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Bitcoin’s performance against gold is facing renewed debate after on-chain analyst Willy Woo warned that a 12-year Bitcoin-to-gold valuation trend has broken down. According to Woo, Bitcoin should be trading significantly higher relative to gold, yet market behavior suggests otherwise. He believes growing awareness of potential quantum computing threats has pressured Bitcoin’s long-term valuation.

Woo explained that while Bitcoin is likely to implement quantum-resistant cryptographic signatures in the future, that alone may not eliminate investor concerns. A key issue is the estimated 4 million lost BTC that could theoretically re-enter circulation if quantum technology compromises older wallets. He assigns a 75% probability that the Bitcoin network would not approve a hard fork to freeze those coins. In accumulation terms, Woo noted that since 2020, corporations and spot Bitcoin ETFs have collectively accumulated around 2.8 million BTC. The reactivation of 4 million lost coins would represent roughly eight years of enterprise-level accumulation, potentially diluting supply dynamics.

He also suggested the market may already be pricing in this “Q-Day” risk, which he estimates could still be 5 to 15 years away. In the meantime, macroeconomic uncertainty and debt-cycle stress could continue driving capital toward traditional safe-haven assets like gold, widening the Bitcoin vs gold divergence.

Polymarket data currently shows a 28% probability that Bitcoin will outperform gold in 2026, highlighting cautious sentiment among traders. Prominent investor Ran Neuner recently questioned Bitcoin’s “digital gold” narrative, arguing that during periods of tariffs, currency instability, and fiscal stress, capital has flowed into gold rather than crypto. Retail participation remains subdued, and some analysts describe Bitcoin as being in structural decline versus gold due to a broader capital rotation.

Meanwhile, gold markets are seeing aggressive upside positioning. After an 11% single-day drop, traders built December call spreads targeting $15,000 and even $20,000 gold. Reports indicate roughly 11,000 contracts are now in place, lifting implied volatility for far out-of-the-money strikes. Analysts have described the trade as a low-cost “lottery ticket,” keeping December gold firmly in focus as investors weigh Bitcoin’s quantum risks against gold’s renewed strength.

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XRP has emerged as the top destination for institutional capital among major digital assets, even as Standard Chartered sharply reduced its 2026 price forecast for the token. The contrasting trends highlight a widening gap between institutional fund rotation and cautious macro outlooks in the broader crypto market.

According to the latest CoinShares weekly report, digital asset investment products recorded $173 million in net outflows last week, marking four consecutive weeks of withdrawals. Monthly redemptions have now reached $3.74 billion, with Bitcoin and Ethereum investment products accounting for the majority of the outflows. Bitcoin funds alone saw $133 million in weekly withdrawals, while Ethereum products posted $85.1 million in losses.

In contrast, XRP investment products attracted $33.4 million in weekly inflows. Although lower than the previous week’s $63.1 million, the continued positive flows suggest that institutional investors are rotating capital into select altcoins rather than exiting the crypto market entirely. Growing interest in XRP ETFs is also evident among major financial institutions. Bank of America disclosed holdings of 13,000 shares in the Volatility Shares XRP ETF, while trading giant Jane Street Group has become one of the largest holders of multiple XRP ETFs. Jane Street now ranks as the third-largest holder of the Bitwise XRP ETF, behind Sloy Dahl and Hols and Goldman Sachs.

Goldman Sachs further reinforced institutional interest by reporting over $2.36 billion in crypto exposure in its Q4 2025 13F filing, including $153 million in XRP holdings. Grayscale also noted rising institutional demand for XRP, identifying it as the second-most discussed digital asset among clients after Bitcoin.

Despite these inflows, Standard Chartered lowered its XRP price target from $8 to $2.80 for 2026, citing ongoing market volatility and potential ETF fatigue. XRP initially surged earlier this year on strong ETF flows and regulatory optimism but has since declined 20% year-to-date. Assets under management in XRP funds peaked near $1.6 billion in January 2026 and have since fallen to just above $1 billion, reflecting shifting sentiment in the evolving crypto investment landscape.

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Strategy says it can endure a bitcoin plunge to $8,000 without jeopardizing its debt obligations, underscoring the company's aggressive accumulation strategy and fortress balance sheet as it navigates volatility and reinforces long-term confidence in its crypto-heavy treasury model. Strategy Declares $8K Bitcoin Is Survivable — Fortress Balance Sheet Fuels Long-Term Optimism Strategy Inc.

Zcash is entering a new chapter after a major governance dispute led to the complete resignation of the Electric Coin Company (ECC) staff earlier this year. The break, which began in January, followed tensions between ECC and Bootstrap, the nonprofit organization that owns ECC. At the heart of the conflict were disagreements over control, autonomy, and the long-term direction of Zcash development.

Following their departure, the original engineers and product team behind Zcash’s core privacy technology regrouped to form a new independent entity called ZODL. This newly established organization includes the same developers responsible for building Zcash’s advanced shielded privacy features and its flagship wallet infrastructure. ZODL has confirmed it will continue developing tools aimed at expanding shielded ZEC adoption, operating independently from ECC and outside the Zcash Development Fund.

Importantly, the Zcash blockchain itself has not experienced a fork. Blocks continue to process as usual, and the ZEC token remains unchanged. The Zodl wallet also maintains full compatibility with the Zcash network, ensuring operational continuity for users. This means that while the corporate structure has shifted, the technical foundation of Zcash remains stable.

Meanwhile, ECC continues to exist as a legal entity under Bootstrap’s ownership. However, it no longer employs the core team that designed and maintained much of Zcash’s modern infrastructure. As a result, Zcash now effectively has two separate organizational centers influencing its future development.

The situation mirrors the OpenAI and Anthropic split, where key technical leaders departed to launch a new venture aligned with their original mission after governance disagreements. In decentralized ecosystems like Zcash, developer continuity and technical leadership often carry more weight than institutional ownership, shaping the protocol’s long-term trajectory and innovation path.

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ZCash experienced high volatility on the price charts in recent weeks.

AMBCrypto reported that the defense of the $187 level was a crucial development. This level was an important retracement support level on the weekly timeframe.

Zooming in, the past few days’ trading saw ZEC rally beyond $300.

