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F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun posted on platform X in response to the recent fluctuations in the cryptocurrency market, stating that Ethereum once dropped to $1386 in 2025, but just four months later rebounded to $4956. He emphasized that the market is cyclical, and investors should not be swayed by short-term panic.

According to ForkLog, several Russian media outlets cited information from the country's Federal Security Service stating that Telegram founder Pavel Durov is under criminal investigation for allegedly assisting terrorist activities, in accordance with Article 205.1, Clause 1.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (assisting terrorist activities).The investigation involves the dissemination of illegal content, with accusations that the platform's administrators ignored requests from the Russian communications regulator to delete banned channels and chats, and that Telegram has been used for criminal activities and for publishing materials from extremist and terrorist organizations.The Russian communications regulator began restricting the service in the summer of 2025 due to an increase in fraudulent activities, and in February 2026, it intensified "traffic limiting" measures on the grounds that the platform was not complying with Russian laws. Durov responded at the time by stating that "Telegram defends freedom of speech and privacy."

EMJ Capital founder Eric Jackson stated that despite the ongoing withdrawal of institutional funds, Bitcoin is undergoing a "purification." Short-term speculators are gradually being eliminated, replaced by long-term capital such as sovereign wealth funds, corporate treasuries, and pensions that hold for decades.Jackson believes that Bitcoin has become a "high beta position" correlated with tech stocks, and the current selling pressure mainly comes from the exit of ETF allocators. However, this is not the end of the Bitcoin narrative, but rather a restructuring of the holding structure. He expects that as the supply of stablecoins rebounds and the selling pressure from IGV ends, Bitcoin is likely to regain upward momentum.

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun responded on platform X to the recent fluctuations in the cryptocurrency market, stating that Ethereum once dropped to $1,386 in April 2025, but just four months later rebounded to $4,956. He emphasized that the market is cyclical, and investors should not be swayed by short-term panic.In addition, Wang Chun pointed out that the Proof of Work (PoW) mechanism is Bitcoin's "constitution," and the mining mechanism and miners' core role in Bitcoin network governance should be respected. Without the support of miners, Segregated Witness (SegWit) would be difficult to activate, and the Lightning Network would also be hard to realize. Miners are an important force in maintaining the security and stability of the Bitcoin network and have played a key role in several controversial events, including the power struggle surrounding Bitmain, Roger Ver's stance on forks, the identity controversy sparked by Craig Wright, and the BIP-110 proposal, which some in the community viewed as a farce.

The founder of OpenClaw, Peter Steinberger, responded on social media regarding "a user being banned after mentioning Bitcoin in OpenClaw's Discord," stating, "We have strict server rules, and users agree to comply with them upon entering the server. One of these rules is a complete ban on mentioning cryptocurrencies."Afterward, Peter Steinberger inquired about the user's account name, indicating that he would manually re-add them to OpenClaw's Discord group.

According to CoinDesk, real estate billionaire and founder of Starwood Capital Group Barry Sternlicht stated that the company is prepared to tokenize real-world assets (RWA) such as real estate on the blockchain, but is currently unable to advance related plans due to regulatory restrictions in the United States. Starwood manages assets totaling over $125 billion.Sternlicht pointed out at the World Liberty Forum that asset tokenization could create new financing methods for less liquid assets like real estate and allow investors to participate in investments more conveniently. He described this technology as a "future trend" and believes its development stage is even ahead of artificial intelligence.Industry reports indicate that Deloitte expects the global tokenized real estate market could reach $4 trillion by 2035, a significant increase from less than $300 billion in 2024, implying a compound annual growth rate of about 27%. Sternlicht called for further clarification of the regulatory environment to unlock the potential for assets to be placed on-chain.

Whale Alert founder Frank S posted, "The potential profit level of BTC has fallen back to the end of 2023 (with all holders totaling about $300 billion).If history repeats itself, the next few months may be challenging, as data shows that the 'sustained uninterrupted profit period' typically lasts about 3 years, and this round has also lasted exactly 3 years."

