Crypto News. February 18, 2026

Conway Research founder 0xSigil launched Conway Terminal, a command-line tool that transforms AI agents into sovereign economic actors. The terminal enables permissionless payments via x402, cryptographic identity, and Real world deployments, allowing agents to operate independently of human oversight via automations. He frames this as the dawn of Web4, where AI agents become the primary end users of crypto.

Sigil@0xSigil

I built the first AI that earns its existence, self-improves, and replicates without a human wrote about the technology that finally gives AI write access to the world, The Automaton, and the new web for exponential sovereign AIs WEB 4.0: The birth of superintelligent life

9:50 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 2.25M Views

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Code co-authored by Claude caused an exploit on Moonwell, causing $1.78M in losses

Cos(余弦)😶‍🌫️@evilcos

DeFi 借贷协议 Moonwell 上的预言机配置错误，造成了约 178 万美元损失…非常低级地把预言机喂价公式写错了… 这个漏洞的一个亮点是：Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6。Claude 最新最强模型。🤣🫣

pashov @pashov

🚨Claude Opus 4.6 wrote vulnerable code, leading to a smart contract exploit with $1.78M loss cbETH asset's price was set to $1.12 instead of ~$2,200. The PRs of the project show commits were co-authored by Claude - Is this the first hack of vibe-coded Solidity code?

1:29 AM · Feb 18, 2026 · 32.5K Views

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Pumpfun announced it is removing creator/dev fees and replacing them with cashback rewards based on trading volume. However, community hopes holders can be rewarded

Pump.fun@Pumpfun

Creator Fees need change. Not every token deserves Creator Fees. Now, users have the ability to decide whether a token truly deserves Creator Fees, or whether it makes more sense to reward the traders engaging with the token. Cashback Coins are now live. Learn more 👇

3:27 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 1.73M Views

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Terminal@TradingTerminal

Cashback Coins are live on Terminal! Terminal is the ONLY platform where users start earning cashback immediately. Every Terminal user is now generating cashback on any Cashback Coin they trade Switch to Terminal & start earning now 👇

Pump.fun @Pumpfun

Creator Fees need change. Not every token deserves Creator Fees. Now, users have the ability to decide whether a token truly deserves Creator Fees, or whether it makes more sense to reward the traders engaging with the token. Cashback Coins are now live. Learn more 👇

3:31 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 288K Views

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kurama 🦊@kurama718

Pumpfun just killed every coin on chain and people don't even completely understand the update yet they are giving us Cashback on all TRANSACTIONS not for holding tokens. This is something we already get from quite literally EVERY trading terminal taking away dev fees and

Pump.fun @Pumpfun

Creator Fees need change. Not every token deserves Creator Fees. Now, users have the ability to decide whether a token truly deserves Creator Fees, or whether it makes more sense to reward the traders engaging with the token. Cashback Coins are now live. Learn more 👇

5:48 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 161K Views

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Jacy🌸@jacycrypt

The new “Cashback vs Creator Fees” update from @Pumpfun honestly feels like a step in the wrong direction, and the community feedback says it all. Traders get rewarded, sure, but what about the creators who actually built these projects? Or the early supporters who held through

Pump.fun @Pumpfun

Creator Fees need change. Not every token deserves Creator Fees. Now, users have the ability to decide whether a token truly deserves Creator Fees, or whether it makes more sense to reward the traders engaging with the token. Cashback Coins are now live. Learn more 👇

8:07 AM · Feb 18, 2026 · 488 Views

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Zora launched attention markets on Solana.

$zora@zora

The world’s attention market is now live on Solana.

4:30 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 699K Views

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Nakamoto acquired BTC Inc and Bitcoin Conference, in an all-stock deal valued at $107M.

Nakamoto@nakamoto

Today Nakamoto has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BTC Inc, parent company of Bitcoin Magazine and the Bitcoin Conference, and UTXO Management in an all-stock transaction.

1:39 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 121K Views

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Bitwise filed with the SEC for PredictionShares ETFs, designed to track political outcomes

Eleanor Terrett@EleanorTerrett

🚨NEW: @BitwiseInvest joins @roundhill in filing for prediction market ETFs. The proposed funds would track contracts tied to the 2028 U.S. presidential election and upcoming House and Senate midterms. “PredictionShares” will serve as a new Bitwise platform focused on providing

James Seyffart @JSeyff

NEW: @BitwiseInvest filing for prediction market backed ETFs under brand name PredictionShares.