Following Bitcoin’s [BTC] rejection at $$70.9k on Sunday, the 15th of February, ZEC has slipped back below the $300 psychological support, as well as the 4-hour timeframe’s imbalance at this area.

It was expected that ZCash [ZEC] bulls had the short-term strength to drive prices to $360, but at the same time, AMBCrypto had warned in an earlier report that Bitcoin [BTC] weakness could see selling pressure on ZEC.

The short and long-term price situation has been laid out thus far.

The Spot selling pressure remained prevalent, as the Spot Taker CVD showed with its taker sell-dominant reading.

But why did ZCash begin its immense rally in September 2025? What conditions need to align for ZEC bulls to repeat the feat?

A closer look at the ZCash onchain trends The privacy coin narrative seized greater and greater mindshare beginning in August last year. It grew wildly popular in October. This saw an increased total transfer, as the unshielded transactions data above showed.

It also increased privacy-focused transactions, as the shielded stats show.

Shielded transactions encrypt transaction details such as sender, receiver, and amount, using zero-knowledge proofs.

The percentage of shielded transactions remained at around 14.5%-19.6% between April and July 2025. It reached local zeniths of 26.3% and 26.7% in August and October, respectively.

Combined with the growing privacy narrative and increased ZEC usage, the percentage increase might appear small. However, it still represents a vast swathe of users flocking to the network.

Interestingly, the shielded supply, or the ZEC in the privacy-preserving Sapling and Orchard pools, was at 3.2 million in June 2025. By November, it had grown to 5 million, where it remained at the time of writing.

Like BTC, ZEC also has a fixed max supply of 21 million. Hence, 5 million represents 30.24% of the circulating supply, a dramatic growth from November 2024, when the figure was 11.25%.

It is likely that the 2024 halving and the narrative shift, followed by the sizeable increase in shielded usage, are the only fundamental changes to ZCash over the past year. Spot ETF offeringscould also change the landscape.

Final Summary ZCash experienced a massive shift in optics last year, but its use case remained the same, while user and investor appeal soared. In a way, ZCash was a lot like Bitcoin, which has become easier to use (example, Lightning Network) and invest in (spot ETFs) but remained fundamentally the same.

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Answer: Ethereum use doesn’t require agreeing on any valuesEthereum’s base layer is designed to be permissionless and credibly neutral, meaning any valid transaction can be processed without endorsing a user’s politics or culture. As reported by The CryptoTimes, vitalik buterin has emphasized that anyone can use Ethereum without needing to agree on specific values.

In practice, this centers on deterministic rules that treat transactions uniformly and resist censorship. The claim does not eliminate values entirely; rather, it narrows them away from the consensus rules that secure the chain.

What “credibly neutral” means for Ethereum’s base layerCredible neutrality means protocol rules are general, predictable, and do not privilege identities or ideologies. Editorially, this frames neutrality as a property of rule enforcement, not of community opinions or application design.

“Anyone can freely use Ethereum without needing to agree on any values,” said Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder.

At the base layer, neutrality is realized through permissionless access, uniform transaction validation, and a commitment to censorship resistance. Ethereum’s social consensus aims to remain narrow, focusing on safety and liveness rather than adjudicating application-layer disputes.

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The immediate implication is a boundary: base-layer neutrality should not be stretched to impose values on apps or users. As reported by The Defiant, Buterin has warned against pushing application conflicts into Ethereum’s social consensus, which should remain reserved for protocol integrity issues.

Application builders may openly express values, but their choices should not require base-layer forks or special treatment. This separation helps maintain predictable settlement for all users while allowing diverse application-level governance models.

Risks to neutrality: validators, MEV, and censorship resistanceHow validator concentration and MEV may pressure neutralityValidator concentration can make censorship more feasible and undermine neutrality. A study on post–proof-of-stake dynamics found validator power became moderately more concentrated, according to arXiv, raising questions about long-run censorship resistance.

MEV creates incentives to reorder, include, or exclude transactions, which can pressure neutrality under certain market or regulatory conditions. Mitigations typically emphasize protocol-level predictability and minimizing opportunities for discretionary censorship.

Community members have flagged process risks around governance centralization. Péter Szilágyi, a lead developer on Ethereum’s Geth client, has argued insiders may exert disproportionate influence, as reported by TradingView, which could complicate perceptions of neutrality.

These concerns do not negate the neutrality goal but underscore the need to keep social consensus limited to clear protocol integrity matters. The narrower the remit, the lower the risk that governance preferences spill into transaction selection or settlement.

At the time of this writing, Ethereum (ETH) traded near $2,002 with very high measured volatility and a bearish sentiment reading. This context does not affect neutrality, but it shapes near-term censorship-resistance incentives.

FAQ about credibly neutralDo I need to agree with any political or cultural values to use Ethereum?No. Valid transactions are processed regardless of beliefs under Ethereum’s credibly neutral base-layer rules.

Where is the line between Ethereum’s base-layer neutrality and application-layer values?Base layer secures settlement and liveness; applications may express values. Social consensus should not resolve app-level disputes.

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Institutional adoption of the XRP Ledger is accelerating as a major global asset manager moves traditional funds onchain, signaling growing momentum for tokenized finance and setting the stage for scaled blockchain integration by 2026.

These two stocks will give you AI-fueled growth at a reasonable value.

It is an interesting time to be an investor. This bull market that has had the best three-year stretch since the dot-com boom in the 1990s. The markets have been driven by the artificial intelligence (AI) computing revolution, which is not slowing down.

At the same time, valuations have soared to levels not seen since the dot-com boom, which is cause for caution.

However, this cycle is different from the 1990s bubble in some key ways. For the most part, it is driven more by megacaps with high earnings and less by speculation like the 1990s bubble.

So, two things can be true -- markets are overvalued and AI is the driving force for stocks. Thus, a good use of $1,000 would be to combine the two in a portfolio. Here are two good choices.

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Nvidia: AI-fueled growth at a reasonable value One stock that does that is Nvidia (NVDA 2.21%). The AI chipmaker has been a juggernaut the past few years, becoming the largest company in the world by market cap. But a stock split in 2024 brought the price per share down to a reasonable level, trading now at $190 per share.

Also, it is reasonably valued as the stock price has gone flat over the past six months or so, with investors worried about its high valuation. While the trailing-12-month P/E ratio is still high at 47, the forward P/E is a reasonable 24, meaning it is well priced based on its projected earnings over the next 12 months.

