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According to reports from Yicai, the Ministry of Education and four other departments issued the "Artificial Intelligence + Education" Action Plan. It mentions improving the intelligence literacy and skills of a wide range of teachers. Standards for teachers' intelligence literacy will be established, clarifying the artificial intelligence literacy competencies that teachers should possess. Artificial intelligence literacy training will be conducted in a layered and categorized manner based on the needs of different positions, achieving full coverage through various methods. A contextual assessment system will be constructed, and intelligent, gradient assessment tools will be developed, encouraging schools and regions to carry out large-scale assessments of teacher literacy, and to enhance teachers' literacy and capabilities based on assessment results.Promote the reform of teacher training programs by incorporating knowledge of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence into the curriculum system, updating the knowledge system. Include artificial intelligence in the content of teacher qualification examinations and certifications, and establish intelligent education projects in national and provincial teaching achievement awards to stimulate the endogenous motivation for innovation in artificial intelligence.

According to News.Bitcoin, the Argentine Securities Commission (CNV) has now recognized cryptocurrencies as assets that can be counted towards an individual's net worth, thus qualifying individuals as investors. It is reported that the Argentine Securities Commission (CNV) issued General Resolution No. 1125/2026, which stipulates that virtual assets will be considered part of an individual's net worth for determining qualified investor status in the country. The resolution defines virtual assets as "any digital representation of value that can be traded and/or transferred digitally and is used for payment or investment," meaning that cryptocurrencies, tokenized assets, and even stablecoins can be used as such assets.Despite Argentina's progress in this area, financial institutions are still unable to offer cryptocurrency services to clients, as the central bank issued a resolution in 2022 aimed at "mitigating the risks that trading such assets may pose to financial service users and the entire financial system." However, with President Milei's government taking an open stance towards cryptocurrencies, there are reports that related restrictions will be lifted in the short term, and some Argentine banks have already begun testing blockchain-based internal settlement systems.

According to CoinDesk, SBI Ripple Asia has completed the development of a token issuance platform based on the XRP Ledger and has registered as a prepaid payment tool issuer in Japan. Corporate users can now issue tokenized payment tools through this platform.

According to Bits.media, the Russian government has approved a package of cryptocurrency regulation bills, including an annual limit of 300,000 rubles (approximately $3,300) for non-qualified investors to purchase cryptocurrencies through a single broker, and they can only buy high liquidity digital assets listed by the central bank, and must pass a test.Qualified investors still need to take the test, but there are no monetary limits. Trading through regulated intermediaries is allowed, but trading without intermediaries is prohibited. Russian citizens can purchase cryptocurrencies abroad, but must use foreign accounts for payment and report such transactions to the tax authorities. Administrative penalties mainly target non-compliant exchange institutions rather than individual investors. The relevant bills will be submitted to the State Duma for review in the coming days.

According to Reuters, Vietnam plans to launch a pilot project for licensed cryptocurrency exchanges as early as this month to restrict domestic users from trading on foreign platforms and strengthen capital flow regulation.Documents from the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance show that five companies have passed the preliminary qualification review, including affiliated institutions of three private banks: Techcombank, VPBank, and LPBank, as well as the securities brokerage VIX Securities and the large private enterprise group Sun Group. The pilot period is set for five years, with a cap of five licensed exchanges, and the entry threshold is high, requiring a minimum registered capital of 100 trillion Vietnamese dong (approximately 37.9 million USD), with foreign ownership not exceeding 49%. The Ministry of Finance is drafting relevant regulations that aim to prohibit Vietnamese citizens from trading on foreign cryptocurrency platforms, with violators facing fines of up to 100 million Vietnamese dong (approximately 3,800 USD).Analysts point out that this ban may force over 17 million cryptocurrency holders in Vietnam to withdraw from foreign exchanges such as Binance and Bybit. The enforcement timeline is clear, set to take effect six months after the first batch of licenses is issued.

According to documents from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, a federal judge in New York has approved the plaintiffs' motion for class certification in the market manipulation lawsuit against Tether and Bitfinex, and has divided the case into two groups of plaintiffs: spot investors and futures traders. It is reported that the case accuses Tether and Bitfinex of manipulating cryptocurrency market prices by issuing USDT from 2017 to 2019, resulting in losses of up to hundreds of billions of dollars for investors who purchased BTC and ETH.

