Asia and EMEA crypto recap: record $16M Pokémon sale, ZeroLend wind-down, BTC accumulation and $17B Ethereum RWA
Anthony Scaramucci's son purchased Logan Paul's previously tokenized Pokémon card for a record $16 million, while ZeroLend founder "Ryker" said the lending protocol will shut down after three years due to sustained losses, inactive or illiquid chains and halted oracle support, The Block reports. Strategy acquired an additional 2,486 BTC for about $168.4 million at an average of $67,710 per bitcoin between Feb. 9 and Feb. 16, taking its total holdings to 717,131 BTC per an 8K filed with the SEC. A BVNK, Coinbase and Artemis study found that crypto's $300 billion stablecoin float is increasingly used as everyday money, while Bitcoin miner Hive posted record quarterly revenue despite a $91 million net loss linked to accelerated depreciation. The TON Foundation teamed up with infrastructure firm Banxa to introduce stablecoin payment processing for small and medium-sized enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region, as The Block's data dashboard showed Ethereum's tokenized real-world asset market has surpassed $17 billion in value on mainnet and market maker Wintermute moved into tokenized commodities with institutional OTC trading for gold-backed digital tokens.