Purpose-Built AI Far Outperforms General Models in Detecting DeFi Vulnerabilities (CoinDesk)

Anthropic Unveils Claude Code Security to Bolster Defensive Cyber Capabilities (Anthropic)

Seven New ‘Skills’ to Enable AI Agent Operations on Uniswap (Uniswap Labs)

AdGazer AI Predicts Whether You’ll Actually Look at an Online Ad (Decrypt)

AI Trading Bot “Accidently” Sends Entire Memecoin Treasury to Reply Guy (The Block)

Trump-Backed World Liberty Plans Investor ‘Exit Mechanism’ for Maldives Resort Tokens (Decrypt)

BNP Paribas Launches Ethereum-Based Pilot for Tokenized Money Market Fund (The Block)

Nakamoto Finalizes Stock-Funded Acquisition of BTC Inc. and UTXO Management (Bitcoin Magazine)

Tether to Wind Down Offshore Yuan Stablecoin CNH₮ (Tether)

SBI Launches ¥10B Onchain Bond With XRP Incentives for Retail Investors (CoinDesk)

Blue Owl Suspends Retail Fund Redemptions Amid Private Credit Liquidity Strain (Bloomberg)

Bank of Korea Reasserts Push for Bank-Led Won Stablecoins as Legislation Stalls (Cointelegraph)

Brazil’s Central Bank Targets Framework for Institutional VASP Regulation by 2027 (Bitcoin.com)

U.S. Lender Rate Launches ‘RateFi’ Mortgage Program Recognizing Crypto Holdings (Cointelegraph)

Trump-Backed ‘Board of Peace’ Eyes Stablecoin to Support Digital Transactions in Gaza (The Block)

Binance Defends Compliance Program, Cites 96.8% Drop in Sanctions Exposure (Binance)

OKX’s 40th Proof of Reserves Shows BTC Climb as ETH, USDT Edge Lower (OKX)

Gemini Slashes Costs and Pivots as Post-IPO Slide Deepens (Bloomberg)

Backpack to Let Token Stakers Exchange for 20% Company Equity (The Block)

Changpeng Zhao Touts Binance.US Expansion at Trump-Linked Crypto Event (Bloomberg)

Crypto.com Wins Conditional OCC Approval for National Bank Charter (The Block)

Coinbase to Launch ETHGas (GWEI) Spot Trading on Feb. 24 (Coinbase Markets)

Elliptic Flags Five Exchanges Aiding Russian Sanctions Evasion (The Block)

ProShares’ Stablecoin-Ready ETF Breaks Records With $17B Debut (The Block)

Coinbase Custodies Over 80% of U.S. Spot BTC and ETH ETF Assets (Brian Armstrong)

From Feb. 16 to Feb. 20, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs logged $315.86 million in net outflows.

U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs recorded $123.37 million in net outflows from Feb. 16 to Feb. 20.

From Feb. 16 to Feb. 20, U.S. Solana spot ETFs attracted $14.31 million in net inflows.

U.S. XRP spot ETFs saw $1.84 million in net inflows from Feb. 16 to Feb. 20.

Hanwha Partners With Jito Foundation to Explore JitoSOL ETPs in South Korea (The Block)

Global Crypto ETP Outflows Hit $4B Over Five Weeks as Trading Volumes Slump (CoinShares)

Mystery Hong Kong Investor Defends $436M Stake in BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF (CoinDesk)

Buterin Lays Out Vision For a "Cypherpunk Principled Non-Ugly Ethereum" (Vitalik Buterin)

Quantum Computing Risks to Bitcoin Signatures Spark Urgency at ETH Denver (The Block)

Buterin Proposes Personal LLMs to Address DAO Governance Bottlenecks (Vitalik Buterin)

Ethereum Builders Admit Web3 Still Lacks Products Users Actually Want (Decrypt)

Buterin Proposes Simulated Transaction to Strengthen Crypto Security (Cointelegraph)

Pantera-Backed Solana Company Launches APAC Staking Infrastructure Buildout (The Block)

Aave Token Slides as Key Contractor Exits Amid Governance Rift (DL News)

Bitcoin Whales Rebuild Positions in V-Shaped Accumulation Despite Market Slump (Cointelegraph)

Crypto Investors Broaden Bets Beyond Bitcoin and Ether (Cointelegraph)

XRP Drops 4% as $1.93B Realized Loss Spike Signals Capitulation (CoinDesk)

Capital Rotates From Tokens to Crypto Stocks as New Launches Falter (Cointelegraph)

TradFi Titans Move Into DeFi Tokens to Secure Onchain Infrastructure (The Block)

Over $317M in Token Unlocks Loom This Week as SUI, JUP, WLD Among Major Releases (Tokenomist)

$61.5M Bitcoin Whale Liquidated on HTX as Fear Index Returns to Extreme (CoinDesk)

Bitcoin Slips Below $65K as Trump’s Tariff Escalation Sparks $434M in Liquidations (DL News)

Vitalik Buterin Sells $8M in ETH as Price Falls Below $1,900 (DL News)

Trump-Linked USD1 Stablecoin Briefly Depegs Amid Alleged Coordinated Attack (CoinDesk)

Software and Private Equity Rout Drags Stocks and Crypto Lower (CoinDesk)

Bitdeer Liquidates Bitcoin Reserves, Holdings Fall to Zero (Cointelegraph)

Bitdeer CEO Says Zero-BTC Balance Is Temporary After Liquidation of Holdings (The Block)

Engie Considers Bitcoin Mining and Storage at Major Brazil Solar Plant (Reuters)

SEC Signals 2% Capital Haircut for Stablecoins, Expanding Brokers’ Crypto Flexibility (The Block)

Missouri Advances Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Bill to House Commerce Committee Review (Cointelegraph)

South Korea Lawmakers Move Toward Tighter Crypto Rules After Bithumb’s $40B Error (DL News)

Strategy Buys 592 More Bitcoin, Holdings Reach 717,722 BTC (Strategy)

Bitmine Says ETH Holdings Hit 4.42 Million Tokens as Total Crypto and Cash Reach $9.6B (PR Newswire)

Crypto Startups Raise $95M as Investors Secure Better Terms (DL News)

Hyperliquid-Based SuperApp Based Raises $11.5M to Expand Into AI “Agentic Commerce” (The Block)

IoTeX Exploit Drains Funds After Private Keys Are Compromised (The Block)

‘Bitcoin to Zero’ Searches Hit U.S. Record as Price Slides, but Global Signal Diverges (CoinDesk)

OpenClaw Enforces Blanket Ban on Bitcoin, Crypto Mentions in Discord (Cointelegraph)

South Korean Prosecutors Recover 320 Bitcoin Lost to Phishing Scheme (DL News)

X Platform Vows Crackdown on Bots and Undisclosed AI Accounts (Nikita Bier)

Australian Police Charge Man in $3.5M Crypto Scam Targeting Elderly Investors (Decrypt)

How Pig-Butchering Scams Weaponize Trust in Crypto Fraud (Cointelegraph)

French Police Link Wave of Crypto Kidnappings to Overseas Kingpins (DL News)

Uniswap Founder Warns of Scam Ads After User Loses Entire Portfolio (Cointelegraph)

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