Ethereum Upgrade 2026 Protocol Priority: Glamsterdam Upgrade Scheduled for H1

February 19: After incurring a $1.78 million bad debt from an oracle configuration error, DeFi lending protocol Moonwell issued an incident update on X (formerly Twitter). The update noted a recovery plan has been posted to its governance forum, which includes integrating the Moonwell Apollo (MFAM) community into the Moonwell ecosystem (WELL). Moonwell Apollo’s treasury will immediately begin partial compensation, with additional payouts coming from protocol revenue. Additionally, MFAM holders and stkWELL stakers are set to receive compensation at a 1:1.5 ratio (MFAM to stkWELL).

On February 19, Polymarket announced an exclusive partnership with Substack. Under the agreement, Substack writers will be able to seamlessly integrate Polymarket’s real-time prediction market data into their content, leveraging those insights to enhance news reporting. Both parties noted the collaboration aims to embed prediction market data into the writing process, providing content creators with data-driven support.

On February 19th, on-chain analyst Ai Yi’s monitoring shows that 8 hours ago, an address (0xF3C...2277) withdrew 10.38 million ASTER tokens from Binance, valued at $7.22 million. This marks the fourth time the address has accumulated ASTER, with its previous three transactions posting a combined loss of roughly $49,000.

On February 18 (U.S. local time), the first World Liberty Forum—hosted by the Trump crypto project World Liberty Finance—took place at Mar-a-Lago. The event drew American financial and crypto industry titans, top regulators, sports figures, and cultural icons. Attendees included: - Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon - Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong - CFTC Chair Michael Selig - Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman - Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson - NYSE President Lynn Martin - FIFA President Gianni Infantino - Rapper Nicki Minaj As organizers, Trump’s sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. served as hosts. BlockBeats summarized key speaker takeaways from the event: ### David Solomon (Goldman Sachs CEO) He revealed his first public Bitcoin holding (a very small amount) and noted he remains an “observer” of the cryptocurrency, still seeking to grasp its price behavior and volatility. Solomon stressed crypto’s significance to traditional finance and backed progress on regulato

February 19 On the evening of February 18, Binance’s Changpeng Zhao (CZ) unfollowed crypto influencers EnHeng and Phyrex on X. EnHeng’s X account also updated its privacy settings. Possibly in response, projects in the BSC (BNB Chain) ecosystem have begun deleting tweets tied to EnHeng’s activities. Notably, CZ retweeted a post yesterday with the message: “Hope Chinese KOLs can unite and avoid quarrels.” He added: “I don’t have time for gossip—didn’t even see what the argument was about.”

On February 19, Wall Street Journal reporter Nick Timiraos—dubbed the “Fed’s Whisperer” for his close ties to Federal Reserve officials—said what was **missing** from the latest Fed meeting minutes matters more than what was included. Last year, Fed staff repeatedly projected inflation would hit the central bank’s 2% target by 2027 through the December policy meeting; the December minutes pushed that timeline to 2028. The January minutes, however, did **not explicitly state when inflation would reach 2%**. They only noted the forecast was “slightly higher and remained balanced” relative to December’s outlook, and that tariff impacts would fade after mid-year, with inflation resuming its prior downward trend. The phrase “and reach 2% by 2028” from earlier minutes was absent. Timiraos argued this signals the Fed’s **diminished confidence** in the inflation path. Tight resource utilization and rising import prices led staff to confirm a slightly higher forecast than December—but