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According to Jinshi reports, Iranian state media stated that the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked the U.S. Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia with missiles and drones.

Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad posted on the X platform in response to "the White House's agreement goals may fall short." He stated that Coinbase and the company's CEO Brian Armstrong have been involved in negotiations for months and have committed to several potential compromise solutions. Coinbase's core goal has always been to protect the interests of the GENIUS Act and the general American public. He also thanked Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the President's Digital Asset Advisory Council, for his efforts in pushing for problem resolution and looks forward to the smooth implementation of the President's crypto agenda.According to senior journalist Sander Lutz from crypto media Decrypt, the White House originally hoped to reach an agreement on stablecoin yield issues before the weekend, but a banking industry insider directly involved in the negotiations stated that this goal would not be achieved. The current divide between the crypto industry and banking lobbyists regarding whether stablecoins should generate yield remains significant. This controversy has become a major obstacle to advancing the crypto market structure bill and directly points to Coinbase CEO's insistence that stablecoins should be able to generate yield for users.According to previous reports from ChainCatcher, David Sacks, the White House's crypto and AI director, stated that the crypto industry has made significant concessions regarding stablecoin yields, and banks should respond accordingly.

Alchemy has announced the launch of a self-payment system for AI agents, allowing AI agents to automatically purchase computing power credits in USDC through on-chain wallets on the Base network, and access blockchain data services, including querying on-chain data, NFT holdings, multi-chain wallet balances, and real-time token prices, without human intervention.The system utilizes Coinbase's x402 payment standard, transforming the HTTP 402 Payment Required response into an automatic settlement trigger to facilitate machine-to-machine transactions. Agent accounts can be funded with a minimum of 1 USD USDC, and once the credits are exhausted, the system automatically initiates a payment request and refills the balance.Alchemy CEO Nikil Viswanathan stated that this system is aimed at developers building autonomous DeFi agents, portfolio management bots, and other on-chain applications. Major crypto applications such as Robinhood Crypto, Uniswap, and Aave have already been operating on Alchemy, and AI agents can now autonomously connect to the same infrastructure.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, BlackRock withdrew 4,082 BTC from Coinbase, worth approximately $269.41 million. Data shows that in the past 3 days, BlackRock has withdrawn a total of 10,749 BTC from Coinbase, with a total value of approximately $717.09 million.

MoonPay has launched the PYUSDx framework, allowing developers to issue branded, application-specific stablecoins backed by PayPal USD (PYUSD).This solution combines the stablecoin infrastructure protocol of M0 with MoonPay's issuance and distribution capabilities, separating reserve management from token issuance, thereby accelerating the stablecoin launch process. Under this architecture, PYUSD, issued by Paxos Trust, serves as the underlying reserve asset, while branded stablecoins are issued by MoonPay Digital Assets. The latter has recently obtained a trust license in New York, enabling it to act as a stablecoin issuer. Developers can launch customized stablecoins without the need to build their own underlying technology and operational systems.At the time of the product launch, the market is also concerned about its compliance with the regulatory framework of the U.S. GENIUS Act and the applicability of related tokens in different jurisdictions in the future.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched the U-based ROBO perpetual contract, with a leverage range of 1-20 times. The contract trading BOT will be opened simultaneously.

According to the official announcement, Coinbase plans to launch Robo Token (ROBO) perpetual futures trading (ROBO-PERP) on February 27, 2026, local time. The relevant market will officially open if market liquidity conditions are met.According to the announcement, retail traders can participate in perpetual contract trading through Coinbase Advanced in certain jurisdictions; institutional clients can trade directly through Coinbase International Exchange in eligible regions.

According to Coinglass data, the Coinbase Bitcoin premium index turned positive again yesterday after being in negative premium, currently reported at 0.0079%. The negative premium had persisted for 40 days, and buying sentiment in the U.S. market has begun to warm up.The Coinbase Bitcoin premium index is used to measure the difference between the Bitcoin price on Coinbase (a mainstream trading platform in the U.S.) and the global market average price. This index is an important indicator for observing the flow of funds in the U.S. market, institutional investment enthusiasm, and changes in market sentiment.A positive premium indicates that the Coinbase price is higher than the global average price, which usually means: strong buying in the U.S. market, active entry of institutional or compliant funds, ample dollar liquidity, and optimistic investment sentiment. A negative premium indicates that the Coinbase price is lower than the global average price, which typically reflects: significant selling pressure in the U.S. market, decreased risk appetite among investors, heightened market risk aversion, or capital outflow.

The Binance Futures platform will launch the ROBOUSDT perpetual contract on February 27, 2026, at 16:45, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times. The underlying asset of this contract is Fabric Protocol (ROBO), the settlement asset is USDT, and the trading hours are 24/7.

The Flow Protocol launched its first Agent-driven token auction early this morning, attracting over $100,000 in bidding funds in just 9 minutes, ultimately accepting a bid of approximately $79,732.The auction is built on the Uniswap CCA (Continuous Clearing Auction) framework, specifically designed for AI Agents, allowing only AI Agents to participate in bidding, price discovery, and token issuance. After the auction concludes, the raised funds are automatically paired with FLOWS and injected into the Uniswap V4 liquidity pool, using the auction "clearing price" as the starting price, making FLOW immediately tradable, and becoming the first "Agentic Capital Markets" model project on Base. This mechanism upgrades the traditional Launchpad to be AI-native, allowing humans to enable Agents to participate automatically by building "skills," achieving decentralized and anti-sniping price discovery.

