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On February 20, Evgeny Gaevoy, founder of crypto market maker Wintermute, stated on the Crypto Playbook podcast under Fortune magazine that the crypto industry is gradually being dominated by a mindset focused solely on price increases, deviating from the cypherpunk philosophy of bitcoin’s original vision to build a decentralized monetary system. He believes that the industry should return to the cypherpunk spirit in the future, rather than fully integrating with Wall Street. In addition, Evgeny Gaevoy pointed out that the total value locked (TVL) in the Ethereum ecosystem exceeds $120 billions, but most of it is “idle funds,” with a very low proportion actually integrated into real-world economic activities, which is still insufficient compared to the traditional financial system.

Foresight News reported, according to Bloomberg, that US bitcoin miner MARA Holdings Inc. has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in the data center division of French power company Electricite de France SA. The government approved the deal on the condition that French investors must participate.As previously reported by Foresight News, in August 2025, US-based MARA announced it would acquire a 64% stake in French company Exaion for $168 million. The French government is currently reviewing whether this transaction poses any potential sovereignty issues.

ChainCatcher news, according to Golden Ten Data, the final value of the US one-year inflation rate expectation for February is 3.4%, lower than the market expectation of 3.5% and unchanged from the previous value of 3.5%.