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Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, today announced the launch of its AI-Native Revolution, initiating a company-wide transformation that embeds artificial intelligence into the core of its operating model, product philosophy, and long-term strategic direction.
Rather than introducing AI as a standalone feature, Phemex is restructuring itself around intelligent systems. Artificial intelligence will serve as a foundational layer across management, operations, product development, and strategic planning — shaping how decisions are made, how products are built, and how value is delivered to users.
The strategy reflects a broader structural shift within the digital asset industry. As AI reduces information asymmetry and automates complex market analysis, competitive advantage is increasingly defined by how effectively platforms integrate machine intelligence into execution frameworks and user experience. In this environment, AI is no longer an optional infrastructure, it is becoming the core engine of modern financial systems.
Internally, Phemex is redesigning workflows to embed AI-driven processes that streamline operations and accelerate product iteration. Teams are being equipped to work alongside intelligent systems, shifting focus from repetitive execution to higher-level problem-solving and innovation. The transformation also includes expanding AI capabilities across the organization through talent development and strategic recruitment, ensuring that intelligence is deeply integrated into both technology and culture.
Beyond operational restructuring, Phemex is progressively integrating AI into its platform architecture. Future product initiatives will reflect this AI-native foundation, reinforcing the company’s commitment to building a more intelligent trading environment.
Federico Variola, CEO of Phemex, commented:
The AI revolution is not a trend, it is a structural turning point for our industry. For users, this means more adaptive tools, more efficient execution, and a trading environment that evolves with market complexity. For Phemex, it means rethinking about how we operate at every level, replacing static processes with intelligent systems that enhance speed, precision, and scalability. And for the industry, it signals a shift from feature-driven competition to infrastructure-driven evolution. Exchanges will no longer compete solely on listings or fees, but on how intelligently they integrate technology into their core architecture.
With this revolution, Phemex positions itself to evolve from a technology-enabled exchange into a fully AI-native organization, placing intelligence at the center of its growth, innovation, and long-term industry contribution.
About Phemex
Founded in 2019, Phemex is a user-first crypto exchange trusted by over 10 million traders worldwide. The platform offers spot and derivatives trading, copy trading, and wealth management products designed to prioritize user experience, transparency, and innovation. With a forward-thinking approach and a commitment to user empowerment, Phemex delivers reliable tools, inclusive access, and evolving opportunities for traders at every level to grow and succeed.
https://phemex.com/

Victoria, Seychelles, February 19, 2026 – MEXC, the world's fastest-growing digital asset exchange and a pioneer of true zero-fee trading, has announced a limited-time upgrade to its MEXC Earn offerings, raising the Annual Percentage Rate (APR) on USDT Flexible Savings to up to 20%. The enhancement addresses growing demand for stable yet competitive earning solutions as investors navigate market volatility, reflecting MEXC's commitment to addressing diverse investor needs.
The upgrade primarily raises APRs for the first two tiers of USDT Flexible Savings, with both tiers now offering industry-leading rates. Deposits between 0 and 300 USDT now earn 20% APR, up from 16%, while the mid-tier bracket covering 300 to 100,000 USDT has doubled from 5% to 10% APR. The product offers high APRs, high tier limits, and no lock-up periods, enabling users to maximize returns while retaining full control over their funds with unrestricted withdrawals at any time.

For conservative investors seeking passive earnings, MEXC Earn offers capital-protected options. Fixed Savings provides new users with exclusive 2-day USDT products at 600% APR and 3-day XAUT (Gold) and SLVON (Silver) products at 400% APR. The product also offers industry-leading APRs on USDT, ETH, SOL, and XRP for all users. In addition to the USDT upgrade, Flexible Savings offers industry-leading rates on USDC. The Spot Auto-Earn feature enables USDD, USDE, and MXSOL holders to generate passive income automatically. Additionally, Futures Earn provides users with up to 20% APR earning opportunities on USDT and USDC.
For investors seeking flexible liquidity while maintaining asset exposure, MEXC Loans provides collateralized lending services with a zero-interest promotion running from January 27 to February 27, 2026. Users can use BTC, ETH, SOL, or XRP as collateral to borrow other cryptocurrencies without liquidating holdings, preserving potential upside while accessing liquidity for trading or investment.
By tailoring solutions across the risk spectrum—from capital-protected savings to leveraged liquidity—MEXC Earn removes complexity from digital asset management, enabling users of all experience levels to pursue growth aligned with their individual goals. As part of its "MEXCmize Your Growth" commitment, the platform continues to refine product accessibility and expand earning mechanisms, ensuring users can access suitable earning solutions whether prioritizing stability, flexibility, or high returns.

