Blockchain

• ProShares’ stablecoin-ready ETF sees $17 billion debut, sparking speculation about Circle Analysts speculated that a large issuer like Circle might be moving reserve assets en ma

• SportFi’s next act: onchain markets built around match-day results An area of blockchain-based finance focused on increasing fans’ engagement with sports teams, SportFi uses toke

• Mentioning ‘bitcoin’ or crypto on AI agent OpenClaw’s Discord will get you banned The project’s creator nearly deleted the viral AI agent after crypto scammers hijacked his accou

• CryptoQuant said the exchange whale ratio has risen to 0.64, the highest level since 2015, suggesting whales are leading selling activity.

• One exchange has processed at least $11 billion in crypto from an office in the same building previously occupied by sanctioned exchange Garantex.

• ‘Bitcoin to zero’ searches spike in the U.S., but the bottom signal is mixed Google Trends data shows the term hit a record high in the U.S. • this month, though global interest

• U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs saw $316M net outflows in Presidents’ Day week. • First time five consecutive weeks of outflows since March 2025. • Even with a holiday-shortened week, inv

• Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin proposes AI ‘stewards’ to help reinvent DAO governance The system would use zero-knowledge proofs and secure environments (MPC/TEEs) to protect voter i

• Iran’s rial collapse mirrors Lebanon’s crisis, driving citizens to bitcoin With the rial plunging, middle-class savers are bypassing local banks to move billions into the domesti

• Inside France’s strict rules for selling majority stake of its state energy cloud to U.S. • bitcoin miner The French government imposed conditions, including a 10% stake by NJJ C

• IoTeX co-founder Raullen Chai said losses are ‘significantly lower’ than circulating estimates, but has not provided a specific figure.

• Bitcoin price slips after Trump hikes worldwide tariff to 15% from 10% despite Supreme Court decision U.S. • President Donald Trump announced a 15% worldwide tariff on imported g

• How AI is helping retail traders exploit prediction market ‘glitches’ to make easy money A fully automated bot quietly captured micro-arbitrage opportunities on short-term crypto

• Blue Owl liquidity crisis has investors bracing for 2008-style fallout - it could mean bitcoin’s next bull run Private-equity firm Blue Owl Capital (OWL) tumbled nearly 15% this

• Small investors are buying bitcoin. • For a rally to succeed, the whales need to join in. • Small wallets have increased their BTC holdings by 2.5% since October’s all-time high

• SEC quietly updates FAQ, allowing broker‑dealers to count stablecoins as regulatory capital. • Stablecoins now receive only a 2% haircut, up from 100% exclusion. • This change al

• Bitcoin shrugs off Trump’s new tariffs, nears $68,000 as altcoins lead modest bounce Crypto prices edged higher on Friday despite a splash of tariff turbulence after the U.S. • S

• The tokenized shares were issued by the BNP Paribas’ AssetFoundryTM platform using a ‘permissioned access model on Ethereum.’

• FOCIL was officially ‘scheduled for inclusion’ as the consensus-layer (CL) headliner for the upcoming Hegota upgrade, targeted for late 2026.

• The SEC introduced new guidance allowing broker-dealers to apply a ‘2% haircut’ to proprietary positions in certain stablecoins.

• ProShares on Thursday launched a money market ETF designed to hold assets that qualify as reserves for dollar-backed stablecoins.

• Specialized AI detects 92% of real-world DeFi exploits New research claims specialized AI dramatically outperforms general-purpose models at detecting exploited DeFi vulnerabilit

• Supreme Court’s decision on Trump’s tariffs may not rock crypto - yet The more significant result from the U.S. • Supreme Court’s rejection of President Donald Trump’s trade tari

• Last August, Bloomberg reported MARA would pay $168 million in cash to secure a 64% stake in Exaion from EDF Pulse Ventures.

• Falcon Finance is diversifying the synthetic dollar collateral base by integrating Real-World Assets (RWAs), such as gold and Mexican CETES, to back USDf. • This transition from

• The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.

• Dubai takes next step to make real estate flips instant in $16 billion tokenization plan Dubai Land Department and Ctrl Alt move to the next phase of real estate tokenization pro

• RWA issuers prioritize capital formation over liquidity, according to Brickken survey Exclusive fourth quarter data shows 69.2% of issuers are live, while 84.6% report regulatory

• 21shares said ‘a negative ruling on tariffs could potentially hurt Treasuries and the dollar, while favoring stocks and crypto.’ Supreme Court blocks executive overreach on tari

• Bitcoin pops then drops as Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs As has been typical in crypto markets of late, even the most modest move higher was met with immediate selling

• Goldman Sachs, Franklin Templeton, and Nicki Minaj: Inside Trump’s surreal Mar-a-Lago crypto summit Crypto, real estate and politics collided at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club as inside

• CoinDesk 20 performance update: AAVE falls 3.3%, leading index lower Bitcoin Cash (BCH), down 2.1% from Thursday, was also among the underperformers. • CoinDesk Indicespresents i

• BGD Labs said it will cease contributions to Aave after April 1, ending a four-year role as a core protocol contributor.

