Huobi HTX has launched AERGO perpetual contracts and kicked off a contract trading party.

On Feb. 23, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), founder of Binance, told Bloomberg in an interview at the World Liberty Financial Forum that Binance aims to expand its U.S. business further, bringing top-tier products to the country to make it easier for American consumers to access these high-quality offerings. During the interview, CZ noted that after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Binance.US in 2023, the platform’s U.S. arm lost numerous banking partners and market share, facing significant hurdles. The lawsuit was dismissed last year under SEC Chair Paul Atkins—appointed by former President Trump—amid a shift to a more favorable regulatory landscape. Now, once-unreachable goals like deeper banking partnerships and even pursuing a banking license are “entirely feasible,” he said, though he stressed that any such steps would hinge on assembling the right team and securing proper legal counsel.

On February 23rd, per LookOnChain data, a crypto whale address resumed ETH selling following a 5-day dormancy period, depositing 13,249.5 ETH (valued at $24.94 million) to OKX 4 hours ago.

On February 23, on-chain sleuth ZachXBT announced via social media that he will publish a major investigation on February 26 focused on one of the crypto space’s most profitable firms—alleging multiple employees engaged in insider trading using internal company data.

On February 23, monitoring data shows Eric Trump—former President Trump’s second son and co-founder of World Liberty Financial (WLFI)—has deleted his retweet of WLFI’s official tweet stating, “More USD1 trading pairs will be listed on Binance.” Potentially impacted by the move, WLFI saw a short-term decline of more than 8%; it’s currently trading at $0.111. The USD1 stablecoin temporarily unpegged, falling to $0.9802 USDT, and now trades at $0.9966 USDT. Notably, Eric Trump’s personal X profile still links to WLFI’s official account, and he has not deleted most of his prior personal tweets related to the firm.

February 23 — Bitmine announced today that its combined holdings of cryptocurrency, cash, and high-risk, high-return investment projects are now valued at $9.6 billion. As of 6:00 p.m. EST on February 22, 2026, the company’s crypto and related holdings include: - 4,422,659 ETH - 193 BTC - $200 million in Beast Industries equity - $17 million in Eightco Holdings equity - $691 million in cash Bitmine CEO Thomas “Tom” Lee noted that amid this “mini crypto winter,” the company remains focused on methodically executing its financial strategy, steadily growing its ETH holdings, and optimizing position returns. Even with the crypto price downturn, Ethereum’s three core fundamentals are continuing to strengthen: - Wall Street’s tokenization strategy - AI and AI agents leveraging smart blockchains for execution and payment collection - The growing creator economy and its demand for blockchain validation

Feb 23 — Per LookOnChain data, a new address deposited 1.5M USDC into Hyperliquid 5 hours ago. It subsequently opened a 25x leveraged long position on 15,103 ETH (valued at $29M), with a liquidation price of $1,819.60.