Gold is expected to trade around current prices through the first quarter, according to Sucden Financial market strategists, even as prices pulled back modestly on Feb. 16 amid thin holiday liquidity and profit-taking.

Recent data indicates that nearly a quarter of Draftkings’ sportsbook revenue is now being challenged by the rapid rise of federally regulated prediction market platforms.

Japan’s financial heavyweight SBI Holdings Inc. is moving to take control of Singapore-based crypto platform Coinhako, marking another calculated push into Asia’s regulated digital asset markets.

Goldin closed its Pokémon & TCG Auction with a $16.492 million sale of Logan Paul’s PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator, setting a Guinness World Records-certified benchmark for the most expensive trading card ever sold at auction.

Bitcoin fell sharply on Feb. 16, dropping below $68,000 after briefly testing $70,000 and remains stuck in a consolidation range between $65,000 and $72,000. Market sentiment is deeply bearish, with the Crypto Fear and Greed Index in extreme fear.

Morpho Association agrees with Apollo affiliates on token purchases and cooperation to support onchain lending.

Grayscale Investments has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to convert its existing Grayscale Aave Trust into a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) that would directly hold AAVE tokens.

Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) delivered a divided performance from Feb. 9–13, with bitcoin and ether recording heavy net outflows while XRP and solana posted gains. The week pointed to a growing divergence in investor positioning across digital asset funds.

On Monday, bitcoin is coasting along at $68,494 per unit as short sellers pile in at levels not seen since August 2024, setting up a high-stakes standoff in the derivatives market.

Harvard Management Company reduced its bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) holdings in Q4 while initiating an $86.8 million position in Blackrock’s Ishares Ether Trust, maintaining significant exposure to both leading cryptocurrencies.

Even after former U.S. President Barack Obama recently confirmed that aliens were real, prediction markets remain skeptical about an official disclosure from the U.S. government, at least during 2026. Polymarket bets give only a 10% of this happening.

Prospera, a Zone for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDE) in Honduras that uses bitcoin as legal tender, faces uncertainty about its future after the highest court declared the framework that created it unconstitutional.

Animoca Brands obtains a Virtual Asset Service Provider license from VARA to offer regulated crypto services from Dubai.

Corbin Fraser, CEO of Bitcoin.com, argues that the rise of autonomous AI agents will force a shift toward permissionless, high-speed crypto infrastructure.

Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI to help build the next wave of personal AI agents, while his breakout open-source project Openclaw shifts to an independent foundation model with continued support from OpenAI, marking a pivotal moment in the race to operationalize autonomous software.