Your day-ahead look for Feb. 13, 2026

Ark also bought $12 million worth of crypto-friendly investment platform Robinhood and $4 million worth of ether treasury firm Bitmine Immersion Technologies.

Derivatives show tentative optimism, with cleaned-up leverage, positive funding rates and rising institutional basis, even though traders are still paying a premium for short-term downside protection.

Instead of investing in bitcoin and foreign currency trading, as promised, Palafox used new investor funds to pay old ones and siphoned millions for personal use.

A bitcoin price drop to $58,000 could reignite buying momentum.

JPMorgan said weak crypto markets pressured fourth-quarter results, but backs Coinbase’s strategy of investing through the cycle and returning capital via buybacks.

Crypto\\\'s role in payments for AI, regulatory changes and the digital asset market dominated conversations on the ground.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission\\\'s new chief, Mike Selig, repurposed the agency\\\'s previous CEO innovation council, almost tripling its members.

What to know : Crypto exchange Coinbase reported a fourth quarter earnings miss. Transaction revenue of $982.7 million was down from $1.046 billion the previous quarter and $1.556 billion in the fourt

The strong correlation between crypto and the software sector reasserted itself on Wednesday

The super PAC is devoting $1.5 million to get Representative Al Green, a Democrat critical of the crypto industry, defeated by a primary challenger.

At a panel discussion at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 featuring Sharplink Gaming Chairman Joe Lubin and CEO Joseph Chalom, the two executives outlined how digital asset treasuries are evolving into a distinct institutional strategy.

The proposal arrives amid discord within the Aave community over control of the protocol’s brand and key assets.

Senator Mark Warner, a leading Democratic negotiator on the market structure bill, said he wants it to pass, and SEC chief Paul Atkins said durable policy actually requires it.

Exponential tech will force down prices and stress legacy finance, for which bitcoin offers a trustless alternative, said Wood at Bitcoin Investor Week.