitcoin.

[App Economy Insights @EconomyApp]

$SPCX The SpaceX IPO is here!

What are you buying for $1.75 trillion?

• Space holds the moat.
• Connectivity makes the money.
• AI carries the valuation premium.

[PaulBarron @paulbarron]

🔥BREAKING: Wall Street successfully tests 5-second Treasury settlements on the XRP Ledger.

A new cross-border tokenized redemption pilot was just completed by a powerhouse lineup:
🔹 JPMorgan
🔹 Mastercard
🔹 @OndoFinance
🔹 @Ripple
By cutting settlement times down from 3–5 business days to a mere 5 seconds, this test highlights the massive efficiency gains tokenization brings to traditional banking rails.

[Morgan Stanley @MorganStanley]

Today, @SpaceX (Nasdaq: SPCX) makes its public market debut with a $75Bn offering (pre-greenshoe) at $135 per share, marking the largest IPO in history.

Congratulations to the SpaceX team. We are honored to serve as joint lead bookrunner and sole stabilization agent.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Good interview

[Shruti @heyshrutimishra]

Elon just created 4,400 millionaires in a single day.

400 of them are now worth over $100 million.

These aren't VCs. They're SpaceX employees, and the list includes welders, technicians, and cafeteria staff, because for two decades the company paid every level of the workforce in stock instead of higher salaries.

Juan Hernandez immigrated from Mexico and took a $28 an hour contractor welding job in 2015. He says he didn't even know what SpaceX was. The company gave him a $10,000 equity grant and let him buy more shares through payroll deductions. That stake is now worth $880,000.

Trevor Hise's parents wanted him to take a stable job at General Electric. He picked SpaceX instead, stayed 12 years, and accumulated over 100,000 shares. At the $135 listing price that's $13.5 million. He's 37 and semiretired. His words: "The magnitude of this has been ridiculous."

The most telling detail came before the listing. Over 100 employees quietly banded together and negotiated a group wealth management deal covering up to $5 billion, because none of them had ever needed a wealth manager before.

Software IPOs have minted millionaires for 30 years. This is the first one where the money went to the factory floor.