Daily Market BriefFeb 17, 2026

Daily Market Brief 260217

  • Price action was choppy overnight with $BTC dropping over 4% in a 3hr period. As of now, $BTC is trading at $68,890.67 and $ETH is trading at $1998.79, with Bitcoin dominance at 58.91%.

  • Metaplanet posted a $619MM net loss for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, driven by a $665.8MM mark-to-market loss on its BTC holdings. The Tokyo-listed firm expanded its treasury to 35,102 BTC, up 1,892% from 1,762 BTC a year prior, making it the 4th-largest public corporate holder of BTC.

  • Other headlines: Harvard Management Company cut its iShares Bitcoin Trust position by 21% in Q4 while initiating an $86.8MM stake in the iShares Ethereum Trust, though bitcoin remains its largest disclosed holding at $265.8 million; deBridge launched its Model Context Protocol, enabling AI agents to execute non-custodial cross-chain swaps and multi-step transactions across EVM chains and Solana, following the December rollout of its intent-based “Bundles” execution framework.

  • During the last 24 hours, the top three gainers were $SIREN, $STABLE, and $HNT, while the top three losers were $H, $MYX, and $VVV.

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