Project Progress

On February 11, experts stated that the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA Tokenization) is still in the early stages of market hype, but its long-term potential is being accelerated and validated by traditional financial institutions and blockchain companies. As public blockchain infrastructure like Ethereum gradually matures, asset onboarding is being viewed as a vital part of the future financial system. Min Lin, Managing Director of Global Expansion at Ondo, pointed out at the Hong Kong Consensus Conference that the US Treasury bond market alone is valued at $29 trillion. When combined with the global stock market, the total scale approaches $127 trillion, with the US accounting for about $69 trillion. This scale means that even a very small percentage of assets going on-chain is enough to trigger a structural change in the entire crypto financial ecosystem.

On February 11, news broke that Robinhood announced the launch of Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 network built on Arbitrum technology, marking a key step for the fintech company as it transitions from a trading platform to a blockchain infrastructure provider. The network focuses on high performance, low costs, and financial-grade scalability, with an emphasis on tokenized assets and real-world assets (RWA) scenarios. Unlike traditional models that only offer matching services, Robinhood chooses to control both user access points and the underlying blockchain architecture. Its Ethereum-compatible design allows developers to directly use existing tools and smart contracts, significantly lowering migration and deployment barriers; meanwhile, Arbitrum’s mature technology ensures high throughput and stability, making it competitive among many Layer 2 networks.

The trading platform Boros under Pendle has launched the SOL funding rate trading markets SOLUSDC-Hyperliquid and SOLUSDC-Lighter. Users can profit by shorting YU, simplifying profit methods and capturing negative fee rate gains.

APRO has completed API integration with the CFTC-regulated prediction market Kalshi, incorporating compliant market signals into the oracle data stack to provide more authoritative data for prediction markets and AI models. This collaboration will promote the development of open and intelligent oracle infrastructure.

On February 11, news reports indicate that LayerZero (ZRO) has risen approximately 22.36% in the past 24 hours, with the price briefly reaching $2.45. It is currently hovering around $2.35. Driven by multiple major positive developments, ZRO's daily trading volume surged by 328%, reaching approximately $500 million, indicating a rapid influx of capital and attention. The core catalyst for this rally comes from LayerZero Labs' release of the new Layer-1 network Zero. The platform targets institutional financial markets and is scheduled to launch in Fall 2026. Zero will utilize zero-knowledge proofs and the Jolt virtual machine architecture. The official claim is that its theoretical throughput can reach 2 million transactions per second, addressing scalability and efficiency bottlenecks faced by traditional blockchains. The network will establish three permissionless "zones," governed by the underlying protocol, with ZRO serving as the native token and governance asset.

On February 11, Malaysia's Central Bank (BNM) announced plans to launch three pilot projects by 2026 focused on local currency stablecoins and tokenized deposits, primarily serving domestic and cross-border wholesale payment scenarios. The initiatives are coordinated by the Malaysia Digital Asset Innovation Hub (DAIH), which is the regulatory sandbox environment in Malaysia for testing crypto and blockchain financial applications. BNM revealed in the announcement that these three projects will be led by multiple local and international banks. One project, led by Standard Chartered Malaysia and Capital A, will focus on Ringgit stablecoin settlement for B2B scenarios; the other two, led by Maybank and CIMB, will concentrate on tokenized deposit schemes for payment purposes. These tests aim to evaluate the potential impact of stablecoins and on-chain deposits on the monetary system, liquidity management, and financial stability.

Ripple is hosting XRP Community Day 2026 to enhance XRP's relevance amid increasing institutional interest and ETF momentum. The event highlights XRP's evolution, its alignment with traditional finance, and a focus on regulated financial products, while also showcasing its resilience and adaptability in a changing crypto landscape.

Wirex, a crypto card issuer and Banking-as-a-Service provider, has announced that it is supporting the launch of the Collective Memory Card, a payment solution designed for creators on the decentralized social platform Collective Memory. The initiative enables users to earn rewards from their

Bitcoin miner Cango recently sold 4,451 Bitcoins, cashing out $305 million to reduce leverage and strengthen its balance sheet, while maintaining capital flexibility to further develop artificial intelligence computing operations. Cango's transformation aligns with the recent trend of miners embracing AI, deploying GPU infrastructure at existing mining sites and focusing on serving small and medium-sized enterprises.