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Its five-year P/E-to-growth (PEG) ratio is even better at 0.73. A PEG ratio under 1 indicates that a stock is undervalued in relation to its long-term earnings power.

With the stock trading at roughly $190 per share, you could add five shares of Nvidia for $1,000. As the leading provider of chips for AI data centers with about a 90% market share, Nvidia remains an earnings machine that will be fueled for years by the AI computing transformation. Some 91% of analysts say it's a buy with a median price target of $250 per share, which suggests 31% upside.

Amazon: Betting big on AI Amazon (AMZN 0.39%) shocked investors earlier in February when it announced it is allocating $200 billion for capital expenditures in 2026, which is some 50% more than it spent last year.

Many investors are concerned about the size of the spend, which is mostly on AI and Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS has been losing market share to its key rivals even with massive AI spending. So the concern is, is the company just throwing more money at the problem?

As the cloud computing leader, Amazon has too much at stake to not invest in the major source of its income for years to come. The capex might prove to be a drag on earnings in the near term, but it will position Amazon for long-term success.

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Also, Amazon has a P/E ratio of about 27, which is near its lowest valuation since the early 2010s. That reasonable valuation, combined with its massive earnings power, makes it a great time to buy.

Amazon stock trades at around $200 per share, so you could also buy five shares for $1,000 -- or split the $1,000 between shares of Nvidia and Amazon.

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NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of American Depositary Shares (“ADS”) of Mereo BioPharma Group plc (NASDAQ: MREO) between June 5, 2023 and December 26, 2025, inclusive (the “Class Period”). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than April 6, 2026.

SO WHAT: If you purchased Mereo ADSs during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.

WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Mereo class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=52452 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than April 6, 2026. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.

WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved, at that time, the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs’ Bar. Many of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.

DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants provided investors with material information concerning their expected results for the Phase 3 Orbit and COSMIC studies for setrusumab in Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI). Defendants’ statements included, among other things, confidence in setrusumab’s ability to ultimately reduce the annualized fracture rates of the tested patients and in the study itself to put setrusumab in an opportunity to succeed in reaching statistical significance of this key endpoint.

The defendants, the lawsuit claims, provided these positive statements to investors while, at the same time, disseminating false and materially misleading statements and/or concealing material adverse facts concerning the true state of the Phase 3 ORBIT and COSMIC programs; neither of which hit their primary endpoints of reducing annualized clinical fracture rate compared to the placebo or bisphosphonate control groups, respectively. Such statements absent these material facts caused investors to purchase Mereo’s ADSs at artificially inflated prices. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.

To join the Mereo class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=52452 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action.

No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor’s ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.

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New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - February 16, 2026) - WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces a class action lawsuit on behalf of sellers of common stock of Masonite International Corporation (NYSE: DOOR) between June 5, 2023 and February 8, 2024, inclusive (the "Class Period"). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than April 7, 2026.

SO WHAT: If you sold Masonite common stock during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.

WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Masonite class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=52802 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than April 7, 2026. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.

WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved, at that time, the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.

DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made material omissions and misrepresentations concerning Owens Corning's offers to purchase all of Masonite's outstanding common stock at significant premiums to Masonite's stock price and Masonite's repurchases of millions of dollars' worth of its shares without disclosing material nonpublic information about Owens Corning's offers, which, if disclosed as required, would have indicated to investors that Masonite's stock was worth significantly more.

To join the Masonite class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=52802 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action.

No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.

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Small-cap semiconductor stock Aehr Test Systems NASDAQ: AEHR just secured a huge win. On Feb. 11, AEHR soared by over 26% as the company made a key announcement.

Ackman's most recent AI stock purchase is another great opportunity for investors.

Bill Ackman has made several investments over the last few years to take advantage of massive opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI). He bought Alphabet in his hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital, in 2023, when many viewed it as a net loser from the rise of AI chatbots like ChatGPT. He also bought Amazon last year amid a brief market sell-off, recognizing its strong position in cloud computing and AI. So far, his AI investments have paid off well, beating the S&P 500.

His most recent AI stock purchase is already up 1,650% since its IPO, but Ackman sees plenty of room for the stock to keep climbing. In the meantime, he fully exited a stock Pershing Square has held since 2018: Hilton Worldwide (HLT 2.42%).

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Why Ackman sold Hilton Bill Ackman initially bought Hilton stock in 2018, adding to it about 18 months later near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company's portfolio caters to a wide range of travelers and includes several very strong brands with high customer loyalty. In fact, Hilton has increased its loyalty membership to 243 million, up from 85 million when Ackman initially bought shares.

Over the last seven years, Hilton has reduced its corporate overhead, with the largest increase in expenses driven by expanding its franchises and locations. The company now counts over 1.3 million rooms across its portfolio, up from 913,000 at the end of 2018. As a result, its adjusted EBITDA has soared from $2.1 billion to $3.7 billion over the last seven years.

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There's still a lot of growth yet to come, too. Management said it has a pipeline of 520,500 rooms, and it expects a rebound in revenue per available room growth to between 1% and 2%. Overall, EBITDA should surpass $4 billion this year.

But the stock has climbed even faster than the financial results. The stock price is up more than 350% since the end of 2018. Its enterprise value (EV) has tripled, putting its EV-to-EBITDA ratio close to 21.5 based on management's outlook. Its forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 36 is also quite high, suggesting future stock returns might not match those of the last few years. It makes sense for Ackman to take the gains and look for better opportunities with higher potential returns.

Pershing Square said it completely exited its position in Hilton earlier this year during its annual presentation to shareholders.

The AI stock Ackman bought at the end of 2025 Ackman revealed Pershing Square's latest AI stock purchase at its annual presentation: Meta Platforms (META 1.48%). Ackman noted, "Meta's business model is one of the clearest beneficiaries of AI integration."

He believes the weakness in the stock related to investor fears about overspending on AI infrastructure and personnel is an opportunity for long-term investors. He points out that the forward P/E of the stock now sits around 22, and if you remove Reality Labs, its augmented reality business, the core advertising business trades for just 18 times earnings. That's an incredible bargain considering the company's growth outlook.

