Blockchain

Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA) Global Report Sets Direction for Impact-Driven Blockchain

February 14, 2026 3 mins read

Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA), a global non-profit initiative founded by Bybit dedicated to leveraging blockchain for societal impact, is thrilled to announce the release of its inaugural flagship impact report, The State of Blockchain for Good: A View from the Alliance, offering one of the most comprehensive and grounded assessments to date of how blockchain technology is being applied to real-world social, economic and public-sector challenges. Following the Blockchain Impact Forum held in

LBank Launches 16th BoostHub Campaign Featuring Ethereum with 30 ETH in Rewards

February 14, 2026 2 mins read

LBank, the leading global crypto exchange, today announced the launch of the 16th BoostHub initiative, featuring Ethereum with a total reward pool of 30 ETH. The campaign will run from February 14, 09:00 to February 21, 09:00 (UTC), offering eligible users worldwide the opportunity to share ETH rewards through a fair, transparent, and low-barrier participation model. The campaign features two participation pools tailored to different user profiles. The Smart Pool offers a

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

February 12, 2026 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.

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

February 12, 2026 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,

Certora Awarded Ethereum Foundation Grant to Help Create a ZK Future for EVM

February 6, 2026 2 mins read

Certora, the full-stack security assurance platform trusted by the most advanced teams in Web3, has been awarded a research grant from the Ethereum Foundation to verify the correctness of autoprecompiles. Autoprecompiles are a key optimization in ZK computation developed by Powdr Labs for the Ethereum Foundation’s zkEVM initiative. The zkEVM will unlock a massive optimization in scalability of the Ethereum network by replacing the current execution model for smart contracts

Nervos CKB Adapts with Post-Quantum Protection via SPHINCS+

February 3, 2026 2 mins read

Nervos CKB now allows users to protect their assets from the potential threat of quantum computing. CKB, the RISC-V-based L1 blockchain, has “passed the point of quantum-resistance,” with the on-chain deployment of SPHINCS+ cryptography and the release of the “Quantum Purse” desktop wallet. In the past, bespoke chains such as QRL were built specifically with quantum-resistance in mind, and more recently, the mindshare around post-quantum migration has grown rapidly in the Bitcoin and Ethereum communities.

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

The onchain launch protocol now powers the majority of new DEX pools on Base, with over $1.5B in value created and $1B+ in trading volume in just nine months

January 29, 2026 3 mins read

The onchain launch protocol now powers the majority of new DEX pools on Base, with over $1.5B in value created and $1B+ in trading volume in just nine months Doppler, the default launch protocol for teams raising capital onchain, today announced a $9 million seed round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Variant, Figment Capital, and Coinbase Ventures. The funding comes as Doppler has rapidly emerged as the core

CT3 Announces Public Launch of Its Next-Generation Decentralized Storage – CT3 Secure Storage

January 28, 2026 3 mins read

CT3 is proud to announce that development of its decentralized storage platform is now complete, and the service is officially open to all users. After months of engineering, private beta testing, and intensive stability improvements, CT3 is launching a production-ready storage solution – CT3 Secure Storage – that combines Web3 ownership with the simplicity of modern cloud services while eliminating the risks of centralized control and unclear pricing models. “This launch is more

Qiro Partners with Huma Finance to Underwrite Up to $250M in Tokenized Private Credit

January 28, 2026 4 mins read

Qiro Finance, an independent enterprise-grade credit underwriting platform for tokenized private credit, today announced a strategic partnership with Huma Finance, the world’s first PayFi network, to support their rapid growth. Under the partnership, Qiro will act as a strategic underwriting and risk-monitoring partner to Huma, providing institutional-grade credit assessment, structuring, and monitoring infrastructure to support payment financing use cases deployed through Huma’s PayFi network. Together, the teams are targeting the underwriting of up

Turtle Enters Strategic Partnership With Chainlink To Bring Institutional Liquidity Onchain

January 28, 2026 3 mins read

Turtle, a leading on-chain liquidity distribution protocol, has announced a strategic partnership with Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform, to accelerate the institutional adoption of on-chain capital markets. Turtle selected Chainlink CCIP and Data Feeds due to Chainlink’s proven security, making it a requirement for safe, risk-minimized liquidity provisioning.  Through this partnership, Turtle becomes a preferred liquidity partner for the Chainlink ecosystem and has integrated Chainlink’s data and interoperability standards to curate, verify, and distribute institutional-grade

Orbs Brings Onchain Perpetuals to Sei Through Gryps Integration

January 27, 2026 2 mins read

Orbs announced today that Gryps has integrated Orbs’ Perpetual Hub Ultra to enable institutional-grade onchain perpetual futures trading on Sei Network. The brings a fully managed, professional perpetuals stack to Sei, expanding access to advanced derivatives infrastructure designed for execution certainty, capital efficiency, and deterministic risk management. Perpetual Hub Ultra provides a modular, capital-efficient perpetual futures infrastructure that delivers the full perps stack, including hedging, liquidation, oracles, and professional trading interfaces.