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As SOL hovers in the low-$90s, one cannot help but feel a sense of absurdity. Here lies a blockchain, blessed with activity figures that would make even the most ostentatious of investors blush. Dune Analytics, in its infinite wisdom, reveals that as of February 19, 2026, Solana has been processing a remarkable 105.3 million transactions per day-more than all other major blockchains combined, or so it claims, eliciting a wry smile from Ethereum and Tron.

Hyperliquid (HYPE) is strutting its stuff as a decentralized perpetuals exchange built on its very own HyperEVM chain. In early March 2026, it emerged as one of DeFi’s most aggressive fee-generating machines. According to the latest weekly report from altFINS, “Hyperliquid generated $14.0M in fees last week, marking a +56% increase week-on-week. Exceptional for a derivatives platform! On-chain perps are finally making waves!”

Mt. Gox Moves $500 of BTC After 4 Months Mt. Gox, the Bitcoin exchange that failed in Tokyo in 2014, recently made a small Bitcoin transaction worth just $500 after being inactive for four months. This movement signals continued progress in the process of repaying creditors. Around 34,500 BTC, currently worth billions of dollars, is … Read more

The US Dollar Index (DXY) is currently around 99.84, influenced by oil prices and increasing interest rates which are drawing investors to dollar-based investments. The yield on 10-year Treasury bonds has risen by about 0.45% since the start of the war on February 28th, reaching 4.40%. This pressure in the bond market is becoming increasingly significant.

Thus, the traders, the industrial users, and the metals desks, all gathered like mourners at a funeral of prosperity, now scrutinize platinum’s plunge below $1,920 and palladium’s stubborn grip near $1,445, as if these numbers were the last remnants of a lost empire.

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index, that fickle beast, sits at a measly 8, quivering in its boots in the land of extreme fear. And as if that weren’t enough, a gaggle of Federal Reserve speakers is set to squawk their opinions all week, adding a dash of chaos to the mix.

On the daily chart, ETH remains a guest below the 100-day and 200-day moving averages-those ghostly specters of past prices at $2.6k and $3.2k. The broader structure? Still bearish, like a disco that forgot how to dance. Yes, the market has bounced since the $1.8k nadir, but it’s still trapped beneath major trend resistance, which is currently enjoying a coffee break and refusing to budge.

The President, ever the drama queen, flipped between “let’s talk peace” and “I’ll nuke your power plants” faster than you can say “mixed signals.” Axios reported “peace talks,” then Trump tweeted a threat so unhinged it deserves its own R-rated movie. Spoiler: the script needs a lot of editing.

Meanwhile, the hash rate, that ever-reliable indicator of miner enthusiasm, has taken a nosedive-approximately 20%, to be precise. One can only imagine the sight of miners shutting down their machines like defeated gladiators leaving the coliseum, heads held low, as they mutter about the price of electricity.

Another omen arrives in the form of the TD Sequential, a tool so arcane it might have been plucked from the quill of a 17th-century astrologer. On charts bloated with despair, it now scribbles a “buy signal,” a sardonic wink suggesting the tide may yet turn. One imagines the indicator chuckling as it points to ADA and DOGE’s recent misadventures, their fates a cautionary tale for the uninitiated.