That growth is being fueled by its advances in AI, which could support Pershing Square's medium-term outlook for 20% annualized earnings-per-share growth. AI is at the core of Meta's recommendation algorithm, which has helped increase engagement across Facebook and Instagram. That's enabled it to show more ads, with ad impressions climbing 18% in the fourth quarter. Just as importantly, its algorithms help target ads and make them more effective, leading to a 6% increase in average ad pricing last quarter.

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The potential for generative AI to expand its customer base for advertising is huge. Not only could it lower the barrier to entry for advertising on Facebook and Instagram, it could also open new avenues for advertising such as chatbots in Messenger and WhatsApp. Meta may also explore advertising in its own Meta AI chatbot (its answer to ChatGPT) built into all of its apps.

Of course, improving and scaling the use of AI products comes at a significant cost. Meta told Wall Street it'll spend between $115 billion and $135 billion on capital expenditures this year. That's a 73% jump from last year at the midpoint. Ackman argues that Meta's upside potential from AI supports front-loading its infrastructure costs, and that the overbuilding risk is mitigated by the core businesses' ability to grow into excess capacity. Additionally, it sports a balance sheet strong enough to support the buildout.

At 22 times forward earnings, the current price still presents a very attractive entry point for the stellar AI stock.

Were you affected by investment losses in BBWI securities between June 4, 2024, and November 19, 2025?

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Bath & Body Works, Inc. securities fraud class action filed Purchasers or acquirers of Bath & Body Works, Inc. (NYSE: BBWI) securities Seeking recovery of investment losses for material misstatements and/or omissions (as alleged) from June 4, 2024 through November 19, 2025 Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com) can assist at no cost to investor , /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com) informs investors that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has been filed against Bath & Body Works, Inc. ("Bath & Body Works") (NYSE: BBWI) on behalf of those who purchased or otherwise acquired Bath & Body Works securities between June 4, 2024, and November 19, 2025, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The lead plaintiff deadline is March 16, 2026.

Action: Securities fraud class action lawsuit filed Company: Bath & Body Works, Inc. (NYSE: BBWI) Affected investors: Purchasers or acquirers of Bath & Body Works, Inc. securities Class Period: June 4, 2024 through November 19, 2025 Allegations: Material misstatements and/or omissions (as alleged) Relief sought: Recovery of investment losses under the federal securities laws The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Bath & Body Works' strategy of pursuing "adjacencies, collaborations and promotions" was not growing the customer base and/or delivering the level of growth in net sales touted; (2) as Bath & Body Works' strategy of "adjacencies, collaborations and promotions" faltered, Bath & Body Works relied on brand collaborations "to carry quarters" and obfuscate otherwise weak underlying financial results; (3) as a result, Bath & Body Works was unlikely to meet its own previously issued financial guidance; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.

CONTACT KESSLER TOPAZ MELTZER & CHECK, LLP (KTMC):
If you suffered Bath & Body Works losses, contact Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (KTMC) at:

https://www.ktmc.com/bbwi-bath-body-works-inc-class-action-lawsuit?utm_source=PR_Newswire&utm_medium=pressrelease&utm_campaign=bbwi&mktm=PR

You can also contact attorney Jonathan Naji, Esq. by calling (484) 270-1453 or by email at [email protected].

THE LEAD PLAINTIFF PROCESS:
Bath & Body Works investors may, no later than March 16, 2026, seek to be appointed as a lead plaintiff representative of the class through Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP or other counsel, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. A lead plaintiff is a representative party who acts on behalf of all class members in directing the litigation. The lead plaintiff is usually the investor or small group of investors who have the largest financial interest and who are also adequate and typical of the proposed class of investors. The lead plaintiff selects counsel to represent the lead plaintiff and the class and these attorneys, if approved by the court, are lead or class counsel. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision of whether or not to serve as a lead plaintiff.

Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP encourages Bath & Body Works investors who have suffered significant losses to contact the firm directly to acquire more information.

ABOUT KESSLER TOPAZ MELTZER & CHECK, LLP (KTMC):
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (KTMC) is a leading U.S. plaintiff-side law firm focused on securities-fraud class actions and global investor protection. The firm represents individual investors as well as institutions, such as major pension funds, asset managers, and international investors. KTMC has led some of the largest recoveries in securities litigation and has been recognized by peers and the legal media with numerous accolades, including The National Law Journal's Plaintiff's Hot List and Trailblazers in Plaintiffs' Law, BTI Consulting Group's Honor Roll of Most Feared Law Firms, The Legal Intelligencer's Class Action Firm of the Year, Lawdragon's Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers, and Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar. The firm operates globally with offices in Pennsylvania and California. For more information about Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, please visit www.ktmc.com.

CONTACT:
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP
Jonathan Naji, Esq.
(484) 270-1453
280 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087
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Were you affected by investment losses in VRNS common stock between February 4, 2025, and October 28, 2025?

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Varonis Systems, Inc. securities class action filed Purchasers or acquirers of Varonis Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNS) common stock Seeking recovery of investment losses for material misstatements and/or omissions (as alleged) from February 4, 2025 through October 28, 2025 Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com) can assist at no cost to investor , /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com) informs investors that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed against Varonis Systems, Inc. ("Varonis") (NASDAQ: VRNS) on behalf of those who purchased or otherwise acquired Varonis common stock between February 4, 2025, and October 28, 2025, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The lead plaintiff deadline is March 9, 2026.

Action: Securities class action lawsuit filed Company: Varonis Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNS) Affected investors: Purchasers or acquirers of Varonis Systems, Inc. common stock Class Period: February 4, 2025 through October 28, 2025 Allegations: Material misstatements and/or omissions (as alleged) Relief sought: Recovery of investment losses The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Varonis was ill-equipped to continue its ARR growth trajectory without maintaining a significantly high rate of quarterly conversions; and (2) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.

CONTACT KESSLER TOPAZ MELTZER & CHECK, LLP (KTMC):
If you suffered Varonis losses, contact Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (KTMC) at:

https://www.ktmc.com/vrns-varonis-systems-inc-class-action-lawsuit?utm_source=PR_Newswire&utm_medium=pressrelease&utm_campaign=vrns&mktm=PR 

You can also contact attorney Jonathan Naji, Esq. by calling (484) 270-1453 or by email at [email protected].

