On February 16, 2026, Tokyo-listed Metaplanet reported FY2025 results showing revenue surged 738% to 8.9 billion yen from 1.06 billion yen after pivoting to Bitcoin-focused operations. Despite a 6.29 billion yen operating profit, a non-cash valuation loss of 102.2 billion yen tied to Bitcoin's price decline pushed ordinary profit and net income into losses.

Shiba Inu's exchange netflow has moved toward zero, indicating inflows now match outflows, according to on-chain data. After weeks of selling pressure and lower highs, SHIB shows early stabilization with buyers stepping in at discounted levels. The asset remains beneath longer-term moving averages, and caution is still warranted.

Based on monthly return data from Coinglass, Bitcoin is set to finish January 2026 down 10.17% after briefly topping $97,000, while February 2026 is tracking a 12.12% decline following a drop to $60,000. If March 2026 also closes negative, it would mark six straight red months, exceeding the five-month stretch recorded in 2018.

On February 16, 2026, OpenEden said attackers compromised the DNS for openeden.com and portal.openeden.com, creating a phishing risk for anyone accessing those domains. The team sclaimed reserves remain verifiable via Chainlink Proof of Reserve, but users could lose assets if they connect wallets to spoofed pages. The team is investigating and advised against interacting with the sites.

On Monday, February 16, Bitcoin derivatives funding rates climbed by more than 140%, indicating that leveraged traders significantly boosted their bullish positions. Despite this, overall open interest edged down 0.08%, suggesting existing traders are repositioning rather than new capital entering the market. Bitcoin's spot price was still about 1% lower around $68,520, leaving the market exposed to potential long squeezes if the anticipated rebound fails to appear.

Kraken internally transferred 46,024,240,350 SHIB from a cold address to a hot wallet to support exchange liquidity, a move valued near $301,900 at execution. The transaction ran on Ethereum with a reported fee of 2.03 Gwei, roughly $0.14, as SHIB traded around $0.00000669 on the day with a 2.29% gain.

Digital asset funds registered $173 million in net outflows last week, while Solana-focused products drew $31 million in inflows. U.S. vehicles saw sizable redemptions as Germany, Canada, and Switzerland posted net buying. Despite the inflows, SOL traded near $84.17 after a 3.63% daily drop, with price action confined to a $77–$90 range.

On February 16, 2026, Mantle activated the ERC-8004 standard on its mainnet to add on-chain trust and identity for autonomous AI agents. The Mantle token declined 4% over the past 24 hours to $0.6347 and has dropped nearly 40% year to date. The upgrade introduces reputation, identity, and validation registries intended to support cross-platform economic participation.