MARA Holdings reported in its latest 10-K that it began selling Bitcoin in the second half of 2025 and plans to continue monetizing BTC in 2026 to improve financial flexibility. The miner holds a treasury of 53,822 BTC, part of which is used for passive income, and may sell additional coins depending on market conditions and capital priorities.

WhiteBIT's native token WBT traded below $6 for most of 2023 before climbing to above $50 and entering the top 15 cryptocurrencies by market cap by February 2026. Launched in August 2022, it has gained more than 3,000% from its all-time low, supported by exchange growth, token burns and inclusion in the S&P Crypto Indices. The token now benefits from expanding utility on the platform, major football sponsorships and an upcoming listing on Kraken, but its outlook remains closely tied to WhiteBIT's business performance and broader market conditions.

In a Monday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, MARA Holdings said it may sell some of the Bitcoin on its balance sheet from time to time starting in 2026, after already allowing sales of mined coins in 2025. The update comes as major mining firms face higher production costs, post large 2025 losses and increasingly redirect infrastructure toward artificial intelligence and high-performance computing services.

NEAR Protocol rose about 12% in the last 24 hours, lifting its price to around $1.35 and market capitalization above $1.7 billion, placing it 44th among cryptocurrencies. The rally followed the launch of the Confidential Intents upgrade, which enables private DeFi transactions, and drew praise from several analysts who highlighted NEAR's AI and privacy-focused capabilities. Some traders see a bullish chart pattern forming, while others point to an overbought RSI above 70 that could signal a near-term pullback.

As coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran enter their fourth day, gold has surged toward $5,400 per ounce and Brent crude has jumped about 17% to $83, while Bitcoin has slid back toward $66,000 and remains roughly 47% below its $126,000 peak from last October. According to Elliptic, withdrawals on Iranian exchange Nobitex, which serves around 11 million users and handles about 87% of the country’s crypto volume, spiked over 700% within minutes of the first airstrikes, with nearly $3 million moved off the platform in one hour as users sought to move funds away from local banking channels.

On Tuesday, Trump family-backed American Bitcoin announced the purchase of 11,298 new ASIC mining machines for deployment at its Drumheller, Alberta facility, adding about 3.05 EH/s of capacity and lifting its fleet to 89,242 miners and roughly 28.1 EH/s. The company, which holds more than 6,000 BTC and reported a $59 million net loss in the fourth quarter driven by a $227 million non-cash mark-to-market charge, is deepening its Bitcoin-focused strategy despite share price weakness and ongoing market volatility.

YZi Labs has pledged a $100 million strategic investment to Hash Global's BNB Holdings Fund as BNB trades around $629. The fund, launched in June 2025, has returned 32.5% since inception and aims to offer compliant yield exposure to BNB. This institutional backing arrives while broader crypto markets weaken and geopolitical tensions around the US, Israel and Iran weigh on risk assets.

After recent US-Israeli strikes, Elliptic reported a roughly 700% jump in crypto outflows from Iranian exchange Nobitex to foreign platforms. Nobitex handled about $7.2 billion in trading volume in 2025 for more than 11 million domestic users, while unverified social media claims allege ultra-low Bitcoin mining costs and a multibillion-dollar shadow economy tied to mining in Iran.