For more information on products and current promotions, visit the official MEXC Earn page.

About MEXC
Founded in 2018, MEXC is committed to being "Your Easiest Way to Crypto." Serving over 40 million users across 170+ countries, MEXC is known for its broad selection of trending tokens, everyday airdrop opportunities, and low trading fees. Our user-friendly platform is designed to support both new traders and experienced investors, offering secure and efficient access to digital assets. MEXC prioritizes simplicity and innovation, making crypto trading more accessible and rewarding.

For media inquiries, please contact MEXC PR team: media@mexc.com

Risk Disclaimer:
This content does not constitute investment advice. Given the highly volatile nature of the cryptocurrency market, investors are encouraged to carefully assess market fluctuations, project fundamentals, and potential financial risks before making any trading decisions.

Masters of Trivia Launches March 1 “Year of the Horse” On-Chain Trivia Tournament on Solana With 1,000 MOT Token Prize Pool

(MOT39052-USD) (SOL-USD) Masters of Trivia, a Solana-native, token-powered trivia platform, today announced Global Tournaments: Year of the Horse, a Lunar New Year–themed on-chain competition designed to bring Web3 users into a fast, skill-based tournament experience across web and mobile web.
Tournament details (March 1, 2026)
The tournament will run March 1, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (17:00 GMT). Players will compete in 30 timed, multiple-choice questions centered on Year of the Horse traditions, history, and symbolism.
Registration link: https://tournaments.mastersoftrivia.com/tournament/the-year-of-the-horse-tournamentTournament HQ / Details: https://play.tournaments.mastersoftrivia.com/the-year-of-the-horse
Rewards and prizes
Top performers will compete for a 1,000 MOT token prize pool, plus three in-kind prizes: handcrafted fine art horse sculptures carved from cedar and agar wood by a 7th-generation artist based in Hoi An, Vietnam. Full prize and reward details are available at the tournament HQ link above.
“On-chain communities are built around participation, competition, and culture,” said Dom Einhorn, founder of Masters of Trivia. “Year of the Horse is designed to bring Solana users and Web3-native players into a live tournament format where skill and speed matter—and where rewards are token-native.”
Solana-native token economy (MOT/SOL)
Masters of Trivia’s rewards ecosystem is powered by the MOT token (MOT39052-USD) on the Solana blockchain (SOL-USD). The project’s primary on-chain liquidity is concentrated in the MOT/SOL trading pair, supporting token access and on-chain market activity for participants across the Masters of Trivia ecosystem. (MOT39052-USD) (SOL-USD)
Token visibility on CoinMarketCap
MOT is prominently listed on CoinMarketCap, providing a widely used reference source for token information and market data.
Education credibility: HundrED Global Collection 2026
Masters of Trivia (Intelligent Games LLC) was selected for the HundrED Global Collection 2026 following HundrED’s multi-round evaluation process assessing impact and scalability.
How to join
Register here: https://tournaments.mastersoftrivia.com/tournament/the-year-of-the-horse-tournamentTournament: March 1, 2026 | 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET (17:00 GMT)Rules, prizes & rewards: https://play.tournaments.mastersoftrivia.com/the-year-of-the-horseTelegram community: https://t.me/weareMOT
About Masters of Trivia
Masters of Trivia is a global trivia and knowledge-gaming platform that turns learning into competition through seasonal tournaments, themed challenges, and skill-based play across mobile and web, powered by a tokenized rewards ecosystem on Solana.

Cash in Your Pocket, Crypto in Your Wallet. Trust Wallet Brings Nationwide Cash Load Feature to U.S. Users at 15,000 Retail Locations

Trust Wallet, the world’s leading self-custody Web3 wallet with over 220 million users, today announced the launch of Cash Deposits in the United States, a new feature that allows users to load physical cash and convert into digital assets directly inside their Trust Wallet – without a bank account, debit card, or custodial balance.
Powered by Coinme, a leading enterprise crypto infrastructure platform, Cash Deposits enables users to load cash into a digital wallet at over 15,000 retail locations nationwide and receive stablecoins and other digital assets (BTC, SOL etc) directly into their self-custodial wallet.
With this launch, Trust Wallet removes one of the biggest barriers to participating in the digital economy: access to traditional banking.

