Here’s what happened in crypto today

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by Cointelegraph

February 12, 2026

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation. Today in crypto, Crypto executives have flooded the ranks of a CFTC advisory panel, the Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial plans to offer its users foreign currency exchange and remittance services and the UK chose appointed HSBC Orion for its tokenized digital bond pilot. Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Mike Selig said on Thursday that it has expanded its Innovation Advisory Committee that shapes the regulator’s policies, adding a slew of crypto executives to the 35-member panel. Selig said the committee will “ensure the CFTC’s decisions reflect market realities” and enable it to “develop clear rules of the road for the Golden Age of American Financial Markets.” Read more

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Originally published on CoinTelegraph on 2/12/2026