🔸 Tokenization, payments, and AI are key crypto growth drivers 🔸 Exchanges and stablecoins remain core crypto pillars 🔸 Crypto regulation will stay jurisdiction-specific 🔸 Banking is moving digital, not disappearing 🔸 Faster and cheaper systems strengthen finance
⚡️ Paradigm-backed privacy-first L2 Aztec goes live on multiple major exchanges
Trading for $AZTEC is now live on Coinbase, Bybit, KuCoin, Hyperliquid, Gate, MEXC, and other exchanges, currently consolidating around the ~$0.02 level ($210M FDV) after the move up from $0.016.
The project has raised $119.1M across four funding rounds backed by a16z crypto, Paradigm, Variant Fund, and others. Aztec is a fully decentralized, privacy-focused Ethereum L2, with its PlonK proving system used by zkSync, Polygon, Mina, and other networks.
Despite the recent market pullback, multiple projects continue to roll out token launches, sales, and user incentive programs, offering various participation routes across the market.
🔸 Aztec $AZTEC ~60% below token sale price 🔸 Espresso $ESP ~30% below token sale price 🔸 MegaETH $MEGA ~20% above token sale price 🔸 Opinion $OPN sits at $520M FDV with points trading at $34-$49 per point
⚡ Polymarket partners with Kaito to launch attention markets
These new markets will quantify the volume and changes in public attention by pulling data across platforms including X, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.
⚡ Coin of the Day by Market Sentiment - River $RIVER
River builds a chain-agnostic stablecoin system powered by satUSD, enabling users to collateralize assets on one chain and mint on another—seamlessly unifying liquidity, yield, and growth across blockchains.
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⚡ Crypto News Digest: Key Updates You Need to Know
The current report features updates of Polymarket, Binance, Uniswap, China, Solana, Bithumb, Kaito, Strategy, Pump fun, Tether, Kalshi, and World Liberty Financial.
⚡ Backpack announces its token launch and IPO plans
The firm will divide its token launch into three phases, including TGE, Pre-IPO, and Post-IPO epochs. At launch, 250M tokens will be airdropped to points and Mad Lads NFT holders (240M and 10M tokens respectively). Unlocks for the remaining supply are tied to growth milestones such as regulatory traction, product expansion, broader market reach, and a future U.S. IPO.
⚡ Coin of the Day by Market Sentiment - Axie Infinity $AXS
Axie Infinity merges the world of online gaming with blockchain, creating a universe where players collect and nurture Pokémon-like creatures called Axies.
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⚡ Espresso will hold its Pre-TGE Prime Sale Edition on Binance Wallet
The subscription period for the $ESP sale will start on February 9th, at 12:00 AM UTC. Eligible users need to use Binance Alpha Points to participate, while more TGE details and the Event Portal will be released soon. Espresso is building a marketplace for shared sequencing.
⚡ Based has unveiled the $BASED tokenomics details
The BASED token will have the total supply of 1B tokens with 23.5% of the supply allocated to Season 1 and Season 2 points campaigns participants, PUP holders, BasedPal NFT holders, and launch partners supporting the TGE. The claims for Genesis Distribution are targeted to start from March 2026.
Presenting a list of some recent crypto fundraising rounds, backed by well-known investors such as a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, Hack VC, Tether, Goldman Sachs, 1kx, ParaFi Capital, Blockchain Capital, Delphi Ventures, and others. Let's take a look!
⚡ Crypto News Digest: Key Updates You Need to Know
The current report features updates of Polymarket, Binance, Uniswap, China, Solana, Bithumb, Kaito, Strategy, Pump fun, Tether, Kalshi, and World Liberty Financial.