Odaily Planet Daily reports that Nasdaq-listed GD Culture announced its board of directors has authorized the sale, exchange, or disposal of its current reserve of 7,500 bitcoins to fund a share buyback program announced on February 18, 2026. The bitcoin sale will be conducted in multiple phases, flexibly executed by management in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. Proceeds will be used to repurchase the company's common stock and cover related expenses, including brokerage commissions, fees, and taxes. (Globenewswire)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that U.S. Trade Representative Greer announced that the U.S. will issue a notice regarding the 15% tariff, with the notice expected to be released in the coming days. (Jinshi)

In the past hour, total liquidations across the network reached $16.47 million, with $2.44 million from long positions, with $14.03 million from short positions. BTC liquidation $2.51 million, ETH liquidation $7.49 million.

According to a Bitfinex report cited by Odaily Planet Daily, the Bitcoin market has recently been fluctuating within the $65,000–$70,000 range, but the long-term trend remains downward. Since reaching its all-time high last October, the price has corrected by over 52%, and although it has rebounded by about 20% from the February 5th low, the price this week remains below the range low and is testing new lows. Increased macroeconomic uncertainty, especially following the Supreme Court's ruling on the Trump administration's tariff increases, has led to a recovery in precious metals such as gold and silver, while crypto market traders continue to pay a premium for downside protection. Exchange whale ratios show that recent Bitcoin inflows into exchanges are primarily from large investors. This concentrated inflow usually indicates strategic selling rather than short-term forced liquidation or retail sell-offs. Large investors may sell at key structural levels or at fixed daily times, reflecting intentional market positioning. Last week, the options market reduced downside protection for the first time, but due to the tariff news, traders did not re-add to long positions, only adjusting for extreme tail risks. Short-term expiring contract trading data indicates that market sentiment is cautious rather than optimistic.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Canton Network and Chainlink jointly announced the official deployment of the Chainlink data standard within the Canton ecosystem, further promoting the large-scale development of institutional real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. The Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) will soon be launched on Canton to support secure cross-chain transfers of tokenized assets. In addition, Chainlink Data Streams, SmartData NAV and AUM data sources, and Proof of Reserve have also been integrated into the Canton ecosystem. (PRNewswire)