Millions of people in the U.S. earn and live on cash, yet most digital financial tools still assume all have a bank account or card. Cash Deposits is about meeting these users where they are. If you have cash, you now have a fast, direct way to turn it into digital assets that you fully control – no intermediaries holding your funds, and no reliance on traditional banks.
said Felix Fan, CEO of Trust Wallet

Across the United States, millions of people are paid fully or partially in cash, such as gig workers, service workers, and individuals in cash-heavy local economies. For many, opening or maintaining a bank account can be difficult, cards may not be available, and existing cash services can be slow, expensive, or require giving up control of funds.
Cash Deposits removes those barriers. With Trust Wallet, users can now load cash and convert their money to digital assets, enabling them to receive directly into a self-custody wallet they control – unlocking faster payments, easier remittances, and broader access to decentralised and digital finance.
Unlike traditional cash services that rely on banks, cards, or custodial accounts, Cash Deposits enables a direct path from physical cash to a user’s self-custody wallet. Through Coinme’s nationwide retail network, cash is converted into digital assets and delivered straight to the user’s Trust Wallet – without intermediaries holding funds after the transaction is completed.
The supported retail locations are displayed in the Trust Wallet app before users begin, allowing them to view nearby deposit options available through Coinme’s retail network.

At Coinme, our focus has always been building compliant, nationwide infrastructure that bridges physical cash with digital assets. By powering Trust Wallet’s Cash Deposits feature, we’re enabling that infrastructure to operate seamlessly within a leading self-custody experience, making it simple for users to move from cash to crypto at scale.
said Neil Bergquist, CEO and co-founder of Coinme.

Funds typically arrive within minutes rather than days, giving users faster access to their money while maintaining full control over their assets. Available across 48 U.S. states*, the feature brings national scale to a cash-to-digital experience that has historically been fragmented or inaccessible.
By combining Coinme’s established cash onramp infrastructure with Trust Wallet’s self-custody wallet, the partnership delivers one of the first mainstream, nationwide cash-to-stablecoin experiences within a single app – making digital finance more practical and accessible for everyday users.
*The cash on-ramp is currently available in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, excluding New York and Vermont. Stablecoin purchases are available in supported states, excluding Texas.

About Trust Wallet
Trust Wallet is the secure, self-custody Web3 wallet and gateway for people who want to fully own, control, and leverage the power of their digital assets. From beginners to experienced users, Trust Wallet makes it easier, safer, and convenient for millions of people around the world to experience Web3, access dApps securely, store and manage their crypto and NFTs, as well as buy, sell, and stake crypto to earn rewards — all in one place and without limits.
For media enquiries, contact:
press@trustwallet.com

About Coinme Crypto-as-a-Service
Founded in 2014, Coinme is a leading licensed and regulated provider of an enterprise stablecoin and crypto payments platform. Coinme enables a fully native and seamless stablecoin and crypto payment experience within partners' web or mobile apps. By integrating with Coinme's simple API suite, SDKs, and widget, partners can quickly deploy crypto and stablecoin products and services natively while leveraging Coinme's robust exchange and compliance infrastructure. For more information, please visit https://coinme.com.

PumpMarket announced the launch of its devnet, introducing the first crypto-native prediction market built specifically around Pump.fun token graduations.
General prediction markets weren’t built for crypto-native events like Pump.fun token launches. PumpMarket aims to address that gap by introducing a purpose-built prediction market for on-chain outcomes.

A Focused Market For A Fragmented Ecosystem
General-purpose prediction markets have grown rapidly, but their breadth often comes at the cost of depth. Traders interested in highly specific crypto ecosystems such as Pump.fun are typically forced onto platforms that fragment liquidity and fail to serve the timing, structure, and community dynamics of niche markets.
PumpMarket addresses this gap by creating a dedicated venue where participants interested in Pump.fun outcomes can gather, interact, and concentrate liquidity around a single category of predictions.
Pump.fun token graduations offer a uniquely clean starting point. A graduation is a definitive, verifiable on-chain event, making it well-suited for binary prediction markets that can be resolved transparently and without discretion.

