Binance received ISO 22301 certification for its Business Continuity Management Systems, CoCEO Richard Teng said. The British Standards Institution (BSI) granted the certification following an independent audit. The certification confirms Binance's business continuity management framework meets ISO 22301 requirements.

Two wallets associated with institutional trading firm Cumberland withdrew 46,620 ETH worth $98.8 million from centralized exchanges within 16 hours, data from Arkham and Lookonchain show. The withdrawals occurred across Binance, Coinbase, and Copper. Large exchange outflows are often viewed as movement into longer-term custody.

Crypto trader CBB (address 0xefd) opened a major short position in CL, the WTI crude oil mapping contract on Hyperliquid, around 15 days ago, with exposure briefly reaching $18 million at an average entry of $77.20 and an unrealized profit of $390,000 (6%), Coinbob Popular Address Monitoring data show. During the past half hour, the address closed about $6 million of the position and was still taking profits at the time of publication, after WTI crude oil futures briefly touched $75 with a 2.8% one-hour drop ahead of the U.S. market open. On the macro side, the latest EIA data for the week ending February 27 showed crude inventories at Cushing, Oklahoma, the pricing and delivery hub for WTI, rose to a recent high, while U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent stated that crude oil market supplies are sufficient. CBB (X: Cbb0fe), who has around 100,000 followers on X and is known for publicly coordinating an attack on BTC short positions worth hundreds of millions in 2025, is currently engaged in high-frequency commodity trading on Hyperliquid, mainly focusing on short strategies.

Google's threat intelligence team has disclosed a new iPhone exploit kit called "CORUNA" that targets devices running iOS 13.0 through 17.2.1. The kit contains five exploit chains and 23 vulnerabilities, some previously undisclosed, researchers said. Attackers use malicious websites to scan iPhones for crypto-related information, with seed phrases and wallet credentials as primary targets.

Whale address 0x58bro has booked $4.5 million in unrealized profit by shorting more than $32 million in cryptocurrencies as prices climbed, Arkham data show. The address's largest gains come from Ethereum, where it has earned $3.04 million by shorting $11 million worth of ETH. The whale plans to add another $1.3 million in ETH shorts if the price moves into the $2,220–$2,490 range.

Crypto-related fraud schemes are deploying an iPhone exploit toolkit named "Coruna" against users on older iOS versions, Google reports. The kit operates via malicious websites that probe visiting devices and search for crypto wallets, seed phrases and other sensitive financial information.

Bitcoin traded between $60,000 and $70,000 in February 2026 after an early drop from $78,000, briefly falling to $62,000 on U.S.–Iran airstrike headlines before closing the month near $68,000, while silver and gold also corrected sharply. LayerZero's $ZRO extended its year-to-date uptrend into a volatile February 10, when a leaked video about its new "Zero" public chain triggered a 20% intraday selloff, followed by a 45% rebound after official partnership announcements with Citadel Securities, Cathie Wood/ARK, DTCC, and ICE, before slipping back toward $1.5 support. Speculative activity concentrated in AI and meme tokens and allegedly manipulative or "scam" names, as $VVV rallied from $1.65 to $5.5, $SAHARA and $GRASS each gained around 70% over short windows, while $PIPPIN, $POWER, $SIREN, $BULLA, and $ARC posted outsized pumps, crashes, or both. Most altcoin strength came via brief squeezes, including February 13–15 meme and AI rallies, a February 25 short squeeze in large caps such as DOT, NEAR, UNI, APT, FIL, and TIA, and isolated moves tied to Uniswap's February 11 liquidity deal with BlackRock for BUIDL, Base's February 18 shift away from the Optimism stack, Aave governance disputes, Terraform Labs' lawsuit against Jane Street, centralized exchange listings on Robinhood, Upbit and Bithumb, and notable price spikes in $BERA, $WLFI, $AZTEC, $ESP, $STABLE, BCH and others.

Venture firm a16z crypto is raising its fifth crypto-focused investment fund with a target size of about $2 billion, Fortune reports citing sources. The fundraising is expected to be completed by the first half of 2026. Bitcoin has declined sharply from its recent peak, weighing on overall market sentiment, the report said.

Huang Licheng, known as "Maji Dage," added 150 ETH worth $316,290 to his long position on Hyperliquid on March 5, Hyperinsight data show. His total position value on the platform now stands at $14.56 million, with a liquidation price at $2,036 and an unrealized profit of $240,897.