February 23rd, 2026
Dubai-based market maker DWF Labs announces a strategic partnership with Near Protocol to accelerate AI development in Web3, backed by a $20M investment fund.
The combined market cap of AI coins and Big Data tokens has soared 130% over the past five months, reaching $42.1 billion, driven by Bitcoin’s climb to a new all-time high.
The positive sentiment extended to altcoins, with Ethereum reaching $3,100 and Solana crossing $200 for the first time this year
The broader crypto market saw a sharp downturn in early October, with AI and big data tokens losing $4.7 billion in market cap within three days.
The crypto market surged following the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut, with major cryptocurrencies experiencing rallies. However, the long-term outlook remains uncertain.
The US semiconductor-related stock prices tumbled in the past 24 hours on reports of regulatory oversight, thus impacting the entire AI-related crypto projects.
The anticipation of Nvidia’s Q2 earnings report on August 28 has further fueled this positive sentiment.
Binance has revealed plans to launch new spot trading pairs and trading bot services for a select few tokens. The seemingly routine move is an effort on Binance’s part to improve users’ trading experience on its platform.
The Aave ecosystem has grown to a mature lending and borrowing platform with over $109M in community treasury and $21B in locked liquidity.
Avail DA introduces a new data availability layer that combines validity proofs with data availability sampling.
Following the announcement, the affected cryptocurrencies have all shown varying degrees of volatilities.
Frax Finance has announced a strategic partnership with NEAR Protocol to advance its multi-chain capabilities and integrate decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) into the crypto ecosystem.
Kraken contends the SEC interpretation of the Howey Test and asks the court to dismiss the case against the exchange.
Despite the spread of news about NEAR’s X account getting hijacked, the blockchain protocol is yet to confirm or refute the information.
Last week at the Token2049 crypto conference in Dubai, Tether unveiled its partnership with the TON Foundation, enabling Tether to mint USDT on the TON blockchain.