U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Feb. 15 to assess whether a $500 million investment by UAE government-affiliated entities in crypto firm World Liberty Financial should be subject to review by the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS), BlockBeats reports. The Wall Street Journal previously reported that G42, backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed of the Abu Dhabi royal family, acquired a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial through Aryam Investment 1, and said some funds flowed to the Trump family and its affiliates, which the Trump side denied knowledge of. In their letter, the senators questioned whether the transaction could grant foreign governments access to user data, noted G42's past collaborations with Chinese companies, and asked the Treasury to clarify by March 5 whether a review has begun or recommendations have been made to the President. World Liberty Financial issues the USD1 stablecoin, lists Donald Trump and his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff as honorary cofounders, and a company spokesperson previously said neither individual was involved in UAE-related transactions; USD1's circulating supply has exceeded $5 billion since its March 2025 launch.

Coinbase launched its Agentic Wallets feature, allowing AI agents to autonomously trade, earn and spend cryptocurrencies using the x402 protocol. The rollout introduces an on-chain machine-driven transaction workflow where AI-operated wallets interact with crypto markets and payments without direct user execution, the project description shows.

Global markets face a heavy data and event calendar next week, with the Federal Reserve set to publish minutes of its January monetary policy meeting at 03:00 on Thursday and the initial reading of Q4 U.S. GDP and core PCE price index due Friday at 21:30, Jin10 reports. Central bank activity includes speeches by Fed officials, release of the Reserve Bank of Australia's meeting minutes and an interest rate decision from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, where markets widely anticipate no change. The U.S. Supreme Court will issue a ruling on February 20 that includes a decision on Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff policy, while Walmart is scheduled to report its fiscal Q4 earnings as reporting season nears its end.

Ethereum Foundation Executive Director Tomasz Stańczak has resigned, ChainCatcher reports. Consensus layer core contributor Greg said on X the move was unsurprising given long-standing internal power struggles and organizational inertia at the Foundation, claiming Vitalik Buterin had been largely absent over the past year, leading to inefficient resource allocation and stalled projects. Greg noted Stańczak brought experience from Nethermind, Flashbots and venture capital and had disclosed potential conflicts of interest in advance, yet still faced community questions and pushback when attempting to return to technical work while driving reform. Greg argued the Ethereum Foundation now needs leadership with real business experience and decision-making ability to improve operations, according to ChainCatcher.

Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer lowered Coinbase's (COIN) price target to $267 from $421, a 37% reduction, while maintaining a Buy rating following the company's fourth-quarter earnings, The Block reports as cited by ChainCatcher. Coinbase reported Q4 2025 net revenue of $1.71 billion, down 5% sequentially, and a GAAP net loss of $6.67 billion, driven primarily by $7.18 billion in unrealized losses on its crypto asset portfolio and $3.95 billion in losses from strategic investments. Palmer cut his FY2026 EPS forecast by 21% to $5.34 and set a Q1 2026 EPS estimate of $0.96, about 19% below consensus, noting the new target implies roughly 60% upside based on a current stock price near $164. The analyst said the business mix is becoming more diversified and resilient, with institutional trading revenue up 37% sequentially to $185 million, supported by the August acquisition of derivatives platform Deribit for $2.9 billion; stablecoin revenue rose 3% sequentially to $364 million with USDC average balance at an all-time high; subscription and services revenue reached $727.4 million, about 43% of net revenue, and full-year subscription and services revenue grew 23% year over year to $2.8 billion; the company expects Q1 2026 subscription and services revenue of $550 million to $630 million and reports trading revenue through February 10 of approximately $420 million; it ended 2025 with $11.3 billion in cash, repurchased $1.7 billion of shares in Q4 and early February, and its board approved an additional $2 billion share repurchase authorization.

Elon Musk's social platform X is preparing to roll out integrated stock and cryptocurrency trading in the coming weeks, company product lead Nikita Bier said, according to BlockBeats. The new Smart Cashtags feature will let users tap stock or token tickers in posts and execute trades directly inside the app. X's in-house payment system X Money is moving toward external beta testing in one to two months after an internal testing phase, with access to be expanded to selected users. Musk's broader Everything App vision builds on existing crypto exposure: Tesla holds about 11,509 Bitcoin, SpaceX holds roughly 8,285 Bitcoin, and Musk has repeatedly voiced support for Dogecoin, including remarks about sending DOGE to the moon.

More than $147 million in short positions were liquidated in under 24 hours, data show. The rapid liquidation highlights a sharp price move against leveraged traders during that period.

Garrett Jin, identified as #BitcoinOG1011short, transferred 261,024 ETH valued at $543M to Binance, resuming selling activity. The deposit marks renewed activity by the holder on the exchange platform.

On-chain data show 96,116 ETH valued at $199,692,986 was transferred from an unknown address to Binance. The transaction moved the Ether directly from the unidentified wallet to the exchange.