Elon Musk: The X Money external testing version will be launched within the next 1-2 months.

Lightning Labs open-sources lightning-agent-tools: AI agents natively integrated with the Lightning Network for payments

Lightning Labs' open-source lightning-agent-tools provides Lightning Network payment capabilities for AI agents, supporting native authentication without the need for identity verification or registration. The toolkit includes multiple skills, is compatible with various agent frameworks, and features a command-line HTTP client, lnget, which supports the L402 protocol.

Aster Chain's mainnet will go live in March

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Aster announced on the X platform that the Aster Chain mainnet will go live in March.

Binance's "Blind Box Experiment": When Airdrops Enter the Era of Randomness

Binance's Alpha Box Airdrop Mode transforms traditional deterministic rewards into a random selection process. By combining point consumption and time discounts, it creates a new participation mechanism. This mechanism enhances user engagement through game theory design, but may also lead to short-term behavioral fluctuations. The article analyzes its impact on users and project teams, as well as its potential sustainability in the future, pointing out that this change is not just a rule adjustment but an experiment in user behavior.

Ethereum Foundation Director: No L1 can compete with Ethereum in terms of technology and monetary value

Co-Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation, Wang Xiaowei, stated at the Consensus 2026 conference that currently no other L1 can compete with Ethereum. She emphasized the importance of censorship resistance and privacy protection tools, as well as application layer innovation, especially in the future development of identity.

Bank of England selects Chainlink! 18 institutions test the central bank digital currency on-chain settlement revolution

The Bank of England announced on February 10th the selection of Chainlink to participate in the "Synchronous Lab" project, exploring how central bank digital currencies can be atomically settled with blockchain assets. Eighteen institutions including Swift, London Stock Exchange Group, Chainlink, UAC Labs, and others are testing scenarios such as tokenized bonds, collateral management, and foreign exchange trading. The plan will launch in spring and operate for six months, simulating real-world transactions in a controlled environment without handling actual funds.

Lighter now offers Korean stock trading

Foresight News reports that the decentralized trading platform Lighter has added support for Korean stock trading. This includes HYUNDAI, SAMSUNG, SKHYNIX, and KRCOMP (Korea Composite Index), with a maximum leverage of 10x.