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OpenMind and Circle have officially announced a strategic partnership to jointly launch the world's first payment infrastructure specifically designed for autonomous intelligent agents and real-world embodied AI. By deeply integrating Circle's USDC stablecoin with OpenMind's x402 protocol module, this collaboration enables robots and AI entities to achieve direct and autonomous payments for energy, services, and data in the physical world.Based on the collaboration between OpenMind and Circle, the FABRIC Foundation will accelerate the implementation and large-scale deployment from two main directions: Robot Birthplace and Acceleration of Adoption.The payment infrastructure provided by OpenMind + Circle offers machines an "economic brain," while the FABRIC Foundation is responsible for the entire closed-loop chain of "birth, production, operation, and evolution." The synergy among these three will jointly give rise to a true machine economy era—where robots are no longer mere tools, but independent economic entities with autonomous perception, decision-making, action, and payment capabilities. In the coming months, more real-world deployment cases (such as automatic charging stations) are worth continuous attention.

OKX will delist the following perpetual contracts on February 27, 2026, at 16:00: CATUSDT, MOGUSDT, XANUSDT, FUNUSDT, ACEUSDT, and PROMPTUSDT.When the contracts are delisted, trading of the contracts will cease, all user orders will be canceled, and the arithmetic average of the OKX index one hour before delisting will be used as the settlement price. Users are advised to pay attention to risk control.

Web3 asset data platform RootData published a daily transparency alert on X, raising concerns about the financing information of projects such as PrimeXBT, Coincall, PowerTrade, Foxbit, and BTC Markets, and calling on project teams to submit/update information on RootData to improve their transparency scores. In addition, RootData stated that it will continue to monitor and expose "black box" projects that lack core information.It is reported that the RootData transparency score is used to measure the integrity and timeliness of a project, aiming to reflect the project's information disclosure situation. The transparency score is divided into 5 levels from A to F, with lower scores indicating less complete information disclosure and higher risks of wrongdoing, requiring investors to exercise heightened caution.

According to Coinglass data, the cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index is currently at 9, up 3 points from yesterday. The average over the past 7 days is 8, and the average over the past 30 days is 12.

According to Caixin, on February 16 and 17, 2026, the High Court of England held a two-day hearing on the asset disposal of the money laundering case involving Qian Zhimin and 60,000 bitcoins. Over 11,300 Chinese victims are expected to submit compensation claims to the High Court of England, which only accounts for 8.8% of the 128,409 victims. The deadline for claims in the UK will be May 22.According to Section 281 of the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) in the UK, if someone claims that the assets frozen or proposed to be confiscated by the government originally belonged to them, they can submit a compensation claim to the High Court of England. On October 22, 2024, the UK allowed victims of Blue Sky Greys to actively pursue compensation, providing evidence to the High Court of England to prove that they are victims of the Blue Sky Greys case and have a relationship with the assets involved.

The head of the Civil Division II of the Supreme People's Court, Wang Chuang, stated during a press conference on "The Situation of People's Courts in Civil and Commercial Trials Supporting High-Quality Economic and Social Development" in response to a question, "In the future, we will focus on advancing the formulation of judicial interpretations for civil compensation related to insider trading and market manipulation in the securities market, conduct in-depth research on judicial responses to new financial cases such as private equity funds and virtual currencies, and improve the financial judicial protection system."

According to reports from the WeChat public account "Singapore All-in-One," a Chinese suspect involved in fraud through a cryptocurrency platform was recently arrested in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. The suspect, nicknamed "Duan Zong," is related to the BHE Exchange cryptocurrency fraud case.BHE Exchange had issued a token called DDO, promising investors an annual return of 6% and a 20-fold increase within ten years, attracting around 20,000 investors. The platform suddenly shut down, and investors were unable to withdraw their funds, resulting in a loss of approximately $128 million (about 900 million RMB). The suspect fled China in 2024 and settled in Thailand, frequently changing residences to evade capture. Currently, the Thai authorities have revoked his residence permit and will deport him back to China for further investigation and prosecution.

According to market news, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance has recently implemented stricter risk controls for Venezuelan users using bank card payment channels.Official reports indicate that users purchasing cryptocurrencies with bank cards issued by Venezuelan banking institutions and virtual dollar cards issued in Panama (such as Zinli or Wally) are facing high rejection rates and operational restrictions. The main issues encountered by users include failure to receive verification codes, additional restrictions on virtual cards, and the complete disappearance of certain account payment options. This situation has led to a significant increase in customer service requests at Binance.Analysts point out that these restrictions are related to the current currency arbitrage phenomenon in Venezuela. Users purchase dollars at the official exchange rate and transfer them to international debit cards, then buy USDT on Binance, and subsequently sell it at a higher exchange rate through the peer-to-peer (P2P) market for profit.

