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The chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Mike Selig, stated in an interview with Fox that the cryptocurrency market structure bill is about to be signed into law. He said, "We want to ensure that the legal framework for cryptocurrency can adapt to future developments. We cannot allow a second Gary Gensler to come in and ruin everything."

According to Bloomberg, cryptocurrency exchange Gemini Space Station Inc. announced on Tuesday that its Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Legal Officer will leave the company immediately.Documents submitted by Gemini to the Bloomberg Terminal show that executives Marshall Beard, Dan Chen, and Tyler Meade are leaving the company effective immediately. Notably, Marshall Beard, who also served as a member of the Gemini board, has resigned from his board position as well, and the company stated that his departure is not due to any disagreements with the company.

According to the latest announcement data from Yujin, the holding profit and loss situation of Strategy and BitMine is as follows:The Bitcoin treasury company Strategy currently holds a total of 717,131 BTC ($48.765 billion), with an average cost of $76,027, resulting in an unrealized loss of $5.756 billion.The Ethereum treasury company BitMine currently holds a total of 4,371,497 ETH ($8.673 billion), with an average cost of $3,801, resulting in an unrealized loss of $7.943 billion.

According to Fortune magazine, amid the backdrop of "mass extinction" facing blockchain venture capital firms, crypto VC Dragonfly has successfully completed the fundraising for its fourth fund, totaling $650 million.Dragonfly stated that the current blockchain venture capital industry is undergoing a "mass clearing," but institutions remain optimistic about the trend of crypto financialization, focusing on areas such as stablecoins, on-chain financial infrastructure, and tokenization of real assets.

According to market news, the company has purchased 2,486 bitcoins for approximately $168.4 million (an average price of about $67,710 per coin). As of 2026, the total amount of bitcoins held by Strategy has reached 717,131 coins, with a total investment of about $54.52 billion and an average purchase price of approximately $76,027 per coin.

Italian banking giant Intesa Sanpaolo disclosed in its 13F filing for the period ending December 2025 that it holds approximately $96 million in Bitcoin spot ETFs, including the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF and the iShares Bitcoin Trust. At the same time, Intesa Sanpaolo also holds a large put option position on Strategy, which the market interprets as a hedge against the Strategy stock price being too high relative to its Bitcoin asset value (mNAV) while being long on Bitcoin ETFs.

According to the official announcement, starting from February 20, 2026, 08:00 (UTC+8), Binance will launch an airdrop event for eligible users holding World Liberty Financial USD (USD1) on the platform. Eligible users will share a total prize pool of 235 million World Liberty Financial (WLFI) tokens.During the event, WLFI rewards will be distributed weekly to users holding USD1. The first airdrop will be distributed on March 4, 2026, covering the rewards from February 20, 2026, 08:00 to February 27, 2026, 08:00 (UTC+8). Subsequent rewards will be distributed every Friday.Event duration: February 20, 2026, 08:00 to March 20, 2026, 08:00 (UTC+8).

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform, stating that users do not need to agree with his views on application forms, DeFi, privacy payments, AI, etc., to freely use Ethereum.As a decentralized protocol, Ethereum should maintain permissionless and censorship-resistant properties, but this does not mean that individuals cannot make value judgments and publicly criticize applications. Neutrality should belong to the protocol layer, while individuals and communities need to clearly express their principles and build an ecosystem consistent with their values, while also accepting that Ethereum will be used in different ways by different ideologies.

The multi-chain lending protocol ZeroLend has officially announced:After three years of building and operating the protocol, the team has made the difficult decision to gradually cease operations. Despite the team's ongoing efforts, the current form of the protocol is no longer sustainable.In recent times, several chains that ZeroLend initially supported have become inactive or experienced a significant decline in liquidity. In some cases, oracle providers have also stopped their support, making it increasingly difficult to reliably operate the market or generate sustainable income. Meanwhile, as the scale of the protocol expanded, it attracted more malicious actors, including hackers and scammers. Combined with the inherently low-profit and high-risk nature of lending protocols, this has led to the protocol being in a state of long-term losses.The team's current top priority is to ensure that users can safely withdraw their assets. All users are strongly advised to withdraw any remaining funds from the platform as soon as possible.

The Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet released its fiscal report for 2025 on Monday. As of December 31, the company recorded a net loss of 95 billion yen (approximately 619 million USD), compared to a net profit of 4.44 billion yen (approximately 28.9 million USD) in fiscal year 2024, marking a shift from profit to loss.The report indicated that this loss was primarily due to a valuation loss of 102.2 billion yen (approximately 665.8 million USD) on its held Bitcoin. The company classified this portion of the loss as a non-operating expense, stating that it had no impact on cash flow or operational activities.Despite the volatility in net profit, the company emphasized that its capital structure remains resilient. Metaplanet pointed out that its balance sheet is still "robust," and even with an "86% drop in Bitcoin prices," its liabilities and preferred stock can be fully covered, thanks to a high equity ratio of 90.7%.As of December 31, the company reported liabilities of 46.7 billion yen (approximately 304.2 million USD) and net assets of 458.5 billion yen (approximately 2.99 billion USD), with the value of its held Bitcoin at 481.5 billion yen (approximately 3.1 billion USD).The documents show that in terms of operations, Metaplanet's revenue for fiscal year 2025 reached 8.91 billion yen (approximately 58 million USD), a 738% increase from the previous year's 1.06 billion yen (approximately 6.9 million USD); meanwhile, operating profit surged from 350 million yen (approximately 2.28 million USD) to 6.29 billion yen (approximately 41 million USD), an increase of 1695%.The company stated that its Bitcoin-related business generated revenue of 8.47 billion yen (approximately 55.2 million USD) and operating income of 7.19 billion yen (approximately 46.8 million USD), with this growth primarily attributed to premium income from Bitcoin options trading.

According to the network status monitoring website DownDetector, the social media platform "X" is experiencing issues. It is reported that 11,266 users in the United States have reported problems with the social media platform "X," and 6,424 users in the United Kingdom have reported issues with the social media platform "X."

Strategy founder Michael Saylor posted on the X platform: "Markets closed. Bitcoin open. Happy Hodlday," but did not disclose any information about increasing Bitcoin holdings, suggesting that he may not have made any purchases last week.

According to The Block, based on the latest SEC filing, Harvard Management Company reduced its holdings in the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) by 21% in the fourth quarter of 2025, while also making its first purchase of the iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) worth $86.8 million.Despite the reduction, the Bitcoin ETF remains Harvard's largest publicly traded position with a valuation of $265.8 million.

RWA tokenization platform OpenEden posted on X platform that the DNS of its official website and portal seems to have been tampered with, reminding users not to interact with the aforementioned domains to prevent damage to wallet assets.OpenEden stated that all reserve assets are still safe (SAFU) and relevant data can be verified through Chainlink's reserve proof page. However, the team reiterated that users should not access or operate the aforementioned domains. The OpenEden team is investigating the matter and will release further updates as soon as possible.

According to the official announcement, Bithumb will launch Lighter (LIT) on the Korean won market. Trading is expected to start on February 16, 2026, at 7:00 PM.

According to FinanceFeeds, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated at the 2026 World Economic Forum that the lack of trading privacy is the last major obstacle for cryptocurrencies to become mainstream payment methods.Although issues of high fees and slow speeds have been significantly improved over the past decade through technologies like Layer 2, the completely transparent and permanently traceable nature of transactions on public chains makes it difficult for ordinary consumers and businesses to accept them for everyday payments.If a company pays its employees' salaries using cryptocurrency on-chain, it is easy to see everyone's salary level with just a click on the sending address. When businesses make payments to suppliers, they inadvertently expose their entire balance, lists of other suppliers, and cash flow details to competitors, which is commercially unacceptable.Changpeng Zhao proposed a solution concept called "invisible rails," utilizing blockchain as backend infrastructure to provide faster and cheaper settlements for existing payment providers, allowing users to avoid direct contact with wallet addresses or private keys. Developing privacy protection technologies to hide sensitive data while maintaining compliance and verifiability.

UPBIT will launch trading support for Bittensor (TAO) on February 16, 2025, at 16:00. Deposits will be opened 1 hour and 30 minutes after the announcement is made. Users are advised to confirm the network before making deposits; the supported network is TAO-Bittensor Network.

According to Gate market data, spot gold opened lower and continued to decline, breaking below the $5000 mark, currently reported at $4994.38 per ounce, with a daily decline of 0.93%.

According to official news, YZi Labs announced that it has submitted a revised preliminary consent solicitation statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is currently under review. This solicitation aims to expand the size of the company's board of directors and elect nominated director candidates to the board through written consent from CEA Industries shareholders.