February 13: A JPMorgan analyst stated that, based on a volatility-adjusted comparison with gold, the long-term price target for Bitcoin is $266,000. The U.S. winter storm and the exodus of high-cost miners from the market are the main reasons for the drop in hash rate, but signs of a hash rate rebound are now being observed. Despite short-term fluctuations, the JPMorgan team remains optimistic about the crypto market in 2026, expecting institutional investors to drive market growth.

February 13th, Today OpenAI released the GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark research preview, a slimmed-down version of GPT-5.3-Codex and OpenAI's first model specifically designed for real-time coding. It supports targeted editing, logic reshaping, or interface optimization, with immediate feedback. Codex-Spark is optimized to run on ultra-low-latency hardware, achieving nearly instant responses—delivering over 1000 tokens per second while still handling real coding tasks effectively.

February 13th, Coinbase stated in a shareholder letter that it will focus on 3 key priorities by 2026:Build the Crypto Economy: Expand Coinbase into the most trusted platform for customers to trade all types of assets (cryptocurrencies, derivatives, stocks, and prediction markets), helping customers manage more of their investment portfolios and deepen engagement.Grow Stablecoin and Payments: Accelerate the utility of USDC and the payments stack (APIs, wallets, and merchant channels) to make value transfer faster, cheaper, and more convenient, capturing the next wave of real-world applications beyond trading.Go Mobile-First World: By extending DeFi integrations within the Coinbase app and focusing more on transactions to expand the Base app, making the on-chain experience simpler and more accessible. Coinbase's infrastructure continues to drive activity on the Base platform, so more usage also relies on the infrastructure of Coinbase.

February 13th, Yu Lin, APAC Head of the Solana Foundation, stated at the Consensus Hong Kong conference that the Asia-Pacific market is extremely important. We believe that Solana Foundation's technology, ecosystem, and partners will be able to leverage blockchain technology to bring these products to the global market in a compliant and secure manner.

February 13th, according to Cryptopolitan, the London Stock Exchange Group announced on Thursday its plan to launch an on-chain settlement service for institutional investors, named LSEG Digital Securities Custody Service, which will connect the traditional securities market with blockchain networks, supporting the trading and settlement of tokenized bonds, stocks, and private market assets while remaining interoperable with existing infrastructure.The system will be compatible with multiple blockchain networks, with the initial delivery target set for 2026, pending regulatory approval. LSEG has already operated a blockchain platform for private funds on Microsoft Azure, and this new system is a further extension of its digital asset strategy.

February 13th, Perp DEX Lighter announced today the launch of Trading Account Categorization, allowing traders to choose to standardize collateral across spot and perpetual trades. Lighter stated that this is the first step in the upgrade plan to support any token as collateral, with the next step being the tokenization of Limited Liability Partnership (LLP).

February 13th, the Ethereum Foundation officially announced that the Ethereum Community Center in Hong Kong has been officially launched.The community center focuses on offline communication, co-creation, and event hosting, serving as a key node in the Ethereum East Asia ecosystem connection.

February 13th, Virtuals Protocol officially stated that they invest over $1 million monthly in Agent incentives. As the ecosystem goes through a J-curve phase with continuously improving infrastructure, rapidly increasing supply, and evolving tools, the rollout of Agents has outpaced demand, leading to a lag in profitability. Relying heavily on token transaction fees for revenue makes it cyclical and fragile.Virtuals Protocol aims to make Agents not rely on transaction fees but to build a new structure where revenue is generated through real skills and actual service output. Without incentive mechanisms, true developers would stagnate before revenue growth. At this inflection point, conscious investment is necessary. Virtuals is shortening the profit curve and propelling the Agent economy into the next phase. They call on all OpenClaw developers to join the Virtuals ecosystem.

February 13th, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale deposited 60,000 SOL to Binance, worth around $4.42 million, resulting in a massive loss of $7.38 million.The whale had previously withdrawn 111,945 SOL (valued at around $17.16 million at the time) for staking, and later exchanged these tokens back for only $9.78 million.

February 13, South Korea's Finance Minister: Will strengthen regulation of the cryptocurrency market. (Fx678)

February 13th, Jupiter officially announced that after 6 months of development and testing, Jupiter Lend has officially ended the Beta testing phase. It currently has 83,000 users, has undergone 7 audits, 1 formal verification, and zero bad debt. Jupiter has launched a $107,000 audit competition bonus for Jupiter Lend.Jupiter officially referred to Jupiter Lend as the most advanced money market on Solana, built on Fluid. Jupiter Lend has covered over 40 insurance libraries and has received rewards totaling over $2 million from Jup, Fluid, and partners.

February 13th. Michael S. Selig, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), announced the establishment of the Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC), appointing 35 members responsible for providing advice on the regulation of transformative technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain. Committee members include blockchain project representatives such as Vivek Raman from Etherealize, Anatoly Yakovenko from Solana Labs, Brad Garlinghouse from Ripple, and executives from major cryptocurrency exchanges such as Coinbase, Crypto.com, Gemini. Founders of prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi, as well as representatives from notable venture capital firms like a16z crypto, and Framework Ventures, are also included.Selig stated that the committee will assist the CFTC in formulating rules that adapt to market realities, paving the way for the "golden age of the U.S. financial markets."

February 12th, mining firm Bitdeer (BTDR) released its Q4 2025 financial report. Achieved revenue of $2.248 billion, a year-on-year increase of 226%; net profit reached $70.5 million, a year-on-year increase of $602.4 million; adjusted EBITDA was $31.2 million, a year-on-year increase of $35.5 million.On the operational side, Bitdeer's total hash rate reached 71.0 EH/s, a year-on-year increase of 229%; self-mined 1,673 BTC, a year-on-year increase of 257%; mining machine efficiency improved to 17.9 J/TH, a significant improvement over the previous 30.4 J/TH. Additionally, Bitdeer's 3.0 GW portfolio prioritizes hosting services for AI and HPC for large-scale sites while continuing to explore GPUaaS business opportunities.

on February 12, the Espresso Foundation announced the opening of the Espresso (ESP) token airdrop claim.

February 12th, Binance founder CZ stated that he is confident in the decision to convert $1 billion from the Binance SAFU Fund to BTC, inviting everyone to collectively verify the results in the future. "I may be wrong, but I have a feeling that ultimately this may be good for the SAFU Fund. Save this tweet, it may be useful to look back on in the future."Today, the Binance SAFU Fund address once again purchased 4,545 BTC, worth $304.58 million, completing the $1 billion Bitcoin purchase plan. Currently holding 15,000 BTC, based on the price at the time of transfer to the fund address, Binance has spent a total of $1.03867 billion, with an average Bitcoin purchase price of approximately $69,245.