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A U.S. federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the cryptocurrency lending firm BlockFills, temporarily freezing its disputed assets. Dominion Capital filed a lawsuit on February 27, accusing BlockFills of misappropriating and unlawfully retaining customer crypto assets worth millions of dollars, commingling customer assets, concealing significant losses, and refusing to return funds after suspending withdrawals on the BlockFills platform in February. The frozen amount is 70.6 BTC, and it has prevented BlockFills from transferring assets overseas.The cryptocurrency lending firm BlockFills has been struggling, reporting a loss of $75 million, and suspended user deposits and withdrawals on February 11. The company, headquartered in Chicago, serves approximately 2,000 institutional clients, with a trading volume reaching $60 billion by 2025, and is currently seeking a buyer.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will withdraw its lawsuit against cryptocurrency figure Justin Sun. The SEC sued Justin Sun in 2023, accusing him of selling unregistered securities through the Tron Foundation, BitTorrent Foundation Ltd., and Rainberry Inc., and artificially inflating Tronix trading volume by instructing employees to conduct over 600,000 wash trades between accounts under his control.Under the settlement agreement, the SEC will drop all charges against Justin Sun, and Rainberry has agreed to pay a $10 million civil penalty without admitting or denying the related allegations, pending judicial approval of the settlement. Justin Sun expressed that he is "very pleased" with the SEC's decision to drop the lawsuit on the X platform. Since Trump returned to the White House, the SEC has withdrawn or suspended at least a dozen cases against cryptocurrency companies, including previous lawsuits against Coinbase and Binance.

According to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Rain (RAIN) will unlock approximately 3,705,543 tokens on March 12 at 11:00 AM Beijing time, worth about 341 million USD.

According to market news, Russia is considering suspending peace talks unless Ukraine relinquishes some territory.

According to GlobeNewswire, the social-native prediction market platform Kash announced the completion of a $2 million Pre-Seed funding round, with participation from Big Brain Holdings, Spartan Group, Coinbase Ventures, Kosmos Ventures, Halo Capital, MoonRock Capital, Polaris Fund, and Fabric VC.The new funding will support its development of financial tools embedded in social media platforms like X, enabling users to make prediction trades directly from their feeds and create prediction events. A simulated testnet has already been launched on the X platform.

According to FinanceFeeds, Siddarth Bharwani, Joint Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Indian IT vocational training company Jetking Infotrain, stated on February 22 at the "Corporate Bitcoin" event in Las Vegas that the company will firmly advance its Bitcoin-based strategy.Jetking launched its Bitcoin reserve plan at the end of 2024, becoming the first listed company in India to list Bitcoin as a primary reserve asset. It currently holds 21 Bitcoins, valued at approximately $1.4 million, accounting for more than a quarter of the company's total market capitalization. Bharwani stated that this move aims to hedge against the long-term depreciation risk of the Indian Rupee, using Michael Saylor and Strategy as a strategic blueprint. The company's goal is to accumulate 210 Bitcoins by the end of 2026 and expand its holdings to 18,000 Bitcoins by 2030.On the regulatory front, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) recently rejected Jetking's proposal to issue new shares for cryptocurrency investment purposes, citing a lack of a clear framework. However, Bharwani stated that the company is actively responding and views the current resistance as a "regulatory arbitrage opportunity" for early entrants.In addition to balance sheet management, Jetking is also incorporating Bitcoin and blockchain education into its vocational training programs. With over 100 training centers, the company trains 35,000 students annually, aiming to create a "Bitcoin learning ecosystem."Bharwani noted that as the ruling party in India begins discussions on a potential national Bitcoin strategic reserve, Jetking's exploratory practices are expected to provide a reference for the entire Asia-Pacific region.

According to official news, OKX's "Welcoming the God of Wealth" special Spring Festival live broadcast has now started. During the live broadcast, the "Collect Five Blessings" activity will be held, and the 1 BTC hash lucky draw prize will be announced.In addition, the live broadcast will distribute a red envelope rain from 14:00 to 21:00 (UTC+8) on February 21, 2026. There will be a total of 6 sessions of red envelope rain, each starting on the hour and lasting for 45 seconds. Users can enter the activity page through the red envelope rain pop-up after entering the OKX App, and can click the screen to receive OKB red envelopes when the envelopes drop. Each session of red envelope rain has a limit on the number of participants, and it is first come, first served. To participate in the activity, users need to update the OKX App to version 6.100.0 or above.

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.

According to Jinshi, Fed's Daly stated that artificial intelligence is a mechanism to help us cope with inflation, but at the same time, it is also a restrictive policy.

