USD short positions hit 14-year high

2026-02-17 by admin

BlockBeats news, February 16, the latest foreign exchange and interest rate sentiment survey from Bank of America shows that in February, dollar positioning turned to the most negative in over 14 years. Dollar short positions have now reached the highest level since January 2012 (the earliest available data point).

Fund managers’ dollar exposure has fallen below last April’s low. Concerns over Federal Reserve independence have eased after President Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh for Fed chair, but this has failed to boost dollar demand or improve views on U.S. assets.

Respondents see further deterioration in the U.S. labor market as the main downside risk for the dollar.

深潮 TechFlow 消息，2 月 17 日，据 Coinmarketcap 数据，今日加密货币市值前 100 代币表现如下，涨幅前五：MemeCore（M）涨 18.84%，现价 1.54 美元；Nexo（NEXO）涨 6.36%，现价 0.889 美元；Pi（PI）涨 4.94%，现价 0.1778 美元；Cosmos（ATOM）涨 4.37%，现价 2.27 美元；Jupiter（JUP）涨 4.14%，现价 0.1631 美元。跌幅前五：Pippin（PIPPIN）跌 25.76%，现价 0.5411 美元；MYX Finance（MYX）跌 23.81%，现价 1.47 美元；Lighter（LIT）跌 2.31%，现价 1.56 美元；LayerZero（ZRO）跌 2.22%，现价 1.58 美元；Tether Gold（XAUt）跌 2.21%，现价 4,844.44 美元。

According to Deep Tide TechFlow, on February 17, Pump.fun announced a new feature called Cashback Coins, which allows token creators to opt for full refund of creator fees to traders instead of token deployers before launch. Pump.fun stated that while creator fees positively support the growth and success of teams, creators, and founders, many tokens succeed without teams or project leaders, leading to disproportionate rewards for token deployers who should not receive fees. Unlike tokens that charge creator fees, Cashback Coins cannot conduct CTO (Creator Token Offerings). Users can claim cashback rewards in the "Rewards" section of the Pump.fun mobile app. Once a token is launched, this decision becomes permanently locked.

PANews reported on February 17 that, according to an official announcement, the TON Foundation has partnered with Banxa, a regulated crypto infrastructure provider under the OSL Group, to provide compliant stablecoin payment infrastructure for thousands of SMEs in the Asia-Pacific region. This collaboration positions TON as the operational payment layer for real-world business activities in Asia. Leveraging OSL's merchant and institutional network and Banxa's payment channels, SMEs in the Asia-Pacific region can now use TON for actual payment workflows, including business-to-business settlements, cross-border transactions, and consumer-to-merchant payments. Banxa handles the exchange between local fiat currency and digital assets. While TON's P2P payment infrastructure is already widely used in the region, this partnership expands its application to enterprise-level business scenarios.