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The European Central Bank has announced that it is recruiting experts to assist in the development of a rulebook for the digital euro in everyday payment scenarios, focusing on ATM and merchant card payment terminals. One working group will define how ATMs and point-of-sale terminals will process digital euro payments, including device connectivity, offline transaction support, and compatibility with existing payment standards; another working group will design the certification process for payment tools and infrastructure.European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde stated last December that the bank has completed the technical and preparatory work for digital currency and is currently awaiting approval from political institutions. The project is under review by the European Council and the European Parliament, and if approved, it is expected to launch as early as 2029. Meanwhile, 12 European banks, including BBVA, ING, and BNP Paribas, have formed the Qivalis project, planning to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin in the second half of 2026, aimed at providing a blockchain payment solution that does not rely on dollar-backed tokens.

According to Cointelegraph, the European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the opening of expert applications for two new working groups under its Rules Development Group (RDG), focusing on advancing the implementation of the digital euro at the ATM, payment terminal, and acceptance infrastructure levels.The responsibilities of the two working groups are as follows: first, to develop implementation specifications for ATM and terminal providers, covering communication technology, offline transaction capabilities, and the reuse of existing payment standards; second, to establish testing, certification, and approval process plans for payment solutions and infrastructure used by payment service providers (PSP) in the digital euro ecosystem. Both working groups report to the RDG, which includes members representing merchants, payment service providers, and consumers.The ECB has previously disclosed plans to launch a 12-month digital euro pilot in the second half of 2027, with participation from a limited number of merchants, euro system staff, and PSPs. ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone confirmed these arrangements in February this year.

Meta announced that starting June 15, users will no longer be able to build, publish, or update virtual reality worlds on Meta Quest headsets, nor will they be able to access Meta Horizon Worlds through Quest headsets. This virtual world feature will continue to be available on the Meta Horizon mobile app.A Meta spokesperson cited a blog post from February of this year, which mentioned that the company is shifting the focus of Worlds to "almost entirely mobile-centric." Earlier in January of this year, Meta had cut about 1,000 jobs from the Reality Labs division and closed several virtual reality game and content studios. Andrew Bosworth, head of Reality Labs and Chief Technology Officer, stated in a memo to employees that Meta will primarily focus on mobile experiences rather than immersive virtual worlds accessed through headsets.This move marks Meta's further retreat from the metaverse strategy previously championed by Mark Zuckerberg. Resources in Reality Labs have shifted from VR gaming to advancing wearable products aimed at AI goals, including Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.

Energy journalist Anthony Di Paola stated that, according to the Gulf Commodity Exchange, the crude oil export terminal at Oman’s Mina al-Fahal port has resumed normal operations after being suspended for several hours earlier on Thursday.The exchange responsible for Oman crude oil futures trading indicated that loading activities are currently proceeding as usual. Previously, the terminal had evacuated all vessels as a precautionary measure. According to data intelligence company Kpler, Fahal port exports approximately 1 million barrels of Omani crude oil daily.

According to GlobeNewswire, YZi Labs issued a statement indicating that a lawsuit filed by investor Abraham Gomez against the Nasdaq-listed company CEA Industries and its director Hans Thomas shows that the company is almost in an "operational vacuum," lacking a CFO, COO, operational or marketing teams, and even a fund management system, with no registered domain name or functional website.YZi Labs pointed out that this situation highlights the failure of the CEA Industries board's oversight, and that while signing a 20-year asset management agreement with 10X Capital Asset Management to manage substantial funds, it has not established basic corporate governance and operational infrastructure. Therefore, it demands that the board publicly respond to the related allegations, establish an independent committee to investigate Hans Thomas, and terminate the agreement signed with 10X Capital Asset Management.

According to market news, staff from the City of Vancouver have recommended terminating a council motion that explored the city becoming a "Bitcoin-friendly city," citing that its regulations do not allow Bitcoin to be held as a municipal reserve asset.In the report, staff stated that it has been definitively determined that Bitcoin does not fall under the category of permitted investment assets, and referenced the Vancouver Charter, which stipulates the allocation of municipal funds and does not allow Bitcoin to be held as a reserve asset.The motion was proposed over a year ago by Mayor Ken Sim, aiming to explore the possibility of accepting cryptocurrency for tax payments and converting part of the financial reserves into Bitcoin. The British Columbia Ministry of Municipal Affairs pointed out at the time that, according to provincial regulations, municipal authorities cannot hold financial reserves in cryptocurrency, as the legislative intent is to prevent local government funds from facing undue risks.