Cryptocurrency investor Anthony Pompliano's publicly listed Bitcoin treasury company ProCap Financial is repurchasing its own stock BRR to address the significant discount of its stock price to net asset value (NAV).Recently, ProCap repurchased 148,241 shares of BRR, valued at approximately $359,000. The company's current net asset value is about $305 million, while its market capitalization is less than $202 million, with mNAV (market cap/net asset) below 1. Pompliano stated that the company "bought shares worth $1 at about $0.65 last week," and will continue to actively repurchase as long as the market price is significantly below NAV.Data shows that ProCap holds 5,007 BTC, valued at approximately $325 million at current prices. The company initiated its buyback in December 2025 and has repurchased about 2% of its outstanding shares. Pompliano also previously invested $1 million of his personal funds to buy shares and stated that he would only receive equity incentives when the stock price reaches $15.In the secondary market, BRR closed at $2.42 on Monday, down about 76% over the past six months and down 85% from last year's peak. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has dropped about 4% in the last 24 hours, trading at around $64,888, nearly a 49% decline from last October's high of over $126,000.

UBS reiterates its positive stance on gold, expecting the international spot gold target price to reach $6,200 per ounce in the coming months. Analysts believe that geopolitical risks will remain high amid tensions between the U.S. and Iran, while the Federal Reserve's easing cycle is expected to continue, putting pressure on real interest rates.Analysts point out that global gold demand will exceed 5,000 tons by 2025. UBS expects that with stronger investment flows and continued purchases by central banks, gold prices will rise further. On the supply side, growth appears to be constrained.While high gold prices may incentivize exploration activities, consulting firm Wood Mackenzie estimates that by 2028, about 80 mines will exhaust their current production plans, indicating limited supply elasticity in the short term.

Eric Trump, the second son of Trump and co-founder of World Liberty Financial, deleted his earlier retweet about "more USD1 trading pairs will be listed on Binance." As a result of this action, WLFI briefly dropped over 8%, and the stablecoin USD1 temporarily de-pegged to 0.9802 USDT.

According to Businesswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin financial company ProCap Financial announced that it has repurchased 148,241 shares of common stock in the open market. In addition, the company disclosed that its current Bitcoin holdings have reached 5,007 coins, valued at approximately $335 million, while also holding $75 million in cash and convertible bonds worth about $100 million.

According to on-chain data monitored by MLM, Continue Capital has deposited 812,000 HYPE, worth $22.2 million, to Bybit 10 minutes ago.

According to The Block, Australian police have charged a 42-year-old man with operating a cryptocurrency investment scam that defrauded over 190 elderly and vulnerable individuals of a total of 5 million AUD (approximately 35 million USD). The man has been granted conditional bail and is set to appear in Burwood Local Court on March 17.According to a police statement, the cybercrime unit Strike Force Resaca executed search warrants in Strathfield and Cammeray on Friday morning, seizing electronic devices and documents related to the case. At the Strathfield residence, police arrested the 42-year-old suspect and charged him with "dealing with the proceeds of crime," involving money laundering through an online platform. A second man, aged 36, was arrested in Cammeray and has been released pending further investigation.The investigation revealed that since November 2025, victims were contacted via social media by individuals claiming to be investment advisors, who guided them to deposit funds into a digital currency trading platform called "NEXOpayment." Victims believed they were purchasing cryptocurrencies, stocks, or other legitimate investment products, but the funds were actually transferred multiple times into different crypto wallets and exchanges, displaying a typical money laundering pattern.

According to The Block, Based, a Web3 trading and payment application built on Hyperliquid infrastructure, announced the completion of a $11.5 million Series A funding round, led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Wintermute Ventures, and Karatage.Based stated that it has over 100,000 registered users, 30,000 monthly active users, a total trading volume of approximately $40 billion, and total revenue of nearly $14 million. The company plans to expand its AI-driven "agentic commerce" business and extend into the North American market. It is reported that this funding round began in the fourth quarter of 2025 and concluded last week, with the funding structure consisting of equity investment and token warrants.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated that "the weak employment growth in 2025 cannot be ignored," but economic activity is indeed stronger than expected.