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Valkyrie amends Bitcoin Fund S-1 filing with enhanced custody and valuation rules

Valkyrie Investments refiled an amended Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday for its Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund, adding more precise rules around custody, valuation, seed investments, and risks as the cryptocurrency investment vehicle awaits regulatory approval to trade on Nasdaq. The new filing updates the index used to value the fund’s Bitcoin from Lukka Prime to the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant, which calculates the reference rate as of 4 PM Eastern

Coinbase ($COIN) in Limbo as CEO Continues Selling Shares, Analysts Issue Downgrades

Bitcoin MagazineCoinbase ($COIN) in Limbo as CEO Continues Selling Shares, Analysts Issue DowngradesShares of the largest publicly traded U.S. crypto exchange, Coinbase, fell this week as the broader crypto market takes a hit in prices, and as the market grapples with news insider selling and analyst predictions. Monness Crespi & Hardt downgraded $COIN from “buy” to “neutral,” citing downside risk tied to weakening crypto market conditions. The firm set a price target of $120, implying

BGC’s Revenue Jumps 30% on Strong Markets and OTC Acquisition

BGC Group closed 2025 with strong revenues,as heightened activity across asset classes and the integration of OTC GlobalHoldings lifted both quarterly and annual results.The group reported fourth-quarter revenues of $756.4million, up 32.2 percent from $572.3 million a year earlier.Full-year revenues rose 30 percent to $2.94 billion from $2.26 billion in 2024.Record Q4 and Full-Year PerformanceGAAP income from operations before income taxes fell 8percent in the quarter to $25 million, reflecting

ESP is available for trading!

We’re thrilled to announce that ESP is available for trading on Kraken!Funding and tradingESP trading is live as of February 12, 2026.To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’. Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits made using other networks will be lost.Trade on KrakenHere’s some more information about this asset:Espresso (ESP)Espresso (ESP) is a global confirmation layer that provide

AZTEC is available for trading!

We’re thrilled to announce that AZTEC is available for trading on Kraken!Funding and tradingAZTEC trading is live as of February 12, 2026.To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’. Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits made using other networks will be lost.Trade on KrakenHere’s some more information about this asset:Aztec (AZTEC)Aztec (AZTEC) is a privacy-focused Ethereum Layer 2 ena

PEP is available for trading!

We’re thrilled to announce that UP is available for trading on Kraken!Funding and tradingPEP trading is live as of February 11, 2026.To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’. Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits made using other networks will be lost.Trade on KrakenHere’s some more information about this asset:Pepcoin (PEP)Pepcoin (PEP) is the world’s first fully decentralized

Vitalik Buterin pitches Ethereum as the AI settlement layer, but one hidden leak could ruin it

Vitalik Buterin just published a research proposal that sidesteps the question everyone keeps asking: can blockchains run AI models?Instead, the research claims Ethereum as the privacy-preserving settlement layer for metered AI and API usage. The post, co-authored with Davide Crapis on Ethereum Research, argues that the real opportunity isn't putting LLMs on-chain.The real opportunity lies in building the infrastructure that enables agents and users to pay for thousands of API calls without comp

Bitcoin and Ethereum could drop further as investor risk appetite fades, StanChart warns

<p>Diminished risk appetite may lead to further crypto declines, impacting market stability and investor confidence in digital assets.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/crypto-market-decline-weak-us-economy/">Bitcoin and Ethereum could drop further as investor risk appetite fades, StanChart warns</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

SEC Chair Slammed by Democrats Over Shift in Crypto Enforcement

U.S. lawmakers challenged SEC Chair Paul Atkins over a sharp decline in crypto enforcement actions, raising concerns about dismissed lawsuits and alleged political ties to Trump-linked crypto ventures. Lawmakers Question Paul Atkinson on Dropped Crypto Cases Tensions over crypto regulation resurfaced on Capitol Hill this week as lawmakers questioned Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair [&#8230;]

How Does Shifting to Futures and Options Affect Broker Revenue?

European CFD brokers are accelerating plans to add futures and options to their platforms. According to a recent Acuiti survey conducted for CME Group, four out of five firms that do not yet offer listed derivatives are either planning to or actively considering doing so. What looks like product expansion is in fact a structural pivot. Moving from OTC CFDs to exchange-traded futures and options fundamentally changes how brokers generate revenues and what risks they are exposed to.Public disclosu

Bitcoin Consolidates After Capitulation: Next Stop $72K or Back to $60K?