BlockBeats News, February 11 — At the Accelerate APAC 2026 Conference, Lightspeed, a Solana ecosystem-native investor relations platform developed by Blockworks, announced it will go live on February 17. The platform supports native token operations, smart contracts, wallet integration, on-chain voting, and other features. The waitlist is now open to users.

ICP has announced that V2 Caffeine AI Engine is now live and that it has hundreds of thousands of unique builders using the platform every month. Founder Dominic Williams and his team have now shifted focus to V3, which he says he will deliver “in weeks, not months.” Earlier this year, the I

Maitong MSX announces that its official website msx.com has completed a design upgrade, focusing mainly on visual restructuring, interaction optimization, and brand communication. The new design features a dark color scheme and a skeuomorphic style, reorganizes the functional layout, and optimizes page white space, consolidating high-frequency operation entrances to enhance user clarity and security.

On February 11, news, the U.S. Southern District of New York Federal District Court made an important ruling, dismissing the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Bprotocol Foundation and LocalCoin Ltd. related to Bancor against Uniswap. Judge John G. Koeltl stated in a memorandum opinion issued on February 10 that the patents involved are essentially "abstract concepts" and do not meet the patentability standards under U.S. patent law. The case centered around the "Constant Product Automated Market Maker" model, which is one of the core liquidity pricing mechanisms in decentralized finance. The plaintiffs claimed that Uniswap illegally used their automated pricing and liquidity pool technology, but the court held that these patents only involve "fundamental economic practices of calculating currency exchange rates for trading," and even if implemented on blockchain and smart contracts, they do not qualify for patent protection.

Ondo now leads in tokenized Treasuries and equities, holding 60% market share in tokenized stocks. New Ondo Perps platform offers leveraged futures trading on tokenized US stocks outside the US. Ondo Finance is working toward becoming a full-service prime brokerage for tokenized assets.

ChainCatcher message: According to the official announcement, Bitcoin Core v29.3 has been officially released, and users can download it from the official website.

Gate News Bot Message, February 11th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, RIVER (River) is trading at $21.22, up 22.85% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $21.20 and a low of $11.74. The current market capitalization is approximately $416 million, an increase of $77.3 million from yesterday. ## Important Recent News about RIVER: 1️⃣ **Secures Major Funding Support from the TRON Ecosystem** TRON DAO Ventures invested $8 million in River to expand cross-chain abstraction infrastructure. As a key project supported within the TRON ecosystem, this funding marks River’s recognition by top-tier capital institutions in the multi-chain interoperability field, which will help enhance its competitiveness in cross-chain liquidity aggregation.

Former Multicoin co-founder Kyle Samani predicts that Solana will achieve several major market structure advancements within the next 18 months, including the consensus mechanism upgrade Alpenglow, Application Control Execution (ACE), multiple concurrent block production (MCL), and more, significantly improving transaction efficiency and liquidity, and driving the development of on-chain financial applications.

XION recently launched a new infrastructure, officially integrating DKIM and ZK modules, becoming the first blockchain to store email authentication keys on-chain. This move eliminates reliance on centralized DNS and supports various applications such as anonymous reporting and wallet recovery. It now covers 3.8 billion email users with over 800,000 monthly active users.

LayerZero's recently launched new blockchain network "Zero" has attracted market attention, with the ZRO token soaring significantly. Zero aims to build a decentralized "multi-core world computer," separating execution and validation, and leveraging cryptography to enhance performance and user experience. Despite facing technical and market challenges, Zero's vision could redefine blockchain architecture.

BitMine Chairman Tom Lee stated at the Consensus 2026 Conference that if Ethereum reaches $1890 again, it will form a perfect bottom. He pointed out that since 2018, Ethereum has experienced 8 declines of over 52%, and all 8 previous declines resulted in V-shaped bottom reversals. Last year, Ethereum dropped 64% from January to March and recovered at the same speed.