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Varonis Systems, Inc. Securities Class Action Lawsuit (long video) Varonis Systems, Inc. Securities Class Action Lawsuit (short video) THE LEAD PLAINTIFF PROCESS:
Varonis investors may, no later than March 9, 2026, seek to be appointed as a lead plaintiff representative of the class through Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP or other counsel, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. A lead plaintiff is a representative party who acts on behalf of all class members in directing the litigation. The lead plaintiff is usually the investor or small group of investors who have the largest financial interest and who are also adequate and typical of the proposed class of investors. The lead plaintiff selects counsel to represent the lead plaintiff and the class and these attorneys, if approved by the court, are lead or class counsel. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision of whether or not to serve as a lead plaintiff.

Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP encourages Varonis investors who have suffered significant losses to contact the firm directly to acquire more information.

ABOUT KESSLER TOPAZ MELTZER & CHECK, LLP (KTMC):
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (KTMC) is a leading U.S. plaintiff-side law firm focused on securities-fraud class actions and global investor protection. The firm represents individual investors as well as institutions, such as major pension funds, asset managers, and international investors. KTMC has led some of the largest recoveries in securities litigation and has been recognized by peers and the legal media with numerous accolades, including The National Law Journal's Plaintiff's Hot List and Trailblazers in Plaintiffs' Law, BTI Consulting Group's Honor Roll of Most Feared Law Firms, The Legal Intelligencer's Class Action Firm of the Year, Lawdragon's Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers, and Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar. The firm operates globally with offices in Pennsylvania and California. For more information about Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, please visit www.ktmc.com. 

CONTACT:
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP
Jonathan Naji, Esq.
(484) 270-1453
280 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087
[email protected] 

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New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - February 16, 2026) - WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of ordinary shares of uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ: QURE) between September 24, 2025 and October 31, 2025, inclusive (the "Class Period"). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than April 13, 2026.

SO WHAT: If you purchased uniQure ordinary shares during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.

WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the uniQure class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=53025 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than April 13, 2026. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.

WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved, at that time, the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.

DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants misrepresented and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the design of uniQure's Pivotal Study (a study of uniQure's leading drug candidate in patients with Huntington's Disease) - including comparison of the Pivotal Study results to the ENROLL-HD external historical data set- was not fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA"); (2) defendants downplayed the likelihood that, despite purportedly highly successful results from the Pivotal Study, uniQure would have to delay its Biologics License Application ("BLA") timeline to perform additional studies to supplement its BLA submission; and (3) as a result, defendants' statements about uniQure's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.

To join the uniQure class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=53025 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action.

No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.

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New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - February 16, 2026) - WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of common stock of Vistagen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTGN) between April 1, 2024 and December 16, 2025, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important March 16, 2026 lead plaintiff deadline.

SO WHAT: If you purchased Vistagen common stock during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.

WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Vistagen class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=50827 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than March 16, 2026. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.

WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved, at that time, the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.

DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants provided investors with material information concerning Vistagen's plan to develop and commercialize its drug fasedienol, an investigational pherine candidate in development for the acute treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD). Defendants' statements included, among other things, Vistagen's positive assertions of fasedienol's future trial success based on the prior positive results associated with the PALISADE-2 clinical trial, in addition to notable enhancements and operational changes made to the execution of the PALISADE-3 clinical trial supported a strong likelihood of Phase 3 success and positioned it as a confirmatory study.

According to the lawsuit, defendants provided these overwhelmingly positive statements to investors while, at the same time, disseminating false and misleading statements and/or concealing material adverse facts concerning its Phase 3 PALISADE-3 trial study of fasedienol. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.

To join the Vistagen class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=50827 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action.

No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.

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New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - February 16, 2026) - WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of Bath & Body Works, Inc. (NYSE: BBWI) between June 4, 2024 and November 19, 2025, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important March 16, 2026 lead plaintiff deadline.

SO WHAT: If you purchased Bath & Body Works securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.

WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Bath & Body Works class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=50622 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than March 16, 2026. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.

WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved, at that time, the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.

DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, and that defendants failed to disclose that: (1) Bath & Body Works' strategy of pursuing "adjacencies, collaborations and promotions" was not growing the customer base and/or delivering the level of growth in net sales touted; (2) as Bath & Body Works' strategy of "adjacencies, collaborations and promotions" faltered, it relied on brand collaborations "to carry quarters" and obfuscate otherwise weak underlying financial results; (3) as a result, Bath & Body Works was unlikely to meet its own previously issued financial guidance; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about Bath & Body Works' business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.

To join the Body & Body Works class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=50622 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action.

No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.

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, /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP informs investors that the firm has filed a securities fraud class action lawsuit against Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) ("Oracle" or the "Company") on behalf of investors who purchased or acquired Oracle common stock between June 12, 2025, and December 16, 2025, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action, captioned Barrows v. Oracle Corporation, et al., Case No. 1:26-cv-00127-UNA, was filed on February 3, 2026, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

Important Deadline Reminder: Investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Oracle common stock during the Class Period may, no later than April 6, 2026, move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff for the class. 

CONTACT KESSLER TOPAZ MELTZER & CHECK, LLP (KTMC):
If you experienced losses in connection with Oracle, contact Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP at:

https://www.ktmc.com/orcl-oracle-corporation-class-action-lawsuit?utm_source=PR_Newswire&utm_medium=pressrelease&utm_campaign=orcl&mktm=PR 

You can also contact attorney Jonathan Naji, Esq. by calling (484) 270-1453 or by email at [email protected].

DEFENDANTS' ALLEGED MISCONDUCT
Oracle, a Delaware corporation with its principal executive offices in Austin, Texas, is a technology company that provides, among other things, infrastructure for operating artificial intelligence ("AI") programs.

During the Class Period, Defendants misled investors by touting the Company's contracts to develop data center capabilities for AI infrastructure and falsely assuring investors that the Company's significant capital expenditures ("CapEx") would quickly result in accelerated revenue growth. For example, Defendants assured investors that the Company's substantially increased spending on AI infrastructure—including for data centers used by OpenAI, the operator of ChatGPT—would rapidly convert into "accelerating revenue and profit growth" and that "we have a very good line-of-sight for our capabilities to . . . just spend on that CapEx right before it starts generating revenue."