How The Devnet Works
With the devnet now live, users can participate in prediction markets for newly launched Pump.fun tokens by staking SOL on YES or NO graduation outcomes within one-hour windows. No token ownership is required at any point.
PumpMarket uses a parimutuel pool model, where all stakes are pooled together and distributed proportionally among correct predictors once the market resolves. The platform is built entirely on Solana, leveraging the network’s speed and low transaction costs to support rapid market creation and settlement.
Furthermore, there are no counterparties or market makers involved. Outcomes are resolved using real-time on-chain data from Bitquery and Helius, verifying whether a token graduates to PumpSwap within the specified timeframe.

Outcome-Based Trading Without Execution Risk
PumpMarket is designed for traders who have strong insight into outcomes but want to avoid the execution challenges of spot markets. On Pump.fun, even correct directional calls can be undermined by poor timing, slippage, or premature exits. PumpMarket removes these variables by allowing users to stake directly on an outcome rather than trade a volatile asset.
Crucially, the platform introduces true two-sided markets. While Pump.fun only allows users to buy tokens, PumpMarket enables participants to profit from the belief that a token will not graduate, opening up bearish expression and more complete price discovery.
Each position carries defined risk, allowing users to commit a fixed stake without absorbing the full price volatility of the underlying token between entry and resolution.

Roadmap & What Comes Next
The devnet launch represents the foundation phase of PumpMarket’s rollout, focused on testing core prediction mechanics, parimutuel distribution, and real-time resolution infrastructure. A mainnet launch is planned following this testing period.
Beyond graduations, PumpMarket plans to expand into additional prediction categories for pump.fun tokens, including market capitalization milestones, volume thresholds, and exchange listing outcomes. Over time, the same infrastructure will extend to other token launchpads and ecosystems, with the long-term goal of covering verifiable outcomes across the broader crypto landscape — from protocol events and governance decisions to cross-chain milestones.

About PumpMarket
PumpMarket is a crypto-native prediction market built on Solana, designed to enable outcome-based participation in verifiable on-chain events. The platform allows users to stake SOL on whether newly launched Pump.fun tokens will graduate within a one-hour window, enabling participation without requiring users to hold the underlying token.
Launching with Pump.fun token graduations as its first vertical, PumpMarket allows users to stake on binary outcomes with defined risk, no token custody, and transparent settlement. The platform aims to become the definitive prediction layer for crypto, supporting markets across token performance, protocol events, and ecosystem-level milestones.
The devnet launch marks PumpMarket’s first public step toward creating a focused prediction layer for crypto-native events. By starting with Pump.fun graduations, a binary, on-chain outcome, the platform aims to offer traders a cleaner, more capital-efficient alternative to spot trading while unlocking forms of market expression that do not exist on Pump.fun today.

The RWA Summit Hong Kong has come to an end—an exciting event that has cemented the city's status as the world's leading center for real asset tokenization (RWA). These were two intense days when more than 700 carefully curated participants, 50+ distinguished speakers, and 80+ leading institutional investors gathered to map out the future of DePin, stablecoins, and the move toward bringing TradFi on-chain.
Rather than revisiting whether tokenization is viable, discussions focused on how it can be executed within credible legal, financial, and operational frameworks.
RWA SUMMIT Hong Kong was not just another event for us, it was a place where real deals and business happened. We were proud to co-host the event and bring together potential partners, regulators and market leaders. It’s a great opportunity to present our bonds tokenization and DeFi projects to both TradFi and Digital Assets players. I believe that the key result of any event are the real deals that follow. RWA SUMMIT is definitely this kind of event. No noise, no hype, only real expertise of speakers, and a highly curated network.
Peter Kadish, Managing Director LynxCap Investments, RWA SUMMIT Hong Kong co-host.

The RWA Summit clearly showed that tokenization has moved beyond theory into execution. Across panels on venture capital, IP tokenization, and institutional adoption, the focus was on infrastructure, liquidity planning, and trusted market frameworks.
says Scott Thiel, co-founder & CEO of Tokinvest.