According to official news, Huma Finance has announced that the third quarter empty investment qualification inquiry is now open.

The Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, Paul Chan, stated in his budget speech that in order to further attract family offices and funds to settle in Hong Kong, the tax system will be optimized, with digital assets, precious metals, and others listed as eligible investments for tax relief, planned to take effect from the 2025/2026 tax year.In addition, the economic cooperation and development organization (OECD) framework for cryptocurrency asset reporting and the newly revised common reporting standards will be implemented over the next two years, in line with international efforts to enhance tax transparency and combat cross-border tax evasion. It is expected that the draft amendment to the Tax Ordinance will be submitted in the first half of the year. Chan also stated that the Hong Kong government will continue to regularly issue tokenized bonds, and a digital asset platform will be established within the year to support the issuance and settlement of digital bonds, gradually expanding to other digital assets and connecting with other tokenized platforms in the region.

According to the official announcement, starting from February 20, 2026, 08:00 (UTC+8), Binance will launch an airdrop event for eligible users holding World Liberty Financial USD (USD1) on the platform. Eligible users will share a total prize pool of 235 million World Liberty Financial (WLFI) tokens.During the event, WLFI rewards will be distributed weekly to users holding USD1. The first airdrop will be distributed on March 4, 2026, covering the rewards from February 20, 2026, 08:00 to February 27, 2026, 08:00 (UTC+8). Subsequent rewards will be distributed every Friday.Event duration: February 20, 2026, 08:00 to March 20, 2026, 08:00 (UTC+8).

The founder of Curve, Michael Egorov, stated on the X platform that the current liquidity scale of the stablecoin crvUSD with mainstream crypto assets (mainly Bitcoin) is already very large. However, this also means that when BTC fluctuates, it may put greater pressure on the crvUSD peg, necessitating thoughts on how to further expand the system's capacity. This situation reminds him of the early days when USDT became the main trading stablecoin in the crypto market:At that time, the brief decoupling of stablecoins was not a structural issue but rather caused by the limited throughput capacity of bank redemption channels. In contrast, crvUSD belongs to the CDP (Collateralized Debt Position) stablecoin model, so it needs to address related pressures from different mechanism levels.Currently, the demand for crvUSD mainly comes from yield-generating scenarios such as Yield Basis, and adjustments will primarily be made from this side in the future. However, as the usage of stablecoins in trading scenarios continues to increase, the scale of stablecoin adoption must expand gradually. This process itself is inevitable.

The founder of Spring Capital, Hu Zuliu, shared the stage with Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026. In response to Hu Zuliu's concerns about the systemic risks that generative AI may provoke, CZ stated that the root of financial risk does not lie in technology, but in the underlying flaws of the traditional banking system. If the financial system itself is healthy, more efficient and cheaper technologies will always bring more benefits than drawbacks.CZ also pointed out that the real risk lies in the traditional banking "Fractional Reserve System." Under this system, when banks face liquidity pressure, the technical convenience of withdrawals will only reveal the truth of their insufficient funds, and "slowing down withdrawals" does not address the fundamental issue.

Fight.ID posted on platform X that the eligibility check for the FIGHT token airdrop is now live, supported by Jupiter Mobile. Users can currently check for themselves whether they meet the conditions to receive the airdrop, with specific airdrop amounts and rules to be announced later.

On-chain data analyst Murphy posted, "The BTC funding structure has undergone significant changes: compared to January 12, the $88,000 Long Gamma has disappeared, turning into Short Gamma; the $90,000 still maintains Long Gamma, but the GEX (options Gamma exposure) has decreased from $1.2 billion to now $590 million, almost halving. This means that the support force generated by the funding structure in the $88,000 to $90,000 range has significantly weakened. In contrast, the GEX at $92,000 has reached as high as $1.4 billion, which will amplify BTC's volatility.From the URPD data, the chip structure has not changed much, with a large amount of chips still accumulated in the $87,000-$92,000 range; therefore, this remains the strongest support zone currently and is not easily broken. However, if extreme situations occur that lead to a breach of this range, the probability of BTC filling the "gap" below will greatly increase. According to the "double anchor structure" principle, the middle position is around $72,000 to $74,000."

