Ether adoption grows as major endowments shift capital, BlackRock launches a staking ETF and Ethereum’s real-world asset dominance highlights TradFi investor interest.
February 17, 2026
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Ether adoption grows as major endowments shift capital, BlackRock launches a staking ETF and Ethereum’s real-world asset dominance highlights TradFi investor interest.
Both Mubadala Investment Company and Al Warda Investments lifted investments in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) in the fourth quarter.
While still subject to final approval, the regulator’s nod would enable Bridge to offer stablecoin and digital asset services to businesses.
The company claimed the bragging right of being the first to let investors opt for dividend payments in a cryptocurrency, backed by gold.
Russia’s recent messaging crackdown is the cleanest real-world stress test of decentralization in years, and it produced an awkward result. Roskomnadzor began throttling Telegram on
Third-quarter results show revenue growth despite lower Bitcoin prices, alongside new AI computing contracts, as HIVE continues to expand beyond its core mining business.
The Dutch electronic money issuer will act as a BIN sponsor for fintech partners, linking regulated dollar- and euro-denominated tokens to mainstream card rails.
The firm’s fourth fund positions it alongside a16z and Paradigm even as blockchain VC fundraising contracts and investors pivot toward stablecoins and tokenized finance.
The U.S. banking license would allow Bridge to issue and manage stablecoins under direct federal oversight.
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has become the public market’s most widely traded Bitcoin proxy, using equity, convertible notes, and preferred stock to build a balance sheet
