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From Frenzy to Chill: Solana Falls Below $80, Meme Narrative Recedes

Foresight News reports that Solana (SOL) has experienced a significant downturn, falling below $80 and hitting a low of $67 in early February—its lowest point since December 2023. The token has declined for five consecutive months, with a peak drop of over 71% from its October 2025 high. Key NFT projects like Mad Lads also saw major devaluations. During the bull market, SOL rose dramatically from $8 to $295, fueled largely by meme coin mania on platforms like Pump.fun. Meme activity, including tokens like Dogwifhat and Bonk, drove high engagement, further amplified by Donald Trump’s token launch on Solana. However, the meme trend has since cooled, with trading volume on Pump.fun dropping to one-sixth of its peak. Attention and capital have partially shifted to BNB Chain, where meme platforms gained traction in late 2025. Solana also faces growing competition from other blockchains. Ethereum’s upgrades have improved its scalability and reduced fees, narrowing Solana’s speed advantage. Base chain has also grown, attracting users with AI-related tokens. Additionally, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization remains dominated by Ethereum, limiting Solana’s expansion in that sector. Despite earlier support from corporate digital asset treasuries (DATs)—which bought SOL as treasury assets—the overall bear market and declining confidence have outweighed buy-side pressure. Both Bitcoin and Ethereum have also seen significant price drops recently. Solana’s co-founder has openly sought community feedback on the network’s challenges, which include over-reliance on meme culture and lack of diverse, perceived utility beyond speculative assets.

比推02/13 05:37

From Frenzy to Chill: Solana Falls Below $80, Meme Narrative Recedes

比推02/13 05:37

Coinbase and Solana Make Consecutive Moves, Agent Economy Set to Become the Next Big Narrative

On February 11, 2026, Coinbase announced the launch of Agentic Wallets, a wallet specifically designed for AI agents to independently hold and manage funds. Unlike the earlier AgentKit, which required developers to embed wallet functionality, Agentic Wallets offer a plug-and-play solution, allowing users to equip any AI agent with a wallet in under two minutes. These wallets enable agents to perform tasks like authentication, sending/receiving funds, payments, trading, and yield farming, all with programmable spending limits and security features to prevent fund depletion. Transactions occur on the Base chain with no gas fees for agents. Coinbase's goal is to foster an agent economy on Base, transforming AI agents from "brains without hands" into autonomous entities capable of executing financial actions. Potential applications include autonomous DeFi management, agent-driven commerce, content tokenization, and multi-chain operations. Shortly after Coinbase's announcement, Solana responded with a similar solution, lobster.cash, signaling the start of a new competitive landscape in on-chain agent economies. This development is poised to become a major narrative in the crypto space.

marsbit02/13 03:07

Coinbase and Solana Make Consecutive Moves, Agent Economy Set to Become the Next Big Narrative

marsbit02/13 03:07

Israeli Military Catching Insiders on Polymarket

Israeli military and civilian prosecutors have charged a reservist soldier and a civilian with using classified military information to profit from bets on the prediction market platform Polymarket. The suspects allegedly leveraged insider knowledge on the timing of military operations to place winning bets, netting over $150,000. One user, identified as "Rundeep," reportedly achieved a 100% success rate in six Israel-related predictions, often betting when odds were below 50%. The case highlights concerns about insider trading on prediction markets, especially regarding sensitive areas like military actions, where such activities could compromise operational security and potentially influence real-world outcomes. Regulatory scrutiny may follow as these platforms face growing scrutiny over their role in public affairs betting.

Odaily星球日报02/13 02:28

Israeli Military Catching Insiders on Polymarket

Odaily星球日报02/13 02:28

What Have Crypto KOLs Been Talking About in the Past 24 Hours!

Over the past 24 hours, Chinese crypto KOLs shifted focus to industry controversies amid Bitcoin's sluggish performance and bearish signals. Key discussions included Coinbase CEO's significant stock sales and service outages, sparking user concerns and comparisons to Binance's stability. Exchange rivalries intensified, particularly between OKX and Binance, with accusations of coordinated messaging among influencers. Debates also emerged about the industry's future, with some predicting decline due to regulatory pressure and lack of utility, while others argued for separating "Web3" compliance narratives from community-driven innovation. Critics noted the crypto space's inward focus contrasts with rapid AI advancements elsewhere, suggesting wasted potential.

比推02/13 02:00

What Have Crypto KOLs Been Talking About in the Past 24 Hours!

比推02/13 02:00

Crypto Morning Report: Coinbase Reports Q4 Net Loss of $667 Million, Binance SAFU Fund Buys Another $300 Million in Bitcoin

Crypto Exchange Coinbase reported a net loss of $667 million in Q4, with revenue declining 20% to $1.8 billion due to a cooling crypto market. Meanwhile, Binance’s SAFU fund purchased an additional 4,545 BTC, worth approximately $304.58 million. In regulatory developments, the CFTC appointed 35 members to its new Innovation Advisory Committee, including leaders from Solana, Ripple, Coinbase, and other major crypto firms. Hong Kong Monetary Authority outlined its 2026 priorities, emphasizing support for sustainable and responsible development of the digital asset industry. Aave Labs proposed a new strategy to direct 100% of Aave-branded product revenue to its DAO treasury, requesting funding of $25 million in stablecoins and 75,000 AAVE tokens in return. Other notable updates include Lighter’s partnership with Circle to share yield from $920 million in USDC deposits, and Cango’s $10.5 million equity financing plus a $65 million investment commitment to expand into AI and computing infrastructure. Market sentiment remains cautious as Bitcoin’s price dipped amid broader economic uncertainty, with upcoming CPI data likely to influence future trends.

marsbit02/13 01:08

Crypto Morning Report: Coinbase Reports Q4 Net Loss of $667 Million, Binance SAFU Fund Buys Another $300 Million in Bitcoin

marsbit02/13 01:08

Citi builds on Solana: Will SOL become the ‘internet capital market’?