Bitcoin’s price is $67,925 this morning at 8 a.m. EST, giving the asset a market capitalization of $1.35 trillion, with $51.15 billion in 24-hour trading volume and an intraday range between $65,932 and $68,371. The leading crypto asset is consolidating beneath a heavy resistance band as a relief rally collides with a structurally bearish higher-timeframe [&#8230;]

Deutsche Bank-backed Taurus and Blockdaemon team up to power institutional staking services

<p>The partnership enhances institutional access to secure, compliant staking, potentially accelerating digital asset adoption in traditional finance.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/taurus-blockdaemon-institutional-staking/">Deutsche Bank-backed Taurus and Blockdaemon team up to power institutional staking services</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Robinhood Launches Public Testnet for Layer-2 Chain

Robinhood has launched a public testnet for its Ethereum layer-2 network, inviting developers and institutions to experiment with tokenized assets. Ethereum L2 Testnet to Expand DeFi Push for Robinhood Robinhood is taking its blockchain ambitions a step further. The retail brokerage announced that Robinhood Chain, its Ethereum layer-2 network, has entered a public testnet phase. [&#8230;]

Can Bitcoin handle global economic uncertainty being worse than ever as it now doubles 2008 recession levels?

The World Uncertainty Index, a GDP-weighted measure constructed from the frequency with which &#8220;uncertainty&#8221; appears in Economist Intelligence Unit country reports, reached 106,862.2 in the third quarter of 2025 and remained elevated at 94,947.1 in the fourth quarter.WUI all-time record (Source: FRED)The index isn't a volatility gauge. It's a text-based barometer of policy, geopolitical, and economic ambiguity that can remain elevated even when equity markets price in calm.The methodo

Trump-backed World Liberty plans to launch World Swap forex platform

<p>The launch of World Swap could disrupt traditional forex markets by offering lower fees and increased accessibility, impacting global remittance trends.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/world-swap-forex-platform-launch/">Trump-backed World Liberty plans to launch World Swap forex platform</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Why Gold Is Surging and Why Analyst Predicts $7,300 Price in 2026

Gold istrading around $5,070 per ounce on Thursday, February 12,2026, holding comfortably above the critical $5,000 psychological support levelafter a steady four-session recovery. Accordingto my Fibonacci projections based on trend analysis, gold price couldrise to over $6,100 per ounce, and in the most extreme bullish scenario tonearly $7,200, representing potential gains of 40% or more from currentlevels. This"crystal ball" projection gains credibility from the fact that WellsFargo's recent f

Bitget Targets 40% of Tokenized Stock Trading by 2030, Boosts TradFi With One-Click Access

This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. Victoria, Seychelles, February 12, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), today announced a major mobile app upgrade that puts crypto and traditional financial markets side by side on the homepage, reflecting how traders are increasingly moving between asset classes in one trading session. [&#8230;]

Ondo Partners With Chainlink to Enable Tokenized US Stocks as DeFi Collateral

Ondo Global Markets adopts Chainlink data feeds to bring institutional‑grade pricing to Ondo tokenized U.S. stocks, enabling their use as collateral in Ethereum Decentralized Finance ( DeFi). Ondo Global Markets announces that Chainlink data feeds for Ondo tokenized assets—including SPYon, QQQon and TSLAon—are live in production, securing DeFi integrations such as Euler and allowing users [&#8230;]

Moving from CFDs to Spot Crypto Is Not Just a Tooling Exercise

“Some of the hurdles have been tackling the challenge of the need to move at pace while we have a legacy business,” says Tamas Szabo, the Group CEO of Pepperstone. Those hurdles sat at the heart of the retail broker’s expansion from traditional CFD into physical crypto. This was once a niche transition, but has since started to edge into the mainstream. As of today, IG Group has entered the spot crypto business, while Capital.com and XTB are preparing to follow, and CMC Markets has signalled bro

Uniswap is bringing BlackRock’s $2.2 billion BUIDL to DeFi, but the trade access comes with a catch

On Feb. 11, Uniswap announced that BlackRock's $2.2 billion USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) would trade on UniswapX via a partnership with Securitize.The integration enables BUIDL holders to swap into USDC via an on-chain request-for-quote system that settles atomically with quotes from allowlisted market makers, including Flowdesk, Tokka Labs, and Wintermute.Additionally, BlackRock disclosed a strategic investment in the Uniswap ecosystem, while explicitly reserving the right t