And this is how Gillian Wu, founder and CEO of Mulana Investment Management, comments on the insights of the event: “At the RWA Summit during Consensus Hong Kong, we explored how real-world assets are bringing wealth on-chain through greater efficiency, transparency, disintermediation, and fractionalized ownership. Tokenization, however, does not change the fundamental factors that influence value, and investors must carefully assess counterparty risk and liquidity. Although market fragmentation and structural differences between DeFi, exchanges, and traditional finance remain challenges, progress toward convergence is evident.”
Day 1: Forging Regulatory Pathways and Institutional Momentum
The summit opened with remarks from Joseph Chan, Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of the Hong Kong Government, who highlighted Hong Kong’s regulatory direction and its ambition to provide clarity for tokenized financial products. The message was consistent throughout the day: regulatory structure is no longer an obstacle but a prerequisite for scale.
The day included four spotlight sessions.

The first one was on global frameworks. The participants got a profound exploration of regional RWA trends, featuring insights from Scott Thiel (Tokinvest), Julian Kwan (InvestaX), and Terence Ng (EX.IO), expertly moderated by Peter Kadish (LynxCap). The takeaway? Regulation has evolved from a barrier into a strategic advantage.
Thereafter, we covered the AI convergence. Alan Lau (Animoca Brands) and Geoff Kot (Standard Chartered) delved into how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the connection between traditional banking and digital asset ecosystems.
Another essential point was related to banking giants on-chain. Bugra Celik (HSBC) and Giorgia Pellizzari (Hex Trust) highlighted the transition from experimental proof-of-concept to full-scale institutional adoption, emphasizing robust custody and security for digital currencies.
The day concluded with a forward-looking exchange between Nenter Chow of Bitmart and Sébastien Borget of The Sandbox. They explored how crypto-native ecosystems are incorporating RWAs. The conversation centered on sustainable value creation rather than short-term market cycles.
“At the RWA Summit in Hong Kong, we discussed how blockchain is expanding from virtual real estate to collectible assets and user-generated content revenues being tokenized on-chain. The direction is clear: blockchain technology will become broadly adopted across gaming, digital assets, and the creator economy. It will ultimately integrate so seamlessly into user experiences that people benefit from it without needing to think about the underlying infrastructure,” shares Sébastien Borget, co-founder of SandBox & SandChain.
The first day also featured an outstanding lineup of industry leaders and innovators, including Cathal Donnellan, President at NexStox; Marcos Chow, Group CIO at HKT; Rocky Mui, Partner at Clifford Chance; Tom Wan, Partner at Imprint Capital Partners; Neil Tan, Managing Partner at Tsunami Advisors and Chairman of the AI Association of Hong Kong; Phillip Pon, CEO at EMURGO; Andrei Grachev, Managing Partner at DWF Labs; Musheer Ahmed, Founder & CEO at FinStep Asia; Jelena Zhang, SVP at Amber Premium; Jayendra Jog, Co-Founder at Sei Labs; Nikita (Sachdev) Lord, Founder & CEO at Luna PR; Edwin Mata, Co-Founder & CEO at Brickken; Preetam Rao, Co-Founder & CEO at QuillAudits; and Leo Fan, Founder & CEO at Cysic.
Day 2: Envisioning Tomorrow’s Wealth, IP, and Payment Innovations
The second day shifted toward applied use cases, examining how tokenization is reshaping wealth management, intellectual property, and payment systems.
The second day of RWA Summit opened with a high-level fireside chat featuring Sean McHugh, Senior Director – Market Assurance at VARA (Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority). The discussion set the tone for the day, focusing on regulatory clarity, market integrity, and the evolving framework for virtual assets in the region.
In a fireside discussion, Yat Siu of Animoca Brands and Bowie Lau of MaGE Group analyzed the implications of IP tokenization for content platforms and creator economies for giants like YouTube, Spotify, and Netflix. The conversation focused on whether blockchain-based models can provide more direct monetization and ownership structures while maintaining compliance and investor protections.
A recurring theme in our discussion was that RWA is not about “putting a single asset on-chain”; it's about modernizing financial infrastructure without breaking law, trust, or market structure. Tokenization within a regulated environment does not automatically create liquidity, and lower minimums do not mean retail access. True liquidity requires credible market design and participation. For venture-backed startups, the real opportunity lies in compliance-native infrastructure, settlement and orchestration layers, custody, risk tooling, and transparency rails. In short, the value is in building the plumbing, not chasing product hype.
comments Jeffrey Broer, venture advisor at Kohpy Ventures.

