From a dedicated engineer who toiled for ten years in a network company to now being a crypto billionaire who has built a blockchain comparable to Bitcoin and Ethereum, Anatoly Yakovenko's influence in the crypto industry is evident. Solana has evolved from its initial high-speed blockchain into a hub that integrates institutional finance, stablecoin payments, trading, and more, yet it all seems just to be the beginning.

This article comes from: Haseeb Qureshi compiled | Odaily Planet Daily (@OdailyChina); Translator | Azuma (@azuma_eth) Editor's note: Last night, the leading venture capital firm Dragonfly Capital announced the completion of its fourth fund raising of $650 million. On the same night, Haseeb Qureshi, a star partner at Dragonfly Capital, published a long article on X titled "Crypto was ...

On February 18, 2026, Eastern Standard Time, on the stage of the large developer conference **ETHDenver** in the United States, SEC Chairman **Paul Atkins** and Commissioner **Hester Peirce** announced a joint regulatory plan codenamed **“Project Crypto”** and declared that they would collaborate with the CFTC to advance the regulatory framework for crypto assets. The biggest highlight of this action is that, on one hand, the SEC plans to publish guidelines for crypto assets in the coming weeks to months.

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On February 19, 2026, Eastern Eight Time, **Aptos** officially launched a system-level upgrade of its token economic model, comprehensively rewriting the rules from consensus incentives, supply caps to Gas fees. The new plan introduced four significant changes: the annualized staking yield was halved from **5.19%** to **2.6%**, a rigid total supply limit of **2.1 billion APT** was introduced for the first time, the foundation **permanently locked 210 million APT**, and the nominal Gas fee was raised **tenfold**, yet the cost of stablecoin transfers remained approximately the same.

The Federal Reserve is mired in a $245 billion loss, global central banks are quietly increasing their gold reserves, and an old era dominated by the dollar is collapsing. Gold prices are firmly above the $5,000 per ounce mark, backed by a three-year upward trend—since 2025, the London spot gold price has risen a cumulative 71%, marking the highest annual increase since 1979. Experienced Wall Street investor Daniel Oliver asserts that this is just the beginning. As the founder of Myrmikan Capital.

Revealing how David Bailey used the 99% plummet of Nakamoto Holdings stock price to acquire private assets at a high premium, analyzing the harsh truth of the capital operation of Bitcoin influencers and the transfer of wealth from retail investors.

A minority of Federal Reserve members tend to lower interest rates in January, Bitcoin's anti-quantum security upgrade may take 7 years, Goldman Sachs CEO supports the Treasury Secretary's criticism of Coinbase, the UAE holds 63 million dollars in Bitcoin, Eric Trump predicts Bitcoin will rise to 1 million dollars.

The $125 billion real estate firm wants to offer blockchain-based tokens to clients but is stalled by regulation.

The deal adds token lifecycle infrastructure to Kraken’s growing product suite.

Ultan Miller touts a blockchain-based pre-IPO index, while critics warn unauthorized equity tokenization risks legal and investor fallout.

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Renaiss Protocol showcased collectibles worth over 15 million dollars in Hong Kong, and built physical collectible RWA infrastructure based on BNB Chain to promote asset tokenization and digital circulation.