$7.9 billion worth of BTC and $0.967 billion worth of ETH options in notional value are set to expire tomorrow.

Feb 26 (Market Brief) — Per market sources, Morgan Stanley has raised its price target for Nvidia (NVDA.O) to $260 from $250, while Royal Bank of Canada has lifted the chipmaker’s target to $250 from $240.

On February 26, Binance announced the launch of six official WhatsApp channels—a key step to drive cryptocurrency adoption. Users can opt to join the following verified channels: - **Binance Chinese Channel**: For Chinese speakers outside mainland China (content in Chinese) - **Binance Africa Channel**: For African users (communication in English and French) - **Binance Arabic Channel**: For Middle East and North Africa (MENA) users (communication in Arabic) - **Binance Argentina Channel**: For Argentine users (communication in Spanish) - **Binance Brazil Channel**: For Brazilian users (communication in Portuguese) - **Binance Latin America Channel**: For broader Latin American audiences (communication in Spanish) These WhatsApp-verified channels support one-way communication only and are Binance’s exclusive channels for WhatsApp in Africa, MENA, Latin America, and the Chinese-speaking community outside mainland China. Subscribers will receive tailored Binance news and

On February 26th, India’s market regulator permitted actively managed equity funds—with a combined $384 billion in assets under management (AUM)—to increase their investments in gold and silver. (Golden Ten)

February 26 — Binance has announced that as part of its ongoing spot API optimization efforts, all !ticker@arr market data streams will be deprecated on March 26, 2026 (UTC+8). This update references the exchange’s November 18, 2025 (UTC+8) announcement, and users are advised to use @ticker or !miniTicker@arr as alternatives. Additionally, the split count for Iceberg Orders (ICEBERG_PARTS) will be increased to 100 starting March 12, 2026, at 15:00 (UTC+8).

**Onchain Lens Monitoring: Whale Swaps BTC for ETH, Deposits to Aave, Uses Flash Loan to Accumulate More ETH** As of February 26th, Onchain Lens data shows: - A whale address yesterday swapped 240.44 BTC (≈$15.7M) for 8152 ETH via THORChain at a rate of 0.02945. - Today, the same address deposited the 8152 ETH into Aave, secured a $36M USDT flash loan, and bought 17,283 ETH at an average price of $2083. - The whale now holds a total of 25,434.5 ETH (≈$52.45M). ### Notes on U.S. English Adaptation: 1. **Concise structure**: Uses bullet points for readability (common in U.S. crypto/finance briefs). 2. **Natural phrasing**: "data shows" (casual yet professional), "secured a flash loan" (common U.S. industry jargon). 3. **Unit shorthand**: "$15.7M" / "$36M" (standard U.S. financial notation for millions). 4. **Clarity**: Explicitly links "the same address" to avoid repetition, aligns with U.S. news style for brevity.

On February 26, official sources confirm that Hyperliquid—an on-chain perpetual futures DEX (decentralized exchange) branded as Trade.xyz—has rolled out cross-margin trading support for the "MAG7" U.S. stock giants (GOOGL, AMZN, AAPL, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA) on its mainnet. To unlock the full cross-margin benefits, users need to use a unified account or portfolio margin setup. For standard accounts, cross-margin is only shared across positions within the same DEX.