U.S. CFTC Acting Chairman: Enforcement Division Restructured, Refocused on Combating Fraud

On February 19, Uniswap announced via a post on X that a proposal to hike protocol fees has been deployed. The update will enable fees for all remaining v3 pools on the mainnet and activate protocol fees for both v2 and v3 pools across 8 additional chains.

On February 19, Cointelegraph reported that Societe Generale’s digital asset arm SG-FORGE has expanded its euro-backed stablecoin EUR CoinVertible (EURCV) to the XRP Ledger—marking the third blockchain deployment for the token after Ethereum and Solana. This rollout taps Ripple’s custodial infrastructure and could be integrated into Ripple’s products as transaction collateral. Backed 1:1 by bank cash deposits or high-quality securities, EURCV has a circulating supply of roughly 70.51 million tokens. It aims to boost institutional access to euro-backed stablecoins and comply with the EU’s MiCA regulation. The move follows SWIFT’s pilot testing of EURCV for tokenized bond exchange and settlement, part of broader efforts to advance euro stablecoin development and push back against U.S. dollar dominance.

February 19 — Per LookOnChain data, a whale with the address starting with 0xF4E has resumed ETH selling after a month of inactivity, depositing 12,840 ETH to OKX over the past 14 hours. The transfer is valued at roughly $25.35 million.

February 19 — Onchain Lens data shows the Pump.fun-associated address has sold 2.07 billion PUMP tokens for 4.55 million USDC so far today, and retains 1.676 billion PUMP tokens (valued at roughly $3.38 million).

**Feb. 19 – Eric Trump told CNBC in an interview at the World Liberty Forum that Bitcoin will reach $1 million, citing its historical average annual growth rate of 70%.** **Additionally, Eric Trump emphasized the Trump family’s crypto project is built to support the “most pro-crypto president,” advocating for lighter regulation and innovation.**

February 19: Public records show CZ attended the World Liberty Forum at Trump National Doral today but did not deliver a formal speech. A statement from CZ’s platform stated, “I gained a great deal from listening to the CFTC Chairman’s speech at the event.”