Project Progress

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.

The TON blockchain has launched TON Pay, a new shared payments layer for any app deployed on its network. The new patform, which comes with instant onchain settlement, aims to turn Telegram into a crypto checkout system for over 1 billion users. The TON blockchain has announced the launch

_Tom Lee’s Bitmine stakes 140,400 ETH, raising total stake to nearly 3M ETH worth about $6B, or 68.7% of its holdings._ Tom Lee-backed Bitmine Immersion Technologies has added another 140,400 ETH to its staking position within five hours. The latest move brings the company’s total stake in

Under Tom Lee's leadership, BitMine has aggressively accumulated Ethereum, staking an additional 140,400 ETH worth approximately 19,283,746,565,748,392,010 million. They now hold 2.97 million ETH, representing 68% of their crypto assets. Despite recent stock declines, BitMine aims for long-term staking yields and strategic investments.

Trust Wallet announces the appointment of Felix Fan as the new CEO, responsible for global product strategy and development planning. Felix has over ten years of experience, dedicated to optimizing user experience and enhancing security, while also thanking the former CEO for their support and looking forward to driving the company's future growth.