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Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad posted on the X platform in response to "the White House's agreement goals may fall short." He stated that Coinbase and the company's CEO Brian Armstrong have been involved in negotiations for months and have committed to several potential compromise solutions. Coinbase's core goal has always been to protect the interests of the GENIUS Act and the general American public. He also thanked Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the President's Digital Asset Advisory Council, for his efforts in pushing for problem resolution and looks forward to the smooth implementation of the President's crypto agenda.According to senior journalist Sander Lutz from crypto media Decrypt, the White House originally hoped to reach an agreement on stablecoin yield issues before the weekend, but a banking industry insider directly involved in the negotiations stated that this goal would not be achieved. The current divide between the crypto industry and banking lobbyists regarding whether stablecoins should generate yield remains significant. This controversy has become a major obstacle to advancing the crypto market structure bill and directly points to Coinbase CEO's insistence that stablecoins should be able to generate yield for users.According to previous reports from ChainCatcher, David Sacks, the White House's crypto and AI director, stated that the crypto industry has made significant concessions regarding stablecoin yields, and banks should respond accordingly.

White House Crypto and AI Director David Sacks stated, "White House Cryptocurrency Council Executive Director Patrick Witt has done an outstanding job mediating compromises between banks and the crypto industry. No one has worked harder than him to push for the passage of crypto market structure legislation.By the way, the crypto industry has made significant concessions on stablecoin yields, and now it's time for banks to respond accordingly."

White House AI and Crypto Affairs Director David Sacks stated on social media that Patrick Witt is advancing the compromise between the banking industry and the crypto sector, actively facilitating the implementation of market structure legislation.Sacks noted that the crypto industry has made significant concessions on the stablecoin yield issue and called for a corresponding response from the banking side.

In response to the community's statement that "the main reason for Block's layoffs is the over-hiring and mismanagement during the COVID-19 pandemic," former Twitter founder Jack Dorsey posted on the X platform, stating, "Yes, we over-hired due to mistakenly establishing two separate company structures (Square and Cash App) during the pandemic, but this issue has been corrected by mid-2024.However, this does not cover all the complexities we face in lending, banking, and BNPL. Our current goal is to achieve a gross profit of over $2 million per person, reaching four times the efficiency of pre-pandemic levels, which has remained at about $500,000 from 2019 to 2024. In fact, we operate a more efficient company than most."

According to official news, Gate Alpha will launch the 169th GT points airdrop on February 27 at 17:00 (UTC+8). This airdrop will adopt a tiered airdrop model with high, medium, and low levels. Users holding 130 ≤ Gate Alpha points ≤ 164 can receive 0.5 GT airdrop tokens and will consume 11 Gate Alpha points; those holding 165 ≤ Gate Alpha points ≤ 179 can receive 1.3 GT airdrop tokens and will consume 13 Gate Alpha points; and those holding ≥ 180 Gate Alpha points can receive 2.6 GT airdrop tokens and will consume 14 Gate Alpha points.The top 4 cryptocurrencies by increase today on Gate Alpha are: Grab Chance (976.49%), KASI (637.05%), Lollipop (586.93%), and Jellybean (175.79%).Gate Alpha now supports popular public chains such as SOL, ETH, Gate Layer, BNB Chain, Base, SUI, ARB, World Chain, AVAX, Polygon, LINEA, ZK, OP, and Berachain, and enables seamless trading of cross-chain tokens through the contract address search function, facilitating one-click access to on-chain tokens.

In response to SBF's post on platform X praising the CLARITY Act as an important milestone in the history of cryptocurrency development and a significant achievement for Trump, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis stated that SBF seeks a pardon but fails to realize that the CLARITY Act would result in him being sentenced to far more than 25 years in prison.She emphasized that her legislative proposal is "entirely different" from the bill SBF attempted to purchase from Congress in 2022 and clearly stated, "We neither need nor want SBF's support."

