Wrapped AVAX Sees Increased Wallet Accumulation Amid Bybit Card Cashback Adoption Nearly 4,000 wallets added WAVAX holdings, 1.8 times the recent average, according to onchain data.

Gold-backed Tokens Underperform While Wall Street Calls for Dip Buying in Precious Metal Gold’s price dropped while risk assets rose amid speculation Trump’s reciprocal tariffs are no more than a negotiating tool.

Pump.fun Doubles Down on Memecoin Craze by Starting Mobile App as New Token Launch Hits Record The growing number of new tokens may lead to liquidity fragmentation and decreased trader attention in any single project, CoinGecko COO said.

Strategy Could Be Eligible for S&P 500 Inclusion in June if Bitcoin Closes Q1 Above $96K The last hurdle for MSTR to qualify for the S&P 500 is to achieve positive GAAP net income over the trailing 12 months.

Blockchain.com Takes Step Towards IPO With New Executive Appointments The company is joining a growing number of cryptocurrency firms for IPO ambitions amid growing institutional adoption and a more favorable regulatory environment.

El Salvador Dispatch: How Bitcoin Taught a Nation to Dream The Central American nation is on a roll. This year’s Plan B conference was electric, featuring famous speakers from abroad as well as native Spanish content.

Javier Milei Backtracks on $4.4B Memecoin After ‘Insiders’ Pocket $87M Milei deleted his original promotional tweet and revealed that he wasn’t aware of its details.

SEC Asks Court for Coinbase Case Deadline Extension, Citing ‘Potential Resolution’ Prospects The SEC filed a motion Friday saying its new crypto task force could help it resolve its ongoing case against Coinbase.

Crypto Exchange Bybit Is No Longer Operating Illegally in France After more than two years of working with the French regulator, Bybit has come off France AMF’s blacklist, the CEO of the exchange said.

Fan Tokens Surge Following Tether’s Juventus FC Investment JUV rose 200%, with tokens like LAZIO and PORTO also experiencing significant price jumps.

Bitcoin Looks to Break Long Streak of Weekend Skids The world’s largest crypto has declined for five consecutive weekends, noted Standard Charterd’s Geoff Kendrick.

El Salvador Dispatch: The Origins of the Bitcoin Experiment El Zonte inspired Bukele to make bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador. CoinDesk visited the surfing village to see how it’s developing.

What to Expect at Consensus Hong Kong Consensus lands in Hong Kong for the first time Feb 18-20. Here are some highlights from a packed schedule of programming and special events.

Justin Sun on Mars, Tropico, Game of Thrones, and That Banana Sam Reynolds meets TRON’s founder at home in Hong Kong.

Wisconsin More Than Doubled BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Holdings to 6M Shares The state’s investment board’s stake is worth more than $340 million at IBIT’s current price of $56.10.

SafeMoon to Launch Memecoin on Solana After Burning Most of SFM Supply SFM holders will have an opportunity to sell their tokens despite current low liquidity levels.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Ripple (XRP) Jumps 9.4% as Index Trades Higher Stellar (XLM) was also a top performer, gaining 6.1% from Thursday.

Reality of XRP ETF Is One Step Closer After SEC Acknowledges Filing The Securities and Exchanges Commission acknowledged a filing by the New York Stock Exchange and Grayscale for an XRP ETF on Thursday.

HashKey Group Gets $30M Investment From Chinese VC Gaorong Ventures: Report Despite China’s ban on cryptocurrencies, Chinese investors continue to invest in the space.

USDT Issuer Tether Acquires Stake in Football Club Juventus The stablecoin issuer’s investment arm said it is acquiring a minority stake in the Italian club.