• What next for XRP as volatility sinks to 2024 lows Technical traders see a compression setup, with $1.39 as key support and $1.44 as near-term resistance that could open a move t

• Bitcoin’s weekend selloff may be over with CME’s 24/7 crypto trading move The derivatives exchange giant’s switch to around-the-clock crypto trading will have a visible impact on

• Malaysian authorities arrested 12 police officers accused of forcing a Chinese national to transfer their cryptocurrency during a raid.

• Bitcoin gains, is still ‘signficantly undervalued,’ Bitwise says. • ‘Extreme fear’ dominates. • Your day-ahead look for Feb. • 20, 2026 What to know: You are viewing Crypto Daybo

• Analysts warned that weak ETF flows, constrained liquidity, and fragile accumulation are keeping bitcoin’s price rangebound and indecisive.

• Dual South Korean listings send Ethereum layer-2 token AZTEC surging 82% Korean exchanges Upbit and Bithumb both added local currency pairs for the privacy-focused layer-2 token,

• Panic premium lingers in options even as bitcoin recovers from lows Bitcoin rebounded above $68,000 as ETF outflows hit $6.8 billion and funding flips positive. • A break above $

• Chaos Labs’ Craig La Riche and Lido’s Will Shannon said BlackRock’s purchase of UNI marks a turning point for institutional DeFi adoption.

• Bitcoin mining difficulty jumped 14.7% to 144.4T in a record absolute increase as hashrate rebounded after U.S. • winter storm curtailments.

• Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich pushed back against online criticism of the company’s transparency and bitcoin strategy.

• Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse says CLARITY bill has ‘90% chance’ of passing by April The bill would clarify which digital assets fall under securities law versus Commodity Futures T

• Bitcoin difficulty jumps 15% largest increase since 2021, despite price slump Bitcoin difficulty rebounds to 144.4T as hashrate recovers to 1 ZH/s despite multi year low hashpric

• Bitcoin nears $68,000, gold jumps as U.S.-Iran tensions return Geopolitical tensions and a cautious tone in U.S. • stocks are keeping risk appetite in check, and some strategists

• Bitcoin nears $68,000, gold jumps as US-Iran tensions return Geopolitical tensions and a cautious tone in U.S. • stocks are keeping risk appetite in check, and some strategists w

• Bitcoin logs worst first 50-day start to a year on record Bitcoin is on course for its first ever back to back declines in January and February. • What to know: Bitcoin is down 2

• Metaplanet CEO rebuts critics over bitcoin strategy and transparency Simon Gerovich defends disclosure standards, options trading model, and hotel operations. • What to know: Sim

• Bitcoin steadies near $67,000 as traders pay for crash protection The average bitcoin ETF investor now sits on a 20% paper loss, leaving the market vulnerable to capitulation sel

• ‘More to come,’ was the main message coming out of the third meeting between crypto and banking groups at the White House.

• Newity has raised $11 million in new funding led by CMT Digital as it explores taking its small business lending platform onchain.

• The onchain analytics startup, launched in early 2021, raised a $1.25 million seed round and a $4 million seed extension.

• Has Strategy Defused the Global Game? • Key Insights Strategy posted the fifth-largest quarterly loss in U.S. • corporate history in Q4 2025, and since BTC’s October peak, MSTR h

• Mizuho keeps its $26 price target for Gemini and argues cost reductions and a narrower geographic focus could improve margins over time.

• SEC leadership unveiled details of an innovation exemption, describing it as an incremental step to enable tokenized securities.

• Dome, which offers a unified API for prediction markets, was developed as part of startup accelerator Y Combinator’s Fall 2025 cohort.

• Eric Trump reitrates claim bitcoin is just getting started on its road to $1 million U.S. • President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump acknowledged bitcoin’s volatility but said its

• This lifetime transaction total includes about $3.5 billion in onchain trading activity across Solana, Ethereum, and TON.

• The Pentad alliance established a ₳70.0 million Critical Integrations fund to secure institutional infrastructure. • This formal coordination between five core entities focuses o