Aave Labs has submitted a governance proposal to allocate all of Aave-branded product revenue to the DAO treasury

https://governance.aave.com/t/temp-check-aave-will-win-framework/24055

CFTC announced the members of its newly formed Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC)

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9182-26

The crypto market is growing
BTC Dominance - 57.96%

Market Cap - $2.37T
BTC - $68,891 (+3.77%)
ETH - $2,053 (+5.35%)
BNB - $616 (+1.51%)
SOL - $84 (+7.68%)
H - $0.22 (+29.11%)

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Tomasz Stańczak is stepping down from his co-ED role at the EF at the end of February 2026. Bastian Aue is taking over the co-ED role alongside Hsiao-Wei.

https://x.com/tkstanczak/status/2022315368430067847

The crypto market is down
BTC Dominance - 58.01%

Market Cap - $2.36T
BTC - $68,631 (-2.42%)
ETH - $1,966 (-5.2%)
BNB - $615 (-3.49%)
SOL - $85 (-4.07%)
STABLE - $0.02 (+19.57%)

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X is launching a number of features in a couple weeks, including Smart Cashtags that will enable you to trade stocks and crypto directly from timeline.

https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2022592748952653969

Michael Saylor's 'Strategy' says it can "withstand a drawdown in Bitcoin's price to $8K and still have sufficient assets to fully cover its debt."

https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/2023100819604984227

DeFiLlama founder: “Was curious if this was true and looks like it

Among projects that reached some pmf (>10m in tvl or >1m/mo in fees), those that launched a token were +50% more likely to die compared to those that didn't launch a token.”

https://x.com/0xngmi/status/2023202824583340353

Morpho Association Announces Cooperation Agreement with Apollo

Under the Agreement, Apollo or its affiliates may acquire MORPHO tokens through a combination of open-market purchases, OTC transactions, and other contractual arrangements, subject to an overall ownership cap of 90 million MORPHO tokens over a 48-month period as well as transfer and trading restrictions.

https://morpho.org/blog/morpho-association-announces-cooperation-agreement-with-apollo/

Binance denies report on Iran-linked sanctions breaches and investigator firings

https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-denies-iran-sanctions-report-fortune

Nexo has reentered the U.S. market, rolling out a suite of digital asset services and trading infrastructure powered by U.S.-based Bakkt.

The company, which left the U.S. in 2022 after regulatory clashes over its Earn Interest Product, returns with $11 billion in assets under management and a focus on operating within a compliant framework.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/02/16/nexo-partners-with-bakkt-reenters-the-u-s-with-crypto-yield-lending-and-exchange-services

The crypto market is neutral
BTC Dominance - 57.82%

Market Cap - $2.37T
BTC - $68,497 (-0.14%)
ETH - $1,986 (+1.09%)
BNB - $627 (+1.88%)
SOL - $86 (+1.29%)
M - $1.5 (+16.44%)

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Flying Tulip Public Sale Goes Live

Impossible Extends Sale Deadline to February 23, 8:00 UTC (Third Extension).

https://x.com/flyingtulip_/status/2023366257127330243

OpenSea will make announcements on March 30

https://x.com/opensea/status/2023432604784189920

The entire former ECC team is now Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL), and Zcash is rebranding the Zashi wallet to Zodl

https://x.com/zashi_app/status/2023427477830275147

Wintermute launched institutional OTC trading for tokenized gold and expects the market to reach $15 billion by 2026.

https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/2023517798337556962