Huang Renxun has left Beijing, and NVIDIA has not disclosed whether Huang Renxun met with the DeepSeek founder.

This week (February 16–22), the global market is set for a "data barrage." ### Key Developments: - **Fed & US Economic Data**: The Federal Reserve will publish its January monetary policy meeting minutes at 3:00 AM ET on Thursday—markets are hunting for fresh clues on the 2026 rate-cut path. At 9:30 PM ET on Friday, the initial Q4 US GDP estimate and core PCE price index (the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge) will take center stage. A hotter-than-expected PCE reading could slow the pace of policy easing this year. - **Central Bank Actions**: Multiple Fed officials are scheduled to speak this week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will release its meeting minutes, while the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) will announce its interest rate decision. Markets widely expect the RBNZ to hold rates steady; the RBA may highlight upside inflation risks. - **Asset Performance**: Gold prices dipped slightly on Monday. In oil markets, reports suggest OPEC+ may resume prod

A whale withdrew 640,000 UNI (valued at approximately $2.29 million) from OKX on February 16, per Onchain Lens monitoring data.

**Crypto Market Trades in Range Post-Weekend Recovery (Feb 16)** CoinGecko figures show the total cryptocurrency market cap now sits at $2.424 trillion, down 2% in the past 24 hours, as the market holds a range-bound trend after this weekend’s bounce. Bitcoin dipped this morning to touch $68,000 but is rebounding, trading at $68,849—up more than 5.7% from its last Thursday low of $65,118. Ethereum is currently at $1,969, while SOL has rebounded to break above $86.

On February 16th, OpenAI founder Sam Altman announced via a post that Peter Steinberger—founder of OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot)—will join OpenAI to lead development of the next generation of personal intelligence systems. “He’s a genius with incredible ideas about how future intelligent systems can collaborate and deliver practical services to users,” Altman wrote. “We anticipate this will quickly become core to our product roadmap.” OpenClaw will remain an open-source project under the OpenAI umbrella, and OpenAI will continue supporting it. “The future will be a highly multi-agent era, and backing open source is a critical part of our path toward that vision,” the post added.

February 15th – GMGN market data (via https://gmgn.ai/sol/token/i_m4TE56o8_NV2RYH954cTJ3ckFUpvfqaQXU4ARqqDH3562nFSpump) shows Solana ecosystem meme coin Punch surged over 4x in a single day. It currently holds a market cap of $14.75 million, with 24-hour trading volume exceeding $16.1 million. Data further indicates the token’s top holder invested nearly $1,000 when the price was around $18,180, and now has an unrealized gain of $455,000 – a return of over 46x. Public info notes Punch is inspired by a viral monkey from Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo. Moonshot has already listed the token tonight. BlockBeats reminds users that meme coin trading is extremely volatile, heavily reliant on market sentiment and hype, and lacks tangible value or use cases. Investors should be mindful of the associated risks.

On February 15, CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost noted that based on Bitcoin’s 4-year Simple Moving Average (SMA) indicator, BTC has re-entered the green zone—signaling undervaluation—and is approaching its 4-year moving average, currently around $57,500. Historically, this level typically marks the final stage of each bear market, with BTC prices tending to trade around it for several months.