Vitalik.eth posted on the X platform that the simplicity of protocols is an important aspect of trustlessness, through exit testing, and autonomy. Even if the degree of decentralization is very high, if a protocol becomes bloated due to hundreds of thousands of lines of code or complex cryptography, it will ultimately fail.Vitalik Buterin's concern about the development of the Ethereum protocol is that over-adding new features to meet specific needs can undermine long-term autonomy. To address the issue of protocol bloat over time due to backward compatibility, the Ethereum development process needs clear simplification and garbage collection mechanisms. Simplification standards include minimizing the number of lines of code, avoiding unnecessary dependencies on complex technical components, and adding more invariants. Garbage collection can be done in a piecemeal or large-scale manner, such as replacing PoW with PoS, or downgrading low-frequency complex functions to smart contract code through Rosetta-style backward compatibility. Vitalik Buterin hopes that the pace of Ethereum's transformation can slow down in the long run and strives to prevent unnecessary parts from becoming a permanent burden on the protocol.

According to Cointelegraph, major U.S. lending institution Newrez announced plans to recognize crypto assets for mortgage qualification in the U.S. starting in February, without the need to liquidate.

Sotheby's released the "2026 Luxury Outlook Report," which points out that cryptocurrencies are increasingly influencing high-end real estate purchases, particularly in markets like Dubai, New York, and California. The report emphasizes that changes in the regulatory environment could become a significant turning point, as cryptocurrencies may be included in mortgage qualification criteria in the future, opening new pathways for buyers holding substantial amounts of cryptocurrency.

According to Bloomberg, the Russian central bank is drafting a new cryptocurrency regulation plan that may allow previously unqualified investors to purchase crypto assets.Previously, Ivan Chebeskov, the Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia, revealed that the Ministry of Finance and the central bank are planning to lift the strict regulations that currently limit participation in the cryptocurrency market to "high-qualified" investors, aiming to establish a tiered access mechanism to expand the range of legitimate investors. Current regulations require individual investors to hold at least 100 million rubles in bank deposits and securities, and to have verifiable income exceeding 50 million rubles in the past year to obtain "high-qualified" certification.

According to market news, the Solana ecosystem DEX Lifinity has decided to gradually cease operations, with the relevant proposal passing with near unanimous votes, and the protocol will enter the shutdown process.In the face of increasing competition from prop AMMs, Lifinity proposed a governance proposal regarding the continuation of the protocol to its community. According to the proposal, the Lifinity DAO's treasury assets, valued at approximately $42 million, will be consolidated into USDC and distributed proportionally to LFNTY token holders. Additionally, the remaining $1.4 million in development funds from the team will also be allocated. According to community estimates, based on the treasury's book value, holders are expected to receive between $0.9 and $1.1 per token. It is recommended that LFNTY and veLFNTY holders convert their tokens to xLNFTY before redemption. The claim function for exchanging xLNFTY for USDC is expected to go live in about 9 days, pending a security audit by Sec3. Since its launch in February 2022, Lifinity has processed over $149 billion in transaction volume, becoming the fifth largest DEX in Solana's history.

According to Bloomberg, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced on Monday plans to amend a series of rules aimed at simplifying the process for the British public to participate in market investments.Under the new regulations, investment firms will no longer be required to provide complex key information documents for retail products, replaced instead by a more concise "product summary."

According to market news, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov revealed that the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Russia are planning to lift the strict regulations that currently limit participation in the cryptocurrency market to "qualified" investors only, and intend to establish a tiered access mechanism to expand the range of legitimate investors.Current regulations require individual investors to hold at least 100 million rubles in bank deposits and securities, and to have verifiable income exceeding 50 million rubles in the past year to obtain "qualified" certification. Chebeskov stated that regulatory authorities have reached a basic consensus on relaxing the restrictions, and in the future, differentiated access standards will be set for non-qualified, qualified, and highly qualified investors. Although the country's central bank still opposes the free circulation of cryptocurrencies within the country, it has gradually relaxed policies this year: in March, it proposed allowing cross-border settlements using cryptocurrencies under an "experimental legal regime," and in May, it approved the opening of cryptocurrency derivatives to highly qualified investors.