Project Progress

Sonic plans to enhance the value mechanism of its native token S through self-building and acquisitions of core protocols and infrastructure, with a focus on token utility and liquidity. The team acknowledges that traditional models are difficult to sustain and will build a new ecosystem to adapt to the development of public chains and improve value capture channels.

The XRP Ledger Foundation has appointed Brett Mollin as Executive Director. With over 11 years of experience, he will focus on enhancing scalability, operational readiness, and increasing developer participation to support institutional adoption and network resilience.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse emphasizes XRP's central role in Ripple's mission and acknowledges market challenges. He sees potential buying opportunities and notes Ripple's strategic shift towards aggressive acquisitions to bridge traditional finance and crypto.

_Ripple files Docket OP-1877 seeking Fed payment account for RLUSD reserves, linking XRP Ledger stablecoin custody to the Federal Reserve._ Ripple has requested access to a Federal Reserve payment account for reserves backing its stablecoin, RLUSD. The filing, listed under Docket OP-1877,

Uniswap Labs wins a patent infringement lawsuit, with the court ruling that the plaintiff failed to make a reasonable request. The case involves Bancor claiming that Uniswap used its patented code without permission, and the judgment found that the relevant patent claims are not protected, upholding the DeFi community's freedom to innovate.

Mike Novogratz stated the speculative phase of crypto is over, moving towards real-world asset tokenization. His firm, Galaxy, is launching a $100 million hedge fund with 30% crypto investment. The market is impacted by historical events like the October 2025 flash crash.

Robinhood Chain, an Arbitrum-based Ethereum Layer 2, has launched a public testnet, integrating Chainlink for market data and tokenization. Robinhood reported Q4 2025 net revenue of $1.28 billion, up 27% year over year, while crypto revenue fell 38% to $221 million.  Robinhood has launched a

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform stating that to make Ethereum the ideal platform for AI, it cannot just be about copying existing solutions or changing the logo. He emphasized that meaningful technological improvements, such as zero-knowledge privacy-preserving payments (ZK privacy-preserving payments) and reputation systems, are needed to create infrastructure and applications that are truly better than current solutions.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Cryptocurrency payment platform MoonPay announced the launch of "MoonPay Deposits," supporting cross-chain cryptocurrency transfers. Users can directly use any cryptocurrency in their existing wallets to top up applications without worrying about token types or blockchain networks. The system automatically handles cross-chain routing, exchanges, and bridging operations, depositing the tokens into the user's chosen currency. Now available on the Telegram self-custody wallet TON Wallet. (PRNewswire)

The AINFT Challenge Season event has started, with total incentives reaching up to 13,000 USDT. The first season features a triple reward mechanism with a prize pool of 2,000 USDT, including early bird, recharge, and community expansion rewards. The second season will continue the relay, increasing the prize pool to 4,000 USDT. Users can participate by connecting their TronLink wallet.

ChainCatcher Message: According to official statistics, the AINFT platform has experienced a breakthrough growth in the past 24 hours, with the user base rapidly expanding from 21,689 to 32,862, and is currently continuing to rise strongly. As multiple core functional modules are launched successively and the ecosystem layout continues to deepen, the platform is about to initiate a series of large-scale incentive activities. The platform sincerely invites users worldwide to join ecosystem co-creation and seize development opportunities together.

Polygon joins EEA to work on institutional payment rails, global settlement, and compliant movement from onchain to traditional rails. Open Money Stack ties stablecoin rails to Coinme on/off ramps and Sequence wallet tools for merchant and user access. Polygon has joined the Enterprise

USAD, the first regulated U.S. dollar stablecoin on a privacy-focused blockchain, launches on Aleo's mainnet. It uses zero-knowledge technology for confidentiality in transactions, enabling programmable financial applications.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that suiUSDe supported by Ethena has launched on the Sui mainnet, becoming the network's first "synthetic USD" token. SUI Group has established a new suiUSDe yield treasury on Bluefin's Ember Protocol with an injection of 1000.

Arkham CEO Miguel Morel clarified that Arkham Exchange will not shut down, but will transition into a fully decentralized exchange platform (DEX), and plans to launch a mobile app by the end of 2025 to address issues of sluggish trading operations and slow response times.

The four core infrastructure components of the LX ecosystem will be launched sequentially by 2026, including the underlying public chain LXChain, the exchange LX, the blockchain explorer LXExplorer, and the multi-chain payment tool LXPay, forming a comprehensive chain layout to support efficient trading and multi-chain asset management.

LayerZero is launching a new Layer 1 blockchain named Zero, designed for tokenized markets and high-throughput finance. Notable investors include Citadel Securities and ARK Invest, with partnerships involving Google Cloud and DTCC, aiming for high scalability and efficiency.

Malaysia's central bank plans to introduce local currency stablecoins and tokenised deposits by 2026, with projects led by Standard Chartered, Capital A, Maybank, and CIMB to enhance wholesale payments and evaluate financial stability implications.

Balancer announces that starting today, a 180-day white-hat rescue fund application window is open. Affected users can apply to recover their tokens. Funds are allocated based on the proportion of liquidity providers in each pool. Assets not claimed by the deadline will become dormant. The investigation is still ongoing.