Odaily Planet Daily reports that over the weekend of the release of the "Notice on Further Preventing and Handling Risks Related to Virtual Assets" (Document No. 42), the CICC Hong Kong team contacted several public blockchains and exchanges to explore potential business cooperation. Another public blockchain executive stated that they hope to explore relevant cooperation opportunities with investment banks and other intermediaries, while Ant Group and JD.com have also expressed concern about the policy changes. The report notes that Hong Kong is one of the overseas issuance locations for RWAs. Sources familiar with the regulations stated that RWAs with Hong Kong assets as underlying assets are not within the scope of Document No. 42; however, if domestic securities or funds are used as underlying assets and RWAs are issued overseas, the relevant departments of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) are responsible. The relevant statements emphasize that strict regulation will be implemented for RWAs involving domestic assets exported overseas, and this should not be interpreted as an encouragement or a signal of relaxed regulation. (Caixin)

Huoxun Finance reported on February 21 that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated in a post on the X platform that Coinbase currently hosts over 80% of US Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF assets, with peak ETF inflows reaching $31 billion in 2025. Coinbase is also the designated custody partner for many ETF issuers, including some of the world's largest financial institutions and government agencies, emphasizing that this is an extremely important responsibility. Regarding security, Brian Armstrong pointed out that Coinbase highly values its ongoing security review mechanisms, will continue to innovate, regularly conduct penetration tests with leading global cryptography experts, and already holds numerous related technology patents.

According to Huoxun Finance on February 21, OnchainLens reported that a whale deposited 1,000 BTC, worth $67.64 million, into Bitfinex after five years of inactivity. If it sells the BTC, it will make a profit of $38.35 million.

Huoxun Finance reported on February 21 that, according to a post on the X platform by PeckShieldAlert, IoTex has suffered a loss of $8 million worth of cryptocurrency due to a suspected breach of its private keys. The hackers have begun converting the stolen funds into ETH and then into BTC via Thorchain. Meanwhile, Bithumb and Upbit have announced that both cryptocurrency exchanges have suspended deposits and withdrawals of IOTX tokens.

According to Huoxun Finance on February 21st, VanEck released its mid-February 2026 Bitcoin analysis report, which points out that Bitcoin experienced dramatic market sentiment and leverage resets, but the resilience of on-chain activity, the slowdown in mid-cycle distribution speed, and the tightening of miner supply indicate that its fundamentals are stronger than reflected in the price. As Bitcoin fell, market sentiment deteriorated: Bitcoin fell 29% in the past 30 days, pushing NUPL into anxiety territory and briefly triggering panic, while leverage resets and open interest returned to levels not seen since September 2024. 2. Mid-term holders drive distribution, but sales slow: Actual sales remain concentrated in the 1-5 year group, although distribution of tokens older than 1 year has slowed significantly in the past month. 3. Miner profit margins narrow, hashrate contracts: Over the past 90 days, hashrate has decreased by approximately 14%, tightening the mining economics, a situation that historically foreshadows stronger future Bitcoin returns.