According to market news, Arkham's 2026 Ethereum holdings analysis report indicates that the address holding the most ETH is the Ethereum 2 deposit contract, which has deposited over 76.3 million ETH (worth approximately $24 billion), accounting for over 60% of the total ETH supply. The exchange Binance ranks second with 4.1 million ETH (about $1.3 billion) held on behalf of clients, while ETF issuer BlackRock holds 3.4 million ETH (approximately $1.1 billion). The on-chain confirmed holdings of Ethereum treasury company Bitmine amount to 2.9 million ETH (around $900 million), with total holdings reportedly exceeding 4.1 million ETH.In terms of individual holders, Ethereum presale investor Rain Lohmus leads with 250,000 ETH (approximately $786 million), although the private key to that wallet has been lost. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin holds 240,000 ETH (about $754 million), making him the second-largest individual holder of ETH and the largest among currently accessible addresses.The U.S. government holds approximately 60,000 ETH, mainly from the asset seizures related to the Brian Krewson, Potapenko/Turogin, and Bitfinex hacking cases. The report notes that exchange addresses constitute the majority of the top 20 ETH holdings.

According to Jinshi reports, Fed's Logan stated that the current policy stance may be very close to neutral levels, with limited dampening effects on the economy.

According to official news, Gate will launch the "Gate 2026 Spring Festival Celebration" from February 9, 20:00 to March 1, 20:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users can participate in a million red envelope rain and horse racing guessing carnival activities to win GT red envelopes and USDT rewards, sharing the New Year's good fortune.This event includes two major activities:Million Red Envelope Rain Activity: During the event, from 12:00 to 15:00 and 16:00 to 19:00 (UTC+8) each day, users can enter the event page and input the red envelope password announced by the official to participate in grabbing red envelopes, sharing a total of 1,000 GT red envelopes; an additional 200 GT luck red envelopes will be given out at 0:00 on February 17 (New Year's Eve). New users who register through exclusive links from partners or agents can also unlock co-branded new user red envelope benefits.Spring Racing Grand Prix: Users can sign up and complete designated tasks to receive racing tickets, which can be used to guess the racing results of six cryptocurrency pairs: BTC, ETH, GT, XAU, SOL, and DOGE. During the event, a round of horse racing will be held every 2 days, with a single round unlocking a maximum prize pool of 10,000 USDT, and the total prize pool for the event reaching up to 100,000 USDT. The racing results will be determined by a combination of random mechanisms and market performance, and users can share the corresponding prize pool based on the number of racing tickets they invest, according to the ranking of the winning horses.In addition, the event also sets up the "Immediate Success Leaderboard," where the top 50 users can additionally share 5,000 USDT and have the chance to receive Gate Spring Festival gift cards and 100g gold rewards.

According to the official announcement, Binance Alpha will launch Rainbow (RNBW) on February 6. Eligible users can go to the Alpha event page to claim the airdrop using Binance Alpha points after the Alpha trading opens. Further details will be announced separately.

According to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Rain (RAIN) will unlock approximately 3,705,543 tokens at 11:00 AM Beijing time on February 12, worth about 346 million USD.

Step Finance issued a statement regarding a hacking incident on platform X, disclosing that approximately $40 million was stolen from its treasury due to the compromise of an executive's device. After detecting the security vulnerability, they collaborated with cybersecurity researchers and relevant authorities to initiate an investigation into the attack and notified law enforcement. During this period, some operational activities were temporarily halted, and approximately $3.7 million in Remora assets and $1 million in other positions have been recovered.As the largest liquidity provider for Remora Markets, LP activities will resume once the system is fully secure. Remora Markets is not related to this incident, and all rTokens are still backed 1:1 by custodial collateral. At this stage, it is advised that anyone refrain from using STEP tokens until the investigation is complete. A system snapshot will be taken prior to the exploitation to ensure the safety of STEP token holders, and any updates will be released immediately once there is progress.

The crypto wallet Rainbow has released the subscription details for the RNBW token launch on Uniswap via the CCA mechanism. The pre-subscription will open on February 2 at 23:00 Beijing time and will last until February 3 at 23:00, simultaneously starting the CAA mechanism auction, which will end on February 5 at 23:00.A single clearing price is set for each block. When the clearing price ≤ the user's highest bid, the order is executed. The starting price is $0.1 per token, with a fully diluted market cap of $100 million and an implied market cap of approximately $19 million. The total sale volume under the CCA mechanism is 5 million tokens (accounting for 0.5% of the supply), with payment made in USDC.After the event ends, CCA participants can claim RNBW tokens from Uniswap, and RNBW airdrop rewards can be claimed via the mobile application. Non-U.S. CoinList participants will receive tokens directly, and the tokens will subsequently be available for trading on Base and centralized exchanges.

A Nevada court in the United States issued a temporary restraining order against Polymarket, prohibiting the entity behind Polymarket, Blockratize, from offering event-based contracts in the state for a period of two weeks. The court found that Polymarket's activities might violate Nevada's gaming laws and are not protected by federal derivatives regulations.