Sen. Richard Blumenthal pressed Binanceto hand over records involving “the use of Binance by individuals in Iran,” documents around firing compliance staff, among other records.

Blumenthal’s letter to Binance CEO Richard Teng comes just over two years after the crypto exchange pleaded guilty to failing to register as a money transmitting business and breaching sanctions.

https://www.theblock.co/post/391141/blumenthal-investigates-binance-reports-iran-linked-sanctions-evasion

Top 100 gainers in 24h: ETHFI, VIRTUAL, MORPHO, LEO, BSV, XMR, POL, IMX, CRV, ICP, SOL

https://dropstab.com/top-performance

Circle minted $2.5B USDC over the past week

https://solscan.io/account/7VHUFJHWu2CuExkJcJrzhQPJ2oygupTWkL2A2For4BmE

MoonPay Launches MoonPay Agents, the Onramp for the Agent Economy

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/moonpay-launches-moonpay-agents-the-onramp-for-the-agent-economy-302695744.html

Bitwise Acquires Staking Infrastructure Pioneer Chorus One, Expanding Bitwise Onchain Solutions' Multichain Capabilities

Expanded staking capabilities on over 30 proof-of-stake networks, including Solana, Hyperliquid, Monad, Avalanche, Sui, NEAR, Aptos, Tezos, TON, and others.

https://bitwiseinvestments.com/newsroom/bitwise-acquires-staking-infrastructure-pioneer-chorus-one

Circle and JPMorgan Join Agentic AI Foundation

The foundation also welcomed 95 additional members, including American Express, Huawei, Lenovo, and other major global players.

https://aaif.io/press/agentic-ai-foundation-welcomes-97-new-members-as-demand-for-open-collaborative-agent-standardization-increases/

Circle reports fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2025 financial results

Fourth Quarter Highlights (Q4’25 vs. Q4’24):
- USDC in circulation of $75.3 billion at year end grew 72%;
- USDC onchain transaction
volume in Q4’25 of $11.9 trillion, up 247%
- Total revenue and reserve income in Q4’25 of $770 million grew 77%
- Net Income from continuing operations in Q4’25 of $133 million increased $129 million
- Adjusted EBITDA in Q4’25 of $167 million grew 412%

https://s206.q4cdn.com/265218871/files/doc_earnings/2025/q4/earnings-result/4Q25-Earnings-Release.pdf

Ethereum treasury firm FG Nexus sold another 7,550 ETH ($14.06M) today.

In August and September 2025, they bought 50,770 ETH ($196M) at $3,860 avg.

On October 22, 2025, they announced plans to sell their property to buy more ETH.

But less than a month later, they started selling ETH, offloading 21,025 ETH ($55.7M) at ~$2,649 avg.

They still hold 30,094 ETH ($57.5M), with a total loss of $82.8M.

https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2026597142505337264

Tether Invests in Whop to Power Stablecoin Payments for the Next Generation of the Internet Economy

Whop to integrate Tether’s wallet infrastructure, WDK, bringing stablecoin payments to millions of users worldwide.

https://tether.io/news/tether-invests-in-whop-worlds-largest-internet-market-to-power-stablecoin-payments-for-the-next-generation-of-the-internet-economy/

Binance to launch two events for Sentio within the Binance Wallet

Sentio Booster Program Details:
• Activity Start Time: 2026-02-27
•Total Rewards: 25,000,000 ST tokens (2.5% of total supply) 
• Reward Release Schedule: 
Phases 1 and 2, occurring prior to the TGE date, will distribute a total of 15,000,000 ST tokens (1.5% of the total supply). A portion of these tokens will be released on the TGE day, while the remainder will become claimable following a lock-up period. 
• Participation is open to all Binance Wallet (Keyless) users who have sufficient Binance Alpha Points.

Sentio Pre-TGE Subscription Details:
• Total Raise Amount: $200,000 in BNB
• Total Token Amount: 10,000,000 ST (1% of total supply)
• Price per Token: 0.02 USD equivalent in BNB
• Subscription Cap per Binance Wallet User: 3 BNB 
• Allocation: Based on a pro-rata of each user’s committed amount relative to the total amount deposited.

Sentio is a unified Web3 observability and data platform that simplifies blockchain infrastructure by integrating indexing, querying, and real-time visualization into a single system.

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/7c6cc5f8808f4dfd94e74c8d73a22af0

Injective is introducing the MCP Server

Users can create custom AI agents that trade perpetuals, bridge across chains, and launch on-chain payments on Injective using natural language.

https://x.com/injective/status/2026667745727631744

The crypto market is growing
BTC Dominance - 57.59%

Market Cap - $2.37T
BTC - $68,216 (+4.31%)
ETH - $2,054 (+8.07%)
BNB - $627 (+5.74%)
SOL - $87 (+7.82%)
DOT - $1.62 (+28.36%)
NEAR - $1.16 (+17.9%)
UNI - $4.01 (+15.8%)
APT - $0.98 (+15.17%)
FIL - $1.01 (+14.08%)

https://dropstab.com

Strategy becomes world's most shorted stock amid $7b BTC losses

https://x.com/BSCNews/status/2026298062155509792

Short positions worth $465M were liquidated in 24 hours

https://www.coinglass.com/liquidations

Top 300 gainers in 24h: CFG, POWER, DOT, SOSO, NEAR, XPL, RAVE, UNI, APT, AERO, FIL, GRASS, RIVER, STABLE, TIA

https://dropstab.com/top-performance

Upbit will list Centrifuge (CFG)

https://upbit.com/service_center/notice?id=6043

The Ethereum Foundation Released “Strawmap” – Network Development Roadmap for the Coming Years

https://strawmap.org/

Decentralized finance protocol Aave has surpassed $1 trillion in cumulative lending volume, marking a historic first in the DeFi industry.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/aave-reaches-1-trillion-lending-volume

Analysts at Delphi Digital outline two distinct visions to how AI agents will move money

Corporative vision — an agent assists a human in purchasing goods or services in the real world.
Crypto vision — agents transact directly with one another, without human involvement.

https://x.com/Delphi_Digital/status/2026726722108850260

World Liberty Financial has introduced a governance proposal requiring staking of unlocked WLFI tokens for voting rights

https://governance.worldlibertyfinancial.com/t/proposal-wlfi-governance-staking-system/52645