1. LayerZero releases its Zero public blockchain solution; Citadel, ICE, and Cathie Wood participate in the link project.
LayerZero announced a new public blockchain called Zero, designed to address scalability and privacy concerns faced by Wall Street in adopting blockchain technology. It claims to achieve approximately 2 million transactions per second at a cost of less than 1 cent per transaction. Citadel, Intercontinental Exchange, and Cathie Wood will participate as investors, partners, or advisors. Citadel is investing in tokens, but the amount was not disclosed. Tether also announced its participation.
2. Pump Fun founder Alon: The company is hiring engineers, with base salaries up to $1.5 million per year .
Pump Fun founder Alon stated on the X platform that the company is hiring software engineers, data scientists, and machine learning engineers with the goal of building a global consumer-facing crypto product brand and promoting the "tokenization of early-stage, high-potential ideas." He said the base annual salary for these positions is approximately $300,000 to $1.5 million, with an additional incentive of approximately $75,000 to $500,000 worth of PUMP tokens.
3. Aave Labs submitted a governance proposal to remit 100% of the revenue from Aave-branded products to the DAO treasury .
Aave Labs, the technology service provider for Aave, has submitted a governance Temp Check proposal to establish Aave V4 as the core technology architecture for the future. The proposal also includes requiring 100% of the revenue from all Aave-branded products to be deposited into the DAO treasury, along with a brand protection mechanism and a long-term growth funding framework. As part of this arrangement, Aave Labs has applied to the DAO for $25 million in stablecoins and 75,000 AAVE tokens for a one-year funding period, and has set multiple milestone grants for product launches, covering protocol development, product engineering, customer acquisition and marketing, institutional partnerships, and security operations.
4. Over 20,000 AI Agents have been deployed on blockchains such as Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base .
Since the launch of ERC-8004 more than two weeks ago, over 20,000 AI Agents have been deployed on chains such as Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base. Currently, the top five AI Agents ranked by score, popularity, and activity are James, Captain Dackie, Rick, Minara AI, and CoreFocus.
5. Trump family's crypto project WLFI plans to launch the forex platform World Swap Link.
Zak Folkman, co-founder of World Liberty Financial, a crypto project linked to the Trump family, revealed at the Consensus Hong Kong conference that the project plans to launch a forex platform called World Swap as part of its USD1 stablecoin ecosystem. Folkman stated that World Swap aims to simplify cross-border transfers, challenging the high fees of 2% to 10% per transaction charged by traditional remittance services, allowing users to send and receive digital dollars in a manner similar to mainstream payment applications.
6. Robinhood launches Layer 2 blockchain "Robinhood Chain," focusing on tokenized assets .
Robinhood has launched a Layer 2 blockchain called "Robinhood Chain," built specifically for financial services and tokenized real-world assets (RWA). The chain is built on Arbitrum technology and is compatible with Ethereum. Robinhood Chain aims to support the issuance of native tokenized assets without intermediaries, allowing developers and users to access, build, and transfer assets. The testnet is currently open for developers to test and validate their financial applications.
7. Base announced a shift in product direction, focusing on building an on-chain transaction experience .
Base announced a product repositioning, focusing on enhancing the on-chain trading experience. The news feed will only display tradable assets and on-chain activities, and the Talk discussion section will be removed. Simultaneously, the Base App will gradually terminate its Creator Rewards program, which has distributed over $450,000 to approximately 17,000 creators in the past six months. The program will end on February 15th, with final distributions on February 18th. The company stated that it will explore new community incentive methods in the future.
8. Securitize partners with Uniswap to support on-chain transactions of BlackRock's BUIDL fund.
Securitize announced a partnership with Uniswap to enable on-chain trading of BlackRock's BUIDL USD institutional liquidity fund via UniswapX.
Following its announcement of deploying BUIDL on the DeFi platform Uniswap, asset management giant BlackRock stated it would purchase Uniswap's token UNI, though the specific amount was not disclosed. Analysts point out that the initial impact of Uniswap adding BUIDL to its platform may not be significant, as the protocol involves Securitize creating a whitelist of eligible institutions allowing them to participate in DeFi trading. The company will also whitelist some market makers, including long-term cryptocurrency liquidity provider Windemute, to facilitate trading. Meanwhile, access to BUIDL is limited to qualified buyers—individuals or entities with assets of $5 million or more.
9. Hyperliquid's trading volume has surpassed Coinbase Link .
On-chain trading platform Hyperliquid's trading volume has surpassed Coinbase's: in terms of nominal trading volume, Coinbase has $1.4 trillion, while Hyperliquid has reached $2.6 trillion, nearly twice the former; in terms of year-to-date price performance, Hyperliquid has risen by 31.7%, while Coinbase has fallen by 27.0%, showing a significant divergence of approximately 58.7% in the short term.
10. Farcaster founder Dan Romero announced his joining Tempo Link , a stablecoin chain backed by Stripe and Paradigm.
Farcaster founder Dan Romero has announced his joining Tempo, a stablecoin chain backed by Stripe and Paradigm. Farcaster was previously acquired by the decentralized social networking tool Neynar. Farcaster co-founder Varun Srinivasan has also announced his joining the Tempo team, where he will focus on stablecoin development.
