The price of Bitcoin (BTC) opened higher this Friday, February 13, 2026, in a move that occurred a day after the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the creation of the Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC).
In the last 7 days Bitcoin price rose 1.2% from $66,200. As you can see from the Criptonoticias Price Calculator, it is trading at $66,971 at the time of publication.
The following graph shows the evolution of the price of Bitcoin over the specified period.
This rally spread to other markets, with 55 digital assets in the top 100 by market capitalization posting weekly gains.
Among the best performances PIPPIN, Humanity Protocol (H), and RIVER were found, increasing by 192%, 61%, and 55%, respectively.respectively.
In this regard, the CFTC reported this Thursday, February 12, the list of members of the IAC, an organization that advises regulators on market-transforming innovations. such as artificial intelligence and other technologies applied to financial systems.
The 35-member committee includes industry players such as Brian Armstrong (Coinbase), Brad Garlinghouse (Ripple), Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana Institute), Sergei Nazarov (Chainlink Institute), and Hayden Adams (Uniswap Institute), as well as executives from traditional market companies such as Nasdaq, CME Group, DTCC, and Intercontinental, according to the CFTC. exchange etc.
The disclosed pay stubs also include digital asset management companies Grayscale and Anchorage Digital. We specialize in facility supervision. We do not observe the existence of companies that focus exclusively on Bitcoin.
Michael S. Selig, president of the agency, said the committee will help ensure that the agency’s decisions reflect “market realities” and help create clear rules for what he calls a “golden age” for U.S. financial markets.
The initiative is framed in the context of the CFTC and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) promoting so-called “Project Crypto,” an initiative aimed at modernizing the regulatory framework applicable to virtual currencies.
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