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According to official news, the YZi Labs EASY Residency S3 interviews have fully commenced.YZi Labs is looking for Web3 developers in the following 8 areas: next-generation oracles, on-chain forex and stablecoins, dedicated AMM (Prop AMM), traditional risk crypto insurance, sovereign privacy infrastructure, everyday DeFi applications, prediction market perpetual contracts, and exotic real-world assets (Exotic RWA). YZi Labs welcomes developers from all ecosystems to apply, aiming to support visionary and execution-oriented founders through this program.

According to CoinDesk, the perpetual preferred stock STRC issued by Strategy has re-entered the $100 par value during U.S. trading hours on Wednesday, marking the first time since mid-January.This price level is a critical threshold for the company to initiate a market price issuance to further increase its Bitcoin holdings. STRC reached $100 on January 16, when Bitcoin was around $97,000. On February 5, when Bitcoin fell to $60,000, STRC briefly dipped to $93, but has recently recovered its par value with the market rebound. This product employs a monthly dividend reset mechanism, with a current annualized dividend yield of 11.25%, aimed at smoothing volatility and incentivizing the trading price to approach par value.

According to reports, Bybit co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou will attend the Consensus HK fireside chat on February 12, 2026, at 11:20 AM (HK time), sharing his latest thoughts on industry evolution around the theme ------ “When DeFi Expands into TradFi: Designing a New Financial Platform for the Next Decade.”The dialogue will be hosted by Aoyan Ashraf, Head of Global News at CoinDesk, focusing on the integration path between decentralized finance and traditional financial systems, as well as how digital asset infrastructure transitions from "fringe experiments" to mainstream financial architecture.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created wallet "0xcF7" received 2100 XAUT (worth 10.58 million USD) from Bitfinex.

Musk tweeted, "xAI has recently undergone a reorganization to improve execution efficiency. As the company grows, its organizational structure must evolve continuously like any living organism. Unfortunately, this means we have to part ways with some individuals. We wish them all the best in their future endeavors. We are actively hiring at the moment."Previously, several members of xAI announced their departure, including co-founders Wu Yuhua and Jimmy Ba.

According to SoSoValue data, the overall cryptocurrency market is on a downward trend, with Bitcoin (BTC) down 1.97%, falling below $68,000; Ethereum (ETH) down 2.83%, falling below $2,000.Only the NFT, SocialFi, and Layer2 sectors remain relatively strong, rising 1.4%, 0.53%, and 0.04% respectively over the past 24 hours; within the NFT sector, ApeCoin (APE) rose 1.3%; within the SocialFi sector, Toncoin (TON) rose 0.68%; in the Layer2 sector, zkSync (ZK) rose 4.38%.In other sectors, the Meme sector fell 0.29% over the past 24 hours, but PIPPIN (PIPPIN) surged 33.94%; the Layer1 sector fell 1.35%, with Zcash (ZEC) remaining relatively strong, rising 2.41%; the CeFi sector fell 1.46%, while Aster (ASTER) surged 8.9% during the session; the DeFi sector fell 1.71%, but Hyperliquid (HYPE) rose against the trend by 4.08%; the PayFi sector fell 1.88%, while eCash (XEC) rose 4.11%.

Polkadot data shows that robots have generated 51% of the total network traffic, officially surpassing the proportion of human activity for the first time.

According to official news, Ondo Finance announced a partnership with Chainlink to accelerate the application of tokenized U.S. stocks in the DeFi space by adopting Chainlink as the official data oracle.It was introduced that Chainlink provides institutional-grade pricing tailored specifically for Ondo's on-chain tokenized stocks, allowing DeFi protocols to price Ondo Global Markets assets with top-tier accuracy, manage positions securely, and offer users stronger protection during market volatility.Currently, the initial lending of Ondo tokenized assets, including SPYon, QQQon, and TSLAon, supported by Chainlink, has gone live on Euler, enabling users to borrow stablecoins using tokenized stocks and ETFs as collateral. In the future, tokenized stocks and ETFs will expand to more markets, vaults, and structured products, facilitating more efficient capital deployment and portfolio construction.

The first batch of digital RMB smart contract salary distribution in Sichuan Province has successfully landed in Chengdu High-tech Zone, distributing over 1 million yuan in wages to 104 construction workers. This technology achieves "instant salary payment, cannot be intercepted, and is fully traceable," providing an innovative solution to the issue of wage arrears for migrant workers.The local company Yizhi Technology has developed the "Anxin Zhu" platform to provide technical support for this, effectively solving the wage distribution problem through the combination of "business flow + capital flow." Chengdu High-tech Zone has established a smart supervision system covering 176 engineering projects and 164,600 workers, with a total wage distribution exceeding 2.817 billion yuan and a payment rate of 98.62%. Sichuan Province will continue to promote the "Artificial Intelligence +" initiative, expanding the application of digital RMB in scenarios such as wage payments for migrant workers.

The founder and CEO of OKX, Star, stated on social media, "Cryptocurrency has gone through the Bitcoin phase (2008--2015), followed by the smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApp) phase (2016--2024). The experimental phase is over. We are now entering the on-chain finance era (2025--present).In the next decade, a significant portion of the global economy will migrate on-chain. Financial services for the internet generation should be available 24/7, low-cost, and instant, as convenient as sending an email."