Wealth migration onto blockchain infrastructure was addressed by Ray Tam of Revo Digital Family Office and Florian M Spiegl of Evident Capital. They tackled the hurdles of onboarding professional investor (PI) wealth onto the blockchain while unveiling exciting avenues for retail investors.
The next spotlight session of the day was on the PayFi Revolution. Rita Liu (RD Technologies) and Evan Auyang (Animoca Brands) offered a grounded perspective on stablecoins and payment finance in the “Asian Reality.”
The 2-day event concluded with a comparative discussion featuring Pauline Fan of InvestHK, Rachel Lee of Cyberport, and Irina Heaver of RWA Labs. The panel assessed Hong Kong’s regulatory agility against competitors like the UAE and beyond.
The stage then welcomed an exceptional lineup of investors, founders, and industry leaders, including Noah Frankel, Investment Analyst at JSquare; Tobias Bauer, General Partner at TBV; Calvin Ng, General Partner at Plutus VC; Melody He, Co-Founder & Partner at Spartan Group; Craig Dyer, Head of Capital Markets at HECTO; Pauli Speaks, CBDO at Cryptic; DiZien Low, Director of Business Development at Polygon Labs; Jacky Kong, Head of Hong Kong at Ava Labs; Sonia Shaw, CEO at OneAsset; Andrey Fedorov, CMO & CBDO at STON.fi; Jackee Wong, Partner & CMO at Leadsourcing; Sudeep Mehta, COO at STBL; and Lawrence Tsui, Director of Business Development and Strategic Solutions for Hong Kong & Mongolia at Fortinet.
Special thanks to the partners of RWA Summit, in particular our Strategic Partner, BTSE Enterprise Solutions, and our Partner, STON.fi, for their invaluable support and contribution to the event’s success.
Industry Developments and Expansion
Apart from panel discussions, the summit also provided a platform for industry announcements. LynxCap introduced its DeFi platform designed to connect RWA yield strategies with structured liquidity environments. In parallel, Ivan V. Ivanov of UVECON.VC and Irina Heaver of RWA Labs announced the launch of Dubai RWA Week 2026, signaling increased collaboration between Asian and Middle Eastern tokenization hubs.
RWA Summit Hong Kong brought together strong voices from both TradFi and digital assets. The discussions focused on execution, regulation, and real market structure and were grounded in actual cases, not theory.What stood out to me most was the growing alignment between ecosystems like Hong Kong and Dubai. Different frameworks—and clear potential for collaboration. Our goal was to create a platform where real experts share real cases, challenges, and practical paths forward. Judging by the depth of discussion, we are clearly moving in the right direction.
says Ivan V. Ivanov, founder of RWA Summit.
To sum it up, the RWA Summit Hong Kong 2026 has unequivocally demonstrated that the dialogue has advanced from “Is this feasible?” to “How swiftly can we expand?” By bridging TradFi’s regulatory rigor with DeFi’s tech stack, we’re moving toward a financial system that is actually transparent and accessible, not just fast.

Axblade, a high-performance hybrid finance protocol, made its first international appearance at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, the premier Web3 conference held February 11–12 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. The debut marked the protocol’s formal entry into the global stage, distinguished by sustained engagement at its exhibition booth, senior-level dialogue, and the early disclosure of its next-phase roadmap.

Debut Draws Sustained Engagement, Spotlight on Compliance-by-Architecture
According to public remarks from Hong Kong’s Deputy Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui, Consensus Hong Kong 2026 convened over 15,000 attendees from more than 100 countries and regions. Against this backdrop, Axblade’s exhibition booth maintained consistent traffic throughout the two-day event. All 500 Axblade units of custom merchandise were distributed amid vibrant, ongoing conversations at the booth.
Axblade Cofounder & COO Liam was on site for the duration of the conference, engaging directly with developers, institutional representatives, and compliance professionals from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and beyond. The vast majority of conversations converged on a single structural question: how to bridge real-world assets onto chain with verifiable integrity while satisfying multi-jurisdictional regulatory requirements.

The industry is no longer debating whether on-chain finance can be compliant—it’s asking what genuine compliance looks like at the architecture level. The real dividing line is whether compliance is patched on as a constraint or embedded as a design feature. Axblade is built on the latter premise—not compliance that compromises performance, but compliance that performs.
COO Liam said during booth discussions

What Axblade Is: A Finance Protocol Built on a Compliance-first Foundation
Faced with repeated inquiries about the protocol’s core identity, the Axblade team offered a consistent, distilled answer:
Axblade is an on-chain finance protocol engineered from the ground up for regulatory alignment.

