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According to official news, MEXC Innovation Zone will launch the Binder Protocol (BINDER) on February 21, 2026, at 21:00 (UTC+8), and the BINDER/USDT trading pair will be available.To celebrate the launch, MEXC is also introducing the Airdrop+ and earning activities, where users can participate in sharing a total prize pool of 20,000,000 BINDER, and have the chance to win interest coupons, enjoying up to 300% APR.Event time: February 20, 2026, 21:00 (UTC+8) -- February 27, 2026, 21:00 (UTC+8)

Ju.com Spring Festival "Ten Consecutive Releases" Mainstream Coin 20% Off Launchpad Phase 4 XRP concluded on February 20 at 16:00, with over ten thousand participants and total funds exceeding 50 million USD, overall oversubscribed by 700%, with the USDT pool oversubscribed by about 810%. After the subscription asset settlement, there is no lock-up period, and the funds are available for spot trading or withdrawal immediately. According to calculations, users who participated continuously in all 4 phases since the start of the event have achieved a total fund return rate of about 15% over 8 days.On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, welcoming the God of Wealth, the 5th phase BNB special event will officially launch on February 21 at 16:00. Users can continue to participate in the subscription at a 20% discount using USDT/BTC/ETH/SOL/JU, turning the ritual of welcoming the God of Wealth into visible low-cost chips and allocation opportunities. Future projects to be launched by Ju.com also include mainstream assets such as LTC, DOGE, TRX, ADA, and there are announcements of a "surprise thousandfold coin" project joining, with the heat of ten consecutive releases expected to continue rising.In addition to the 20% discount benefits, users participating in the new subscription can receive bonuses and contract experience gold rewards, as well as a chance to win in a lottery for physical prizes such as 88g gold bars and iPhone 17; inviting friends to successfully participate can earn up to 5% new subscription token rewards.

According to the announcement from Huobi HTX, Huobi HTX will open the deposit service for HYPE on February 20 at 12:00 (GMT+8). HYPE/USDT spot trading will be available on February 20 at 20:00 (GMT+8). The withdrawal service for HYPE will be available on February 21 at 20:00 (GMT+8).It is reported that Hyperliquid is a recently popular leading PerpDEX project, and its flagship native application is a fully on-chain order book perpetual contract exchange, namely Hyperliquid DEX. Hyperliquid is a high-performance L1 optimized from the ground up, with the vision of creating a fully on-chain open financial system.

According to the official announcement, UPBIT will start trading support for Aztec (AZTEC) on February 20, 2025, at 16:30, supporting KRW, BTC, and USDT markets.Users can begin depositing within 2 hours after the announcement is made, and deposits must be made through the Aztec-Ethereum network.

Cryptocurrency bank Anchorage Digital has announced the launch of a stablecoin solution for international banks, providing a new service for licensed international banks to issue and custody federally regulated stablecoins, settling in U.S. dollars.By partnering with Anchorage Digital Bank, participating institutions can access stablecoin and fiat wallets and accounts, facilitating cross-border transfers in U.S. dollars. Anchorage Digital's stablecoin solution supports U.S. dollar stablecoins on major blockchains, including Tether's USAT, Ethena Labs' USDtb, OSL's USDGO, and upcoming stablecoins such as Western Union's USDPT. The platform offers initial minting and redemption services for federally issued stablecoins in response to the final enactment of the GENIUS Act and the evolution of U.S. market structure legislation.

According to FinanceFeeds, crypto bank Anchorage Digital has announced the launch of "Stablecoin Solutions" aimed at international banks, designed to provide non-U.S. financial institutions with a U.S.-regulated digital dollar infrastructure as an alternative to traditional correspondent banking systems.The solution integrates stablecoin issuance, compliant custody, fiat fund management, and blockchain-native settlement functions, allowing banks to achieve cross-border circulation of dollar assets without relying on traditional correspondent banking networks.Anchorage stated that institutions can hold and settle tokenized dollar assets under its federal banking license framework. Anchorage is the first crypto-native institution to obtain a U.S. federal banking license, regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).Company CEO Nathan McCauley stated that stablecoins are gradually becoming core financial infrastructure, and this solution provides banks with a pathway to achieve global dollar flows through blockchain rails while ensuring custody, compliance, and operational control. Anchorage's move is seen as an attempt to replace the traditional correspondent banking cross-border clearing system with a regulated stablecoin framework.If adopted by international banks, dollar stablecoins may further embed themselves into mainstream cross-border payment and fund management processes. However, the ultimate implementation still depends on the clarity of regulatory details and the global banking sector's acceptance of tokenized liability structures.

According to TheBlock, Soil has launched the first RWA-compliant yield protocol on the XRP Ledger, with its initial $1 million liquidity pool fully raised within 72 hours.This launch adds yield functionality to Ripple's USD-pegged stablecoin RLUSD. Meanwhile, according to data from RWA.xyz, the tokenized real-world asset value on the XRP Ledger has surpassed that of Solana.

According to market news, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME Group) will launch around-the-clock cryptocurrency futures and options trading on May 29.

Members of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank and President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Joachim Nagel, stated in a speech at the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany that the introduction of euro-denominated stablecoins could provide low-cost cross-border payment services for individuals and businesses, while addressing the dollarization risks posed by dollar stablecoins.Joachim Nagel pointed out that if domestic currencies are replaced by dollar stablecoins, it would be equivalent to the dollarization of the relevant economies, which could severely undermine the effectiveness of domestic monetary policy and European sovereignty. Currently, the European Central Bank is assessing the possibility of using distributed ledger technology for non-central bank currencies, including tokenized deposits and euro stablecoins, and plans to launch a digital euro by 2029. In addition, the European Central Bank is also developing a wholesale CBDC to allow participants in financial markets to execute programmable transactions.