According to Jinshi News, Mark Spitznagel, founder and chief investment officer of the "Black Swan Fund" Universa Investments, stated that the upward trend of the U.S. stock market is far from over—at least for now.In a recent letter to investors, Spitznagel wrote that in the coming year, the market will continue to be in the "Goldilocks zone—where inflation and interest rates are declining, the economy is slowing but not excessively, and market sentiment turns euphoric—the stock market will continue to rise and end with a surge." However, he added that "the largest bubble in human history" has now entered its final stage.Spitznagel's hedge fund has been around for nearly two decades, focusing on tail risk hedging, which protects investors' portfolios from the impact of the next major crash. He stated that as long as the economy remains resilient, the stock market will continue to rise—a view he has maintained since the end of 2022. In an interview, he mentioned that market euphoria could drive the S&P 500 index to 8,000 points or even higher—followed by a sharp reversal.What is concerning is that if the Federal Reserve maintains the current interest rate levels for an extended period, companies will begin to struggle to raise funds. Spitznagel noted that although the economy appears resilient, there is a lag effect in monetary policy, and the Federal Reserve's excessive focus on lagging indicators like inflation has already fallen behind the situation."The Federal Reserve is currently holding steady, and as the economy gradually worsens, the market will expect more easing policies to be introduced," he said. In this context, the stock market will rise on expectations of more rate cuts, only to quickly decline during an economic slowdown. "At some point, the Federal Reserve will be powerless to turn things around, just like what happened in 2007 and 2008."

According to Crowdfund Insider, Joseph Lubin, founder and CEO of Consensys and co-founder of Ethereum, recently shared his views on the current state and future trajectory of the cryptocurrency market during an interview in Hong Kong. Lubin expressed a cautiously optimistic outlook. He emphasized that the digital asset economy is continuously evolving, driven by functional utility rather than pure speculative forces.When discussing Bitcoin, Lubin believes it should not be viewed as a traditional safe-haven asset at this stage. He described the broader crypto landscape as still resembling a "startup ecosystem," suggesting that positioning Bitcoin as a secure store of value amidst current developmental challenges may be premature. In contrast, he highlighted that Ethereum's native cryptocurrency, ETH, has a stronger functional demand.Lubin believes that the practicality of ETH in driving decentralized applications, smart contracts, and broader ecosystem activities gives it an advantage in real-world adoption compared to Bitcoin's main narrative. He emphasized Ethereum's enduring importance in the evolving financial infrastructure.He pointed out that institutional participation is deepening, with major banks, trading platforms, and financial networks increasingly building on Ethereum-based technologies and layer two scaling solutions. He stated that this momentum at the institutional level indicates that even amid market fluctuations, Ethereum is transitioning towards becoming the next-generation financial foundation.Overall, Lubin's remarks reflect confidence in Ethereum's long-term potential under short-term market pressures. He portrayed the ecosystem as resilient and innovative, with tools like Ethereum and MetaMask poised to drive meaningful progress in the digital economy.

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun posted on platform X, stating that quantum computing is more like a technological bubble compared to AI. The current industry is filled with hype but has almost no actual delivery results. AI is continuously improving the real world, while quantum computing is expected to remain unable to achieve practical applications by 2026, and it is anticipated to struggle to generate substantial industrial value in the coming decades. His trading view is to short quantum computing while maintaining a long position in Bitcoin.He also specifically named several quantum computing concept stocks that he is bearish on, including: Rigetti Computing ($RGTI), D-Wave Quantum ($QBTS), Quantum Computing Inc. ($QUBT), and IonQ ($IONQ). Wang Chun added that the current products and commercialization capabilities of these companies are insufficient, and market valuations are largely based on long-term technological expectations.

According to OnchainLens monitoring, Astaria founder Justin Bram deposited 14.19 million WLD into Binance 2 hours ago, worth approximately 5.72 million USD.

According to Cointelegraph, Aave founder Stani Kulechov stated that by 2050, DeFi could benefit from tokenizing $50 trillion worth of "abundant assets" (such as solar energy), thereby opening up a new category of on-chain collateral.Data from RWA.xyz shows that nearly $25 billion of real-world assets have already been tokenized on-chain, but they primarily exist in the form of U.S. Treasury bonds, stocks, commodities, private credit, and real estate.Kulechov expects these scarce assets to continue to grow, but "the greatest impact of tokenization can be achieved through the tokenization of abundant assets." By 2050, solar energy alone could account for $15-30 trillion.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on the X platform: "Peter Steinberger (founder of OpenClaw) will join OpenAI to drive the development of the next generation of personal agents. He is a genius with many amazing ideas about how future agents will collaborate and provide practical services to people. We expect this to soon become a core part of our products. OpenClaw will exist as an open-source project within the foundation, and OpenAI will continue to support it. The future will be an era of highly multi-agent systems, and supporting open-source projects is a crucial part of achieving this goal."

OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot) founder Peter Steinberger revealed that he has received acquisition offers from Meta and OpenAI, but insists that he will only consider a deal if the project remains open source.This self-modifying AI assistant quickly gained 180,000 stars on GitHub, becoming an important open-source AI agent platform. Despite the project losing $10,000 to $20,000 per month and nearly being abandoned due to trademark issues and attacks from cryptocurrency scammers, Steinberger remains committed to his open-source philosophy. He predicts that OpenClaw-style AI agents will replace 80% of existing applications and has discussed potential collaboration with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun posted on social media, "Smart money is now buying Bitcoin."

The founder of Openclaw, Peter Steinberger, recently confirmed in an interview with Lex Fridman that Openclaw has received acquisition offers from multiple companies. Regarding potential funding in the hundreds of millions or even billions, Steinberger stated, "I am not interested at all. I have been a CEO once, and that path would consume all my time and lead to conflicts of interest, such as prioritizing the enterprise version or modifying the open-source license, which would harm the community. What I want is completely free and open-source without any conditions. Moreover, relying on donations is simply not sustainable; even popular projects like Tailwind are laying off staff."Additionally, Steinberger mentioned that Openclaw is currently losing money. Monthly revenue is between $10,000 and $20,000, but it subsidizes personal maintenance of dependency projects. Companies like OpenAI provide some support, but it is still not sustainable. Regarding the option to collaborate with large labs, Steinberger stated that the core condition is that the project must remain open-source, similar to Chrome and Chromium. "This matter is too important to be left entirely to one company. Moreover, the community atmosphere of ClawCon is particularly precious; it embodies the enthusiasm that was present in the early days of the internet. I want to spread it to more people; this year is the year of personal agents, and collaborating with labs is the fastest way. I have never worked at a large company, and I want to experience that."

According to the official announcement, on February 12, Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han was invited to attend the main stage of the Consensus HK event, where he delivered a keynote speech on "Rebuilding Finance for Intelligent Web3." Dr. Han stated that Gate has gradually evolved from an early cryptocurrency trading platform into a comprehensive Web3 platform that integrates CEX, DEX, and AI capabilities. The platform currently has over 49 million global users, and in terms of products, centralized trading covers spot, contracts, options, and TradFi assets, while the decentralized direction includes the construction of infrastructure such as Gate Layer, Perp DEX, Gate Fun, Meme Go, and Gate DEX.When discussing industry development trends, Dr. Han pointed out that as the ecosystem expands, the barriers for users to understand information and complete transactions continue to increase. Therefore, Dr. Han proposed the development direction of "Intelligent Web3," and Gate has officially launched GateAI, which is deeply integrated into the Gate App to help users optimize their trading and asset management experience. Gate is exploring a more efficient and scalable Web3 financial infrastructure path through the synergy of AI capabilities and a diverse product system.

Gate held a special institutional event themed "Gate Institutional Circle: CrossEx · Next-Gen Cross-Exchange Trading Infrastructure" at the Rosewood Hong Kong, inviting nearly a hundred guests to participate. Gate's founder and CEO Dr. Han delivered a keynote speech on-site, sharing his insights on the trends in the evolution of crypto payments and on-chain financial systems.Dr. Han pointed out that the expansion of stablecoin payments, crypto cards, and RWA essentially drives the reconstruction of settlement logic, asset forms, and transaction time boundaries. However, issues such as fragmented multi-chain liquidity, insufficient cross-system collaboration, and limitations in fiat channels and foreign exchange efficiency still constrain the scaling and globalization of on-chain finance.He stated that the next phase of competition will no longer be just about single product capabilities, but rather about the comprehensive construction of liquidity integration, compliance frameworks, and multi-asset collaborative systems. Focusing on the integration of payment networks and the TradFi product matrix, Gate is exploring the creation of an integrated infrastructure that supports 24/7 trading, cross-asset allocation, and global settlement, in response to the new cycle of deep integration between crypto and traditional finance.