February 15th, Tom Lee stated in an interview with Rug Radio founder Farokh Sarmad that the current crypto market is going through a "mini winter" phase, not a prolonged bear market, but it will take time to digest. He advised investors not to wait for the perfect bottom, but to start buying in batches at low points now. The pain may last for several months to half a year, but 2026 will see a significant turning point.In addition, Tom Lee mentioned he does not regret buying ETH early, stating that ETH is currently near its bottom (potentially briefly dropping below $1800 or $1890), but there have been 8 instances of V-shaped rebounds in history. Long-term, he sees ETH as the "next 15-year story" — the foundation of stablecoins, AI, and the creator economy.Finally, Tom Lee once again predicted that Bitcoin will rise to $200,000-250,000 by 2026, while Ethereum will reach $12,000-22,000 following historical ratios.

February 15th - Venture capitalist Nic Carter recently stated on a podcast that Bitcoin developers' long-term inaction regarding the potential threat of quantum computing to Bitcoin could lead to dissatisfaction among large institutions holding a significant amount of Bitcoin (such as BlackRock), ultimately triggering an "institutional takeover." Nic Carter warned that institutions will not tolerate the long-term neglect of Bitcoin's core security issues. "If developers continue to do nothing, institutions will lose patience, fire the current developers, and bring in new ones." (Cointelegraph)

February 15th, according to Coinglass data, as Bitcoin surged past $70,000, Ethereum briefly rose above $2,100. Currently, mainstream CEX and DEX funding rates indicate that although the market remains bearish, the bearish sentiment towards Ethereum has been significantly alleviated, with almost all platforms now showing neutral ETH rates. Specific funding rates are shown in the attached image.BlockBeats Note: Funding rates are fees set by cryptocurrency trading platforms to maintain the balance between contract prices and underlying asset prices, usually applicable to perpetual contracts. It is a fund exchange mechanism between long and short traders, and the trading platform does not charge this fee. It is used to adjust the cost or profit of traders holding contracts to keep the contract price close to the underlying asset price.When the funding rate is 0.01%, it represents the baseline rate. When the funding rate is above 0.01%, it indicates a generally bullish market. When the funding rate is below 0.005%, it indicates a generally bearish market.

February 15th, according to HTX market data, Ethereum rebounded and briefly broke through $2100, now trading at $2091, a 0.26% increase in the last 24 hours.

February 15th, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale address '0x6C8' had previously started longing ETH on February 11th, once experiencing a loss of over $3.5 million. It is now profitable by $24,800 and still holds an ETH (20x) long position worth $93.79 million.

February 15th, according to on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), in the past 24 hours, one of the whales who went long with 105,000 ETH has closed a long position of 28,000 ETH and made a profit of 1.263 million US dollars. The average closing price was $2,094.02, and the address currently holds 32,000 ETH, with an unrealized profit of 1.193 million US dollars.In addition, the whale has also placed a limit sell order of 3,000 ETH in the [2100 - 2110 US dollars] range. The two addresses currently hold a total of 77,000 ETH in long positions, with a total value of 160 million US dollars.

February 15th, Elon Musk posted on social media that Grok 4.2 will finally be released next week, with significant improvements compared to the 4.1 version.

BlockBeats News Update: According to Coinglass data on February 15, in the past 24 hours, the total net inflow of ETH on CEXs was 169,800 ETH. The top three exchanges by inflow volume were as follows:· Coinbase Pro, inflow of 67,000 ETH;· Binance, inflow of 58,100 ETH;· Kraken, inflow of 23,000 ETH.Additionally, KuCoin had an outflow of 2,197.15 ETH, ranking first in outflows.

February 15, according to HTX market data, SOL rebounded and broke through $90, with a 24-hour gain of 5.95%.

February 15th, the DeFi derivatives protocol Polynomial announced in a post that the on-chain derivatives market has grown 100 times in recent years. While its core strategic direction was deemed correct, the execution fell short of expectations, leading the team to decide to gradually shut down its current operations.Polynomial stated that the platform has accumulated data from 27 million transactions, has systematically identified product moats and key competitive factors, and will prioritize building long-term barriers to entry in the next phase. The team emphasized user fund security and will follow a standardized process to complete the shutdown.At the same time, Polynomial stated that it will not give up on its mission to "achieve the large-scale implementation of on-chain derivatives" and will relaunch the project with the same team in the future, optimize the execution path, and provide existing users with priority participation rights.BlockBeats previously reported that on May 11, 2023, Polynomial Protocol announced the completion of a seed round of financing. The specific amount of financing was not disclosed. Road Capital, Caballeros Capital, Archetype, as well as individuals investors such as Kain Warwick from Synthetix, Jordan from Synthetix, Scott Sunarto from eGirl Capital, Eden Au from The Block, Mike from Lyra, and Pranav from Graph participated in the investment.

February 15th, according to Coinglass data, if Ethereum falls below $2000, the cumulative long liquidation intensity of mainstream CEX will reach $769 million.Conversely, if Ethereum breaks through $2200, the cumulative short liquidation intensity of mainstream CEX will reach $748 million.BlockBeats Note: The liquidation chart does not display the exact number of contracts to be liquidated or the exact value of contracts being liquidated. The bars on the liquidation chart actually show the importance of each liquidation cluster relative to neighboring liquidation clusters, that is, the intensity.Therefore, the liquidation chart shows to what extent the asset price will be affected when it reaches a certain level. A higher "liquidation bar" indicates that once the price reaches that point, a more intense reaction will occur due to a liquidity cascade.

February 15th, according to AI Auntie's monitoring, an address that previously made a $9.94 million profit through WBTC swing trading has been seen to take profit:They bought 213.11 WBTC at an average price of $77,635.8 during the period of 2025.11-2026.02, and sold 200 of them in the last 7 hours at $69,785.53, resulting in a loss of $1.57 million.

February 15th, according to OnchainLens monitoring, a total of 402 BTC (approximately $28.23 million) was transferred out of Binance.Whale address '1FZAC' withdrew 200 $BTC (approximately $14.05 million).Whale address '19UqC' withdrew 202.02 $BTC (approximately $14.19 million).Addresses:1FZACrSMyHV6SSiKKU5esHpsk1Y2GGLKzD19UqCWgWeimkj8QEqMnCo2ggLw6RErFeDN

February 15th, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that Tesla (TSLA.O) will stop selling its "Full Self-Driving" assistance system (FSD) as a one-time payment and instead fully adopt a monthly subscription model, with this change taking effect after February 14th.Tesla had previously sold this system for a one-time payment of $8,000 or a monthly subscription fee of $99. Although Musk did not specify the reason for this adjustment, a portion of his compensation depends on business growth.According to a compensation plan approved by shareholders in November last year, Tesla must achieve multiple milestones, including reaching 10 million FSD subscription users, for Musk to receive additional stock rewards. Additionally, it has been reported that in the Australia region, the deadline for the one-time purchase option has been extended to March 31st. (FX Street)

February 13, according to information on the relevant page, Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 360 (BIP-360) has been added to the official codebase. The proposal introduces the Pay-to-Merkle-Root (P2MR) output type, aimed at enhancing Bitcoin's defense against quantum computing threats through a soft fork.