The Bitcoin financial platform Sats Terminal has received strategic investment from Gate Ventures, a venture capital firm under Gate.com. Gate Ventures is optimistic about the trend of Bitcoin transitioning from a store of value to a productive financial asset, believing that the one-stop Bitcoin financial infrastructure being built by Sats Terminal presents significant market opportunities.In addition to financial support, Gate Ventures will also assist in promoting the synergistic development of Sats Terminal with the Gate ecosystem, exploring more application scenarios for native BTC assets, and enhancing the efficiency of users in obtaining liquidity under self-custody and security conditions.Sats Terminal is positioned as a native Bitcoin financial super application, providing users and third-party wallets and platforms with one-stop trading, lending, and yield services through a modular SDK and native applications. It has previously completed a $1.7 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by Coinbase Ventures and Draper Associates, with Yzi Labs participating in November 2025.Its flagship product, Borrow, was launched in January 2026, allowing users to obtain stablecoins on chains such as Ethereum, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, and Base using native Bitcoin in a non-custodial manner. The yield product, Earn, is expected to be launched in March this year, while the team is also collaborating with mainstream wallets to further expand the coverage of the Bitcoin financial ecosystem.

The prediction market professional trading terminal Kairos announced the completion of a $2.5 million financing round, led by a16z crypto, with follow-on investments from Geneva Trading, the University of Illinois, and angel investors.Kairos was co-founded by Jay Malavia (CEO) and Zayd Alzein (CTO), both of whom previously worked at the traditional financial company Cboe Global Markets. They founded the project after noticing the fragmented information and disjointed experience in the prediction market industry. Their platform aims to integrate the market data and trading of leading prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket, providing a fast, customizable dashboard that synchronously displays relevant news and trading data. The company plans to launch a private beta version in the coming weeks, and currently, the team consists of only the two co-founders, with plans to start hiring after the financing.

According to official news, the Gate TradFi section has officially launched the Web version and ended its public testing (https://www.gate.com/tradfi), achieving comprehensive coverage across App and Web terminals, with unified account, funds, and position data, enhancing trading continuity and operational efficiency.TradFi is the traditional financial asset CFD trading segment launched by Gate, supporting mainstream assets such as foreign exchange, metals, indices, commodities, and popular stocks. Users can trade across multiple markets within the same account system without the need for additional account openings. Funds use USDT as collateral and are displayed in the internal valuation unit USDx, with the trading mechanism integrated into the MT5 system, and transaction fees as low as $0.018 per transaction.Data shows that since the launch of Gate TradFi, the total trading volume has exceeded $20 billion, with a daily trading volume peaking at over $5 billion in a single day. The platform launched a TradFi launch celebration event from February 2 to 22, setting up a $150,000 trading reward pool; the "Gate TradFi Golden Lucky Bag" containing 1,152g of gold has been fully distributed, and the second phase of the event is about to begin.With the official launch of the Web version, Gate is accelerating the construction of a unified trading framework covering both crypto assets and traditional financial assets.

Token Terminal monitoring data shows that the daily active address count on the Ethereum mainnet has surpassed that of all Layer 2 networks.

The CEO of Japan's Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet, Simon Gerovich, posted on the X platform, stating that the gap between companies holding Bitcoin and those that do not lies not in the strength of their "faith" in the asset. For most companies, Bitcoin has never even entered the management's discussion agenda; it is not that it was debated and rejected, but rather that it was never brought up at all. Simon Gerovich pointed out that management teams that seriously consider incorporating Bitcoin into their asset allocation have already crossed a threshold that most companies have never approached: they are willing to endure years of being misunderstood by the market during the execution of long-term strategies. For this reason, there are very few companies globally that truly adopt this strategy.

The Bitcoin trading and lending platform Sats Terminal, backed by Yzi Labs, announced the official integration of the Morpho protocol into its Borrow product, initially supporting the Arbitrum and Base networks. Through Sats Terminal, users can connect to the lending liquidity pools of Morpho and Aave using native BTC as collateral without the need for manual cross-chain transactions or asset wrapping, all while being self-custodial and without KYC, aiming to help users maximize the efficiency of their capital.It is reported that Sats Terminal previously raised $1.7 million in a Pre-Seed round from institutions such as Coinbase Ventures and Draper Associates. With the platform's aggregation layer design, users can discover and match the best lending rates and depths across the network. Sats Terminal plans to launch an SDK and Earn financial products in the future, empowering third-party wallets and Neobanks to directly access native Bitcoin DeFi capabilities, striving to become a one-stop entry point for Bitcoin finance.

