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BCarbon is moving its carbon registry to Hedera, shifting over 2 million issued carbon credits onto the network. The migration adds on-chain serial tracking, audit trails and workflow automation under Hedera Guardian. BCarbon has announced the migration of its Web3-native carbon registry to Hedera, transferring more than 2 million issued carbon credits onto the network. The credits cover methane abatement projects and are part of a broader strategy to manage carbon assets through distributed ledger infrastructure. BCarbon is a nonprofit registry and climate research center that originated from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The transition places the organization’s…

Ethereum might finally be headed for a major price breakout as recent on-chain metrics signal rising investor demands despite a recent crypto market downturn. While the negative market conditions have sparked rising selling pressure across the broad crypto market and were well reflected on Ethereum’s performance over the period, momentum appears to be shifting. On Thursday Feb. 12, popular crypto analyst Ali Martinez, showcased data from Santiment, revealing that a massive 330,000 Ethereum have been scooped in major buy attempts in the past week. 330,000 Ethereum $ETH, worth over $660 million, were withdrawn from exchanges in the past week. pic.twitter.com/CcyYge16wc…

Morgan Stanley is inching closer to the crypto dance floor. Summary The filings, which cover ETFs linked to Bitcoin and Solana, underscore how quickly digital assets have gone from compliance headache to boardroom strategy as regulatory guardrails firm up under President Donald Trump. For big banks, crypto is no longer something clients quietly ask about—it’s something they’re expected to offer. The news comes on the heels of Morgan Stanley’s expansion of crypto investment access to all clients and account types. The investment bank has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for approval to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs)…

Aptos on Friday announced that Tether’s $USDT is now supported by HTX, a move the team said highlights Aptos’s growing role as a low-cost home for stablecoin liquidity. In a brief post on X, Aptos wrote, “HTX now supports Tether’s $USDT on Aptos. Currently home to $1B $USDT, Aptos offers the most cost-effective $USDT transfers, 40,000x cheaper than other chains. Visit HTX to learn more.” The announcement comes after Tether’s broader rollout of native $USDT on the Aptos network last year, part of a wider push by the stablecoin issuer to expand support across newer layer-1 chains. Industry coverage at…

MetYa, a Web3 social payment entity, has partnered with LF Wallet, a multi-chain and non-custodial Web3 wallet. The partnership aims to accelerate wider Web3 adoption via real-world utility and enhanced accessibility. As MetYa asserted in its official social media announcement, the partnership merges its focus on ecosystem growth with the cutting-edge infrastructure of LF Wallet to streamline multi-chain interactions. Hence, both companies endeavor to focus on awareness campaigns and co-marketing initiatives targeting crypto-native and mainstream audiences. Excited to announce MetYa × @LFWallet as a PR partnership 🤝LF Wallet is building the Web3 access layer — a secure, non-custodial, multi-chain wallet…

Ethereum fell back toward the $1,900 area after rejecting near $2.1K, according to separate weekly and daily TradingView snapshots shared on X. Together, the charts show $ETH leaning on a long-term rising trend while traders map a near-term range between roughly $1,800 and $2,100. Ethereum Weekly Chart Shows Price Testing Long-Term Trend Ethereum traded near $1,916 on the weekly $ETH/USD chart from TradingView dated Feb. 11, 2026, as price slipped toward a rising long-term trendline tracked by X user James Easton. The chart spans from 2016 through early 2026 and plots two upward-sloping moving averages that have guided the broader…

Global index provider MSCI has deferred a decision on whether to change how it treats companies with significant digital asset exposure, maintaining the status quo after a consultation that raised questions around classification, balance sheet volatility, and index construction. Results of the review published Tuesday covered so-called digital asset treasury companies, or DATCOs, a category that includes firms whose balance sheets are heavily weighted toward holdings such as Bitcoin or other crypto assets. Its review “confirmed institutional investor concern that some DATCOs exhibit characteristics similar to investment funds, which are not eligible for inclusion,” for its indices, the statement reads.…

The operations of Polish crypto trading platforms and service providers will not be legal next summer, according to Poland’s main financial authority. The watchdog, which expects to be empowered with oversight in this space, is raising the alarm over the lack of the necessary legislation. Industry watchers say the regulatory body is trying the increase pressure on the Polish president, who vetoed it once, to let it pass this time. Poland may lose domestic crypto platforms on July 1, KNF claims Poland’s Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) has issued a statement pointing out that Polish crypto companies will not be able…

Bitcoin difficulty just reset about 15% higher to roughly 144.40T. While this is neither the first nor the last, it is the largest since around 2021. The timing is important because the protocol tightened miner economics while Bitcoin has been chopping around the mid-$60,000s with repeated tests near $65,000. When blocks arrive faster than the ten-minute target, the network raises the work required per block to normalize issuance. That mechanism is working as designed, with security improved, block timing normalized, and production costs moved higher in one adjustment. For markets, the key detail is what a difficulty increase does when…

Lunar Strategy, a notable Web3-focused growth and marketing platform, has partnered with SolidProof, a leading blockchain auditing and security firm. The collaboration promises to fill the gap between security and marketing within the rapidly-growing Web3 landscape. Tech without strategy gets buried. Marketing without security falls flatThat’s why we’re partnering with @SolidProof_io 🤝SolidProof brings deep blockchain security expertise, and we’re joining forces to ensure vetted projects get the visibility they deservePartnership… pic.twitter.com/E3l8aFAHcO — Lunar Strategy (@LunarStrategy) February 13, 2026 As Lunar Strategy’s official announcement on X reveals, the partnership includes the merger of its marketing acumen and the expertise of SolidProof…