Blockchain

• Rain and Uptop leaders share how stablecoin cards and onchain loyalty are reshaping payments, rewards, and fan engagement.

• Ethereum’s 50% staking milestone triggers backlash over ‘misleading’ supply data CoinShares researcher Luke Nolan says the 50% figure is ‘inaccurate, or at least materially misle

• Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms stock jumps nearly 9% as Starboard urges AI data center expansion The activist investor said Riot’s 1.7 GW power capacity can drive premium AI hostin

• Bitcoin miner Riot stock jumps nearly 9% as activist Starboard urges AI data center expansion The activist investor said Riot’s 1.7 GW power capacity can drive premium AI hosting

• The filing provides little detail on the firm or its funding source, leaving the identity of the ultimate investors behind the IBIT position unclear.

• Crypto Long & Short: Crypto’s liquidity mirage In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Leo Mindyuk of ML Tech writes that while crypto markets look liquid on paper, execut

• Financial giant with $3.5 trillion asset to pilot Trump-affiliated WLFI stablecoin for tokenized funds The financial giant with $3.5 trillion in assets has teamed up with World L

• Kraken acquired the token management platform Magna, marking the exchange’s sixth acquisition over the past 12 months.

• Bitcoin volatile, but flat, while crypto stocks bounce amid cooling AI fears Coinbase, Circle, Galaxy, IREN and Riot led the early morning rebound among crypto-related stocks as

• Solomon owns very little bitcoin, remains an observer in the evolving crypto landscape. • He sees crypto and traditional finance as part of one evolving system. • Tokenization wi

• The Application Revenue Capture Ratio (Chain GDP divided by Real Economic Value) grew from 262.8% to 375.5%. • An increasing App RCR signals that an ecosystem is increasingly mon

• NYSE President Lynn Martin cites responsibility to join tokenization conversation amid blockchain finance surge. • Exchange has built tokenization tech, collaborating with regula

• Immunova is exercising a call option to acquire iOx Therapeutics Limited, a wholly owned AlphaTON subsidiary that develops cancer treatments.

• Starboard argues Riot’s Texas power assets position the company to secure large AI data center tenants if management accelerates deal execution.

• Bitcoin’s plunge signals coming AI crisis, but massive Fed response will drive new record high: Arthur Hayes The rise of artificial intelligence is likely to displace millions of

• Hyperliquid starts DeFi lobbying group with $29 million token backing Jake Chervinsky, CEO of the Hyperliquid Policy Center, said markets are migrating to blockchain, and the U.S

• Tokenized pre-IPO shares topic ignites legal debate at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 Ultan Miller touts a blockchain-based pre-IPO index, while critics warn unauthorized equity tokeni

• Canary lists spot SUI ETF with staking rewards The Nasdaq-listed SUIS fund offers direct exposure to Sui’s native token while passing through proof-of-stake rewards in a regulate

• Hyperliquid Foundation donates $29M worth of HYPE tokens to launch DeFi policy advocacy group. • New group aims to influence U.S. regulations to support decentralized finance gro

• Two spot SUI exchange-traded funds hit the market on Wednesday, offering investors direct exposure to the token’s price.

• Bitwise files for 2028 U.S. election prediction market ETFs, targeting SEC approval. • ETFs would allow investors to bet on presidential race outcomes. • Wall Street pushes to wr

• Hackers breached Figure Technology Solutions, stealing personal data of nearly 1 million accounts. • Attack was a social‑engineering phishing that tricked an employee into giving

• Bitcoin nearing late bear market territory, echoing 2022 bottom signals. • Defensive sentiment rises as traders adopt cautious stance. • Leverage levels drop, indicating reduced

• How Europe’s blockchain sandbox finds innovation in regulation The EU regulated blockchain earlier than most major economies. • Its sandbox now tests whether dialogue unlocks inn

• American crypto holders are scared and confused about this year’s new IRS tax rules Crypto tax platform, Awaken Tax, polled 1,000 crypto holders about a radical shift from self-d

• DAO hack in 2016 siphoned millions, sparking Ethereum’s first major crisis. • 75,000 ETH remained untouched, now forming a $150M security endowment. • DAO Security Fund will stak

• Bitcoin trades $67,484, holding tight $66k-$70k range, up 1.04% in 24h. • Ether at $2,020, up 1.43% daily, showing modest gains. • Treasury firms and public institutions were key

• XRP Ledger rolls out members-only DEX for regulated institutions A permissioned DEX amendment creates controlled versions of XRPL’s built-in exchange, letting approved entities d

• Moonwell confirmed roughly $1.8 million in bad debt after a misconfigured oracle priced cbETH incorrectly and triggered liquidations.

