Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin identified limits to human attention as 
the core problem plaguing decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and 
democratic governance systems. Writing on X, Buterin argued that participants 
face thousands of decisions across multiple domains of expertise without 
sufficient…

DAOs still struggle with a fundamental problem, says Vitalik Buterin

As it stands, the premier cryptocurrency maintains its broader bearish 
structure, with its price struggling to overcome the $68,000 resistance over 
the past few days. However, an interesting on-chain development suggests that 
the Bitcoin price could likely see a relief soon, but only after a certain 
condition has been met. Realized Profits Show Warning Pattern That Precedes 
Defined Moves In a recent Quicktake post on CryptoQuant, on-chain analyst 
MorenoDV revealed that Bitcoin whales have realized more than $208 million in 
profits. As shown by the Realized Profit By Whales metric, this event — where 
over $200 million is taken as profit by members of this cohort — marks the 
seventh such occurrence over the past two years. Related Reading: XRP’s Brutal 
Supply Compression Signals A Repeat Of The 2024 Expansion Notably, these 
spikes in profits-taken have not occurred without any impact on price; 
instead, they have often been followed by market turbulence, which has also 
mostly preceded the formation of local bottoms. This suggests that large-scale 
selling from seasoned holders tends to introduce temporary liquidity 
imbalances. After the supply created by these whales is absorbed, it often 
leads to price stabilization. Interestingly, this stability has often preceded 
bullish reversals in the Bitcoin price. However, there have also been a few 
instances where such profit-taking among this investor cohort coincided with 
the establishment of local tops. Nonetheless, MorenoDV explained that this 
profit-taking behavior among the Bitcoin whales typically signals conviction, 
due to the behavioral consistency of this investor class. As such, these large 
investors rarely sell impulsively, but when they do, “it signals conviction 
about near-term price exhaustion or strategic repositioning.” Hence, if 
history is anything to go by, the analyst explained that the Bitcoin market 
stands a high chance of experiencing turbulence in the near-term. However, 
this also comes with the inference that the Bitcoin price is closer to a local 
exhaustion point than to the start of a bearish market cycle. If institutional 
flows, or even mid-sized holders, begin accumulating at current levels, the 
market could interpret this as a healthy rotation, which could in turn 
translate into bullish momentum. On the other hand, if demand should remain 
insufficient or if more market participants sell their holdings, downside 
pressure could be amplified, thereby pushing prices further south. Bitcoin 
Price At A Glance At the time of writing, the price of BTC stands at around 
$67,960, reflecting no significant movement in the past 24 hours. Related 
Reading: The Great Bitcoin Handover: $8.2 Billion BTC Swamps Binance As Retail 
Momentum Fades Featured image by Dall.E, chart from TradingView

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After five years in the industry, onchain analytics firm Parsec announced its 
closure on Feb. 19, 2026. CEO Will Sheehan noted that the 2022 collapse of FTX 
permanently altered the spot lending leverage environment. The FTX Fallout and 
Shifting Market Structures The on-chain analytics firm Parsec announced Feb. 
19 that it would shutter operations after […]

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crypto gains traction.
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Circle’s developer arm has rolled out a permissionless “Nanopayments” system 
that promises gas-free USDC transfers as small as $0.000001, aiming squarely 
at artificial intelligence (AI) agents and high-frequency internet commerce. 
Circle’s New Tool Tackles Gas Fees for Machine-to-Machine Commerce Circle 
Developer — the builder-focused division of Circle — announced this week that 
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