The Cryptocurrency Sentinel (February 2026)

Colleagues, our goal is to provide Cryptocurrency professionals with up-to-date and actionable information to advance your career and income growth. The IMARK Group estimates “The global cryptocurrency market size reached USD $2.49 trillion in 2024. Looking forward, it expects the market to reach USD $6.29 trillion by 2033, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 9.7% during 2025-2033.” Data from ZipRecruiter projects the average annual salary for crypto trading and investment professionals is $117,800 USD.

Key Technical & Service Innovations:

• BOEv3 Protocol Production Launch - CBOE Equities (March 30)

• Ethereum Money Market Pilot - BNP Paribas (February 20)

• Midnight Mainnet (Kūkolu Phase) - Midnight Foundation (Late March)

• Ondo Global Listing Service - Ondo Finance (February  3)

• Qubic Oracle Machines (Testing) - Qubic (March 4)

• SEA Token Community Launch - OpenSea (March estimated)

• Stablecoin-Ready Money Market ETF - ProShares (February 19)

Cryptocurrency & AI:

• AI Predictions for 2026 (Blockchain Council) 

• AI, Repricing Risk and the Outlook for Bitcoin in 2026 (BitFinex) 

• Combining Cryptocurrencies and Artificial Intelligence – A Revolution of the Future? (North Crypto)

• I Asked ChatGPT, Grok and 2 Other AIs Which Cryptos To Invest In for 2026 (Yahoo Finance)

• Outlooks 2026: Artificial intelligence, digital finance, and cyber (Moody’s)

• The Convergence of AI and Cryptocurrency: From Digital Transactions to Agentic Payments (Chain Analysis)

• Top Artificial Intelligence Coins by Market Cap (Kraken)

Events:

• Consensus Hong Kong - CoinDesk (Feb 10–12, Hong Kong)

• Bitcoin for Corporations - Strategy (February 24–25, Las Vegas, USA)

• Crypto Expo Europe - Crypto Expo Europe (March 1–2, Bucharest, Romania)

• Financial Cryptography '26 - FCA (March 2–6, St. Kitts & Nevis)

• DC Blockchain Summit - Digital Chamber (March 17–18, Washington, D.C. USA)

• Digital Asset Summit (DAS) - Blockworks (March 24–26, NYC, USA) 

• Next Block Expo - NBX Team (March 24–25, Warsaw, Poland)

• EthCC[9] - Ethereum France (March 30–Apr 2, Cannes, France)

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