Compliance isn’t an add-on. It’s the foundation. A structure without a foundation is a tent. We’re building permanent infrastructure.
COO Liam said

Unlike protocols that treat compliance as an access control layer or a post-hoc modification, Axblade embeds a programmable compliance framework at the base layer. This architecture enables verifiable data, programmable permissions, and auditable asset provenance—without unnecessary exposure of personal or institutional information. It is designed to support high-throughput, cross-border transactions while remaining adaptable to evolving regulatory regimes across jurisdictions.

Next Milestone: RWA Data Verification & Provenance Solution Due Q2 2026
Axblade also used its Consensus debut to provide early visibility into its next major development focus: data verification and provenance for tokenized real-world assets.
A persistent gap in today’s RWA landscape is the disconnect between asset representation on-chain and the verifiability of off-chain reality. Questions of physical existence, clear title, and continuous state validation remain largely unstandardized and unsolved.
Axblade confirmed that an institutional-grade framework for RWA data verification and provenance is in advanced development, with formal release targeted for Q2 2026. The solution is expected to combine zero-knowledge proofs, decentralized identity primitives, and on-chain state synchronization to establish cryptographically anchored assurances for real-world assets.

Tokenizing an asset isn’t about putting a PDF on IPFS. True RWA integration means every unit of on-chain value retains a deterministic link to its off-chain source of truth.
COO Liam noted

About Axblade
Axblade is a high-performance, hybrid finance protocol purpose-built to bridge real-world assets and on-chain liquidity. Through a compliance-native architecture and settlement-grade execution environment, Axblade enables capital to be issued, composed, and deployed across borders—programmably, transparently, and in alignment with regulatory requirements. Its long-term vision is to serve as foundational infrastructure for the next generation of on-chain finance.

Renaiss Protocol, a BNB Chain–based infrastructure project building on-chain liquidity for real-world collectibles, hosted a physical collectibles exhibition during Consensus Hong Kong 2026, featuring items with an estimated total value exceeding $15 million.

Presented by Renaiss and its sub-brand Renaiss Collectibles, in collaboration with Event3 and leading collectible card shops LOGOMAN and YAMACARDO, the invitation-only exhibition brought together curated collectors and ecosystem partners for an immersive showcase experience. The exhibition was organized across themed zones showcasing professionally graded, high-rarity assets. Highlights included PSA high-grade Pokémon cards, rare Logoman patch cards of Kobe Bryant, Stephen Curry, LeBron James, and Michael Jordan, original manga prints, retro gaming consoles, K-pop memorabilia, and culturally significant publications.
All Pokémon TCG cards exhibited were authenticated, verified, placed into custody, and brought on-chain through Renaiss Network’s Vault OS third-party custody infrastructure, completing a full physical-to-on-chain lifecycle.

Attendees were able to view synchronized physical-to-on-chain asset data, demonstrating the infrastructure layer behind collectible circulation.
Interest in real-world collectibles has remained resilient in recent years, particularly in global trading card markets with strong cross-border participation. As high-value assets circulate internationally, infrastructure around verification, custody, and liquidity is becoming increasingly central. Against this backdrop, the exhibition served as a live demonstration of the emerging infrastructure layer for physical collectibles.

The Infrastructure Behind the Exhibition
Renaiss has vertically integrated globally recognized card shops as ecosystem nodes. Every graded Pokémon card showcased passed through a complete physical-to-on-chain workflow.
Authentication and verification were conducted by third-party institutions, including LegitApp and partner card shop staff, with on-chain signature confirmation. Assets were received, scanned, and signed for minting by recognized distributed custodians or vault operators. Grading results, custody entities, and asset status data were written into the contract layer, linking on-chain records directly to off-chain physical assets to ensure authenticity and traceability.

Infrastructure Progress and Market Signals
During the event, Renaiss CEO Winchman shared updates on the company’s development of liquidity infrastructure for physical collectibles.

Ahead of the exhibition, Renaiss marked several key milestones: its 24-hour limited Gacha V2 beta surpassed $700,000 in trading volume, and within three months of launch, cumulative platform volume exceeded $3 million — reflecting growing demand for on-chain physical collectibles.
Winchman later joined Walter, Business Development at BNB Chain, for a brief discussion. Walter highlighted BNB Chain’s focus across AI, stablecoins, RWA, and other innovative sectors, as well as its continued support for real builders. He noted the growing presence of collectibles within the BNB Chain ecosystem and shared his personal connection to Pokémon cards.

