KITE has advanced from a base near $0.16 to highs around $0.2706, with bulls overcoming the $0.24–$0.25 barrier and now testing a dense resistance area below $0.30. Derivatives data show Open Interest climbing toward $100–$120 million and funding rates turning firmly positive, signaling leveraged long interest but also rising liquidation risk if momentum fades. Technical supports sit near $0.25, $0.20 and $0.18, while a sustained move above $0.27 could open a path toward the $0.30–$0.35 zone.

Pi Network's Core Team announced on February 20, 2026 that the protocol upgrade to version 19.6 has been successfully migrated, with v19.9 remaining as the last stage ahead of v20. Node operators are instructed to upgrade in time to stay connected to the network and support transaction validation under Pi's user-centric, progressively decentralized design.

According to CryptoRank, retail holders of the official TRUMP and MELANIA memecoins are facing over $4.3 billion in losses after the tokens plunged more than 90% from their early 2025 peaks. The TRUMP token has dropped from an all-time high of $75 to around $3.55, while MELANIA has fallen from $13.05 to about $0.11, as insiders and exchanges reportedly captured substantial profits. Data cited from blockchain analytics shows losses are concentrated among nearly two million smaller wallets, with insiders earning roughly $600 million and some wallets extracting over $1.2 billion in total.

Synthetix's SNX rallied 27% in the past 24 hours as trading volume nearly doubled to about $140 million. Market focus now turns to whether buyers can push price toward a nearby liquidity area around $0.4254, with momentum aided by strengthening derivatives participation.

Bittensor's TAO token fell 5.25% in just over 24 hours to $174.2 while its trading volume climbed 15% to $117.50 million, signaling intense selling pressure. Technical readings and market positioning point to a possible decline toward $144 if TAO remains under the $207 resistance, even as derivatives and spot data reveal a split between short sellers and aggressive buyers.

XRP remains under pressure as market depth thins and exchange flow signals are tracked for parallels to the 2024 expansion. The token pulled back from a move above $3.00 in 2025 and now sits between support at $1.30–$1.40 and resistance at $1.80–$2.20. Traders are monitoring liquidity compression and volatility risk before committing capital.

On Feb 18, 2026, Coinbase said it will leave Optimism’s OP Stack to develop a "unified stack," according to Bankless. The move follows a prolonged slump, with OP down 97% from its March 2024 ATH, and as Base has supplied ~97% of Superchain revenue. Ether.fi plans to migrate ~70,000 active cards and ~300,000 accounts to OP Mainnet over the coming months.

Vitalik Buterin pushed back against an X user's suggestion to abandon Ethereum's base chain, outlining a tightly integrated "bolt-on" rebuild that keeps the network live. He described a cypherpunk-focused redesign that grows alongside the current chain, and said a roughly five-year timeline could be shortened with AI-assisted coding and verification.