Story Protocol Launches IP Token Distribution as part of its Initial Incentives Program

https://www.story.foundation/blog/initial-incentives

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to pick Brian Quintenz, the head of policy at Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z crypto arm, to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plans-pick-brian-quintenz-lead-cftc-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-02-12/

World Liberty Financial unveiled the Macro Strategy, its strategic token reserve designed to bolster leading projects like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies

https://x.com/worldlibertyfi/status/1889429781512409346

Crypto.com Can Now Provide Crypto Asset Services Cross Border to all EEA Member States

https://x.com/cryptocom/status/1889588029620154822

Avalon Labs is launching its first Bitcoin-Backed Public Debt Fund

https://x.com/avalonfinance_/status/1889570340311073019

Clearpool Partners with io.finnet to Integrate Institutional DeFi Solutions

https://clearpool.medium.com/clearpool-partners-with-io-finnet-to-expand-institutional-access-to-defi-credit-markets-4b34cc0acc0a

BlackRock says Bitcoin is “Risk Off” as a global monetary alternative, while ETH is “Risk On” as a blockchain play.

Bitcoin is money, the rest of “crypto” is just a gamble.

https://x.com/bitcoinnewscom/status/1889396849880268814

The crypto market is growing
BTC Dominance - 59.27%

Market Cap - $3.26T
BTC - $97,498.43 (+2.12%)
ETH - $2,743.44 (+5.98%)
XRP - $2.48 (+3.67%)
BNB - $717.15 (+13.67%)
SOL - $198.16 (+1.94%)
BERA - $6.13 (+6.32%)
TRUMP - $15.6 (+2.56%)

https://dropstab.com

The United States is preparing to return cybercrime kingpin Alexander Vinnik to Russian custody as part of an exchange for American Marc Fogel, a U.S. official said Wednesday.

Last year, Vinnik pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder billions of dollars through cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/russian-held-us-released-wake-fogel-release-kremlin/story

MyShell.AI snapshot completed

SHELL is coming soon.

https://x.com/myshell_ai/status/1889691187541430573

io.net has announced the release of IO Intelligence, a platform that combines Vector Database as a Service with up to five intelligent agents and 25 open-source AI models, including DeepSeek, Meta Llama, and Mistral.

https://x.com/ionet/status/1889691089491087364

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that the Federal Reserve will not block banks from serving legal crypto customers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDlYvJ-Vpkw
https://watcher.guru/news/fed-chair-powell-fed-wont-block-banks-from-serving-crypto-customers

CZ teased the idea of a memecoin based on his pet dog, saying he’ll decide soon.

He also hinted at engaging with memes on BNB Chain.

https://x.com/cz_binance/status/1889746299068555519
https://x.com/cointelegraph/status/1889763968639537186

Coinbase Derivates is set to launch Solana and Hedera futures on February 18

https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1889752483376893953

The Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. filed a change to allow staking for the 21Shares Core Ethereum exchange-traded fund

https://www.theblock.co/post/340538/cboe-bzx-exchange-files-proposed-change-to-allow-staking-for-21shares-ethereum-etf

PancakeSwap is the DEX with the highest trading volume over both the past 24 hours and the last 7 days

https://x.com/cz_binance/status/1889742652750356681

Zach Witkoff’s X account, cofounder of World Liberty Financial, was hacked, and a fake Barron meme was posted

https://x.com/worldlibertyfi/status/1889788282940113265

Upbit will list TRUMP today at 9:00 UTC

https://upbit.com/service_center/notice?id=4870

Story’s Public Mainnet is Live

Story Protocol (IP) trading has started on Bybit, Gate, Kucoin, and others

IP is now trading at ~$2.1
FDV: ~$2.1B

https://www.bybit.com/en/trade/spot/IP/USDT