JUST IN: CRYPTO VC DRAGONFLY RAISES $650M FOR FOURTH FUND

JUST IN: Michael Saylor's 'Strategy' buys 2,486 Bitcoin worth $169 million.

JUST IN: ZORA LAUNCHES “ATTENTION MARKETS” ON SOLANA

Zora, closely tied to Base, is launching its new attention market platform on Solana.

Users will be able to go long or short on social media trends, effectively betting on which topics go viral.

BREAKING: President Trump announces that US-Japan trade deal has officially launched, which includes:

1. $550 billion investment by Japan in the US
2. Funding an LNG facility in Texas
3. Funding a gas power plant in Ohio
4. Funding a critical minerals plant in Georgia

JUST IN: Peter Thiel and founders fund exit Ethereum treasury firm, per report.

JUST IN: HYPERLIQUID LAUNCHES LOBBYING GROUP "HYPERLIQUID POLICY CENTER" LED BY JAKE CHERVINSKY, HYPERLIQUID FOUNDATION TO SEED IT WITH $28M OF $HYPE

JUST IN: Cathie Wood's Ark Invest buys $6.9 million in Coinbase shares, reversing recent sales amid stock rebounds

JUST IN: OpenAI launches benchmarking system to help secure crypto tokens and smart contracts.

CME TO LAUNCH 24/7 CRYPTO TRADING MAY 29

CME Group will begin 24/7 trading of its regulated cryptocurrency futures and options on May 29, pending regulatory approval.

Trading will run continuously on CME Globex, with a brief weekly maintenance window. The move comes amid record demand for digital asset risk management, the company said.

CME reported $3 trillion in 2025 crypto notional volume. Year-to-date 2026 average daily volume is up 46% to 407,200 contracts, with futures ADV rising 47% year over year.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 US trade deficit with China falls to lowest level in over 20 years.

JUST IN: Binance's stablecoin reserves surpass $45 billion, now holding 65% of all stablecoins on centralized exchanges.

Today in Bitcoin:19/02/2026

✅ 🇺🇸 UAE has so far mined $453.6M Bitcoin through their partners Citadel, per Arkham
✅ 🇺🇸 Michael Saylor on Bitcoin - “Never Been More ₿ullish”
✅ 🇺🇸 CME Group to launch 24/7 crypto futures and options trading on May 29

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JUST IN: Bitcoin mining difficulty spiked 15%, the largest increase since 2021

BREAKING:🇺🇸GDP & PCE MACRO DATA

Q4 GDP: 1.4%
2.5% (exp) | 4.4% (prev)

Headline PCE YoY: 2.9%
2.8% (exp) | 2.8% (prev)

Core PCE YoY: 3%
3.0% (exp) | 2.8% (prev)

JUST IN: Michael Saylor says Bitcoin is either going to zero or $1 million.

JUST IN: TRUMP SAYS HE IS CONSIDERING LIMITED STRIKE ON IRAN

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Supreme Court strikes down President Trump's tariffs.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Supreme Court rules President Trump exceeded powers by imposing tariffs without Congress approval.