Regarding the community users' question about whether the prediction market will no longer provide advance notice of investigation information, "on-chain detective" ZachXBT responded in a post on platform X that it will depend on the type of investigation, implying that they will not completely stop releasing investigation notices.Previously, ZachXBT announced that a report on insider trading would be released soon, which sparked widespread discussion in the community. Some believe that the parties under investigation, upon learning that they have been identified, could theoretically use this information to position themselves in the prediction market in advance, thus creating new insider trading. ZachXBT admitted that due to the involvement of multiple individuals in the case interviews, information leaks may be unavoidable.

The decentralized derivatives platform Lighter published a response on platform X regarding a whale's failed attempt to attack ARC by going long. The liquidity pool LLP Strategies mechanism underwent its first real-world test in the past few hours, and the results showed that the system operated as expected, protecting LLP holders while safeguarding the interests of traders.A trader established a significantly large long position on the ARC perpetual contract relative to the market size, with approximately 600 other traders and market makers taking on counterparty positions on the platform. Ultimately, the open interest reached as high as 50 million USDC.It is reported that LLP Strategies limits downside risk through a "strategy isolation" approach while retaining upside profit potential during price rebounds. As a result, the large long trader incurred a loss of approximately 8.2 million USDC, while LLP's losses were capped at 75,000 USDC. Meanwhile, the short traders who took on the risk realized profits. Lighter stated that this incident validated LLP Strategies' ability to isolate risk and control loss limits under extreme market conditions.

The head of the Solana protocol Meteora, Zen @realdezen, stated that since taking over in March last year, the team has taken insider trading risks seriously and has established practical protective measures.Zen referred to Meteora as a permissionless platform, with the main focus over the past 12 months on enhancing the robustness and reliability of the infrastructure, allowing projects to go live without manual intervention from the team. As a result, the team only became aware of relevant situations after certain projects went live or were integrated. In the related prediction markets, Meteora once became the most probable and ranked first among guesses.

Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart stated that, according to the 13F filings disclosed by the U.S. SEC, institutional investors sold a total of approximately 25,098 BTC worth of Bitcoin ETF shares in the fourth quarter of 2025, indicating a clear trend of reduction.Data shows that investment advisors and hedge funds are the main holders of Bitcoin ETFs, with Brevan Howard reducing its holdings the most, selling over 17,000 BTC worth of ETF positions. This round of selling occurred during the period when Bitcoin's price fell from over $120,000 in 2025 to below $85,000. Currently, the price of Bitcoin has further declined to around $64,000, and market sentiment remains in a state of extreme fear.

In response to the previous community rumors that Donald Trump's second son Eric Trump deleted tweets related to cryptocurrency and WLFI, Eric Trump has given a positive response for the first time. He replied to a user in the crypto community on the X platform, stating that the person who published the related content is a "clown," and that he has been consistently posting tweets related to cryptocurrency. Furthermore, he just attended the World Liberty Fi conference two days ago and countered the doubts with "Don't be a fool."

Eric Trump retweeted a related post from WLFI on the X platform, seemingly responding to community concerns.Previously, on-chain detective ZachXBT claimed that a major investigative report targeting a highly profitable company in the crypto industry would be released on February 26, which led to a brief drop in WLFI and a temporary depegging of USD1.

According to official news, Bitdeer (BTDR), a Bitcoin mining company under Wu Jihan, stated on the X platform, "Our decision to sell Bitcoin should not cause concern for the entire market.Bitdeer is currently evaluating several non-binding land acquisition opportunities, and therefore believes that preparing liquidity in advance is a wise move. Bitdeer's hash rate will continue to grow and will keep mining more Bitcoin to protect shareholder interests."

