NYSE Arca has proposed a rule change to allow staking of ether held by the Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF and Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF. https://www.nyse.com/publicdocs/nyse/markets/nyse-arca/rule-filings/filings/2025/SR-NYSEARCA-2025-13_upld.pdf

Coinbase has become the exclusive crypto partner of the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One™ Team, with the partnership fully funded in USDC. The Coinbase brand will appear on AMR25 cars and the racing suits of the team’s drivers. Coinbase will also collaborate with the team to promote the use of cryptocurrency payments.

According to Bloomberg, Blockchain com has hired former Goldman Sachs crypto investment banking head Justin Evans as its new CFO, with plans to expand its workforce by 50%. This move reflects the company’s long-standing goal of going public. Evans previously helped Goldman Sachs establish its crypto investment banking unit and was involved in several crypto deals. In 2023, Blockchain com completed a $110 million funding round led by Kingsway Capital.

According to Crypto reporter Yueqi Yang of The Information, some large U.S. banks are taking advantage of the regulatory loosening under President Trump to enter the crypto services sector, primarily focusing on cryptocurrency custody. Meanwhile, Coinbase is in talks with banks to offer custody and trading services, but many banks still need to obtain regulatory approval from the Federal Reserve and the New York Department of Financial Services, and face regulatory capital considerations, which slow their entry into crypto trading.

The Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Fund purchased $436 million worth of Bitcoin ETFs in Q1, while Mubadala disclosed its holdings of iShares Bitcoin ETFs in its 13F filing. Additionally, according to today’s 13F filing, the Wisconsin State Pension Fund held $321.5 million in IBIT (6,060,351 shares) as of December 31, an increase from 2,889,251 shares as of September 30. https://t.co/qb7ABFUPYi &

Jito Labs, Multicoin Capital, and other organizations met with the U.S. SEC Crypto Task Force to discuss the feasibility of incorporating staking into exchange-traded products. The task force is considering two approaches: one is to allow a portion of ETP assets to be staked through service providers running validation nodes; the other is to mint liquid staking tokens for each native asset as a form of redemption.

Memecoin launch platform pumpfun announced that it has launched mobile apps for iOS and Android, which support free creation of tokens, quick buying and selling of tokens, creation of watchlists and management of portfolios. Earlier, WuBlockchain disclosed that pumpfun has been communicating with CEXs about the Dutch auction plan for its own token.

Binance is updating its token information methodology to incorporate token unlock schedules, offering a more transparent and comprehensive view of market capitalization and circulating supply. The new methodology differentiates between market cap (value of tokens already circulating) and unlocked market cap (value of tokens that can be circulating), providing users with a clearer picture.

Tether Investments announced the acquisition of a strategic minority stake in Juventus Football Club, one of the most famous football clubs in the world. The Tether founding team is all Italian. https://tether.io/news/tether-investments-announces-strategic-minority-stake-in-juventus-football-club/

On February 13, Bitcoin spot ETF had a total net outflow of $157 million yesterday, continuing the net outflow for 4 consecutive days. HODL conducted a 1-for-4 stock split after the market yesterday. Ethereum spot ETF had a total net inflow of $12.9192 million.

Vitalik published an article stating that despite the prevalence of L2 in the Ethereum landscape, scaling L1 gas by approximately 10x holds significant long - term value, justifying short - term L1 scaling in the next 1 - 2 years. It elaborates through multiple use - cases: censorship resistance on L2 is enhanced with a more scalable L1; cross - L2 asset transfers, L2 mass exits, issuing ERC20s on L1, keystore wallet operations, and L2 proof submission all require L1 capacity increases to ensure smooth operation, cost-effectiveness, and security.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit announced that it has been officially removed from the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) blacklist after more than two years of cooperation with French regulators. Bybit CEO Ben Zhou said that the next goal is to obtain a MiCA license.

Telegram's built-in crypto wallet Wallet announced support for zero-fee purchases of USDT, covering more than 60 countries in Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia, aiming to reduce deposit costs and promote the popularity of stablecoins. This feature was launched by The Open Platform (TOP) in cooperation with payment infrastructure platform Mercuryo.

WuBlockchain Weekly: The SEC and Binance et al. May Reach a Settlement, 20 US States Plan to Push for Bitcoin Reserve Bill, Largest-Scale Altcoin Decline, etc Read more https://wublock.substack.com/p/wublockchain-weekly-the-sec-and-binance?r=jbpop&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

According to Lookonchain and DoctorDeFi, after CZ announced the name of his dog, a Broccoli Dev released multiple Memecoins named Broccoli and sniped, making a profit of more than 36 million USDT. https://debank.com/profile/0xe33262749bbd395788d51b0e79d55429154f03f3

This week, 1723HK cemented its position as the top performer in the Hong Kong Stock Market year-to-date, achieving a remarkable price performance of +631% despite market fluctuations. The company has appointed new directors with exceptional expertise in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

The Ethereum ACDE meeting said that the next major upgrade of Ethereum, the Holesky and Sepolia test networks in Pectra, will be upgraded on February 24 and March 5 respectively. If the test networks go smoothly, the main network will be upgraded on April 8.

Arthur Hayes article states that Memecoin is the most effective form of political advertising and that, at least in the United States, the 2026 election will see a large number of new personal political brands created through memecoin who will defeat the allegedly unbeatable incumbent. If cryptocurrency sentiment improves, TRUMP coin will lead Bitcoin.

Vaneck analyst Matthew Sigel said that 20 states in the United States are promoting bills related to Bitcoin reserves. If all are passed, it is expected to drive $23 billion of funds into the Bitcoin market, equivalent to about 247,000 BTC. The study covers the reserve funds, pension plans and other state-level investment mechanisms of each state. Some states have proposed to use state budget surpluses, stabilization funds and land funds for Bitcoin investment.

On February 13, Pumpfun's daily trading volume was $270 million, down about 50% from its peak on January 23; the number of tokens created on that day was 50,371, down about 30% from its peak. However, Pump fun still accounts for 60% of the daily issuance of Solana network SPL Tokens, according to @adam_tehc.