The U.S. Senate Banking Committee Advances the "Financial Transparency and Regulatory Compliance Act"

As of February 15, Onchain Lens data shows that whale address 0x6C8 first opened an ETH long position on February 11—at one point sitting on a loss of over $3.5 million. The address is now up $24,800 and still holds a $93.79 million ETH long position with 20x leverage.

On February 15th, on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) reported that over the past 24 hours, a whale with an initial 105,000 ETH long position has closed out 28,000 ETH of that position, realizing a profit of $1.263 million. The average closing price was $2,094.02. Currently, the whale holds 32,000 ETH with an unrealized profit of $1.193 million. It also has a 3,000 ETH limit sell order pending in the $2,100-$2,110 range. Collectively, the two addresses linked to the whale now hold 77,000 ETH in long positions, worth a total of $160 million.

February 15 — Elon Musk took to social media to announce that Grok 4.2 is set to launch next week, featuring major upgrades over version 4.1.

Update: As of February 15, Coinglass data shows the total net inflow of ETH into centralized exchanges (CEXs) over the past 24 hours was 169,800 ETH. The top three exchanges by inflow volume are: - Coinbase Pro: 67,000 ETH inflow - Binance: 58,100 ETH inflow - Kraken: 23,000 ETH inflow Additionally, KuCoin recorded an outflow of 2,197.15 ETH, ranking first among exchanges for outflows.

February 15 — SOL rebounded above $90, posting a 24-hour gain of 5.95%, per HTX Market Data.

On February 15, DeFi derivatives protocol Polynomial announced it will gradually wind down its current operations. While noting the on-chain derivatives market has grown 100x in recent years and its core strategic direction is sound, the team said execution fell short of expectations. Polynomial added it has amassed 27 million transaction records, systematically identified product moats and key competitive factors, and will prioritize building long-term barriers to entry in its next phase. The team emphasized user fund security and will complete the shutdown via a standardized procedure. The protocol also stated it remains committed to its mission of driving mass adoption of on-chain derivatives. It plans to relaunch the project with its original team in the future, refine its execution strategy, and offer existing users priority access rights. As previously reported by BlockBeats, Polynomial closed a seed round of funding on May 11, 2023, with the amount undisclosed. Investor