The Ethereum Foundation released a 2026 protocol priorities update that sets three tracks: Scale, Improve UX, and Harden the L1. The update highlights continued efforts to push the gas limit toward 100M+, advance ePBS with further blob parameter increases, develop a zkEVM attester client, and continue security work focused on censorship resistance and postquantum readiness.

Grayscale and Canary Capital listed the first spot SUI exchange-traded funds with staking on Nasdaq and NYSE Arca today. The products mark the debut of SUI ETFs on U.S. exchanges.

Ethereum's MVRV ZScore dropped to 0.64 in early 2026, sliding below key lows recorded in 2022 and 2025, onchain data from Santiment and analyst TeddyVision show. The metric indicates ETH is trading well below its perceived fair-value cost basis, with 180-day and 365-day MVRV ratios moving into zones historically linked to market stress. Many mid- to long-term holders now face unrealized losses, while stablecoin balances in whale wallets climbed to a six-month high, which Santiment notes may reflect larger players rotating into cash ahead of a clearer reversal signal.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said a path forward now exists that could benefit the crypto industry, banks and American consumers. He added that regulatory clarity is finally taking shape.

Aptos has overhauled its APT tokenomics by setting a hard cap of 2.1 billion tokens and shifting to a performance-driven issuance model that links new supply to network activity, BlockBeats reported on Feb. 19. The plan cuts staking rewards from 5.19% to 2.6%, permanently locks 210 million APT held by the foundation, increases gas fees tenfold to around $0.00014 with full burning, and introduces KPI-linked grants. Aptos is also exploring a potential buyback mechanism as part of the updated framework.

Several Federal Reserve officials said they would consider raising interest rates if inflation remains above target, according to the Fed minutes released. The minutes show openness to additional tightening depends on whether price pressures stay elevated above the central bank's target.

The Federal Reserve's January meeting minutes no longer include a specific timeline to reach its 2% inflation target, Odaily Planet Daily reports citing Nick Timiraos. The December minutes had projected the target would be achieved by 2028. The January minutes indicate the Fed expects inflation's downward trend to resume by midyear as tariff effects diminish, while omitting any reference to reaching 2% by 2028.

Aptos announced an overhaul of its APT tokenomics, introducing a performance-driven supply mechanism that ties issuance to network usage and sets a hard cap of 2.1 billion APT with no additional tokens beyond this limit, while 210 million APT will be permanently staked and locked. The update cuts annualized staking rewards from approximately 5.19% to 2.6% and raises gas fees tenfold to roughly $0.00014 per stablecoin transfer to curb inefficient usage and support deflation, Aptos said. The network will enable large-scale APT burns via on-chain DEXs such as Decibel driven by high-frequency trading, with current circulating supply at approximately 1.196 billion APT and roughly 904 million tokens (43%) unissued. Future foundation grants will be disbursed only upon achieving milestones for the "Global Transaction Engine", and the foundation will explore programmatic, market-based buybacks that may involve repurchases, burns, or reserves, Aptos said.

A new address (0x44f…8C91A) sold 886.31 WBTC worth $58.53 million over five hours on Feb. 19 at an average price of $66,044.99, onchain analyst Ai Yi reports. The funds were bridged via Defiway six months earlier, aggregated from dozens of addresses, and liquidated simultaneously.