The Crypto Fear & Greed Index fell to 7 today, data show. The reading marks an extreme fear level in the cryptocurrency market.

CME Group said it plans to begin 24/7 trading for its regulated cryptocurrency futures and options on May 29, 2026, pending regulatory approval. The new structure will enable continuous trading on CME Globex with a brief weekly maintenance break, aligning with nonstop global spot markets. Trades submitted from Friday evening through Sunday evening will be assigned the next business day's trade date, and CME reported $3 trillion of notional crypto futures and options volume in 2025, with 2026 average daily volume reaching 407,200 contracts, 46% higher year-over-year.

Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs posted net outflows of $165.8 million and $130.1 million respectively on February 19, while Solana and XRP ETFs registered net inflows of $5.94 million and $4.05 million, Cointelegraph reports. CoinoMedia said the pattern suggests investors are reallocating from Bitcoin and Ethereum into selected altcoins rather than exiting crypto, with Solana and XRP inflows reflecting growing interest in alternatives and belief among some participants that smaller-cap assets could offer stronger short-term upside if Bitcoin and Ethereum prices consolidate. CoinoMedia added that if heavy outflows from Bitcoin and Ethereum continue they may pressure prices, whereas steady inflows into Solana and XRP could support price stability or spark momentum in those assets as conditions evolve.

The U.S. core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index for December is scheduled for release at 21:30 on Feb. 20, with the annual rate forecast at 2.9% versus 2.8% prior, BlockBeats reports. The Core PCE Price Index, developed by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, was adopted in 2002 by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) as one of the Federal Reserve's primary inflation indicators.

A whale has accumulated 105,000 ETH in long positions valued at approximately $203 million, facing over $8.5 million in unrealized losses, onchain analyst Aunt Ai reports via ChainCatcher. The trader added 5,000 ETH in long positions yesterday across two addresses at entry prices of $2,029.38 and $2,010.39, with liquidation levels at $1,269.14 and $1,288.49 respectively.

An unidentified address transferred 1,258 BTC valued at $84,618,945 to Coinbase, on-chain data show. The Bitcoin was sent from a wallet that has not been publicly labeled.

Prediction market platform Polymarket was exploited through a design flaw in its offchain-onchain trade settlement synchronization, where attackers manipulated nonces to invalidate onchain matched trades while offchain records remained effective, GoPlus Chinese Community reports. The attackers submitted large opposing orders against market-making bots on Polymarket's offchain order book, crafted transactions with forged or duplicate nonces, and used onchain nonce competition to cause transaction reverts, while Polymarket's API sent "trade executed" confirmations to bots before onchain confirmation, enabling subsequent genuine onchain trades to capture riskfree profits. GoPlus Chinese Community said the attack remained cost-effective and repeatable as reverts occurred at the chain layer without causing spikes in Polymarket fees, leading to user losses and affecting trading bots including Negrisk. GoPlus Chinese Community recommends users pause automated trading tools, verify onchain transaction status, improve wallet security, and follow official Polymarket announcements.

Tokenized real-world assets rose 8.7% over the past month to $24.8 billion, while decentralized finance total value locked fell 25% to $94.8 billion in the same period, Decrypt reports. RWA.xyz data show tokenized U.S. Treasuries reached $10.7 billion (up 10%), commodities $6.9 billion (up 20%), and private credit $2.9 billion (up 15%). Sergej Kunz, co-founder of 1inch, told Decrypt the divergence reflects capital rotation within crypto rather than an exit, citing compressed DeFi yields and tokenized Treasuries offering a 4% on-chain return with minimal risk. Rico van der Veen, CEO of Programmable Credit Protocol, said RWA protocols provide executable rights, regulatory clarity, and cash flows independent of token issuance that DeFi does not offer.

SlowMist's Yu Xian said on X on Feb. 20 that 1,184 malicious skills on OpenClaw's ClawHub can steal SSH keys and crypto wallets, PANews reports. One attacker uploaded 677 packages, and Yu warned that text can be executable. He cited a $1.78 million Moonwell hack as an example.