Citigroup (Citi) has completed a proof-of-concept for tokenizing traditional financial instruments on the Solana blockchain in collaboration with PwC. The test simulated the full lifecycle of tokenized bills of exchange, exploring how TradFi assets can move onto blockchain in a practical way. Despite recent price volatility and an 11% weekly drop in SOL's value, the network continues to demonstrate strong fundamentals. Solana handles approximately three times more daily transactions than Ethereum and all its Layer 2 networks combined. Its Total Value Locked (TVL) stands at around $6.36 billion, with significant DEX volume of $3.72 billion and perpetual futures volume of $1.45 billion. Notably, SOL spot ETFs saw $8.89 million in weekly inflows despite the price decline, bringing total assets to roughly $674 million, indicating strong long-term investor confidence. As summarized by a researcher from Artemis, Solana leads in users, transactions, developer growth, trading volume, and fees, positioning it to potentially become the "internet capital market." Institutional experimentation and continued capital allocation suggest growing belief in Solana's long-term narrative.

ambcrypto02/13 00:02

Citi builds on Solana: Will SOL become the ‘internet capital market’?

ambcrypto02/13 00:02

Coinbase Users Locked Out: Unable To Buy, Sell, Or Transfer Crypto

Coinbase experienced a significant service disruption on Wednesday, preventing users from buying, selling, or transferring cryptocurrency. The outage occurred just before the company's Q4 2025 earnings report, causing its stock (COIN) to drop 8% to $140. Coinbase acknowledged the issue on social media, deployed a fix, and assured users that funds were secure, but did not disclose the root cause. Ahead of earnings, Monness Crespi double-downgraded COIN from buy to sell, citing a $120 price target and predicting continued weakness in the crypto market.

bitcoinist02/12 22:01

Coinbase Users Locked Out: Unable To Buy, Sell, Or Transfer Crypto

bitcoinist02/12 22:01

Will Ex-Ripple CTO Schwartz Develop Bitcoin Again? His Answer Turns Heads

David Schwartz, former Ripple CTO and key architect of the XRP Ledger, dismissed the possibility of returning to Bitcoin development, calling Bitcoin “largely a technological dead end.” He argued that Bitcoin's success is driven more by social and monetary inertia than by technological innovation at its base layer. The comments emerged from a debate on X (formerly Twitter) about centralization in crypto, where Schwartz defended XRP's early "genesis reset" by pointing to what he called more centralized incidents in Bitcoin's history, such as a coordinated rollback in 2010. Schwartz stated that blockchain technology matters less to Bitcoin’s success than its established monetary status, comparing it to the U.S. dollar. He confirmed he has no plans to develop for Bitcoin again and will instead focus on his own projects on the XRP Ledger. At the time of writing, XRP was trading at $1.38.

bitcoinist02/12 19:03

Will Ex-Ripple CTO Schwartz Develop Bitcoin Again? His Answer Turns Heads

bitcoinist02/12 19:03

Gradient Releases Echo-2 RL Framework, Boosting AI Research Efficiency by Over 10 Times

Gradient has released the Echo-2 distributed reinforcement learning framework (arxiv.org/pdf/2602.02192), designed to overcome efficiency barriers in AI research training. By decoupling Learners and Actors at the architectural level, Echo-2 reduces the post-training expense of a 30B model from $4,500 to just $425. Under the same budget, it delivers more than 10x improvement in research throughput. The framework uses compute-storage separation and asynchronous training (Async RL) to offload large-scale sampling to unreliable and heterogeneous GPU instances. It incorporates bounded staleness, fault-tolerant scheduling, and a custom Lattica communication protocol to maintain model accuracy while significantly boosting efficiency. Alongside the framework, Gradient is launching Logits, an RLaaS platform, to shift AI research paradigm from "capital-intensive" to "efficiency-driven". Logits is now open for global students and researchers for预约 (logits.dev).

marsbit02/12 16:39

Gradient Releases Echo-2 RL Framework, Boosting AI Research Efficiency by Over 10 Times

marsbit02/12 16:39

BlackRock's First Foray into DeFi Trading, Coinbase CEO's Stock Sale Controversy – What's the Overseas Crypto Community Talking About Today?

In the past 24 hours, the crypto market saw significant developments, including institutional entry into DeFi and rising concerns over high-leverage narratives. BlackRock made its first direct DeFi transaction by listing its $1.8B tokenized treasury product BUIDL on Uniswap and acquiring UNI tokens, causing a short-term price surge. The move, executed via UniswapX for accredited investors, is seen as a major step in TradFi-DeFi integration but raised questions about protocol neutrality. MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor sparked concern by stating the company could withstand a Bitcoin drop to $8K through debt refinancing, leading to comparisons with past failed high-leverage schemes. Meanwhile, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s continued stock sales drew mixed reactions, with some viewing it as insider caution despite possible personal financial planning reasons. On the ecosystem front, Citi completed a full supply chain finance operation on Solana, boosting its institutional credibility. Perp DEX Lighter launched Korean stock perpetuals (e.g., Samsung, Hyundai) with funding fee rebates, while Nado increased deposit limits. Additional notable updates include a Dune and Visa collaboration on a stablecoin report, Pudgy Penguins’ new crypto Visa card, and AI agents beginning to use Coinbase’s Agent Wallet for on-chain transactions.

marsbit02/12 16:37