However, on September 24, 2025, S&P Global Ratings warned that OpenAI "could account for more than a third of total Oracle revenues by fiscal 2028 and even a greater share by fiscal 2030," creating risks given that "OpenAI's ability to meet contractual obligations will be contingent on AI tailwinds continuing and its models being a market leader to continue to raise external financing." On this news, the price of Oracle common stock declined $5.37 per share, or nearly 2%, from a close of $313.83 per share on September 23, 2025, to close at $308.46 per share on September 24, 2025.

The following day, on September 25, 2025, analysts at Rothschild & Co. Redburn initiated coverage of Oracle at "Sell," warning, among other things, that the Company's promises of massive new revenues from its increased AI infrastructure business were "unlikely to materialize" and set a $175 price target for Oracle—representing a 40% pullback in the Company's stock. In response, the price of Oracle common stock declined an additional $17.13 per share, or more than 5.5%, from a close of $308.46 per share on September 24, 2025, to close at $291.33 per share on September 25, 2025. 

After the market closed on December 10, 2025, Oracle announced its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, including revenue growth below analysts' consensus estimate, quarterly CapEx well above analysts' estimates, and negative free cash flow of more than $10 billion. During the accompanying earnings call, Defendant Douglas Kehring (the Company's Principal Financial Officer) revealed that Oracle now projected $50 billion of CapEx in fiscal year 2026—$15 billion more than the Company's previous projection in September 2025 and as much as $25 billion more than the Company's projection in June 2025. Notably, despite projecting substantially increased spending, Oracle did not increase its guidance for 2026 revenue, and increased its guidance for 2027 revenues by only $4 billion. 

In response to an analyst's question about how much money Oracle needs "to raise to fund its AI growth plans ahead," Defendant Clayton Magouyrk (the Company's new Co-Chief Executive Officer) further stoked concerns by failing to provide a specific number and revealing only that the Company expected to spend "less" than $100 billion—suggesting that Oracle may require a massive amount of capital funding through equity raises or additional debt.

As Bloomberg and other media outlets reported that evening, the cost of protecting the Company's debt against default for five years—a notable measure of Oracle's credit risk—reached its highest level since April 2009. An AllianceBernstein analyst explained, "Oracle really matters because it is the harbinger of the AI capex boom," and "[t]his repricing in debt markets is very consistent with the view that risks are building." On this news, the price of Oracle common stock declined $24.16 per share, or nearly 11%, from a close of $223.01 per share on December 10, 2025, to close at $198.85 per share on December 11, 2025.

After the market closed on December 11, 2025, Oracle filed its quarterly financial report on Form 10-Q with the SEC, which revealed that the Company had "$248 billion of additional lease commitments, substantially all related to data centers and cloud capacity arrangements, that are generally expected to commence between the third quarter of fiscal 2026 and fiscal 2028 and for terms of fifteen to nineteen years that were not reflected on our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of November 30, 2025." Analysts at CreditSights later labeled this revelation a "bombshell disclosure," noting that the Company's lease commitments had increased massively from the prior quarter, when the Company had reported just under $100 billion in lease commitments. As Bloomberg reported, "Oracle's future lease exposure far exceeds similar commitments by peers," with "a mismatch between the long duration of the property leases and much shorter contracts with key customers such as OpenAI."

On December 12, 2025, Bloomberg further reported that Oracle had "pushed back the completion dates for some of the data centers it's developing for the artificial intelligence model developer OpenAI to 2028 from 2027" due to "labor and material shortages"—suggesting that Oracle's promised revenue growth resulting from its increased spending may be further delayed, if it arrives at all. In response to these revelations, the price of Oracle common stock declined $8.88 per share, or approximately 4.5%, from a close of $198.85 per share on December 11, 2025, to close at $189.97 per share on December 12, 2025.

On December 17, 2025, Financial Times reported that Blue Owl Capital—"the primary [financial] backer for Oracle's largest data centre projects in the US"—had backed out of funding a $10 billion Oracle data center intended to serve OpenAI. According to the report, Blue Owl pulled out of the deal as a result of concerns about Oracle's spending commitments and rising debt levels. On this news, the price of Oracle common stock declined $10.19 per share, or approximately 5.4%, from a close of $188.65 per share on December 16, 2025, to close at $178.46 per share on December 17, 2025.

The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts, about the Company's business and operations. Specifically, Defendants misrepresented and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Oracle's AI infrastructure strategy would result in massive increases in CapEx without equivalent, near-term growth in revenue; (2) the Company's substantially increased spending created serious risks involving Oracle's debt and credit rating, free cash flow, and ability to fund its projects, among other concerns; and (3) as a result, Defendants' representations about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.

THE LEAD PLAINTIFF PROCESS FOR ORACLE CORPORATION INVESTORS:

Oracle investors may, no later than April 6, 2026, seek to be appointed as a lead plaintiff representative of the class through Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP or other counsel, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. A lead plaintiff is a representative party who acts on behalf of all class members in directing the litigation. The lead plaintiff is usually the investor or small group of investors who have the largest financial interest and who are also adequate and typical of the proposed class of investors. The lead plaintiff selects counsel to represent the lead plaintiff and the class and these attorneys, if approved by the court, are lead or class counsel. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision of whether or not to serve as a lead plaintiff.

Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP encourages Oracle investors to contact the firm directly for more information about the lawsuit.

ABOUT KESSLER TOPAZ MELTZER & CHECK, LLP (KTMC):

Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (KTMC) is a leading U.S. plaintiff-side law firm focused on securities-fraud class actions and global investor protection. The firm represents individual investors as well as institutions, such as major pension funds, asset managers, and international investors. KTMC has led some of the largest recoveries in securities litigation and has been recognized by peers and the legal media with numerous accolades, including The National Law Journal's Plaintiff's Hot List and Trailblazers in Plaintiffs' Law, BTI Consulting Group's Honor Roll of Most Feared Law Firms, The Legal Intelligencer's Class Action Firm of the Year, Lawdragon's Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers, and Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar. The firm operates globally with offices in Pennsylvania and California. For more information about Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, please visit www.ktmc.com. 

