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US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $133.3 million in net outflows on Wednesday, pushing weekly losses to $238 million as Bitcoin briefly fell below $66,000 amid persistent negative sentiment.

The Trump family’s crypto venture gathered leading Wall Street executives, regulators and digital asset figures at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday for its inaugural World Liberty Forum.

The Aptos Foundation has proposed a sweeping tokenomics overhaul including a 2.1 billion APT hard cap, lower staking rewards and a tenfold gas fee increase to drive long-term deflation.

Senator Elizabeth Warren has urged US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell not to use taxpayer funds to support the crypto industry amid Bitcoin’s recent price decline.

Three researchers affiliated with the US Federal Reserve argued in a Feb. 12 paper that prediction market platform Kalshi could better measure macroeconomic expectations in real time than traditional tools.

US Senator Bernie Moreno said the CLARITY Act could pass “hopefully by April,” as lawmakers and industry leaders push to finalise crypto market structure legislation.

Federal Reserve policymakers discussed the possibility of raising interest rates at their January meeting, according to newly released minutes, citing concerns that inflation may remain above target.

The Ethereum Foundation has outlined quantum security, higher gas limits and improved cross-chain usability as key protocol priorities for 2026, following what it called one of its “most productive years” in 2025.

Crypto platform Hyperliquid has launched the Hyperliquid Policy Center in Washington, DC, to advocate for decentralised finance policy at what it described as a critical moment for US regulation.

DerivaDEX has launched a Bermuda-licensed crypto derivatives exchange under decentralised autonomous organisation governance after receiving a T test license from the Bermuda Monetary Authority.

OpenAI has launched a new benchmark, EVMbench, to evaluate how effectively AI agents can detect, patch and exploit vulnerabilities in crypto smart contracts.

Peter Thiel-linked Founders Fund has fully exited Ether treasury company ETHZilla, according to a 13G amendment filed Tuesday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission showing zero shares held.