On 25 February, t54 Labs announced Ripple as a strategic investor in its $5 million seed round to build agent payments infrastructure on the XRP Ledger via x402 with a compliance-first design and RLUSD. Data from agentevm shows Ethereum hosts 27,903 distributed AI agents and Base 20,623, while RLUSD stands at about $1.5386 billion in circulating supply and $1.6109 billion in reserves.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) proposed a staking-based governance model that requires a 180-day lock and weights voting by stake size and lock duration. The plan adds Node (10 million WLFI) and Super Node (50 million WLFI) tiers, links incentives to USD1, and sets a seven-day Snapshot vote with a 1 billion WLFI quorum.

Changpeng Zhao returned to the United States after a presidential pardon in October 2025 and appeared at a Mar-a-Lago crypto event with high-profile attendees. According to posts on X citing Forbes, roughly 85–87% of USD1’s circulating supply sits on Binance, while WLFI scheduled a 235 million WLFI distribution to USD1 holders from February 20 to March 20.

In August 2025, BeInCrypto said Peter Thiel held 7.5% of ETHZilla via Founders Fund; Securities and Exchange Commission filings from late 2025 indicate his stake fell to 0%. On February 18, 2026, Crypto Town Hall highlighted the full exit as Ethereum's slump pressured corporate treasuries and ETHZilla sold assets while exploring tokenized aviation exposure.

Coinbase reported quarterly revenue of about $1.78 billion but ended the period with a net loss of $667 million, while adjusted EBITDA remained positive at $566 million. Trading income dropped to roughly $983 million as spot Bitcoin ETFs, which collectively hold about 7% of Bitcoin's maximum supply through Coinbase custody, saw billions in outflows. Subscription and services revenue climbed to $727 million, driven mainly by stablecoin-related activity, and the company highlighted ongoing political negotiations over market structure and stablecoin rewards.

On 12 February, Cardano announced a strategic integration with LayerZero to bring omnichain interoperability, OFT tokens and new DeFi liquidity to its ecosystem. The move connects Cardano's eUTXO-based blockchain to more than 160 networks and over 400 omnichain assets, aiming to attract stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets and other collateral to its DeFi protocols. This upgrade is intended to address Cardano's historically limited access to multichain liquidity and expand opportunities for developers and users.

At an xAI All Hands in February 2026, Elon Musk said X Money is running in a closed internal beta and could enter a limited external beta within one to two months. The company cites more than 40 U.S. money‑transmitter licenses and a partnership with Visa. Crypto watchers are speculating about Dogecoin and XRP, though no integration is confirmed.

On February 11, 2026, BlockFills said on X it had temporarily suspended client deposits and withdrawals after taking the action last week; trading access remains for managing positions. The Chicago-based firm serves about 2,000 institutional clients and processed $60 billion in 2025. Bitcoin touched $60,000 last Friday as analysts, including Alex Damsker, urged caution.

Ripple is reshaping the XRP Ledger to address institutional DeFi by combining stablecoin settlement, tokenized collateral and compliance controls, with XRP positioned at the core of this infrastructure. The strategy emphasizes regulated access, real-world asset tokenization and a permissioned DEX, as XRPL processes millions of daily transactions and hosts hundreds of millions of dollars in stablecoins.