Core Viewpoint - DeFi is a crucial component of Ethereum's core values, with the Ethereum Foundation focusing on supporting a global financial system that prioritizes permissionless, open-source, privacy-focused, secure, and decentralized solutions, rather than indiscriminately supporting "on-chain finance" [1] Group 1 - The Ethereum Foundation aims to promote systematic innovation in DeFi, addressing foundational issues such as risk management and future expenditure hedging, rather than just improving superficial products like stablecoins [1] - The foundation emphasizes the importance of protocols having "walkaway test" capabilities, ensuring they can continue to operate even if the original team becomes unavailable or fails [1] - Key focus areas for the Ethereum Foundation include enhancing security through audits and standards, incorporating AI-assisted formal verification and user-side protection, improving oracle security and decentralization, advancing privacy payments and the privacy of complex financial scenarios, and enhancing the open-source licensing and forkability of DeFi [1]

MIAMI, FL, Feb. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sharplink, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBET) (“Sharplink” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest corporate holders of Ether (“ETH”) and prominent industry advocate of Ethereum adoption, today announced record level institutional ownership of its common stock. According to the latest available Form 13F filings, institutional ownership of Sharplink’s common stock has grown to 46% as of December 31, 2025. The Company’s institutional investor base is now one of the largest ...

Morgan Stanley noted in a blockchain software engineer job posting that the role will lead blockchain engineering projects involving integrations across at least four blockchains, including Hyperledger, Polygon, Canton, and Ethereum, with compensation listed up to $150,000 per year. https://t.co/5Cx8vKkP0U ...

RT Lili H (@LiliH65289916)Core will never fix witness discount, inscription bug, and 100KB OP_RETURN. Their intentions are very clear, which is to embrace NFT, Citrea, Runes… to turn Bitcoin into Ethereum like platform. BIP 110/444 stops the further damage to nodes for one year, recover the bitcoiners’ confidence in Bitcoin, and also give time to the Bitcoin community to evaluate BIP 110/444 and find better solution. Given the hostility of coretards, spammers, scammers towards bitcoiners, We cannot back dow ...

Yeah, I believe that uh Bitcoin can reach $500,000 by the uh um by the end of the decade. Uh and the and there are other predictions that are even more bold than mine. Um some are predicting a million dollars.I'm rather conservative at 500,000. Uh many are predicting a million, others are predicting as much as 2 to 5 million uh in in pricing. The problem I have with a lot of the predictions is that they are opaque.They haven't explained why they believe what they're saying. So, I'll be transparent and tell ...

RT Farokh 🇮🇷 (@farokh)Sat down with Tom Lee (@fundstrat) during Consensus in Hong Kong to chat about the Crypto Winter, the dip on $ETH, BitMine's investment in Mr. Beast and more!01:11 - When will the pain stop for Crypto?02:14 - Crypto vs Gold, as hedge vs Inflation06:06 - What’s TradFi’s take on the Crypto Winter?07:52 - Has Crypto lost its lore?09:50 - BitMine’s approach to Ethereum in 202612:37 - Are DATs the problem?15:55 - Any regrets on your capital deployment on ETH?18:00 - Moonshot's $200M investm ...

Trump Media's Truth Social Funds applied for ETFs that would give investors exposure to crypto—one focused on Bitcoin and Ethereum, the other on Cronos. https://t.co/p78j3eMFVi ...

LATEST: ⚡ Tomasz Stańczak will step down as co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation at the end of February and be replaced by Bastian Aue, who will join Hsiao-Wei Wang in leading the foundation. https://t.co/Pq39MEJlbH ...

Tom Lee: Ethereum Has Halved Eight Times in Eight YearsOn February 11, Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee stated at Consensus in Hong Kong that since 2018, Ethereum has experienced eight declines of more than 50%, and each time formed a V-shaped recovery, rebounding at nearly the same pace as it fell. He noted that a broader turnaround in the crypto market would likely require Bitcoin to lead, while Bitcoin’s recovery may depend on gold beginning to weaken.Against this backdrop, he believes Ethereum is approaching a ...

All right, guys. The biggest buzzword of the year is Bitcoin. And look, guys, if you liked Bitcoin at 120,000, then you probably should love it at 60,000.And that's what this episode is about. We're talking to the Mark Newton, the global head of technical strategy at Funstrat Global Advisors, and he's breaking it down. We're going to get a price target when it comes to Bitcoin and Ethereum. We're talking about options trading, and more importantly, we're talking about how to make you a better trader.Financi ...