According to the report by CryptoQuant, the price of Ethereum (ETH) is expected to drop to around $1,500 by the end of Q3 or the beginning of Q4 in 2026 if the bear market continues to drag on. The report points out a "paradox of acceptance," suggesting there is a serious disconnect between the level of network acceptance and price performance. Although the number of daily active addresses and the number of smart contract calls reached an all-time high last month, the price of ETH has fallen more than 50% from its cycle peak.
🔎 Theo Forbes, Changpeng Zhao's net worth has risen to approximately 110 billion USD, an increase of about 47 billion USD compared to last year, ranking 17th on the list of the world's richest people.
This increase is primarily driven by the recovery in the value of Binance, which the market estimates at around 100 billion USD, with Zhao reportedly owning about 90% of the company.
Binance is estimated to have generated revenue of around 16-17 billion USD in the fiscal year 2024-2025, processing over 30 trillion USD in annual trading volume and holding about 38% market share.
🔎 Web traffic to cryptocurrency exchanges in February 2026. According to SimilarWeb data, total web traffic to cryptocurrency exchanges in February has decreased by 5%.
Strategy bought an additional nearly 18,000 BTC at an average price of 70,946 USD, raising total holdings to over 738,000 BTC After successfully completing the preferred stock issuance, Strategy made a large Bitcoin purchase. Specifically, they bought an additional 17,994 BTC with a total value of approximately 1.28 billion USD, with an average purchase price of 70,946 USD per Bitcoin. As of March 8, 2026, the total number of BTC held by Strategy reached 738,731 coins, with an average purchase price of 75,862 USD per coin.
Wintermute notes that the US and Israel's attack on Iran has pushed the price of BTC down to $63,000 before recovering to $67,000, ETH to $1,910. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed, oil and gold prices are rising sharply, the stock market is down, and the VIX index has reached its highest level in 2026. Capital inflow into ETFs has surpassed $1 billion, but institutional activity is quite muted. A short conflict could allow the market to recover; a prolonged closure could increase inflation and delay the Fed's rate cuts, putting pressure on risk assets and cryptocurrencies.
Theo Tokenomist, in the next 7 days, there will be large unlock events once (unlock amount over 5 million dollars) for HYPE, ENA, RED, etc.; and periodic large unlocks (daily unlock amount over 1 million dollars) for RAIN, SOL, CC, TRUMP, WLD, RIVER, DOGE, ASTER, etc., with a total unlock value exceeding 572 million dollars.
5.8 billion dollars worth of tokens will be unlocked in March. 🔓 The following notable tokens will be unlocked in March: $RAIN $338.02M $ASTER $56.02M $SUI $48.65M $ZRO $45.45M $STABLE $29.41M $BARD $25.16M $POWER $23.04M $PUMP $19.07M $RIVER $18.42M $STBL $16.97M
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, stated that artificial intelligence (AI) is significantly driving the development of Ethereum. He cited a developer who used agent-based programming to build a prototype Ethereum client aligned with the roadmap for 2030 and beyond in just two weeks, with around 700,000 lines of code and 65 items in the roadmap, in sync with the mainnet. Vitalik added that the speed driven by AI will also enhance security through more extensive testing and formal verification.
According to Reuters, Tether has frozen approximately 4.2 billion USDT related to illegal activities, of which about 3.5 billion USD has been frozen since 2023. This week, the company also assisted the U.S. Department of Justice in freezing nearly 61 million USD related to 'pig butchering' scams.
The total circulating amount of USDT currently exceeds 180 billion USD. Tether can remotely freeze tokens in users' wallets at the request of law enforcement agencies.
According to analyst Emmett Gallic from Arkham, Trump Media & Technology Group has revealed in its latest 10-K report that its Bitcoin holdings have decreased from 11,542 BTC to 9,542 BTC, a reduction of about 2,000 BTC. This 2,000 BTC was not sold but was mortgaged to a partner, who has the right to re-mortgage them. Since the company no longer has control over this Bitcoin, they are forced to remove it from the balance sheet.
ZKsync has set May 4, 2026, as the official end date for supporting ZKsync Lite, the ZK-rollup version focused on initial payments, as the project merges the development process around newer chains and the broader zkSync ecosystem. Funds in the account can still be withdrawn, and this change does not affect other ZKsync systems.
📌 Crypto News - Vitalik sold ~8.6 million USD $ETH last week, according to the announcement on 30/1 he will use 16,384 ETH from his own funds to support projects, and so far he has sold nearly 95%) - Strategy has become the most shorted stock globally. - The US seized 61 million USD from the “pig butchering” scam model. - Stripe is considering acquiring PayPal - potential M&A in the payments sector. - Coinbase has launched stock trading for all US users. - RedotPay (Hong Kong) is considering an IPO with a valuation of 4 billion USD, stablecoin payments are being revalued. 👉 Highlighted narrative: Tokenized Stocks & Crypto x TradFi are rapidly accelerating.
Collably Network partners with Lovebit to promote the development of cryptocurrency focused on ESG through the BNB blockchain.
Collably Network, a renowned ecosystem for Web3 startups, has partnered with Lovebit, a blockchain project focused on ESG based on the BNB chain. This collaboration aims to enhance the adoption of socially and environmentally responsible cryptocurrency frameworks while maintaining strong on-chain transparency. According to the official announcement on Collably Network's social media, this move combines the capabilities of their ecosystem with Lovebit's ESG-focused token framework.
As a result, this collaboration focuses on promoting the potential of blockchain technology to bring about meaningful practical impact.
Promoting ESG-focused blockchain initiatives to enhance the adoption of sustainable cryptocurrency in organizations.
According to cryptocurrency journalist Frank Chaparro, MasterCard is hiring a "Director of Cryptocurrency Flow, Product Management" to further penetrate the DeFi space.
The main responsibilities of this position include: managing cryptocurrency payment gateways based on cards and issuing stablecoins; sizing and scaling stablecoins, tokenized assets, and DeFi payment flows; and upgrading network rules and risk management systems for Web3 transactions.
Whale #66kETHBorrow — the previous buyer purchased 528,272 $ETH (1.57 billion USD) — has bought an additional 40,975 $ETH (121 million USD) in the past 5 hours.
Since November 4, this whale has purchased a total of 569,247 $ETH (1.69 billion USD), of which 881.5 million USD was borrowed from Aave