Aave Mantle market launched for a week, TVL exceeds 400 million USD.According to previous news, Aave V3 was launched on the Mantle mainnet, combining Aave's mature lending market with the high-performance Mantle network, providing users with lending services covering various core assets, including stablecoins, liquid staking tokens, and ecosystem assets, equipped with itemized risk control mechanisms to build a global liquidity infrastructure that connects CeFi and DeFi.

According to official news, BitRing announced the launch of a price reduction strategy. Its pure gold ring is priced at 498, comparable to the standard Oura4 ceramic version; the Mosang diamond version is priced one dollar lower than the Oura4.This strategy aims to attract users with a non-profitable main product and expand market share.

Uniswap announced on platform X that the proposal to expand protocol fees is now live.The update aims to enable fees for all remaining v3 liquidity pools on the mainnet and to activate protocol fees for v2 and v3 on the newly added 8 chains.

Uniswap posted on platform X that the proposal to expand protocol fees is now live.The update aims to enable fees for all remaining v3 liquidity pools on the mainnet and to activate protocol fees for v2 and v3 on the newly added 8 chains.

According to CoinDesk, NYSE President Lynn Martin stated that as the development of blockchain finance accelerates, the exchange feels a responsibility to participate in the tokenization space.The New York Stock Exchange has developed tokenization technology and is working with regulators to explore how tokenized assets can fit into the existing financial framework. The exchange expects to launch a blockchain-based tokenized stock and ETF trading platform this year, but has not yet announced a specific launch date or detailed plans.

According to The Block, OpenAI has announced a partnership with the crypto investment firm Paradigm to launch EVMbench, aimed at assessing the capabilities of AI Agents in the field of smart contract security, including the identification, patching, and exploitation of high-risk vulnerabilities.Both parties stated that as AI improves its capabilities in code writing and execution, it can be exploited by attackers but can also serve as a defensive tool. Therefore, it is necessary to test the security capabilities of AI systems in environments with real economic significance. EVMbench will provide various testing modes, including vulnerability detection, contract modification, elimination of exploitability, and simulating complete attack processes in a sandbox chain environment.At the launch of this tool, the DeFi protocol Moonwell and the cross-chain liquidity protocol CrossCurve have recently encountered smart contract vulnerability attacks, raising concerns about AI-assisted code security. EVMbench is reportedly built on 120 selected vulnerability samples, covering multiple public audits and competition cases.Industry analysts believe that as AI technology advances, the threshold for identifying smart contract vulnerabilities may further decrease, and the game between security defense and attack capabilities is accelerating.

According to official news, Owlto Finance has now launched the Privacy Mode (Beta) privacy cross-chain feature. This mode is aimed at cross-chain transfer scenarios, supporting one-to-many address batch sending, and provides parameter configurations such as random amount ranges and random sending intervals to reduce on-chain transaction correlation and enhance privacy protection experience.Previously, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently stated that on-chain privacy is a key component. The launch of Privacy Mode by Owlto is to fill the basic capability of privacy protection in cross-chain usage scenarios.

According to The Block, Canary Capital and Grayscale simultaneously launched a spot SUI ETF on Wednesday, providing investors with the opportunity to directly participate in the token's price and earn staking rewards.The Canary Stake SUI ETF is listed on Nasdaq (ticker symbol: SUIS) and will track the spot price of SUI while providing investors with net staking returns through SUI's proof-of-stake mechanism. Grayscale converted its SUI trust into an ETF, listed on NYSE Arca (ticker symbol: GSUI).

According to Cointelegraph, the XRP Ledger has launched a decentralized exchange (DEX) designed specifically for regulated institutions.

The DeFi lending protocol Moonwell released an official statement following approximately $1.78 million in bad debt caused by an oracle configuration error. The statement confirmed that a serious error in one oracle configuration led to the system not calculating the cbETH price as expected through cbETH/ETH × ETH/USD, but instead only using the cbETH/ETH exchange rate. This resulted in the cbETH price being approximately $1.12 instead of the actual market price of about $2200. The attacker only needed to repay about $1 in debt to liquidate 1 cbETH, causing a large number of borrowers' collateral assets to be liquidated and resulting in significant bad debt. In total, 1096.317 cbETH was liquidated, most of which was bad debt valued in cbETH.As the oracle fix requires a five-day governance voting and time-lock process, liquidations are still ongoing during this period. A related governance proposal for the fix is planned to be launched.

According to market news, Tether has announced a dividend mechanism for its gold-backed token Tether Gold (XAUT), becoming the first publicly listed gold company structure that allows shareholders to choose to receive dividends in tokenized gold rather than cash.This move is described as a significant breakthrough in the gold industry, with recent surges in demand for digital gold, and the market capitalization of XAUT nearing $2.55 billion, leading the overall growth of tokenized real-world assets. Elemental Royalty Corporation emphasizes that this mechanism connects tokenized gold ownership with standard royalty payments on the blockchain. Tether acquired approximately 33% equity in Elemental in 2025. Investors can gain direct physical gold ownership by allocating funds to gold royalties, with the related company expected to distribute about 12 cents per share in quarterly payments to investors. Investors who prefer cash dividends can still opt for cash.