CONTACT:
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP
Jonathan Naji, Esq.
(484) 270-1453
280 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087
[email protected]

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Bithumb lists Lighter (LIT) on its Korean won market with a reference price of 2,383 KRW. Deposits require 33 confirmations on the Ethereum network, the only supported chain. Lighter operates as a decentralized perpetuals exchange using zk-rollup infrastructure. Bithumb opened spot trading for Lighter (LIT) on its KRW market at 7:00 PM KST on February 16, setting a reference price of 2,383 KRW. Deposits and withdrawals became available within two hours of listing. The exchange supports only the Ethereum network and requires 33 block confirmations for incoming transfers.

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Lighter Protocol Operates as zk-Rollup Perpetuals DEX With LIT as Native Utility Token Lighter operates as a decentralized perpetuals exchange using zero-knowledge rollup infrastructure to combine on-chain verification with order-book execution. The architecture targets low-latency matching while maintaining crypto settlement assurances. The design positions Lighter among zk-rollup venues attempting to deliver centralized-exchange ergonomics with decentralized finality.

LIT functions as the protocol’s native token, supporting economic and governance mechanics within the platform. The token structure ties directly to protocol operations rather than operating as a separate speculative asset disconnected from platform utility.

The KRW pair can concentrate domestic South Korean liquidity and improve price discovery during local trading hours. Limit-only phases tend to widen spreads initially but provide time for market participants to assess demand depth before full order types activate. The listing gives Korean traders direct fiat access to LIT without routing through USD pairs or stablecoin intermediaries.

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Nearly 20,000 Ethereum worth $40 million have been withdrawn from major exchanges, signaling strong conviction among top traders. Exchange reserves continue to shrink, tightening liquidity and favoring long-term holding strategies. Binance data shows over 75% of top traders hold long positions, while funding rates indicate leveraged demand remains elevated, reflecting deliberate positioning rather than short-term speculation.
Approximately 19,820 Ethereum valued at $40.14 million were withdrawn from Binance and OKX by a major whale, adding to an earlier purchase of 60,784 ETH worth $126 million. These movements suggest strategic capital deployment rather than opportunistic trading, emphasizing structured exposure. At the same time, another large trader deposited $1 million USDC into Hyperliquid to open a 20x leveraged Ethereum long, targeting ETH specifically despite holding positions in other assets like SOL. These coordinated actions demonstrate methodical market participation and confidence in Ethereum’s medium-term prospects.

Whale 0x28eF, who previously bought 60,784 $ETH($126M), is buying more $ETH!

In the past 20 hours, he has withdrawn 19,820 $ETH($40.14M) from #Binance and #OKX.https://t.co/GTQx556UF7https://t.co/FQe95DLQZphttps://t.co/uKIsgndaAC pic.twitter.com/IcKNWeoVzF

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) February 16, 2026

Exchange Reserves Continue Steady Contraction Ethereum’s exchange reserves now stand at $31.843 billion after a 6.47% decline, reflecting a measurable reduction in immediately tradable supply. Withdrawals by whales reduce short-term liquidity and encourage long-term holding as assets move into cold storage or secure custody. This contraction aligns with recent withdrawals, signaling that large investors are consolidating rather than reacting to short-term price swings. Sustained reserve declines often correspond with deliberate accumulation and reinforce structured Ethereum positioning. Analysts note that lower reserves may increase volatility but strengthen long-term fundamentals.

Binance Top Traders Maintain Dominant Long Bias Data from Binance indicates that 76.91% of top trader accounts hold long Ethereum positions, compared with 23.09% short, producing a Long/Short Ratio of 3.33. Funding rates currently read 0.007286, reflecting a 20.96% increase, confirming that leveraged demand exceeds short-side pressure. These metrics show that advanced traders are expanding exposure while absorbing funding costs, reinforcing structured positioning. Coordinated spot withdrawals and elevated leveraged activity suggest that Ethereum-focused strategies are deliberate and methodical. Experts also note that institutional interest is likely supporting these trends.

The Convergence of Spot Withdrawals and Leveraged Activity The combination of significant spot withdrawals, declining exchange reserves, long-dominated positioning, and rising funding rates highlights intentional Ethereum capital strategies. Whales continue removing assets from centralized exchanges, while sophisticated traders increase exposure through leverage. Together, these patterns indicate a deliberate reinforcement of Ethereum conviction, showing that major market participants are aligning long-term strategies instead of reacting to short-term volatility.  

With a strong regulatory environment, proactive institutional participation, and a growing appetite for blockchain-powered financial solutions, Japan is positioning itself at the forefront of next-generation finance, and XRPL is increasingly becoming central to that vision.

Japan is placing a huge bet on the XRP Ledger identity and leading protocol. Crypto analyst Stellar Rippler revealed on X that a senior banker from the Bank of Japan (BoJ), Kazuo Ueda, reportedly stated that SBI holdings has invested in XRP, XRP Ledger-native identity protocols, compliance, and lending projects. Meanwhile, that backdrop became even more significant when SBI Holdings CEO Yoshitaka Kitao said the firm holds hidden assets worth more than its officially disclosed 9% stake, which is valued at over $10 billion.

Why Japan Is Looking Beyond Payments To XRPL Infrastructure Interestingly, the strategic direction becomes clearer when viewed through the lens of identity. Ripple’s president, Monica Long, has described decentralized identity on XRPL as a way to turn personal information into a secure, portable digital token that users can carry globally and selectively share, replacing reliance on centralized platforms.

Related Reading: XRP Ledger DEX Metrics Flash Strong Growth As Activity Touches New Key Levels

This vision is already taking shape at the infrastructure level. DNAOnChain’s XDNA applies this model with zero-knowledge proofs to transform identity and compliance data into verifiable zk-credentials. Also, these allow institutions to confirm eligibility and regulatory status without exposing sensitive information. However, the SBI’s hidden asset has extended beyond XRP, and it’s pointing toward the XRPL’s identity and zero-knowledge credential layer, where XDNA fits in as the infrastructure institutions needed.

XRP is actively used as a bridge currency for liquidity on the XRP Ledger, alongside stablecoins, which are complementary. An analyst known as Vet on X has noted that recent activity on the XRPL DEX shows that RLUSD is being exchanged for EUROP, a euro-denominated stablecoin, with XRP acting as the bridge asset. By serving as an intermediary layer, XRP increases the liquidity of issued assets across the network.

