Hong Kong Treasury Official: Digital Assets Are Here to StayJoseph Chan, Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of Hong Kong, stated at the Web3 Consensus conference that digital assets will remain a long-term asset class. The government will continue to foster a sustainable and responsible development environment to support the steady growth of digital asset businesses.Leveraging Hong Kong’s institutional strengths as an international financial center, authorities emphasized their ability ...

Bybit CEO Ben on Tokenized Stocks and Prediction Market ComplianceBybit CEO Ben identified tokenized stocks as a "no-brainer" evolution toward a 24/7 financial marketplace. Despite current liquidity challenges, he emphasized that infrastructure is maturing with major players like ICE entering the space, and Bybit aims to lead in offering these services.Regarding prediction markets, Ben acknowledged high user demand but cited global regulatory compliance as a major hurdle. Consequently, Bybit will not build ...

Tomasz K. Stańczak announced he will step down as co-Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation at the end of February 2026. Bastian Aue will assume the co-ED role alongside Hsiao-Wei. Stańczak said he will share more details in a blog post and answer questions at ETHDenver and in upcoming AMAs and podcasts. https://t.co/iRp3JP0Gab ...

Deribit announced that it has won the FOW International Award for Derivatives Trading System of the Year. The award recognizes innovation and performance in the derivatives industry. Deribit highlighted its range of inverse and linear crypto derivatives products, spot markets, portfolio margin system, cross-collateral features, and liquidity infrastructure as key strengths.The above is a commercial content. Full disclosure in the link：https://t.co/cnaLUBVuHj ...

U.S. January 2026 CPI rose 0.2% month-over-month (seasonally adjusted) and 2.4% year-over-year (not seasonally adjusted). Core CPI (excluding food and energy) increased 0.3% in January and 2.5% over the past 12 months. ...

According to Lookonchain, a wallet linked to the Mixin hack, inactive for around two years, has resumed activity today by transferring 2,005 ETH ($3.85M) to Tornado Cash, after which three new wallets received 2,087 ETH ($4.03M) and sold it at about $1,933; the address still holds 57,849 ETH ($113.4M) and 891 BTC ($59.7M). https://t.co/vqaWOTM3vb ...

RTL reports that the head of Binance France was targeted in an attempted home invasion on February 12. Three masked men entered his residence but fled with two phones after finding him absent. The suspects were later arrested at a train station in Lyon and taken into custody. https://t.co/aha1YWdL2v ...

WuBlockchain Weekly: Hong Kong unveils three new virtual-asset measures; Trend Research exits ETH with $869M loss; London Stock Exchange Group to roll out on-chain settlement; Chinese banks told to curb U.S. Treasury holdings; Bithumb’s 620,000 BTC payment error; High-court hearing set for 60,000 BTC laundering case; Goldman Sachs holds $1.1B in crypto ETFs and More https://t.co/qWDkW5IPNX ...

Espresso Analysis: How to Solve the Fragmentation and Centralized Sequencing Dilemma of RollupsEspresso is building a decentralized shared sequencer and confirmation layer to address Rollup fragmentation and centralization. Using its HotShot consensus, it provides fast finality and ensures only confirmed blocks settle on Ethereum, improving censorship resistance. With cross-chain tools like Presto and integrations across 20+ chains, Espresso aims to become core infrastructure for the modular Rollup ecosyste ...

The U.S. DOJ said Praetorian Group International CEO Ramil Ventura Palafox was sentenced to 20 years in prison for running a $200 million Bitcoin Ponzi scheme that defrauded over 90,000 investors. Authorities said victims lost at least $62.7 million, while Palafox used funds for luxury cars, real estate, and personal expenses. https://t.co/z5ifKn2JWv ...