In February, Solana processed about $650 billion in stablecoin transactions, reflecting a major shift in on-chain dollar settlement away from earlier leaders. Over 2024 and 2025, monthly stablecoin volumes climbed toward $1.8 trillion, with USDC and USDT anchoring liquidity and Solana’s low-cost, high-throughput design drawing growing payment and trading flows.

Toward the end of 2025, finance and insurance job openings in the United States fell to a 13-year low, with vacancies dropping by 117,000 since December to 134,000. While the broader economy unexpectedly lost 92,000 jobs in February, the financial activities sector still recorded a net gain of 10,000 positions. Healthcare, information, transportation, warehousing and the federal government all registered notable job losses over the month.

Australian exchange BTC Markets has informed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that it plans to apply for a markets license to list regulated tokenized real-world assets alongside cryptocurrencies. CEO Lucas Dobbins said around $26.5 billion in tokenized RWAs onchain today is still only a proof of concept, while forecasts point to trillions of dollars in potential market value by 2030 and significant economic gains in Australia.

Solana's price dropped from above $90 and moved below $88, $85 and $82, reaching a low near $80.29. SOL is now trading under $85 and the 100-hour simple moving average, with resistance seen around $85, $87.20 and $88.80. If buyers can hold the $82 and $80 support zones, the price could attempt a recovery toward $95 or even $102.

Bitcoin hovered around $67,536.61 while major crypto-related equities, including miners and corporate holders, posted notable declines. At the same time, 77% of companies with Bitcoin treasuries were reported to be underwater on their holdings, a situation last seen in May 2022, even as spot ETFs saw about $348.9 million in net outflows. Public firms still control roughly 1.138 million BTC, led by Strategy with around 720,737 BTC, underscoring that large institutional balances remain despite market volatility.

Crypto analyst PlanB reiterates a bullish forecast for Bitcoin in the 2024–2028 halving cycle, suggesting the asset could average around $500,000 based on his Stock-to-Flow model, with a broad range between $250,000 and $1,000,000. Other analysts project a more modest target of $200,000–$250,000 by 2026–2027 and caution that such models are better for long-term context than for pinpointing exact tops. In the near term, Bitcoin remains volatile, trading around $67,300 after recently approaching $74,000 amid shifting ETF inflows and broader macro uncertainty.

XRP extended its decline below $1.3650 and $1.3550 and is now trading under $1.3620 and the 100-hour Simple Moving Average while it consolidates recent losses. The price faces immediate resistance at $1.3520 and $1.3800, with stronger barriers at $1.3980 and $1.4250 that could cap any recovery. On the downside, support is seen around $1.3365 and $1.3220, and a break below these zones could open the way toward $1.3120 and potentially $1.30.

At the start of the week, gold extended losses and briefly dropped as much as 3% before spot prices traded 1.5% lower at $5,093.39 an ounce, while the U.S. dollar strengthened and oil climbed toward $120 a barrel. Other precious metals, including silver at $82.66 an ounce, also declined as investors weighed higher energy costs, potential delays to interest-rate cuts, and risks from the intensifying conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran in the Persian Gulf.