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XION releases first video demonstration of zkTLS live in action from its Uber launch
Over 20+ global brands including Prime, Lacoste, BMW, Temu, SubZero, The North Face, and Marvel Rivals are using XION to launch reward-driven campaigns that deepen customer loyalty and can slash user acquisition costs by over 79%.
https://x.com/burnt_xion/status/1892620605528408518
Sam Bankman-Fried flatters Trump, flips on Biden while asking for pardon in first interview from prison
https://www.theblock.co/post/342510/sam-bankman-fried-trump-biden-pardon-first-interview-prison
Elon Musk says he is considering having DOGE audit the Federal Reserve
https://x.com/watcherguru/status/1892704626803081674
The crypto market is neutral
BTC Dominance - 59.75%
Market Cap - $3.26T
BTC - $98,118.99 (+1.01%)
ETH - $2,741.99 (-0.03%)
XRP - $2.64 (-2.33%)
BNB - $651.62 (-0.36%)
SOL - $173.16 (+0.25%)
BERA - $8.23 (+10.89%)
IP - $4.78 (+67.75%)
RAY - $2.65 (+12.87%)
KAITO - $1.35 (-52%)
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Figure gains SEC approval for first interest-bearing YLDS stablecoin launch
https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/02/20/figure-markets-sec-approved-stablecoin-ylds-mike-cagney/
SEC Announces Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit to Protect Retail Investors
https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025-42
Kaito (KAITO) trading has started on Binance, OKX, Gate and others.
KAITO is now trading at $1.1
FDV: ~$1.1B
Kaito is a next-generation web3 information platform that indexes a wide range of web3 content not easily accessible through traditional search engines.
https://www.binance.com/en/trade/KAITO_USDT
Vitalik Buterin says he was disappointed by claims that Ethereum is bad and intolerant for not respecting “casinos” on the blockchain enough.
https://app.tako.so/cast?id=0xc7749ba35d4c24f72be03d0d578cb526fd5dac44&isShowFull=true
https://x.com/cointelegraph/status/1892512737974002134
SEC Reverses Course, Dismisses Its Own Crypto Rulemaking Case Appeal
In November, a federal judge in Texas found the SEC’s expansion of the legal definition for “dealer” exceeded the regulator’s authority.
https://decrypt.co/306849/sec-reverses-course-dismisses-rulemaking-appeal
Coinbase has added CLANKER to its roadmap
https://x.com/CoinbaseAssets/status/1892314796109750760
Canary Capital Launches Canary AXL Trust, Expanding Institutional Crypto Investment Offerings to the Token Powering the Axelar Network
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250219739332/en/Canary-Capital-Launches-Canary-AXL-Trust-Expanding-Institutional-Crypto-Investment-Offerings-to-the-Token-Powering-the-Axelar-Network
💧 New Activities on DropsTab.com
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Hashdex receives approval for the world’s first XRP spot ETF in Brazil
https://x.com/cointelegraph/status/1892240206641676450
Franklin Templeton Brings Tokenized U.S. Treasury Fund to European Investors
The fund is available on the Stellar Lumens network (XLM) for institutional investors in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/02/19/franklin-templeton-brings-usd580m-tokenized-u-s-treasury-fund-to-european-investors
MANTRA has obtained a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) to operate as a Virtual Asset Exchange, as well as provide Broker-Dealer and Management and Investment Services.
https://x.com/mantra_chain/status/1892183609987244312
https://www.mantrachain.io/resources/announcements/mantra-secures-first-vara-defi-license
Top 300 gainers in 24h: PERRY, FAI, IP, S, MKR, BNX, JTO, SEI
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Michael Saylor says there's only room for one nation state to buy up 20% of the Bitcoin supply, and "I think it will be the United States."
https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1892646842585751688
CoinList has announced the Obol token sale
Sale Date: February 24, 2025, 17:00 UTC – March 3, 2025, 17:00 UTC
Token Price
General: $0.25
Lido wstETH and Ether.fi weETH holders: $0.23
Fully Diluted Network Value General: $125,000,000.00
Lido wstETH and Ether.fi weETH holders: $115,000,000.00
Vesting Schedule: 33% unlock 6 months post TGE, followed by a 12-month linear unlock for the remainder of tokens. TGE is expected during Q2 2025.
Allocated Supply: 12,000,000 - 13,050,000 OBOL
Total Token Supply: 500,000,000 OBOL Tokens
Purchase Limits
Minimum: $100.00
Maximum: $250,000.00
https://coinlist.co/obol
💧 Recent Funding Rounds Backed by Top Tier Angels
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The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to expand its initiative to settle transactions recorded on distributed ledger technology (DLT) in central bank money
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2025/html/ecb.pr250220_1~ce3286f97b.en.html
Strategy announces pricing of $2B in convertible senior notes
https://www.strategy.com/press/strategy-announces-pricing-of-convertible-senior-notes_02-20-2025
https://x.com/cointelegraph/status/1892561123250934097
MANTRA has launched a startup accelerator program aimed at advancing the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs), with backing from Google Cloud
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/02/20/mantra-launches-program-for-real-world-asset-startups-with-google-cloud-support
https://x.com/MANTRA_Chain/status/1892442535131259228
Aptos Head of Research Accuses Monad of Plagiarism, But Monad Denies Allegations
https://x.com/_jhunsaker/status/1892326107594313774
Injective co-founder and CEO Eric went on CNBC to discuss how Injective is powering TradFi to move on-chain
https://x.com/injective/status/1892219533013799282
President Trump said he signed executive orders "to end Joe Biden's war on Bitcoin and crypto."
https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1892363976983359737
The crypto market is growing
BTC Dominance - 59.56%
Market Cap - $3.23T
BTC - $97,072.44 (+1.51%)
ETH - $2,745.79 (+2.18%)
XRP - $2.7 (+6.44%)
BNB - $653.29 (+0.63%)
SOL - $172.58 (+3.12%)
TRUMP - $16.98 (+4.24%)
BERA - $7.47 (+17.03%)
IP - $2.8 (+34.04%)
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Monad Testnet is live
https://x.com/monad_xyz/status/1892227817149997212
400,000,000 USDT (399,929,600 USD) transferred from Tether Treasury to Binance
https://x.com/whale_alert/status/1892214546917462425
Binance.US resumes USD services
https://support.binance.us/en/articles/10582064-binance-us-resumes-usd-services-a-2025-guide
Binance has announced the 9th project on the HODLer Airdrops page - KAITO (KAITO)
Users who subscribed their BNB to Simple Earn products from 2025-02-06 00:00 UTC to 2025-02-10 23:59 UTC will get the airdrops distribution.
Binance will then list KAITO at 2025-02-20 13:00 UTC and open trading against BTC, USDT, USDC, BNB, FDUSD, and TRY pairs.
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/introducing-kaito-kaito-on-binance-hodler-airdrops-earn-kaito-with-retroactive-bnb-simple-earn-subscriptions-270d00295b854230a4fae344b64f36b4