🏦 White House pressures banks to agree to stablecoin rewards and advance the crypto market structure bill. #stablecoin
🕵️ Vitalik Buterin tweeted that FOCIL and EIP-8141 (based on 7701) work together to enable fast, censorship-resistant inclusion of smart wallet, gas-sponsored, and privacy transactions.
EIP-8141 gives these accounts native on-chain status, while FOCIL randomly selects 17 actors per slot to include transactions, ensuring 1–2 slot inclusion even under adversarial conditions. Each FOCIL is 8 kB, can be expanded, and, unlike MCP, does not control the MEV “last look,” which remains via ePBS, significantly reducing proposer centralization. link
EIP-8141 gives these accounts native on-chain status, while FOCIL randomly selects 17 actors per slot to include transactions, ensuring 1–2 slot inclusion even under adversarial conditions. Each FOCIL is 8 kB, can be expanded, and, unlike MCP, does not control the MEV “last look,” which remains via ePBS, significantly reducing proposer centralization. link
📊 Polymarket announces acquisition of Dome, terms undisclosed.
Dome, part of Y Combinator’s Fall 2025 cohort, provides a unified API for prediction markets, enabling developers to build apps, bots, dashboards, or trading tools across platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi.
Dome previously raised $500k from YC and a $4.7 million seed round. This marks Polymarket’s second official acquisition following QCEX. link
Dome, part of Y Combinator’s Fall 2025 cohort, provides a unified API for prediction markets, enabling developers to build apps, bots, dashboards, or trading tools across platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi.
Dome previously raised $500k from YC and a $4.7 million seed round. This marks Polymarket’s second official acquisition following QCEX. link
📊 Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich publicly responded to anonymous allegations, stating that rising volatility over the past six months led the company to shift more capital into yield strategies. This included profiting from selling put options and spreads, with part of the capital used for long-term Bitcoin purchases, all disclosed in a timely manner.
Four Bitcoin purchases in September were fully disclosed, following a systematic accumulation strategy rather than market timing. The option trades aimed to reduce Bitcoin acquisition costs, not to bet on price increases. link
Four Bitcoin purchases in September were fully disclosed, following a systematic accumulation strategy rather than market timing. The option trades aimed to reduce Bitcoin acquisition costs, not to bet on price increases. link
🏦 At the recent meeting, White House representatives called on bankers to allow limited rewards in $STABLECOINS that would not threaten their deposit business. #stablecoin link
🐳 As the market is stable, three whales holding $ETH short positions are realizing significant profits exceeding $8M.
- Whale "0xed4" is holding $ETH (25x) short with a floating profit of $8.8M.
- Whale "0x0b0" is holding $ETH (20x) short with a floating profit of $8.4M.
- Whale "0x20c" is holding $ETH (25x) short with a floating profit of $8.4M.
In contrast, whale "0x960" is holding $ETH (25x) long with a floating loss of $8.38M and also holds $SOL (4x) long with a loss of $2.4M. link link link
- Whale "0xed4" is holding $ETH (25x) short with a floating profit of $8.8M.
- Whale "0x0b0" is holding $ETH (20x) short with a floating profit of $8.4M.
- Whale "0x20c" is holding $ETH (25x) short with a floating profit of $8.4M.
In contrast, whale "0x960" is holding $ETH (25x) long with a floating loss of $8.38M and also holds $SOL (4x) long with a loss of $2.4M. link link link
⚠️ Vitalik Buterin criticized the widening human-AI feedback gap in response to Sigil’s Web4.0, stating it leads to low-quality output and potential irreversible risks. He emphasized that Ethereum's goal is to empower humans rather than create independent AI that could worsen human conditions. Current models from OpenAI and Anthropic are not genuinely autonomous and reinforce centralized trust, which contradicts Ethereum’s ethos. As AI continues to grow exponentially, the focus should be on guiding its direction rather than accelerating its development. #ai link
🇰🇷📊 According to an official announcement, South Korea’s largest crypto exchange Upbit will launch AZTEC trading pairs against KRW, #BTC, and $USDT. Aztec is an Ethereum-based privacy-focused Layer 2 solution. link
📊 #BTC CEO Metaplanet responded to accusations of not disclosing information about transactions. He stated that over the past 6 months, the increase in volatility led the company to allocate more capital to yield strategies, generating profits from selling put options and spreads. A portion of these profits was used for long-term #BTC purchases, all of which was disclosed in a timely manner. link
🇺🇸👀 According to The Wall Street Journal, pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao returned to the U.S. for the first time since his 2024 release, attending a crypto summit hosted by Trump family–backed World Liberty Financial at Mar-a-Lago in February 2026. Zhao interacted with Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., later posting on X that he “learned a lot.” Attendees included Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, NYSE President Lynn Martin, Kevin O’Leary, Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong, Senator Bernie Moreno, and Nicki Minaj. link
🗽 On Feb. 19 (ET), spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $166 million, marking the third consecutive day of net outflows.
Spot Ethereum ETFs saw total net outflows of $130 million, with BlackRock’s ETHA leading at $96.80 million in net outflows. link
Spot Ethereum ETFs saw total net outflows of $130 million, with BlackRock’s ETHA leading at $96.80 million in net outflows. link
🗽 #RWA SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and Hester Peirce, leader of the agency's cryptocurrency working group, expressed support for efforts to clarify how "tokenized securities interact with existing regulations." #regulation link