• Bitcoin steady near $68k, trading within $65.1k-$72k range since Feb 6. • Volatility cooling, funding rates flat/slightly negative, open interest steady at $15.5B. • WLFI token s

• Moonwell’s $1.12 nightmare: A pricing glitch just let bots seize millions in ETH collateral A misconfigured Chainlink price oracle on DeFi lender Moonwell briefly valued Coinbase

• Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan believes decentralized finance can revive crypto markets post-winter. • Michael Saylor predicts a bullish ‘spring’ for Bitcoin, echoing optimism across th

• BH Digital Asset fund lost 29.5% in 2025, worst year since 2021 launch. • Fund underperformed Bitcoin, which fell 6% during the same period. • Prior years saw strong gains: 43% i

• Peter Thiel has fully exited ETHZilla, as confirmed by a recent SEC filing. • ETHZilla’s share price fell after the announcement, reflecting investor uncertainty. • The firm is p

• Zora moves onto Solana with ‘attention markets’ for trading internet trends The creator platform’s new product lets users trade tokens linked to social-media traction, a Polymark

• Bitcoin losing $70,000 is a warning sign for further downside Crypto majors soften while Asian equities rebound modestly, with traders continuing to weigh quantum fears, ETF flow

• Founders Fund sold all 7.5% stake in ETHZilla, ending zero holdings by year‑end 2025. • ETHZilla amassed 100k+ ETH at peak, then panic‑sold after October market high. • Digital a

• Bitcoin ETFs hold billions despite price crash, but resilience masks harsh reality Bitcoin spot ETFs in the United States still hold about $85 billion in assets, despite the BTC

• The filing marks the latest move by the agency to assert federal jurisdiction over fast-growing prediction markets like Kalshi & Polymarket.

• Protocol Priorities Update for 2026 Posted by Protocol track leads on February 18, 2026 Research & Development Weintroduced Protocollast June which organized our work around thre

• Abu Dhabi wealth funds bitcoin ETF holdings topped $1 billion at end of 2025 Both Mubadala Investment Company and Al Warda Investments lifted investments in BlackRock’s iShares B

• Bridge, Stripe-owned stablecoin platform, gets conditional OCC approval for national trust bank charter. • Approval allows Bridge to offer stablecoin products, custody, issuance,

• Gold firm Elemental Royalty to pay out dividends in Tether’s tokenized gold The company claimed the bragging right of being the first to let investors opt for dividend payments i

• Stripe’s stablecoin firm Bridge wins initial approval of national bank trust charter The U.S. • banking license would allow Bridge to issue and manage stablecoins under direct fe

• Analysts expect BitGo’s recurring custody & staking revenue to cushion earnings compared with more trading-dependent firms during downturns.

• Crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly raises $650 million despite ‘gloom of a bear market’ The firm’s fourth fund positions it alongside a16z and Paradigm even as blockchain VC f

• Zora, a socialfi platform closely associated with the Ethereum Layer 2 Base, is launching its new attention market platform on Solana.

• A BlackRock affiliate purchased 4,000 seed shares of the fund for $100,000, providing the initial capital the trust will use to purchase ether, according to an amended S-1 filing

• Logan Paul sells tokenized Pokemon card for $16M, marking high-profile NFT sale. • Gemini announces departure of several top executives amid strategic shift. • Strategy Inc. comp

• Mubadala Investment Company and Al Warda Investments owned over 20 million shares in BlackRock’s BTC exchange-traded fund in Q4.

• Analysts say Metaplanet’s bitcoin-linked income business is becoming critical to funding expansion while avoiding forced BTC sales.

• ‘This would ensure Democrats could immediately control those agencies if they win the 2028 presidential election,’ TD said.

• Flow has formalized its expansion deeper into consumer DeFi in a published strategy built around stablecoin-based consumer finance and enshrined protocols, a small set of default

• Nakamoto, David Bailey’s bitcoin treasury firm, acquires BTC Inc to broaden asset holdings. • The deal also brings UTXO Management under Nakamoto’s umbrella, enhancing transactio

• Crypto custodian BitGo a potential acquisition target for Wall Street firms, analysts say Compass Point and Canaccord call BitGo a potential acquisition target and defend the sto

• Crypto infrastructure firm BitGo a potential acquisition target for Wall Street firms, analysts say Compass Point and Canaccord call BitGo a potential acquisition target and defe

• Trading platform eToro shares jump 14% after posting record Q4 profit despite crypto revenue drop The results were particularly notable given the struggles at peers Robinhood and

• The crypto tax reckoning is here We are officially entering the ‘crypto tax enforcement era’, but the new rules, written by people who don’t understand crypto, could have some bi

• CFTC’s Selig opens legal dispute against states getting in way of prediction markets Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig fired a legal warning shot defending

• Bitcoin slips below $67,000 as software stocks continue to plunge The most important indicator for bitcoin’s price direction at the moment is the iShares Tech-Software ETF, and i