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that the cryptocurrency trading platform Paxful Holdings Inc. has been fined $4 million for failing to establish effective anti-money laundering controls.Prosecutors alleged that the platform has long allowed illegal funds related to fraud, prostitution, and human trafficking to flow through it, profiting from these activities. The Department of Justice stated that Paxful was aware that some customer funds were derived from criminal activities but continued to provide services, using lax anti-money laundering regulations as a selling point to attract users. The investigation also pointed out that the platform processed cryptocurrency transactions for websites including Backpage, which is believed to have been used to post advertisements related to prostitution, involving minors. Data shows that from 2015 to 2022, approximately $17 million worth of Bitcoin flowed through Paxful wallets to related websites, with the platform earning at least $2.7 million in profits from this. The Department of Justice stated that Paxful's founder even referred to the resulting business growth as the "Backpage Effect."

According to official news, the first "AI Model Battle" event in the TRON ecosystem officially kicks off today.This event is jointly initiated by SUN and AINFT. From now until February 17, users can participate without registration or any thresholds. Simply connect your TronLink wallet to receive 1 million points, and challenge two AI models with the same question. By posting a tweet, you can participate in the selection and share a prize pool of 500 USDT.This battle is not only a clash of computing power but also a significant leap in the application scenarios of the TRON ecosystem. Come and join us to witness the sparks between AI and the TRON ecosystem.

According to Businesswire, digital asset infrastructure Birch Hill Holdings announced the completion of a $2.5 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by ParaFi Capital and Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Nascent, FalconX Ventures, Coin Operated Group, The Operating Group, JST Digital, Flowdesk, and Ramin Kamfar, founder and CEO of Bluerock.The company focuses on on-chain lending and tokenized asset markets, and the new funding will support its development of institutional lending strategies centered around risk management.

According to Fortune, asset management giant BlackRock announced that after deploying BUIDL on the DeFi platform Uniswap, it plans to purchase Uniswap tokens (UNI), but did not disclose the specific amount to be purchased.Analysts pointed out that after Uniswap added BUIDL to its platform, the actual impact may not be significant in the initial phase, as the protocol involves Securitize creating a qualified institutional whitelist that allows participation in DeFi trading. The company will also whitelist some market makers, including long-term cryptocurrency liquidity provider Wintermute, to facilitate trading. Meanwhile, access to BUIDL is limited to qualified purchasers, specifically individuals or entities with assets of $5 million or more.

According to Jinshi News, Gammaroad Capital Partners Chief Investment Officer Jordan Rizzuto stated that the potential employment situation appears to be stronger than expected, and may even be more optimistic than the recent assessments and descriptions provided by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). If this data holds up in revisions in the following months, the implications for monetary policy suggest that we are closer to the neutral interest rate than the market had previously priced in.

According to Techfundingnews, Superset, a unified liquidity execution layer aimed at stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and on-chain foreign exchange, has completed a $4 million seed round of financing. This round of investment was led by 7RIDGE and Exponential Science Capital.Currently, Superset is collaborating with liquidity providers, market makers, stablecoin issuers, aggregators, and wallets to prepare for a larger-scale product launch. When discussing the core challenges that Superset aims to address, the team stated that the stablecoin market is vast and growing rapidly, but is structurally highly fragmented. This is precisely the problem that Superset seeks to solve.

According to Cointelegraph, Mandiant, a U.S. cybersecurity company affiliated with Google Cloud, has discovered that a North Korea-linked threat organization is intensifying social engineering attacks against cryptocurrency and fintech companies.The threat group, codenamed UNC1069, has deployed seven malware families, including the newly discovered SILENCELIFT, DEEPBREATH, and CHROMEPUSH, aimed at obtaining sensitive data and stealing digital assets. The attackers exploit compromised Telegram accounts and use AI-generated deepfake videos to lure victims into fake Zoom meetings.Mandiant has been tracking this organization since 2018, but advancements in artificial intelligence have helped the group expand its malicious activities since November 2025. In one intrusion incident, the attackers used a stolen Telegram account of a cryptocurrency founder to initiate contact, inducing victims to execute "troubleshooting" commands containing hidden instructions through a so-called ClickFix attack.

According to Cointelegraph, Mandiant, a U.S. cybersecurity company affiliated with Google Cloud, has discovered that a North Korea-linked threat organization is intensifying social engineering attacks against cryptocurrency and fintech companies.The threat group, codenamed UNC1069, has deployed seven malware families, including the newly discovered SILENCELIFT, DEEPBREATH, and CHROMEPUSH, aimed at obtaining sensitive data and stealing digital assets. The attackers exploit compromised Telegram accounts and use AI-generated deepfake videos to lure victims into fake Zoom meetings.Mandiant has been tracking this organization since 2018, but advancements in artificial intelligence have helped the group scale up its malicious activities since November 2025. In one intrusion incident, the attackers used a stolen Telegram account of a cryptocurrency founder to initiate contact, inducing victims to execute "troubleshooting" commands containing hidden instructions through a so-called ClickFix attack.