Odaily Planet Daily reports that Nasdaq-listed Robinhood released its operating data for January 2026, revealing continued growth in users, assets, and transaction volume. As of the end of January, the platform's total assets reached $324 billion, a 1% increase month-over-month and a 59% increase year-over-year; notional stock trading volume reached $227.3 billion, a 21% increase month-over-month and a 57% increase year-over-year; cryptocurrency trading volume reached $22.9 billion, an 8% increase month-over-month and a 12% increase year-over-year, with $8.7 billion in transactions on the Robinhood App and $14.2 billion on Bitstamp; and event contract trading volume reached 300 million contracts, a 17% increase month-over-month. Robinhood also disclosed that as of February 17, it had repurchased approximately 2.1 million Class A ordinary shares in the current quarter, totaling approximately $173 million, more than double the amount repurchased in the fourth quarter of 2025. (Globenewswire)

According to data from msx.com, at the close of trading on the US stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.54%, the S&P 500 fell 0.28%, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.31%. The crypto sector was mixed, with ETHZilla rising 1.1%, Circle falling 1.95%, Bit Digital rising 3.07%, Robinhood rising 0.59%, and Coinbase rising 1.15%. msx.com is a decentralized RWA trading platform that has listed hundreds of RWA tokens, covering US stock and ETF tokens such as AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NFLX, and NVDA.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Matrixport, in an article published on the X platform, points out that Bitcoin's recent rapid decline caused implied volatility in options to surge before partially receding. Bitcoin's price fell from around $85,000 to a low of around $60,000 before stabilizing around $66,000. Simultaneously, the implied volatility for options expiring in March 2026 surged from just over 40% to a panic high of nearly 65%, reflecting a strong demand for downside protection during the decline. Subsequently, implied volatility fell back to around 50%, indicating that some tail risk hedging is being unwound, and short-term pressure has eased somewhat. The crypto market is approaching a critical inflection point: volatility remains high, sentiment hovers at extremely low levels, and market liquidity continues to flow out. Traders are gradually unwinding crash hedging, resulting in significantly lighter overall positions and a marked decrease in participation. Historically, this combination of characteristics often appears before the start of significant directional market movements. While the macroeconomic environment has improved, crypto asset prices have not yet followed suit significantly; this divergence is usually unsustainable in the long term.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Haseeb, Managing Partner of crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly, stated in an article on the X platform that despite being in the cryptocurrency industry, people still choose to sign legal contracts rather than rely solely on smart contracts in actual investment transactions. Even if both parties to a transaction are crypto-native institutions with technical capabilities and legal counsel, it is difficult to completely trust smart contracts as the sole binding mechanism. Traditional banking systems have evolved over hundreds of years, designing risk control mechanisms around "human error"; however, crypto systems are not human-friendly. Complex addresses, phishing attacks, authorization vulnerabilities, and gas mechanisms all contradict human intuition. Therefore, cryptocurrencies may not be built for humans, but rather a financial system prepared for machines. For example, AI agents can quickly verify contracts, analyze terms, and execute agreements, preferring to trust deterministic code rather than legal systems with judicial uncertainty. The future crypto entry point will be the self-driving wallet, where AI fully represents users in configuring assets, executing transactions, and even automatically reaching economic agreements with other AI agents. In comparison, the current model of humans directly operating crypto protocols may only be a transitional phase. The "human-unfriendly" characteristics of encryption systems may not be flaws, but rather a lack of suitable users. The true suitable scenarios for encryption may emerge when AI becomes the main participant.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Nasdaq-listed Ethereum treasury company Sharplink announced a record high institutional ownership of 46%, along with a rebranding and expansion of its leadership team. The company also disclosed ETH holdings of 867,798 (including 587,232 native ETH, 225,429 ETH redeemed from LsETH, and 55,137 ETH redeemed from WeETH), and has generated 13,615 ETH in staking rewards since June 2025, all of which have been distributed to shareholders. (Globenewswire)