According to Coinbase Markets, Robo Token (ROBO) spot trading is expected to launch on the Coinbase platform on February 27, with the ROBO-USD trading pair opening at 5 AM Pacific Time or later when liquidity conditions are met. Users in supported regions will be able to participate in trading.ROBO will be available on coinbase.com, the Coinbase App, and Coinbase Advanced, while institutions can access it directly through Coinbase Exchange. The official announcement also disclosed that ROBO is an ERC-20 token on the Ethereum network and reminded users not to transfer via other networks to avoid asset loss.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, BlackRock withdrew 4,309 BTC from Coinbase in the past hour, worth nearly $290 million, and further withdrawals may follow.

According to Finance Feeds, Binance's co-CEO Richard Teng revealed that the exchange submitted an application to Greek regulators last month to obtain an operating license under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).MiCA requires crypto companies to obtain a license to operate within the EU by July 2026. Teng stated that the MiCA license is standardized across Europe, so multiple factors such as workforce, talent pool, and security need to be considered, with Greece seen as a suitable base for expansion within the EU. The crypto market has been highly volatile over the past year, with Bitcoin dropping about 50% from its peak of $126,000 on October 12 last year. Teng noted that retail sentiment has weakened, but institutional participation remains stable, stating, "smart money, institutional funds, and long-term capital are still continuously invested."

According to The Block, crypto information disclosure company Bluprynt has completed a $4.25 million oversubscribed seed round financing, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Robinhood, and Valor Capital Group, as well as individual investors including Selah Ventures, Quona Capital, and Nubank co-founder Edward Wible.The company was founded by Georgetown University professor Christopher J. Brummer, aiming to provide simplified global compliance solutions for digital assets. Brummer likened the company's business to "tax software for the compliance space," helping banks, asset management firms, stablecoin issuers, and payment companies bring their core businesses on-chain within a regulated framework. Previous seed pre-round investors included former CFTC chairman Chris Giancarlo and entrepreneur Mark Cuban.

The Ethereum Layer 2 network Starknet, developed by StarkWare, announced the launch of a new type of asset based on Bitcoin, strkBTC, which supports balance shielding and private transfers while maintaining full composability in decentralized finance applications.It is reported that strkBTC allows Bitcoin holders to interact on Starknet DeFi while keeping transaction amounts and counterparties private. The system will deterministically issue strkBTC based on verifiable Bitcoin deposits, avoiding arbitrary control during the issuance process.

The BitRing team announced that it completed a multi-million dollar financing round at the end of February 2026 from JDI Global, CGV FOF, Catcher VC, co-founder Wu Ming, co-founder of Huobi Yuan Dawei, and Vechain founder Sunny Lu.The BitRing team invented the BRT protocol, which will utilize AI and blockchain technology to help billions of people develop a lifelong healthy habit of daily moderate exercise. Once users join the protocol, it will be difficult for them not to exercise every day. The team stated that the BRT protocol will accommodate major smart health device companies, and the BitRing hardware products they launched have sacrificed almost all profits just to acquire more users.The BitRing team also looks forward to teams like Oura and Whoop joining the BRT protocol to collectively promote daily exercise for more users.

According to Coinglass data, the Coinbase Bitcoin premium index turned positive yesterday, reaching 0.0159%, ending a continuous 40-day negative premium. Today, it has turned negative again, but has narrowed compared to before, currently at -0.0033%. The buying sentiment in the U.S. market is beginning to warm up.The Coinbase Bitcoin premium index is used to measure the difference between the Bitcoin price on Coinbase (a mainstream trading platform in the U.S.) and the global market average price. This index is an important indicator for observing the flow of funds in the U.S. market, the enthusiasm of institutional investors, and changes in market sentiment.A positive premium indicates that the Coinbase price is higher than the global average price, which usually means: strong buying in the U.S. market, active entry of institutional or compliant funds, ample dollar liquidity, and optimistic investment sentiment. A negative premium indicates that the Coinbase price is lower than the global average price, which typically reflects: significant selling pressure in the U.S. market, a decrease in investors' risk appetite, rising market risk aversion, or capital outflows.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), BlackRock deposited 1,134 BTC into Coinbase, worth approximately $74.18 million, and may deposit more.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost disclosed that the "Coinbase Premium Gap," which measures the price difference between Coinbase Advanced and Binance, has recently turned positive again, indicating initial signs of a recovery in professional capital demand in the U.S. market. Data shows that this is the third time this year that the indicator has returned to positive territory, with the current premium at approximately $10.18, which remains relatively mild overall.Analysts believe that a positive premium is typically seen as a signal of increased buying from U.S. institutions and professional investors. The report points out that the user base of Coinbase Advanced is more inclined towards professional and institutional participants, while Binance has a broader retail user base globally and holds a significant share of overall market liquidity. Therefore, changes in the price difference between the two are often used as an important indicator to observe the flow of U.S. capital.Since Bitcoin entered a more pronounced correction phase on February 4, this premium gap has been continuously repairing and recently turned positive again. However, analysts emphasize that this signal is still preliminary, reflecting a cautious market sentiment, and the possibility of turning negative again in the short term cannot be ruled out. Overall, the current price level is gradually becoming attractive to professional capital, but to confirm a trend reversal, further observation of the continued expansion of the premium and changes in capital behavior is still needed.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong warned on Tuesday that the Bank of England's proposed cap on stablecoin holdings could cause the UK to lose its status as a global financial center. He stated, "The UK's stablecoin rules are being finalized, but they may hinder the UK's global competitiveness in the digital economy. The current direction of the rules is counterproductive and will become a barrier to innovation."The Bank of England proposed last year to set the cap on individual stablecoin holdings at $26,350 (£20,000) and the cap for businesses at $12.7 million (£10 million), requiring 40% of reserves to be held in non-interest-bearing central bank accounts. UK lawmakers also warned that this plan would "hinder innovation, limit adoption, and push activity overseas."