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Hyperliquid Defies Market Rout With Surging Growth

In a year defined by steep declines across the digital asset landscape, one platform has emerged as a rare bright spot: Hyperliquid. The decentralized exchange, trading under the ticker HYPE, has posted a remarkable 24% gain year-to-date, even as Bitcoin and Ethereum struggle to hold ground. For investors battered by the broader downturn, Hyperliquid’s resilience is more than a curiosity—it is a signal of where capital may be flowing in the...

Altcoins, Cryptocurrencies, Ethereum

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Base Network Shifts to Unified Tech Stack in Major Departure From Optimism OP Stack

Base Network Shifts to Unified Tech Stack in Major Departure From Optimism OP Stack

Base announced February 18, 2026, its evolution to a unified, Base-operated tech stack consolidated in the base/base GitHub repository. The shift targets six hard forks per year—doubling the prior cadence—for quicker, lower-risk protocol upgrades. Node operators must migrate to the Base client in coming months; users and developers face no immediate changes, with full OP Stack compatibility maintained short-term. Optimism’s OP...

Cryptocurrencies, Ethereum, Front page, News

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Crypto Weekly Snapshot – Prolonged Winter or Imminent Bottom?

Crypto Market Today: Deep Correction ContinuesThe crypto market remains under heavy pressure on February 16 2026 as Bitcoin trades near $69,000 after its fourth consecutive weekly loss and a 45% drop from October 2025 peaks above $126,000. Broader risk sentiment stays fragile with 85 of the top 100 tokens in the red, pushing total market capitalization lower and altcoins into steeper declines. Bitcoin’s ongoing correction, now in its...

Bitcoin, Crypto market, Cryptocurrencies, Ethereum

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Crypto Weekly Snapshot – The Crypto Rebound

The crypto market this week was marked by sharp volatility, with a major sell-off erasing significant value before a partial recovery. Bitcoin dominance held at 57%, while Ethereum stayed at 10.1%, and ecosystems like Polkadot and XRP showed relative strength. The week’s dominant story was the crypto market crash, fueled by ETF outflows, macroeconomic pressures, and a broader risk-off sentiment. Bitcoin plummeted below $70,000,...

Bitcoin, Crypto market, Cryptocurrencies, ETF, Ethereum, Solana

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Scaling Ethereum, Is this the end of Layer 2s

Scaling Ethereum: Is this the end of Layer 2s?

A Founder’s Wake-Up Call to the Ecosystem Imagine building a skyscraper only to realize the foundation is shifting beneath your feet. That’s the vibe rippling through the Ethereum community after co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s recent bombshell: the original vision of Layer 2 (L2) networks as “branded shards” of Ethereum “no longer makes sense.” In a pointed X post, Buterin highlighted how L2s have...

Ethereum, Main

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