Ether is holding near $2,000 after failing to stay above $2,150 since Feb. 5, with sentiment weakened by $242 million in ETF outflows between Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, the U.S. 2‑year Treasury yield fell to 3.42% and ETH options skew reached 10%, underscoring persistent caution among traders.

Anchorage Digital, Kamino and Solana Company have launched a tri-party custody venture designed to let institutions borrow onchain on Solana while keeping assets at Anchorage Digital Bank. The model allows natively staked SOL to serve as collateral under qualified custody, with Kamino managing lending markets and Anchorage's Atlas platform overseeing risk controls. Anchorage Digital is also seeking between $200 million and $400 million in new funding as it prepares for a potential IPO next year.

On Friday, Grayscale submitted a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to transform its closed-end AAVE trust into an exchange-traded fund that would trade on NYSE Arca. The planned product would charge a 2.5% sponsor fee on NAV, paid in AAVE, and use Coinbase as custodian and prime broker, while AAVE itself holds a market cap of about $1.8 billion at a price of $119.

According to CoinMarketCap, the memecoin sector has shed nearly $8 billion in 2026, with PEPE down 47% over the period and 40% this month. AMBCrypto notes PEPE has revisited its early April 2024 support near $0.0000035, while Open Interest rose 15% to $221 million and funding flipped negative, a backdrop that could fuel a short squeeze toward $0.0000065.

On February 13, 2026, FedEx Corp joined the Hedera Council as a governing member to bring parts of its global supply chain on-chain. Based on CoinMarketCap data, HBAR rose about 7.3% to $0.097 after the news, while the token's market cap climbed 7.4% to $4.19 billion. FedEx will help steer governance alongside Google, IBM, Dell, and Deutsche Telekom and plans to supply hardware to secure the network.

Ethereum is trading below the $2,000 mark with elevated volatility and weak sentiment as traders stay cautious around this psychological level. Over the past 30 days, futures open interest across major exchanges has contracted by more than 80 million ETH, signaling broad deleveraging and a reset in derivatives exposure. Price action now shows persistent downside pressure, with key support seen in the $1,600–$1,700 area as the market searches for a stable base.

Grok AI outlines ambitious targets for XRP, Cardano and Bitcoin by the end of 2026, projecting fresh all-time highs. It sees XRP near $8 from about $1.36, ADA around $6 from roughly $0.26, and BTC toward $225,000. Technical readings and ecosystem developments are cited as supportive, though volatility and downside risks remain.

In February 2026, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced Praetorian Group International founder Ramil Ventura Palafox to 20 years for wire fraud and concealment money laundering linked to a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme. Prosecutors said the operation raised more than $201 million, took in at least 8,198 BTC, and drew over 90,000 investors, with confirmed losses of at least $62.7 million.