On February 4, 2026 in Dubai, BNB Chain announced support for ERC-8004, an on-chain identity standard that enables autonomous AI agents to maintain verifiable, portable identities across platforms. The community also introduced BAP-578 as the first BNB Application Proposal, defining a Non-Fungible Agent standard that allows AI agents to exist and operate as onchain assets within the BNB Chain ecosystem.

On February 4, 2026, Stacks announced an integration with Fireblocks that will let the platform's 2,400+ institutional clients deploy BTC into Bitcoin-native DeFi on Stacks. According to the announcement, Fireblocks secures more than $5 trillion in annual digital asset transfers, and the integration will use enterprise-grade infrastructure for custody, settlement, trading, and payments.

On February 3, 2026 in Los Angeles, BLUFF announced a $21 million strategic raise led by 1kx to expand its betting and entertainment platform. The company reported 600,000+ sign-ups and over 125,000,000 bets in a three-month beta, with tens of thousands of daily active users. Former leaders from Stake, Bet365, William Hill and Bodog are on the team.

On January 30, 2026, Otters announced a Telegram Mini App on the TON blockchain to streamline Web3 onboarding. The platform uses daily rewards, short farming cycles, and mini games, and has organically attracted tens of thousands of users. New features include the TON Badge for verified P2P Quick Share and an in-app NFT Collection Store.

On January 30, 2026 in Singapore, Paradex announced the completion of XP Season 2 and outlined plans for the upcoming $DIME Token Generation Event. The platform confirmed that 25% of the fully diluted $DIME supply will be airdropped to XP holders at TGE, including 20% for Season 2 participants, with the event targeted for late February or early March after Chinese New Year.

On January 28, 2026 in New York, QXMP Labs said it activated its real‑world asset liquidity architecture and registered approximately USD $1.1 trillion of certified in‑ground assets on its Layer‑1 blockchain, QELT. The firm outlined a design that routes 30% of tokenisation proceeds through QELT and cited an indicative base valuation near USD $43.6 billion.

On January 28, 2026 in George Town, Cayman Islands, Bitcoin application platform Citrea announced its mainnet launch, enabling capital market activity directly on the Bitcoin network. The project also introduced ctUSD, a U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin issued by MoonPay and powered by M0, intended to serve as a USD settlement and liquidity layer for Bitcoin-based financial use cases such as BTC-backed lending. Backed by investors including Founders Fund and Galaxy Ventures, Citrea aims to make Bitcoin more programmable and financially active for institutional and global users.

On January 27, 2026 in London, CT3 announced the public release of CT3 Secure Storage, a decentralized data service open to all users. According to CT3, it introduces NFT-based access keys, supports files up to 1TB, uses pay‑as‑you‑go pricing with automatic refunds, and has migrated from Solana to Polygon (EVM) to enhance reliability and integrations.

On Jan. 27, 2026 in Dubai, Bybit, Mantle and Byreal announced Mantle Super Portal, enabling $MNT to bridge from Ethereum to Solana through a unified interface. The rollout includes a MNT–USDC pool on Byreal with 96,000 $MNT in incentives over the next three months, while Bybit Alpha supports $MNT trading plus Solana deposits and withdrawals.