Famous trader and chart analyst Peter Brandt, who successfully predicted the Bitcoin crash in 2018, responded today on the X platform to NBA retired star Scottie Pippen's bullish tweet about Bitcoin, suggesting to buy at the "banana" support level (around $42,000). The "banana" refers to the unique lower boundary of Peter Brandt's Bitcoin channel model, which forms a banana shape on a logarithmic chart and has accurately predicted past bear market bottoms.According to this model, Peter Brandt predicts that Bitcoin will break through $250,000 by the end of 2029.

Wu Jihan responded to the matter of "Bitdeer liquidating Bitcoin" in a post on X, stating: "Having a position of 0 now does not mean it will always be this way in the future. Thank you for your attention."

The CEO of Japan's Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet, Simon Gerovich, posted on the X platform in response to an anonymous account inciting public opinion without accountability and accusing the company of "dishonest information disclosure." He stated that the related claims are inconsistent with the facts, and both he and the company are willing to take public responsibility for all actions and statements. The company's long-term systematic strategy of increasing Bitcoin holdings remains unchanged.Simon Gerovich stated that over the past six months, against the backdrop of rising volatility, the company has increased its allocation to income-generating businesses by selling put options and employing spread strategies to obtain premiums, while allocating part of the funds for long-term Bitcoin holdings. All Bitcoin purchases are disclosed immediately after decisions are made, and all Bitcoin addresses of the company are public, allowing shareholders to view the holdings in real-time dashboards. In response to the accusation of "buying at high levels in September without disclosure," he mentioned that there were four purchases made in September, all of which were announced in a timely manner. The company's strategy is not about timing the market but rather about long-term, systematic accumulation of Bitcoin.Additionally, selling put options is not merely a bet on price increases, but rather a way to acquire Bitcoin at an effective cost below the spot price. Regular losses mainly stem from the unrealized fair value fluctuations of Bitcoin that are held long-term and not sold, and interpreting this as a strategic failure is a misunderstanding.

Monad announced on the X platform that the Monad Foundation has acquired the open-source blockchain data indexing framework Ponder, with the specific acquisition amount not disclosed.The entire Ponder team will join the Monad Foundation and contribute to the protocol layer, open-source tools, and standards, while also providing support for applications leveraging Monad's performance and decentralized features.

Regarding the issue of accounts being restricted as reported by users, Binance co-founder He Yi stated on the X social platform that the situation may be due to using a VPN to connect to Binance from countries or regions where services cannot be provided. The system will adjust the account to "withdrawal-only mode," and users need to contact customer support for assistance.Previously, some users claimed that they had encountered account restrictions or asset freezes on Binance and other exchanges. Binance emphasized that it is continuously increasing compliance investments and implementing risk control measures in accordance with regulatory requirements.

Binance co-founder He Yi responded on platform X to the news that "Binance employees were fired for discovering transactions related to Iran," stating that compliance staff need to handle various types of cases in their actual work. In recent years, Binance has proactively initiated multiple investigations related to potential crimes and has handed over the results to law enforcement agencies, while also assisting users in avoiding potential fraud and financial losses through risk control and compliance measures.In the face of a constantly changing regulatory environment and new types of financial crime, the company's compliance system still needs to be continuously upgraded and optimized. He also expressed gratitude to former employees who participated in the company's compliance efforts and emphasized that as the company continues to promote higher standards of compliance, it may not be possible to satisfy everyone during the execution process. However, Binance will continue to invest resources and bring in more compliance professionals with specialized backgrounds and law enforcement collaboration experience to enhance overall risk identification, investigation, and resolution capabilities.

Binance co-founder and executive Yi He stated that recent rumors regarding one of its employees in France are circulating. The company has confirmed that the employee and their family are safe and is actively cooperating with law enforcement.Yi He mentioned that three individuals related to the incident have been arrested by the authorities, and the investigation is ongoing. Binance will continue to fully cooperate with the police. He also thanked the French BRB police (Criminal Investigation Division) for their swift action and emphasized that the safety of employees, users, and the community is the top priority, reminding the public to be vigilant against suspicious contacts and to verify information through trusted channels.