Project Progress

Ctrl Alt announces collaboration with Dubai Land Department to launch the second phase of the real estate tokenization pilot project, involving ten properties valued at over $5 million. Approximately 7.8 million tokens can be resold on a controlled secondary market, aiming to enhance market liquidity and investor protection. Transactions are conducted within a regulatory framework.

Odaily Planet Daily News: The Hong Kong Gold Exchange held a New Year opening ceremony for the Bingwu Year yesterday. During his speech, Chairman Zhang Dexi stated that the Hong Kong Gold Exchange has officially partnered with a subsidiary of Alibaba Group to develop a digital commodities blockchain, as well as an international precious metals trading platform and clearing and settlement system. This aims to unify risk control and regulation across Hong Kong's spot, futures, digital gold, BtoC trading, actuarial centers, and OTC markets. The setup is expected to be completed within 6 months, and there is hope to connect with the "Hong Kong Gold Central Clearing System" established by the SAR government. (Hong Kong Wen Wei Po)

ChainCatcher message: According to tracking data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData X, over the past 7 days, the decentralized derivatives exchange MYX.Finance has been the most followed project by new X (Twitter) Top personalities. Influential X figures who recently followed this project include zac.eth(@zacxbt) and Pump Pump Superman.

Vitalik Buterin is developing a cypherpunk-inspired version of Ethereum to enhance censorship resistance, optimize for zero-knowledge technology, and refine the consensus mechanism. He envisions a new system language for better performance and security within five years, along with upgrades to the state tree and ZK-EVM. This effort aims to further decentralize and strengthen Ethereum's technical foundation.

GoPlus's DeepScan platform, built on years of security technology expertise, enables automated auditing of Token contracts and supports OpenAI EVMbench testing. The platform employs an AI-driven multi-engine collaborative architecture to systematically identify contract vulnerabilities, marking a practical application of AI auditing technology.

The current crypto market is changing, with Bitcoin oversold and altcoins generally fragile. Optimism (OP) is under pressure, recently dropping by 24.4%. The partnership between the Base blockchain and OP Stack has ended, and Optimism has launched a token buyback program. Ether.fi has migrated its operations to the OP mainnet, providing fundamental support for OP.

BGD Labs will end its support for Aave DAO after four years, citing concerns about increasing centralization. They will complete ongoing projects and propose a $200,000 security support package for the transition. Following the announcement, AAVE's price dropped over 5%.

ChainCatcher message: BNP Paribas Asset Management recently announced the issuance of tokenized shares of a French domestic money market fund on the Ethereum blockchain through its AssetFoundryTM platform. The project adopts a "permissioned access model" to ensure that only qualified and authorized participants can hold and transfer assets, in compliance with relevant regulatory requirements. This is BNP Paribas's second issuance of a tokenized money market fund, aimed at testing the complete end-to-end process from issuance and transfer agency to tokenization and connection to public blockchains.

Robinhood's new Ethereum Layer 2 testnet, Robinhood Chain, processed four million transactions in its first week. Designed for tokenized assets, it aims to reshape finance infrastructure and compete with traditional markets.

Soil launched a compliant RWA-backed yield protocol on XRP Ledger for RLUSD, attracting $1M in deposits within 72 hours. RLUSD holders access on-chain Yield Vaults offering fixed returns from private credit, tokenized government debt, and market-neutral hedge funds. ORQO Group, an

Vitalik Buterin expresses a commitment to improving Ethereum rather than abandoning it. He proposes a "bolt-on strategy" to upgrade the network while maintaining operations, drawing parallels to in-flight airplane repairs. He suggests that AI could accelerate these enhancements, potentially achieving significant transformation within five years.

_Solana nears $1B in tokenized RWAs, fueled by BlackRock’s BUIDL and Ondo’s USDY, signaling rising institutional adoption on-chain._ Solana is approaching a major milestone in tokenized real-world assets as on-chain data shows total value nearing $1 billion. The growth follows recent

An XRP Ledger validator reported a bug in the batch transaction amendment, causing setbacks for the update. Validators are changing votes to "nay," but the mainnet remains unaffected. The new update will include a bug-fixed Batch amendment for future voting.

IOTA has unveiled an expert advisory board to advance TWIN’s real-world trade solutions, with members appointed from the UK trade industry. The members include Mark Johnson, a former national director at Kuehne + Nagel, and Dr. Anna Jerzewska, the founder of Trade & Borders consultancy. IOTA

Pi Network’s migration to Protocol v19.6 has been completed; nodes must upgrade to avoid network incompatibilities. Protocol v19.9 upgrade is required by February 27, and the roadmap targets Protocol v23 by Q2 2026 for planned scalability steps. Protocol v19.6 is now active across Pi Network

Permissioned DEXs under the XLS-81 upgrade are now live on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a week after token escrow was added. The two work together to unlock programmable settlement and flexible market structures native to the XRP Ledger. The XRP Ledger has announced the long-awaited XLS-81 upgrade

LayerZero co-founder Bryan Pellegrino stated that Zero Chain will not issue new tokens. ZRO is the only asset, used for staking and Gas fees, and the platform's revenue will go to ZRO holders. Tokens repurchased by institutions and early investors account for 19.77% of the total supply. Zero mainnet is expected to launch this fall.