The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced on Feb. 12 the roster for its Innovation Advisory Committee, appointing executives from Ripple, Coinbase, Kraken, Gemini, Uniswap Labs, Solana Labs, Cboe Global Markets, CME Group, Nasdaq, Robinhood and Crypto.com. The panel, launched Jan. 12 by Chairman Michael S. Selig as a rebrand of the former Technology Advisory Committee, will advise the CFTC on artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing and other technologies shaping trading, clearing, risk management and oversight in U.S. derivatives and commodity markets. Selig said on social platform X the committee's broad financial-sector perspective is intended to help "futureproof" CFTC-regulated markets and support development of clear rules for what he called the "Golden Age of American Financial Markets."

Yorkville America Equities, the asset manager associated with Truth Social, has filed applications with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to list two cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds: the Truth Social Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF and the Truth Social Cronos Yield Maximization ETF, CoinDesk reports. The Cronos Yield Maximization ETF is designed to invest in and stake CRO tokens to generate returns from staking rewards. If approved, the products are planned to launch in partnership with Crypto.com, which would provide custody, liquidity and staking services and distribute the ETFs through its affiliate Foris Capital US LLC.

Ether traded near $2,000 in recent sessions as US-listed Ether ETFs logged around $242 million in net outflows, market trackers show. The token has struggled to sustain moves above roughly $2,150 since early February, following a rebound from a mid-February low around $1,744, and Deribit options data showed elevated 30-day delta skew reflecting increased demand for downside protection among professional traders. Market commentary said institutional demand for Ether has cooled as investors favor short-term US government bonds amid elevated funding costs, with the US 2-year Treasury yield near 3.4%, ETH staking yield near 2.9%, and annual ETH supply growth around 0.8%.

Flying Tulip will open the public sale of its FT token on Feb. 16, with token generation scheduled for Feb. 23, the project said. The sale will use the ftPUT model, which grants all issued tokens a permanent repurchase right at the original exchange rate in BTC, ETH, SOL, USDC, USDe, USDS, and ftUSD. The team previously raised $200 million in a seed round with no lead investor, valuing the project at $1 billion, with participation from Brevan Howard Digital, DWF Labs, CoinFund, and Republic Digital.

Stablecoin issuer Tether has made a strategic investment in Supreme Liquid Labs, the parent company of Dreamcash, Hyperliquid's mobile frontend, ChainCatcher reports citing The Block. Dreamcash recently launched ten USDT-collateralized real-world asset perpetual markets on Hyperliquid using the permissionless HIP3 standard, with liquidity provided by Selini Capital and exposure to the S&P 500 index, gold, silver, and single stocks including Tesla, NVIDIA, Google, Amazon, Meta, Robinhood, Intel, and Microsoft. Tether's funding will help sustain Dreamcash's weekly $200,000 incentive program for its CASH markets, where rewards are allocated based on users' USDT trading volume share. Dreamcash has not disclosed the investment size and stated the initiative aims to lower entry barriers and encourage early participation.

Ethereum's rebound from last week's low appears overlapping and corrective, lacking a clean five-wave impulsive confirmation, and downside risk remains without a decisive break above the weekend high on Feb. 13, 2026, More Crypto Online reports. The price is trading inside a technically significant demand zone, with recent liquidation-driven moves leaving scope for sharp countertrend bounces; short-term volatility and false breaks in both directions remain possible around macro events, and US CPI data is scheduled for release today. On-chain data show the realized price for accumulation addresses has maintained a steady uptrend since 2018 as long-term holders continued accumulating and their average entry price rose; historically, major cycle bottoms formed when market price approached or briefly dipped below this realized price, including in 2018–2019 and in 2022. A decisive break below the realized price would place many accumulation addresses underwater, while the "orange scenario" still allows another leg lower and keeps the structure defensive until an impulsive break higher, and most whales are "deep underwater" on ETH, Gerla said on Feb. 12, 2026.

On-chain data show 300,031,288 USDC, worth $300,110,196, was transferred between two unidentified addresses. Both the sender and recipient wallets remain unknown, with no disclosed information on the parties involved.

Trump Media's Truth Social Funds filed applications for two exchange-traded funds offering digital asset exposure. One ETF would focus on Bitcoin and Ethereum, while the other would target Cronos.

Dutch lawmakers advanced a bill that would impose a 36% tax on savings and most investments, including crypto, with the measure now heading to the Senate. The proposal could take effect in 2028.