A whale that previously built a 105,000 ETH long position has partially taken profit and now retains 77,000 ETH in longs valued at $160 million, according to onchain analyst Ai Yi cited by Odaily Planet Daily. Over the past 24 hours, one address closed 28,000 ETH long contracts at an average exit price of $2,094.02, locking in $1.263 million in realized gains, while still holding 32,000 ETH with $1.193 million in unrealized profit. The same whale has also placed a limit sell order for 3,000 ETH in the $2,100–2,110 range across the tracked addresses.

A whale address closed 28,000 ETH long positions at an average price of $2,094.02, realizing a profit of $1.263 million over the past 24 hours, onchain analyst Ai Yi reports. The address still holds 32,000 ETH with an unrealized profit of $1.193 million and has placed a limit sell order for 3,000 ETH in the $2,100–$2,110 range. Two related addresses collectively hold 77,000 ETH long positions valued at $160 million.

A whale address closed 28,000 ETH from a previously opened 105,000 ETH long position in the past 24 hours, locking in $1.263 million in profit at an average exit price of $2,094.02, onchain analyst Aunt Ai reports on Feb. 15. The address still holds 32,000 ETH with an unrealized gain of $1.193 million and has placed a limit sell order for 3,000 ETH between $2,100 and $2,110. Across two related addresses, the whale maintains long positions totaling 77,000 ETH with a combined notional value of $160 million.

Binance Co-CEO Richard Teng said the Oct. 10 market crash was driven by macroeconomic factors, not by USDe's depeg, speaking at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 on Feb. 12. He cited U.S. 100% tariffs that wiped $1.5 trillion from equities and triggered $19 billion in crypto liquidations. Teng noted the USDe depeg and transfer delays occurred after most liquidations had already taken place and were not Binance-specific. He added Binance took full responsibility with goodwill payments and reiterated that traders also bear market risks.

A WBTC whale address that previously gained $9.94 million from trading sold 200 WBTC at $69,785.53 over the past 7 hours, realizing a loss of $1.57 million, AI Aunt monitoring cited by BlockBeats shows. The address had bought 213.11 WBTC at an average price of $77,635.80 between November 2025 and February 2026.

Two newly created wallets, addresses 1FZACr and 19UqCW, withdrew 402 BTC valued at $28.3M from Binance about 3 hours ago. The large Bitcoin outflow was executed shortly after the addresses were generated.

Coinbase launched its Agentic Wallets feature, allowing AI agents to autonomously trade, earn and spend cryptocurrencies using the x402 protocol. The rollout introduces an on-chain machine-driven transaction workflow where AI-operated wallets interact with crypto markets and payments without direct user execution, the project description shows.

Global markets face a heavy data and event calendar next week, with the Federal Reserve set to publish minutes of its January monetary policy meeting at 03:00 on Thursday and the initial reading of Q4 U.S. GDP and core PCE price index due Friday at 21:30, Jin10 reports. Central bank activity includes speeches by Fed officials, release of the Reserve Bank of Australia's meeting minutes and an interest rate decision from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, where markets widely anticipate no change. The U.S. Supreme Court will issue a ruling on February 20 that includes a decision on Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff policy, while Walmart is scheduled to report its fiscal Q4 earnings as reporting season nears its end.

Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer lowered Coinbase's (COIN) price target to $267 from $421, a 37% reduction, while maintaining a Buy rating following the company's fourth-quarter earnings, The Block reports as cited by ChainCatcher. Coinbase reported Q4 2025 net revenue of $1.71 billion, down 5% sequentially, and a GAAP net loss of $6.67 billion, driven primarily by $7.18 billion in unrealized losses on its crypto asset portfolio and $3.95 billion in losses from strategic investments. Palmer cut his FY2026 EPS forecast by 21% to $5.34 and set a Q1 2026 EPS estimate of $0.96, about 19% below consensus, noting the new target implies roughly 60% upside based on a current stock price near $164. The analyst said the business mix is becoming more diversified and resilient, with institutional trading revenue up 37% sequentially to $185 million, supported by the August acquisition of derivatives platform Deribit for $2.9 billion; stablecoin revenue rose 3% sequentially to $364 million with USDC average balance at an all-time high; subscription and services revenue reached $727.4 million, about 43% of net revenue, and full-year subscription and services revenue grew 23% year over year to $2.8 billion; the company expects Q1 2026 subscription and services revenue of $550 million to $630 million and reports trading revenue through February 10 of approximately $420 million; it ended 2025 with $11.3 billion in cash, repurchased $1.7 billion of shares in Q4 and early February, and its board approved an additional $2 billion share repurchase authorization.