OpenAI and Paradigm Roll Out AI Benchmark for Smart Contract Security (CoinDesk)

OpenAI Nears Record $100B Funding Round at $850B Valuation (Bloomberg)

GLM-5 Outsmarts Claude by Faking Identity in AI Business Showdown (Decrypt)

Accenture Ties Promotions to AI Tool Usage as Workplace Anxiety Grows (Decrypt)

Ledn Sells $188M Bitcoin-Backed Bonds (Bitcoin Magazine)

World Liberty Financial Plans Tokenized Offering Tied to Trump Maldives Resort (PR Newswire)

Fed Minutes Strike Hawkish Tone as Some Officials Float Possibility of Rate Hike (Bloomberg)

Uniswap Considers Protocol Fee Expansion Across All v3 Pools and Eight Chains (The Block)

Soil Brings Yield Protocol on XRP Ledger, Expanding Utility for RLUSD (The Block)

Voltage Launches USD-Settled Revolving Credit Line on Lightning Network (The Block)

CME Group to Offer 24/7 Trading for Crypto Futures and Options Starting May 29 (PR Newswire)

PayPal’s PYUSD Tops $4B Market Cap as Arbitrum Supply Surges (The Defiant)

Susquehanna-Backed Blockfills Seeks Buyer After $75M Lending Loss (CoinDesk)

Tokenized xStocks Surpasse $25B in Total Transaction Volume (The Block)

Polymarket Acquires Prediction Market API Startup Dome (The Block)

U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $133.27 million in net outflows on Feb. 18.

On Feb. 18, U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs posted $41.83 million in net outflows.

U.S. XRP spot ETFs saw $2.21 million in net outflows on Feb. 18.

On Feb. 18, U.S. Solana spot ETFs logged $2.40 million in net inflows.

ProShares Debuts Stablecoin-Ready Money Market ETF Aligned With GENIUS Act (The Block)

Ether.fi Moves Crypto Card Platform to Optimism’s OP Mainnet (The Block)

Ethereum Foundation Sets 2026 Roadmap Focused on Scaling, UX, and Hardening the L1 (Ethereum Foundation)

Robinhood’s Layer 2 Testnet Logs 4 Million Transactions in Debut Week (The Block)

Altcoin Sell-Off Deepens as $209B in Outflows Signal Retail Retreat (Decrypt)

Bitcoin Near $67K, Ether Around $1,970 as Volatility Cools After Selloff (CoinDesk)

Fed Paper Finds Prediction Markets Rival Traditional Economic Forecasts (FRB)

Aptos Proposes Lower Staking Rewards, 2.1B APT Cap in Tokenomics Overhaul (Aptos)

Optimism Token Slides Over 20% After Base Announces Stack Overhaul (Decrypt)

Bitcoin Nears Longest Weekly Losing Streak Since 2022 as Geopolitical Tensions Rise (CoinDesk)

U.S. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending Feb.14: 206k, Exp. 223k, Prev. 229k (DOL)

‘Bitcoin Going to Zero’ Searches Spike as Market Hits Extreme Fear (Decrypt)

Activist Investor Pushes Riot Platforms to Accelerate AI Pivot (DL News)

UAE Royal-Linked Miners Hold $453M in Bitcoin With $344M in Paper Gains (Bitcoin Magazine)

Bitdeer Stock Slides as $300M Convertible Note Deal Funds HPC and AI Pivot (The Block)

Polymarket Lawsuit Tests Federal vs. State Control Over U.S. Prediction Markets (Cointelegraph)

Sen. Warren Urges Treasury and Fed to Reject Any Bitcoin Bailout Amid Market Slide (Decrypt)

SEC Signals ‘Incremental’ Innovation Exemption for Tokenized Securities (The Block)

Sharplink’s Ethereum Treasury Swells to 867,798 ETH (The Block)

DBA Raises $68M for Its Second Venture Fund (The Block)

Newity Raises $11M to Move Small Business Loans Onchain (The Block)

ETH Denver Returns to Its Builder Roots as Bear Market Thins the Crowd (Decrypt)

How Address Poisoning Scams Bypass Private Keys to Drain Crypto Wallets (Cointelegraph)

Hacker Returns $21M in Bitcoin Stolen From South Korean Prosecutors (The Block)

Ex-Secret Service Agent Urges Crypto Investors to Prioritize Awareness Amid Rise in ‘Wrench Attacks’ (DL News)

Fund Manager Freed After Plea Deal in $40M Bitcoin Embezzlement Case (DL News)

OpenAI’s KYC Provider Accused of Sharing User Crypto Data With U.S. Authorities (DL News)

Onchain Analytics Platform Parsec Shuts Down After Five Years (The Block)

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