11:02 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 36.8K Views

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BlackRock filed for Staked Ethereum ETF

James Seyffart@JSeyff

NEW: updated filing for BlackRock’s @iShares staked Ethereum ETF. Ticker $ETHB. Filing includes expense ratio which will be 0.25%.

4:04 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 43.8K Views

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Fed to inject $16B into the economy this week

Polymarket@Polymarket

BREAKING: The Fed to print & inject $16,000,000,000.00 into the economy this week.

2:42 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 5.27M Views

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Starkware launched Nightfall, a zk privacy layer to Starknet stack

StarkWare (BTCFi arc) 🥷@StarkWareLtd

1/ The Starknet stack now enables confidential payments & DeFi for institutions. Today, we’re bringing Nightfall, EY’s ZK privacy layer, to Starknet. Ethereum-secured rails, now ready for enterprise scale 🧵

3:28 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 35.7K Views

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Peter Thiel has fully exited ETHZilla, selling his entire stake in the firm.

Solid Intel 📡@solidintel_x

INTEL: Billionaire Peter Thiel fully exits Ethereum treasury firm ETHZilla after selling his entire stake.

6:50 AM · Feb 18, 2026 · 13.2K Views

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Strategy purchased 2,486 ($168.4m) more BTC at an average price of $67,710, increasing total BTC to 717,131 BTC.

Michael Saylor@saylor

Strategy has acquired 2,486 BTC for ~$168.4 million at ~$67,710 per bitcoin. As of 2/16/2026, we hodl 717,131 $BTC acquired for ~$54.52 billion at ~$76,027 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC

strategy.com

Strategy Acquires 2,486 BTC; Now Holds 717,131 BTC

1:02 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 1.75M Views

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Dragonfly Capital announced it raised $650 million for Fund IV its 4th fund to back crypto projects

Haseeb ＞|＜@hosseeb

We just closed Dragonfly Fund IV at $650M. It's a big milestone, and yet, it’s a weird time to celebrate. Spirits are low, fear is extreme, and the gloom of a bear market has set in. But here's the thing: we raised almost every single Dragonfly fund into bear markets. Fund I

1:15 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 252K Views

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Bitmine added an additional 45,759 ETH, and now holds 4,371,497 ETH.

Coin Bureau@coinbureau

⚡️BITMINE ACQUIRES 45K MORE ETH BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) just added 45,000 ETH to its treasury. Ethereum holdings now total 4.37 million ETH, worth about $8.7B at $2K per coin, bringing total assets to $9.6B. Doubling down despite heavy unrealized losses.

2:51 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 12.9K Views

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LIFI Protocol unveiled LIFI Composer, a tool that allows developers to combine complex multi-chain DeFi workflows into a single transaction

LI.FI@lifiprotocol

Introducing LI.​FI Composer. The transaction orchestration primitive for finance. LI.​FI Composer presents a native way for developers to compose any complex, multi-chain DeFi workflows into one transaction. One click to move value. One click to do anything onchain.

2:46 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 49.4K Views

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Logan Paul sold his 1998 Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 card to A.J. Scaramucci for $16.49 million

Chad Harrison 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸@Texas_jeep_guy

AJ Scaramucci bought Logan Paul’s PSA 10 Pikachu card for a record breaking $16.49 million dollars. Logan bought the card in 2021 for $5.1 million. Did you know Pokémon cards were that valuable? 💰💵🤑

3:56 PM · Feb 16, 2026 · 4.9K Views

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Two Abu Dhabi-based funds own more than $1 billion in BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF

Bitcoin Magazine@BitcoinMagazine

JUST IN: Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala reported owning $630.6 million of BlackRock's spot #Bitcoin ETF 🇦🇪

5:40 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 47.6K Views

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CFTC Chair Mike Selig stated that the agency holds federal authority over US prediction markets, not individual states.

Mike Selig@ChairmanSelig

I have some big news to announce…

1:01 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 2.71M Views

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