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Bybit, Mantle, and Aave Launch Strategic Mainnet Integration to Scale Institutional-Grade DeFi Liquidity

9 hours ago 5 mins read

Following the successful announcement of the strategic partnership with Aave, the largest decentralized on-chain lending network, Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, and Mantle, the high-performance distribution layer bridging traditional finance (TradFi), real-world assets (RWAs), and on-chain liquidity, today announced the official Mainnet launch of Aave V3 on Mantle. Additionally, announced officially yesterday at the Mantle RWA Day, live from Consensus Hong Kong by Joshua Cheong, Head of Product at Mantle.

Wallet in Telegram Launches Cross Chain Deposits in Self Custodial TON Wallet

10 hours ago 5 mins read

Over 100 million users can now fund their TON Wallet using crypto from the most popular blockchains – no additional bridges, swaps or manual conversions required. Wallet in Telegram today announced the launch of cross-chain deposits in its self-custodial TON Wallet, enabling users to fund their wallets with crypto from the most popular blockchains. Powered by MoonPay, the integration manages cross-chain transfers behind the scenes, ensuring a smooth deposit experience in

Inference Research announces $20 Million Seed Round Led by Avenir Group to Build the AI-Native Quantitative Franchise

11 hours ago 2 mins read

Inference Research, an AI-native quantitative trading franchise architected to capitalize on the convergence of Digital Assets and Traditional Finance, today announced its launch and the anticipated closing of a $20 million Seed funding round. The round was led by Avenir Group, a pioneering investment group that originated from Mr. Li Lin’s family office and is Asia’s prominent institutional investor. Founded by Luke Li, the former Co-founder and Head of Trading at Amber Group,

Bybit Partners with Doppler Finance to provide Institutional-Grade XRP Earn Product for Users

February 11, 2026 3 mins read

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume known for its deep liquidity and user-centric infrastructure, today announced a strategic partnership with Doppler Finance, an XRP-native yield platform that combines institutional-grade security and liquidity. This collaboration will introduce XRP yield products to Bybit Earn, expanding secure and transparent opportunities for one of the market’s most actively traded digital assets. The partnership solves a long-standing structural challenge: XRP does not

Aurora Labs Releases Intents Widget, Making NEAR Intents Easy to Embed in Any App

February 11, 2026 3 mins read

Aurora Labs has announced the release of the Intents Widget, a new integration layer designed to make NEAR Intents easily accessible inside third-party applications. Alongside the widget, Aurora Labs is introducing Intents Widget Studio, a browser-based configurator that allows teams to set up and deploy the widget, providing a plug-and-play experience for developers. NEAR Intents is already used in production by wallets and trading applications, processing approximately $2.5 billion in monthly volume. Until now, integrating

Bybit Partners with Mercuryo to Offer Zero Transaction Fee for Crypto Purchases in Selected Markets

February 8, 2026 3 mins read

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, announced an exclusive partnership with Mercuryo, a global payments infrastructure platform, eliminating transaction fees on qualifying crypto purchases. From February 4, 2026 until February 18, 2026, eligible users can enjoy zero fees on transactions valued between 100 EUR and 500 EUR (or equivalent) through Bybit One-Click Buy. During the promotional period, eligible Bybit customers in in-scope countries can take advantage of the zero-fee offer for

ai.com Launches Autonomous AI Agents to Accelerate the Arrival of AGI

February 8, 2026 3 mins read

ai.com, a new AI platform founded by Kris Marszalek, co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com, today announced the launch of its Autonomous AI agent offering for consumers. With a few clicks, anyone can now generate a private, personal AI agent that doesn’t just answer questions, but actually operates on the user’s behalf – organizing work, sending messages, executing actions across apps, building projects, and more. The key differentiating feature is the agent’s

Enjin Launches Essence of the Elements: A Cross-Game Multiverse Journey

February 4, 2026 2 mins read

Enjin, the pioneer in metaverse experiences and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), today unveiled Essence of the Elements, a Multiverse initiative built around true player ownership with in-game items that can be used, progressed, and expanded across multiple games. Rather than a single in-game event, Essence of the Elements builds upon the model where players genuinely own their items, carry them between different worlds, and grow their value through cross-game play. Through Enjin’s Multiverse

Bybit Expands Precious Metals Trading as Gold and Silver Interest Rises

February 3, 2026 3 mins read

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is thrilled to announce a new gold and silver trading campaign timed with sustained interest in precious metals markets and growing demand for digital asset exposure to real-world assets. Running through April 30, 2026, the initiative enables eligible users to trade a broad suite of gold- and silver-related instruments on the Bybit platform using a single USDT account. Supported products include spot trading

Moonberg Announces QuantFi at Davos

February 2, 2026 2 mins read

Moonberg announced QuantFi at Davos during the World Economic Forum last week, a quantitative trading platform that will open the company’s comprehensive crypto data infrastructure to builders, traders, and AI agents. The announcement represents the next phase of Moonberg’s mission to provide quantified intelligence for crypto markets. Since its inception, Moonberg has focused on aggregating and analyzing crypto market data across multiple data points. The company developed proprietary algorithms, including MoonScope,

Otters Launches a New Era of Gamified Web3 Adoption Inside Telegram

February 2, 2026 3 mins read

Otters, a fast-growing Telegram Mini App built on the TON blockchain, is redefining how everyday users discover, engage with, and adopt Web3 through simple, social, and rewarding experiences. Built natively inside Telegram, Otters removes the friction that has historically kept millions of users away from crypto. Instead of wallets, bridges, and complex onboarding flows, Otters introduces Web3 through familiar mechanics like daily rewards, short farming cycles, social competition, and in-app

Native Support for Tezos EVM-Compatibility Layer Etherlink Now Available With Ledger

January 30, 2026 3 mins read

Extended support for the Tezos ecosystem, building on the existing Tezos Layer 1 integration and extending it to Etherlink, is now available on LedgerTM signers and Ledger WalletTM, with Tezos’ EVM-compatible smart rollup. The integration brings full support for Etherlink and the tez (XTZ) token across Ledger’s ecosystem with Ledger signer integration, Ledger Wallet functionality, and upcoming native staking support. Ledger has supported Tezos delegation since 2019, with more than