According to the official announcement, the cryptocurrency exchange ProBit Global announced on December 31, 2025, that due to the rapidly changing regulatory environment and strategic business restructuring, all services on the platform will officially terminate starting from February 26, 2026, at 08:00 (UTC+8). Spot trading will cease on January 28, 2026, at 08:00 (UTC+8), and standard withdrawal services will remain open until February 26, 2026, at 07:59 (UTC+8). All users are strongly urged to complete withdrawals before this deadline to avoid potential asset loss or management fees.The delayed asset return period is from March 1, 2026, at 08:00 (UTC+8) to April 1, 2026, at 07:59 (UTC+8). If users fail to withdraw their assets by the end of the standard withdrawal period, their accounts will be considered inactive, and remaining assets will incur maintenance fees to cover infrastructure and custodial services. Fees will strictly start to be charged from March 1, 2026, at 08:00 (UTC+8). According to the terms of service, any assets not withdrawn by April 1, 2026, at 07:59 (UTC+8) will be deemed forfeited and permanently lost.

Jupiter co-founder Meow posted on the X platform that Jup Mobile has undergone a significant upgrade. This version is developed entirely natively and has undergone core optimizations, aiming to enhance performance, leveraging Jupiter's full-stack technical expertise, with the goal of becoming the highest-performing crypto application. Over the next 21 days, the team will continue to demonstrate the necessity of the application and iterate based on feedback.Jup Mobile was collaboratively developed by the mobile team, data and infrastructure team, trading engine team, and user growth team. Previously, Jupiter officially stated that the V3 version has made comprehensive improvements in token discovery, token analysis, and trading user experience, aiming to transform mobile devices into professional trading workstations, with costs reduced by 10 times compared to other mobile applications. This version supports a full range of needs from everyday exchanges to high-frequency trading, allowing users to operate without using a DApp browser or avoiding in-app exchanges to evade high fees.

According to Jinshi reports, Fed's Goolsbee stated that the terminal rate will be significantly lower than the current level, and from a realistic perspective, there is considerable room for interest rate cuts.

According to Jinshi News, Paul Eitelman, Senior Director and Chief Investment Strategist at Russell Investments, stated in a report that the Federal Reserve is expected to implement a "hawkish" rate cut of 25 basis points, with a terminal rate anticipated to be between 3.25% and 3.5%.Eitelman pointed out that the current yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury is 4.1%, which is above Russell Investments' fair value estimate, supporting a strategic allocation of duration risk in the portfolio.

According to The Block, the Aave governance forum is discussing a strategy adjustment proposal put forward by ACI, which aims to close low-revenue deployments on chains such as zkSync, Metis, and Soneium, and set a $2 million annual revenue threshold for future deployments.ACI states that these instances cannot cover operational costs and increase the engineering burden. Currently, the "temperature check" snapshot vote has received 100% support, and if passed, it will enter the formal governance process. Last night, it was reported that a new proposal from the Aave community aims to adjust the V3 multi-chain deployment strategy, including increasing the reserve ratio for underperforming networks.

The DEX Terminal Finance incubated by Ethena announced on social media that the initial design goal of Terminal was to become the liquidity hub on the Converge chain. However, due to the Converge chain mainnet failing to launch as scheduled and no recent plans for a launch, the project will be terminated. User funds are not affected, and all users' principal can be fully withdrawn. Existing Pendle position holders will continue to receive their entitled Ethena Sats earnings, associated sUSDe earnings, and etherfi points.The official statement indicated that the team explored various transformation options, but all faced fundamental obstacles, including limited ecological support, insufficient asset access potential, and bleak long-term development prospects. Ultimately, the team concluded that these paths could not lead to a successful long-term project, and launching for the sake of launching contradicts their core principles; maintaining integrity is the primary guideline.

Tether has released the latest update on the gradual cessation of EUR₮ trading, which will terminate EUR₮ redemption services today across all supported blockchain networks. Tether stated that this decision aligns with Tether's broader strategic direction, considering the evolving regulatory framework surrounding stablecoins in the European market. Tether will focus on supporting new projects, such as the launch of compliant stablecoins EURQ and USDQ.

According to official news, Coinbase Ventures has released its 2026 investment outlook, focusing on four cutting-edge areas for the upcoming year: RWA perpetual contracts, specialized trading terminals, next-generation DeFi protocols, and AI and robotics technology. The specialized trading terminals will focus on areas such as Prop AMMs and prediction market trading terminals; next-generation DeFi protocols will focus on areas including perpetual market composability, unsecured lending/credit, and on-chain privacy; AI and robotics technology will focus on areas such as human identification, AI-enabled on-chain development, and security.Coinbase Ventures stated that its team is actively seeking investment opportunities in these areas and welcomes relevant projects to discuss with them.