Source: Chart from Vet on X Furthermore, this design results in a proven, robust financial infrastructure that maximizes capital efficiency for everyday users and institutions. At the same time, market makers can make markets between the respective XRP pairs; they can hold the token because it is counterparty-free, which makes it the most efficient way to make markets.

The Role Of The XRP In A Tokenized FX Future According to RippleBullWinkle, founder of Lux Lions NFT, the global foreign exchange market is moving roughly $9.6 trillion in daily volume.

In the meantime, industry insiders are projecting an on-chain FX system for local currency stablecoins from countries around the world, in which they can settle directly on-chain against the dollar stablecoins. This is where XRP’s original design becomes relevant, because XRP was literally built to function as a bridge asset between currencies.

XRP trading at $1.51 on the 1D chart | Source: XRPUSDT on Tradingview.com Featured image from Adobe Stock, chart from Tradingview.com

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On-chain analytics firm Glassnode has reiterated the current weakness in Bitcoin’s price action, noting that there is less demand for the leading crypto now compared to after the LUNA crash in 2022. This indicates that another Bitcoin crash may be on the cards, with a potential drop below the psychological $60,000 level likely to trigger massive liquidations.

Glassnode Hints Another Bitcoin Crash May Be Imminent In an X post, Glassnode noted that the long-term holder (LTH) Cost Basis Distribution (CBD) Heatmap maps supply density across price levels. The platform further stated that the recent support above $65,000 is anchored in the 2024 H1 accumulation range and that this demand has absorbed recent sell pressure.

Glassnode warned that a decisive break below this level would likely open the path for a Bitcoin crash toward the Realized Price at around $54,000. In another X post, the analytics platform noted that during BTC’s first sharp leg down in November 2025, the market absorbed heavy sell pressure aggressively, which was similar to what happened after the LUNA and FTX crashes.

Meanwhile, although the recent Bitcoin crash to $60,000 led to some accumulation, Glassnode stated that it was notably weaker than the November 2025 bounce or the reflexive demand seen after the LUNA collapse. The platform also noted that the recent crash imposed drastic psychological pressure on these long-term holders, similar to the LUNA crash.

In both cases, the 7-day EMA of the LTH Spent Output Profit Ratio (SOPR) fell below 1 after trading for one to two years above it. Basically, long-term holders are seeing significant losses, a “rare shift in conviction” that Glassnode noted typically happens in the deeper stages of bear markets.

As CoinGape reported earlier, Glassnode flagged a structural weakness following the recent Bitcoin crash. The platform noted that BTC spot volumes are structurally weak and depressed, creating a demand vacuum and accelerating realized losses. It is worth noting that, in addition to a potential drop to the Realized Price at around $54,000, experts such as veteran trader Peter Brandt have warned that BTC could crash to as low as $40,000 as the bear market deepens.

The Bottom Is Still Not In On-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant indicated that BTC has not yet reached a bottom despite these Bitcoin crashes. In a research report, the platform noted that the Realized price support at around $55,000 has not yet been tested.

The report further stated that the BTC price is still trading above this realized price. In past cycles, Bitcoin fell 24% to 30% below the realized price, followed by four to six months of base formation, reinforcing the view that durable bottoms are time-intensive processes rather than single-day capitulation events.

CryptoQuant further noted that LTH behavior does not reflect capitulation, as these holders are currently selling at a breakeven level. However, in past cycles, bear market bottoms have formed after holders endured 30% to 40% losses, indicating that a further Bitcoin crash remains on the cards before a full reset.

Another reason CryptoQuant is confident that Bitcoin hasn’t yet found a bottom is that market cycle indicators remain in the Bear Phase and not the Extreme Bear Phase. This Extreme Bear Phase historically marks the start of the bottoming processes and typically lasts for several months.

It is worth noting that a Bitcoin crash below $60,000 could trigger a liquidation cascade based on activity in the options market. Deribit data shows that the largest cluster of put options is around the $58,000 level. A drop below this crucial support level could liquidate several positions.

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Bitcoin accumulation addresses now hold over 372,000 BTC, up sharply from around 10,000 BTC in September 2024. Order book data shows a near 2:1 bid-to-ask imbalance, signaling firm short-term support. Analysts identify a CME futures gap between $80,000 and $84,000 as a key technical level, with historical patterns showing most similar gaps eventually get filled.
The Bitcoin accumulation wave places the $80,000 level back in focus after BTC rebounded from a dip below $67,400 during the Monday session. The asset briefly traded above $70,000 over the weekend before facing selling pressure, yet both derivatives data and onchain metrics indicate buyers remain active.

#Bitcoin LTF plan

If all goes to plan $BTC closes the early Feb CME gap this week!#Crypto #BTC https://t.co/DxU6pmJ0OJ pic.twitter.com/g0Q5xZdkZ4

— AlphaBTC (@mark_cullen) February 16, 2026

Bitcoin Accumulation Wave Strengthens Market Structure Onchain data from CryptoQuant shows that addresses classified as accumulators hold more than 372,000 BTC as of Feb. 15. In September 2024, these wallets held close to 10,000 BTC. The classification applies strict filters, including no outgoing transactions, multiple inflows, a minimum balance threshold, and exclusion of exchange, miner, and smart contract wallets.

At the same time, the 30-day distribution from long-term holders has fallen below $100,000, compared with averages above $1 million in November 2025. Lower distribution suggests reduced selling from experienced holders. This decline in supply moving onto the market partially offsets activity from larger entities and supports a tightening float.

Order book data shared by trader Dom indicates roughly $596 million in bids within 0–2.5% of spot price, versus about $297 million in asks. This near 2:1 imbalance represents the largest bid skew in more than two years. When sustained, this structure often provides support during pullbacks and favors continuation to the upside.

CME Gap Points Toward $80K Retest Analyst Mark Cullen highlights a futures gap on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange between $80,000 and $84,000. A CME gap forms when Bitcoin futures close for the weekend and reopen at a different price, leaving an untraded range. Historically, BTC revisits these zones and trades through them over time.

Since August 2025, 9 out of 10 comparable gaps have been filled. The current untested range aligns with strengthening spot demand and improving derivatives positioning.

If accumulation trends persist and liquidity remains skewed toward bids, Bitcoin appears positioned to challenge the $80,000 region again, reinforcing the view that long-term holders continue absorbing supply during periods of volatility.