Crypto News. February 20, 2026
Parsec announced its shutting down after five years.
Uniswap proposed activating protocol fees on all v3 pools and 8 additional chains: Arbitrum, Base, Celo, OP Mainnet, Soneium, X Layer, Worldchain, and Zora.
CME Group to launch 24/7 cryptocurrency futures and options trading starting May 29
DBA raised $62m for second venture fund. The fund will back early stage teams building on stablecoins, DEXs, ICOs, and prediction markets.
Rhythmic raised $4 million seed round led by Dragonfly to build consumer focused stablecoin platform.
Hyperbeat launched USD+, a yield generating savings vault that allows users to earn risk-adjusted real yield on USDC while using deposits as collateral for instant credit spending on Liquid Banking.
USDE-USDH perpetual contract goes live on Felix protocol with max leverage of 20x and an initial OI cap of $7.5 million.
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network exceeds $1 billion in monthly volume.
Aptos Foundation updates tokenomics to shift to performance-driven tokenomics with key
proposals including lower staking APR from 5.2% to 2.6%, higher burnable gas fees 10x, a 2.1B APT hard cap, 210M APT permanently locked and staked, KPI-linked grants, investor vesting and emissions end Oct 2026, and a potential programmatic buyback program.
Soil launched first compliant RWA-backed yield protocol on XRP Ledger.
Voltage launched Credit facility for BTC/USD lending on Lightning Network
Robinhood’s blockchain testnet hit 4 million transactions in first week.
Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich addressed recent allegations, emphasizing that Metaplanet’s Bitcoin purchases and option trades were fully disclosed and part of a systematic, long-term accumulation strategy.
