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.

Palantir Technologies shares fell as much as 6.7% on February 12 and continued lower in premarket trading on February 13 after Michael Burry released a 10,000-word newsletter criticizing the durability of the current AI investment cycle and warning the stock could decline sharply. While Burry outlined potential downside of up to 66%, other analysts highlighted Palantir's rapid growth, strong cash position and premium valuation, underscoring the divide over how sustainable its AI-driven momentum really is.

Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin urged builders to push the network toward AI leadership by prioritizing zero‑knowledge privacy payments and on‑chain reputation systems. The piece also highlights 13,000 AI agents registered in one day and ERC‑8004 going live on mainnet, while the Ethereum Foundation targets a zkVM whitepaper and proofs by December 2026 at roughly 300 kilobytes with 128‑bit security.

In a recent livestream titled "Legacy and the Lineage of Kings," Shiba Inu lead ambassador Shytoshi Kusama announced the end of his spiritual commentary phase and a pivot to a proprietary AI platform valued at about $2 million. The new non-blockchain system, built with over 100,000 lines of code, is designed as an encrypted, private archive for personal and family legacy and will begin with a tightly limited beta of 10 users from a possible 144,000. He also outlined a broader technical roadmap for the Shiba Inu ecosystem, including Treat token-backed grants and upcoming sessions focused on SHIB, BONE, LEASHv2 and TREAT.

The White House has paused planned restrictions on China Telecom, TP‑Link routers, and Chinese hardware in U.S. data centers ahead of President Donald Trump's April trip to Beijing. The shift follows late‑2025 changes to Nvidia H200 sales and a January 2026 TikTok deal, while China's October 2025 rare‑earth export controls increased leverage. The Pentagon has invested $400 million in MP Materials to mitigate supply risks.

In a blog post on Wednesday, Vitalik Buterin and Ethereum Foundation AI lead Davide Crapis proposed a zero-knowledge–based system to keep AI API calls private while enabling payment and anti-abuse controls. Users would fund a smart contract (e.g., 100 USDC) and make unlinkable requests, with dual-staking penalties deterring double-spends and policy violations.

Coinbase introduced Agentic Wallets to let autonomous AI agents hold funds, send payments, trade tokens, and earn onchain yield. A blog post published on Wednesday, February 11, said the tool adds built-in security and leverages the x402 protocol across EVM chains, Solana, and Coinbase’s Base Layer 2. The release includes a command-line interface and Smart Security Guardrails.

On Wednesday, Coinbase said it introduced Agentic Wallets, a crypto wallet infrastructure that lets AI agents spend, earn and trade with user-defined permissions. The feature builds on AgentKit and routes payments via x402, which has reportedly processed 50 million transactions, and supports operations on Base, including 24/7 liquidity management and automated rebalancing.