Web3 Project Updates and Developments

Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan, co-founders of Farcaster, have joined the blockchain startup Tempo following Neynar's acquisition of Farcaster in January 2026. This shift reflects a focus on stablecoin infrastructure and a renewed direction for both projects.

Tether's investment in LayerZero Labs enhances cross-chain digital asset transfers, supporting the USDt0 stablecoin's $70B transactions with secure interoperability. This collaboration fosters AI wallet autonomy and efficient liquidity management in blockchain finance.

Buterin says Ethereum and AGI should prioritize intentional, safe progress over unchecked acceleration or pure capability races. He highlights privacy tools like local LLMs, ZK payments, and TEEs to enable trustless AI use without identity leakage. Ethereum could act as an economic

Doppler Finance partners with OpenEden to enhance Ripple's USD stablecoin (RLUSD) by enabling direct access to tokenized U.S. Treasury Bills. This collaboration simplifies access to government-backed yields for RLUSD holders, transforming it into a productive asset within the XRPL ecosystem.

Beast Industries, founded by MrBeast, is acquiring the teen banking app Step, marking its entry into financial services and indicating potential future plans in crypto. The acquisition aims to promote financial education and accessibility for young users.

The DFINITY Foundation has reached a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Pakistan to build sovereign cloud infrastructure on the Internet Computer network, develop generative AI applications and national communication systems, and promote digital sovereignty and AI technology development.

YZi Labs issues a letter refuting CEA Industries' allegations of a "secret agreement," stating that the board was already aware of it and that the agreement was terminated in 2025. YZi Labs requests the board to clarify the misleading statement and protect shareholders' interests.

Binance converted $300 million in stablecoins into 4,225 BTC for its Secure Asset Fund, raising its Bitcoin holdings to 10,455 BTC. Interest also surrounds its relationship with Trump-linked USD1 stablecoin, which has a $5 billion supply, primarily held on Binance.

ChainCatcher News, according to official sources, Ethereum Treasury Company Sharplink received approximately 552 ETH in staking rewards last week, worth about $1.1 million. The total accumulated staking rewards have reached 13,113 ETH.

Ripple Custody partners with Figment, allowing banks to offer Ethereum and Solana staking without running validator infrastructure or extra tooling. Figment provides non-custodial staking, validator operations, and reporting, while Ripple Custody handles custody workflows. Ripple Custody

Over $278 million in crypto tokens will hit the market this week from cliff and linear unlocks across over a dozen projects, Tokenomist data shows. AVAX, APT, and STRK top the cliff unlocks chart, while RAIN’s 9.45 billion tokens lead the linear unlocks. This week, more than $278 million

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Strategy posted on the X platform that even though Bitcoin's price has fallen 24% over the past month, Strategy's perpetual preferred stock STRC has rebounded and is close to the $100 peg. Additionally, dividends are paid in cash at an annualized dividend yield of 11%.

Arowana will launch AGT token and Aqua gold platform on Arbitrum in March 2026 with physically backed gold. Hancom Group operates Korea’s third-largest gold exchange with 600 million in trading volume and 18 years of experience in metals. Arbitrum is adding new infrastructure for

20 new Chainlink integrations rolled out across 8 services and 12 blockchains, including Ethereum, Linea, World Chain, and zkSync. MegaETH joined Chainlink Scale and launched with Data Feeds, Data Streams, and CCIP enabled from day one. Chainlink has announced 20 new integrations to its

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Circle Ventures announced an investment in the decentralized trading platform edgeX. The specific amount and valuation have not been disclosed. Circle also plans to integrate its stablecoin USDC and cross-chain transfer protocol (CCTP) into edgeX's blockchain, EDGE Chain. It is understood that the two companies began negotiations at the end of 2025 and completed the investment transaction last month. Circle Ventures is the sole investor in this funding round. (The

Tether Investments announces a strategic investment in LayerZero Labs to support the development of efficient and secure cross-chain technology. LayerZero Labs' technology has already enabled over $70 billion in cross-chain value transfer, suitable for real-time cross-chain transfers and micro-payment scenarios for digital assets.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that, according to market sources: Strategy company's founder Michael Saylor stated that Strategy will not sell Bitcoin.

BlockBeats News, February 10 — According to Fortune magazine, Polymarket announced today that it will partner with Kaito AI. Kaito AI is a research and data aggregation platform focused on the crypto space. Through this collaboration, users will be able to bet on trends, brand and individual attention, and public opinion directions.

Coinbase has adopted the Sui token standard, enhancing trading and custody services for Sui alongside Ethereum and Solana. This partnership aims to simplify asset management for institutions and developers, reflecting growing interest in Sui-based investment products.