Market Overview (24h)

  • Total market cap: CoinGecko shows global crypto market cap at about $2.41T, down ~0.31% over 24h (as displayed on CoinGecko charts at time of access).1
  • Spot (watchlist snapshot): Investing.com’s crypto dashboard shows BTC, ETH, SOL, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, AVAX, TON, and SUI all up on its 24h change column at time of access (note: this is a dashboard snapshot, not an exchange print).2
  • Cross-source check: CoinCodex’s “Daily Market Update for February 17, 2026” (published 2026-02-16) reports total crypto market cap rose from $2.35T to $2.36T (+0.36%) and BTC at $68,225 (-0.25%)—which conflicts with the CoinGecko market-cap direction above, so treat the CoinCodex figures as a separate vendor snapshot/time.31
  • Derivatives (aggregated): Coinalyze shows total futures open interest around $98.7B, 24h futures volume about $138.2B, and 24h liquidations about $182.8M at time of access.4
  • Funding/OI bias (majors): Coinalyze displays positive average funding for BTC and ETH and 24h OI increases in BTC and ETH at time of access (directionally “risk-on” positioning in perps).4
  • Stablecoins: No reputable, primary-source stablecoin supply/flow updates were surfaced in the available sources within the requested window.2

Top Headlines (What & Why it matters)

  • iShares Bitcoin ETP final terms dated 16 Feb 2026 (Reuters feed): A Reuters item referenced “Final Terms” dated 16 February 2026 for an iShares Bitcoin ETP issuance under a secured cryptoasset-linked securities program; this is market-structure plumbing and typically low immediate impact unless it coincides with meaningful flows. {Low}5
  • South Korea operational error headline (older than window): Reuters reported a South Korean crypto firm “accidentally sends $44 billion in bitcoins to users” (published 2026-02-06/07), which is outside the last 48h window but still relevant as an operational-risk reminder for regional venues. {Low}6

Exchanges

  • OKX chain maintenance/support notices (published Feb 16, 2026): OKX posted it will support the Injective (INJ) mainnet upgrade and the Cosmos network upgrade (both published 2026-02-16 on its announcements page); these events can temporarily affect deposits/withdrawals and cross-exchange arb rails. {Medium}7
  • OKX delist/margin changes (published Feb 13, 2026): OKX posted it will delist several margin trading pairs (published 2026-02-13), which can force position migration for affected pairs. {Low}7
  • Other exchanges in watchlist: No primary-source, in-window Binance/Coinbase/Kraken/Bybit/Deribit notices were verified from the retrieved sources in this run.8

Regulation/Law

  • No material, primary-source regulatory updates (SEC/CFTC/EU/UK/Taiwan FSC/MAS/SFC/HKMA/FSA) were verified from the retrieved sources within the last 7 days in this run.8

Research/White Papers

  • No material new research reports/white papers within the last 14 days were verified from the retrieved sources in this run.9

Security Incidents

  • Step Finance hack report (outside 72h, still within ~14 days): Tom’s Hardware reported roughly $40M stolen from Step Finance via a compromise (published 2026-02-04), which is older than the 72h window but still recent enough to remain a sentiment overhang for Solana-adjacent DeFi risk controls. {Medium}10
  • No other confirmed, in-window exploits were verified from the retrieved sources in this run.11

What to Watch (next 24–72h)

  • Cosmos / Injective upgrade execution: Watch OKX deposit/withdrawal status around the Cosmos and Injective upgrade support windows, plus any knock-on congestion/bridge delays.7
  • Derivatives stress: Monitor whether aggregated liquidations re-accelerate from the ~$182.8M/24h level shown on Coinalyze, and whether OI keeps rising with positive funding (crowding risk).4
  • Market-cap tape consistency: Given the mismatch between CoinGecko’s 24h market-cap change and CoinCodex’s daily snapshot, cross-check multiple market-data vendors before acting on “market up/down” narratives.31

Confidence: Medium confidence; several categories lacked verifiable primary sources in the retrieved dataset for this run.17 1213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546

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Generated by

  1. https://www.coingecko.com/en/charts ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. https://www.investing.com/crypto ↩ ↩2

  3. https://coincodex.com/article/81886/daily-market-update-for-february-17-2026/ ↩ ↩2

  4. https://coinalyze.net ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  5. https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2026-02-16:newsml_RSP2269Ta:0-reg-ishares-digit-assets-final-terms-dated-16-february-2026/ ↩

  6. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/crypto-firm-accidentally-sends-44-billion-bitcoins-users-2026-02-07/ ↩

  7. https://www.okx.com/help/section/announcements-latest-announcements ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  8. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1544612324007773 ↩ ↩2

  9. https://peerj.com/articles/cs-2675 ↩

  10. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/usd40-million-worth-of-crypto-stolen-from-step-finance-hackers-compromise-executives-devices-to-gain-illicit-access ↩

  11. https://chainsec.io/defi-hacks/ ↩

  12. http://eudl.eu/pdf/10.4108/eai.10-3-2022.173608 ↩

  13. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.04106.pdf ↩

  14. https://arxiv.org/html/2409.03674 ↩

  15. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1808.01926.pdf ↩

  16. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.01267.pdf ↩

  17. https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9394/5/1/10/pdf?version=1674981847 ↩

  18. https://peerj.com/articles/cs-279 ↩

  19. https://www.revolut.com/crypto/price/ ↩

  20. https://www.coinglass.com ↩

  21. https://www.coingecko.com ↩

  22. https://www.bybit.com/en/price/bitdao/ ↩

  23. https://cryptorank.io/news/feed/0517e-crypto-futures-liquidations-analysis-btc-eth-sol-4 ↩

  24. https://coinmarketcap.com ↩

  25. https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/all/ ↩

  26. https://www.investing.com/analysis/bitcoin-price-forecast-btcusd-circles-68k-with-72k-break-or-58k-flush-in-play-200675103 ↩

  27. https://www.coingecko.com/en/highlights/all-time-high-crypto ↩

  28. https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/cryptocurrency/tron-trx-up-bitcoin-ethereum-liquidation-bear-market-signal/cZRW1K2R4uE ↩

  29. https://coinalyze.net/futures-data/ ↩

  30. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbloc.2024.1492739/full ↩

  31. https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.15260v2 ↩

  32. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10395473/ ↩

  33. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S037843712300599X ↩

  34. https://arxiv.org/html/2503.13052 ↩

  35. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.01047.pdf ↩

  36. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2302.11371.pdf ↩

  37. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/weekly-crypto-recap-1-4b-121800756.html ↩

  38. https://www.thetokendispatch.com/p/coinbases-deribit-deal-opens-247 ↩

  39. https://mashable.com/article/bitcoin-etf-sec-hack-fake ↩

  40. https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/290400608518242 ↩

  41. https://mashable.com/article/poly-network-cryptocurrency-hack-defi ↩

  42. https://www.mexc.co/en-PH/news/696084 ↩

  43. https://www.reddit.com/r/InterstellarKinetics/comments/1qvyngj/breaking_two_defi_projects_hacked_for_30_million/ ↩

  44. https://coinmarketcal.com ↩

  45. https://blog.amberdata.io/amberdata-q1-2025-volatility-regulations-and-institutional-moves ↩

  46. https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/cryptohack-roundup-20-years-for-73-million-scam-a-30743 ↩