On February 18, the Ethereum Foundation outlined its 2026 protocol priorities spanning scaling, user experience, and Layer 1 resilience. The plan targets pushing the gas limit toward and beyond 100 million and advancing blob capacity for rollups, proposer–builder separation, and a zkEVM attester client. Major changes are associated with upcoming forks such as Glamsterdam.

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.

On Thursday, February 19, daily XRP perpetual funding rates fell nearly 80%, according to CryptoQuant. Open interest declined 5.35%, while the spot price traded near $1.42, down 3.66% on the day. Negative funding shows shorts paying longs, reflecting a bearish tilt in derivatives.

Solana (SOL) dropped below $82 amid heavier selling and fading risk appetite, signaling a fragile phase for price action. Liquidations are climbing as leveraged longs exit, and $80 remains a pivotal support, with $75 and $90 highlighted as key reference levels. A recovery would require reclaiming resistance in the mid-$80s to reduce near-term pressure.

Pi Network (PI) surged more than 37% this week, hitting a four-week high of $0.205 as the Open Mainnet anniversary and a mandatory protocol shift to version 23.0 combined to spark a fresh wave of accumulation. While technical indicators point toward a continuation of the rally, the project’s transition to its first full year of open trading remains highly volatile, with traders eyeing a $0.21 breakout and a potential listing on a major U.S. exchange.

Injective (INJ) surged more than 25% in the last 24 hours, hitting local highs of $3.94 as the successful passage of the IIP-619 mainnet proposal coincided with a massive institutional treasury accumulation. While the technical breakout above $3.30 has shifted the short-term structure to bullish, the asset remains within a broader downtrend, leaving traders focused on whether the Real-Time EVM narrative can sustain enough volume to reclaim the $5 psychological level.

Evernorth CEO Ashish Birla presented what he describes as the first institutional XRP treasury model, positioning the firm as an active, regulated vehicle on the XRP Ledger. The plan involves yield-bearing deployments, validators, and lending via XLS-66. A program aired on February 19, 2026 as Evernorth prepares a Nasdaq listing under ticker XRPN.

Cardano's ADA is trading around $0.27, with analysts highlighting $0.25 and $0.244 as key support levels that could shape short-term momentum. Some market predictions point to a possible move toward $10 if institutional interest strengthens, while Weiss Ratings has praised Cardano's research-first development, including the Midnight protocol.