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According to Cointelegraph, Vitalik posted on the X platform on Sunday, proposing to introduce personal AI large language models (LLMs) into decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) governance to address the long-standing issue of low participation rates in DAOs.Currently, the average voting participation rate in DAOs is only between 15% and 25%, which not only may lead to power concentration but also poses a risk of governance attacks.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes shared his current investment portfolio on social media, including stocks (gold, silver, copper, uranium miners, oil giants, "war merchants," Latin American energy companies), crypto assets (BTC, ETH, ZEC, HYPE), and physical gold.

Ju.com Spring Festival "Ten Consecutive Releases" Mainstream Coins at 20% Off, the 5th Phase of BNB has concluded on February 22 at 16:00, with increasing popularity. This phase saw participation from over ten thousand people, with approximately $80 million in funds involved, resulting in an overall oversubscription of 930%. Both the USDT and BTC pools were oversubscribed by about 1,000%. After the subscription assets are settled, there is no lock-up period; funds are available as spot immediately, allowing for direct selling or withdrawal. According to statistics, users who participated continuously in all 5 phases since the start of the event have achieved a total capital return rate of over 20%.The 6th phase focusing on LTC will officially launch on February 23 at 16:00. Ju.com has added a new BNB subscription pool, allowing users to participate in the subscription at a 20% discount using USDT/BTC/ETH/SOL/BNB/JU. There are no participation thresholds, and upcoming projects on Ju.com include mainstream assets such as DOGE, TRX, ADA, with a preview of a "surprise thousandfold coin" project to be added.In addition to the 20% discount benefits, users participating in the subscription can receive bonuses and contract experience gold rewards, as well as a chance to enter a lottery to win physical prizes such as 88g gold bars and iPhone 17. Inviting friends to participate successfully can earn up to a 5% reward in subscription tokens.For more details, please pay attention to Ju.com’s official announcements and event pages.

According to Cointelegraph, Robinhood's head of cryptocurrency, Johann Kerbrat, recently stated that amid the ongoing market downturn, crypto investors are gradually turning their attention to assets beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. He noted that many investors view the current market as a "buying opportunity" and are beginning to explore more options outside the top two or three cryptocurrencies.At the same time, Kerbrat revealed that cryptocurrency holders on the Robinhood platform are not just holding tokens but are actively exploring use cases such as staking and DeFi, which continue to show strong appeal amid market uncertainty.However, the Altcoin Season Index data shows that the market still primarily favors Bitcoin, with a Bitcoin season score of 33/100. Additionally, the U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF has seen net outflows for five consecutive weeks, totaling approximately $3.8 billion, reflecting that market sentiment has remained in a state of "extreme fear" since early February.

According to HyperInsight monitoring, the band whale has restarted its long position on BTC, currently going long on 58.12 BTC with 3x leverage, at an average entry price of $67,908.Previously reported, this whale closed its long position on BTC the day before, with a daily profit of approximately $1 million.

Sonic Labs releases the 2026 ecological update (Part One), announcing that CEO Mitchell Demeter and Business Head Evan Owens have stepped down, with the board currently managing in the interim and seeking a new CEO. Sonic states that the development fund has formed a long-term operating reserve, unlocking pressure on risk-free investments, with capital allocation covering assets such as S tokens, stablecoins, and government bonds.Strategically, Sonic Strategy holds approximately 127 million S tokens (multi-signature custody and prohibited from sale) and has ended its collaboration with CMCC Resonance Fund. In terms of products, the AI smart contract generation platform Spawn is currently undergoing internal testing; FeeM has allocated over 2.6 million S tokens to developers, and in the future, may adjust the 90% rebate to a tiered structure; at the same time, it has terminated the Meme Season and Sonic & Sodas incentive programs, focusing on long-term ecological construction and token economic integration going forward.

According to official news, the tokenization infrastructure provider Ctrl Alt has announced the launch of the second phase of the Dubai real estate tokenization project in collaboration with the Dubai Land Department, which introduces a controlled secondary market trading function for tokenized real estate assets.The pilot phase of the project has tokenized ten properties, with a total value exceeding $5 million. Approximately 7.8 million tokens issued during the pilot phase can now be resold in a controlled secondary market environment, thereby expanding access and liquidity in the Dubai real estate market.The secondary trading phase aims to assess market efficiency and operational readiness while enhancing transparency, governance, and investor protection. Transactions will be conducted within the regulatory pilot framework of the project distribution platform to ensure transaction integrity and align with existing land registration processes. All on-chain transactions during this phase will continue to be executed on the XRPL and secured by Ripple Custody.

According to Jinshi Data, affected by last year's record government shutdown in the fall and a slowdown in consumer spending, the U.S. economy slowed down in the fourth quarter of last year. Data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce on Friday showed that the annualized growth rate of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of last year was 1.4% after seasonal and inflation adjustments. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had previously expected this figure to be 2.5%. The growth rate in the fourth quarter significantly slowed down from an astonishing 4.4% in the summer. Federal government spending decreased by 16.6% in the fourth quarter.

According to Jinshi, the initial annualized quarterly rate of the core PCE price index for the United States in the fourth quarter is 2.7%, higher than the market expectation of 2.6%, and the previous value was 2.9%.

According to CNBC, dozens of Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Yellen on Thursday, requesting an investigation into potential conflicts of interest and national security issues related to the Trump family's cryptocurrency project, World Liberty Financial. The letter was led by New York Democratic Congressman Gregory Meeks and was co-signed by 40 other lawmakers.Meeks referred to Yellen as Trump's "follower" during a hearing and questioned the $500 million investment by members of the UAE royal family in World Liberty Financial last year. In a statement released with the letter, Meeks said, "The $500 million transaction involving the Trump family and the UAE royal family not only concerns national financial stability but also involves serious national security implications." At the time of the request for an investigation, World Liberty Financial was applying for a national bank charter. This charter is reviewed and issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, an independent agency under the U.S. Treasury responsible for regulating the banking industry.

According to Jinshi, at 21:30 Beijing time, the United States will announce the December PCE price index and the annualized quarterly rate of real GDP for the fourth quarter, among other key data. The market generally expects inflation to rise moderately and the economy to remain resilient, which may impact the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut outlook and strengthen the case for holding steady. Market fluctuations should be monitored at that time.

According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin has fallen 23% in the first 50 trading days before 2026, marking the worst annual start on record. In January, Bitcoin dropped 10%, followed by a further decline of 15% in February. If the downward trend continues, it will be the first time in Bitcoin's history that it has recorded declines for two consecutive months, and it may also set the weakest consecutive monthly performance since 2022.On-chain data platform Checkonchain pointed out that in typical down years, the average index reading on the 50th day is 0.84, while the current reading is 0.77, highlighting the significant magnitude of this retracement. Notably, Bitcoin fell 17% in 2025, and historically, the year following a U.S. presidential election tends to perform better overall than the election year and most up years, making the current sustained weakness particularly striking.

Strategy CEO Phong Le posted on platform X, stating that the Basel Accords set global banking capital standards and asset risk-weighting rules, which substantially affect how banks engage in digital asset-related businesses (including Bitcoin). This framework is established by the Basel Committee, which covers 28 jurisdictions and is composed of central banks and regulatory authorities from various countries, with the United States being one of them. If the U.S. wishes to become the "global crypto capital," it is necessary to reassess the implementation of capital requirements and risk weights under the Basel framework.

According to the official website of the U.S. Department of Justice, the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Texas announced that a Chinese national, Fei Liao, has been sentenced to federal prison for participating in the laundering of funds obtained from a cryptocurrency investment scam. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and was sentenced to 40 months in prison by U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker in 2026.Liao was also ordered to forfeit over $2.3 million in seized funds and to pay more than $2.8 million in restitution to victims. The case was announced by U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs for the Eastern District of Texas and was investigated by the Tyler branch of the United States Secret Service, with federal prosecutor Robert Austin Wells handling the prosecution. Court documents show that Liao assisted in laundering funds from "Pig Butchering" and other cryptocurrency investment scams by setting up shell companies and bank accounts with others.Such scams typically contact victims through social media, dating platforms, or unsolicited phone calls, establishing a trust relationship before inducing them to invest in cryptocurrency. After victims transfer funds to accounts controlled by the scammers, the fraudulent platform displays high returns, encouraging further investment, ultimately leading to victims being unable to withdraw funds and suffering significant losses.Law enforcement agencies remind individuals that if they encounter similar scams, they can report them to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and provide as much information as possible, including the name of the investment platform, cryptocurrency addresses, transaction hashes, bank account information, and contact details of the suspects, while also retaining communications and transfer records with the scammers.

According to FinanceFeeds, Nasdaq-listed electronic trading platform operator Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW) has formed a strategic partnership with prediction market operator Kalshi and acquired a minority stake in it.The collaboration aims to expand institutional investors' access to Kalshi's event-based market data and explore new infrastructure for trading event contracts through Tradeweb's electronic platform. Tradeweb has averaged over $2.6 trillion in notional daily trading volume over the past four fiscal quarters, and the initial focus of this partnership will be on integrating Kalshi's real-time event probabilities and related data into Tradeweb's rates and credit platforms.Both parties also plan to jointly develop analytical tools that combine Kalshi's event probabilities with Tradeweb's pricing, liquidity, and macro data sets, enabling institutional participants to build predictive, pricing, and risk models that directly leverage trading event probabilities.Tradeweb CEO Billy Hult stated that prediction markets are increasingly becoming a key part of the trading environment, with the potential to serve as indicators for institutions to dynamically assess macro risks and allocate capital more effectively.

According to CoinDesk, the White House expressed support for certain stablecoin reward programs during talks with the banking and crypto industries, urging the banking sector to reach an agreement on the market structure bill.According to sources, if the banking sector agrees, limited stablecoin rewards will be included in the next draft of the U.S. Senate's Digital Asset Market Clarity Act.At Thursday's meeting, the White House team, led by Trump crypto advisor Patrick Witt, made it clear that reward programs for certain activities would remain in the bill, but rewards for stablecoin holdings similar to deposit accounts would be excluded.Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger stated that the meeting took a constructive step in addressing reward-related issues and maintaining the legislative process for market structure. Currently, the bill still needs to address demands from Democrats to strengthen regulation in the DeFi space, prohibit senior government officials from directly participating in the crypto industry, and fill vacancies among CFTC and SEC commissioners.

According to The Block, the on-chain prediction market platform Polymarket has announced the acquisition of the prediction market API startup Dome, with the transaction amount undisclosed. This is Polymarket's second official acquisition.Dome is a Y Combinator Fall 2025 incubator project that provides a unified prediction market API, helping developers build applications, trading bots, and data dashboards that can interface with multiple platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi.The company previously received a $500,000 investment from YC and completed a $4.7 million seed round of financing. Polymarket is currently valued at approximately $9 billion and has been continuously expanding its business landscape through mergers and acquisitions; it previously acquired the U.S. licensed derivatives exchange QCEX to aid its return to the U.S. market, and the company has also established distribution partnerships with Major League Soccer (MLS), the National Hockey League (NHL), and the media platform Substack.