As blockchain markets broaden beyond purely financial instruments, culturally rooted physical collectibles are increasingly viewed as viable components of tokenized real-world asset ecosystems. Renaiss stated it will continue reducing friction in physical collectible transactions while advancing liquidity infrastructure and deepening collaboration with global collectors and ecosystem partners.

MEXC, the world's fastest-growing digital asset exchange and a pioneer of true zero-fee trading, released its February Proof of Reserve report, confirming that all major assets maintained reserve ratios above 100%. BTC reserve coverage rose to 267%, demonstrating the platform's continued commitment to transparency and user asset protection.
The February report shows reserve ratios of 267% for BTC, 112% for ETH, 117% for USDT, and 124% for USDC. MEXC wallet assets total 12,003.98 BTC, 73,433.86 ETH, $1.82 billion USDT, and $93.5 million USDC. BTC reserve coverage rose notably from January's 158% to 267%, with wallet assets nearly doubling from 6,172.88 BTC to 12,003.98 BTC. ETH reserve coverage increased from 107% to 112%, with reserves expanding from 61,729.67 ETH to 73,433.86 ETH. All reserve ratios remained well above the 1:1 backing standard.

MEXC updates its Proof of Reserve snapshots monthly, with independent audit reports published by Hacken, a leading blockchain security and audit firm. The Proof of Reserve framework utilizes Merkle Tree technology, enabling users to verify their balances while maintaining account privacy. Committed to a user-first approach, MEXC maintains ample reserves and conducts monthly independent audits to ensure all user assets remain fully protected and transparent. MEXC will maintain this monthly reporting practice, upholding industry-leading transparency standards and ensuring continued user confidence.

To view the latest Proof of Reserve snapshot and audit report, please visit MEXC's Proof of Reserves page: https://www.mexc.com/proof-of-reserve

About MEXC
Founded in 2018, MEXC is committed to being "Your Easiest Way to Crypto." Serving over 40 million users across 170+ countries, MEXC is known for its broad selection of trending tokens, everyday airdrop opportunities, and low trading fees. Our user-friendly platform is designed to support both new traders and experienced investors, offering secure and efficient access to digital assets. MEXC prioritizes simplicity and innovation, making crypto trading more accessible and rewarding.

For media inquiries, please contact MEXC PR team: media@mexc.com

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This content does not constitute investment advice. Given the highly volatile nature of the cryptocurrency market, investors are encouraged to carefully assess market fluctuations, project fundamentals, and potential financial risks before making any trading decisions.

The Open AGI Summit, a leading open source AI conference, will convene in Denver on February 19, 2025, for a full day of programming addressing one of technology's defining questions: should Artificial General Intelligence be controlled by a handful of corporations, or built openly by the researchers, engineers, and communities who believe intelligence should be accessible to everyone?
Presented by Sentient, the summit will bring together researchers, founders, and builders working across AI and crypto to explore how decentralized intelligence can be developed transparently, ethically, and without centralized control.
The explosive rise of autonomous AI agents, from OpenClaw's 150,000+ GitHub stars to fully onchain agents executing transactions and governance, has made one thing clear: the future of AI is agentic, and it's being built in the open. This year's summit will explore why Web3 infrastructure, including decentralized compute, tokenized incentives, verifiable execution, and open-source frameworks, is not just complementary but essential to building AI agents that are trustworthy, composable, and owned by their communities rather than corporations.

“Closed AI represents the greatest heist of public knowledge in all of human history. As AGI becomes more powerful, the risk is that a handful of corporations, countries or even individuals control the intelligence that shapes our economies, our institutions, and our daily lives. The Open AGI Summit brings together the researchers, engineers, and builders who believe there is another path, one where intelligence is built in the open, governed transparently, and aligned with the public interest rather than concentrated power.”

— Himanshu Tyagi, Co Founder, Sentient

The Seventh Edition
The Denver event marks the seventh Open AGI Summit. Since launching in Denver in 2024, the summit has grown into a global series with editions in Brussels, Bangkok, Cannes, and Buenos Aires. This seventh edition represents the third time the community has gathered in Denver, returning to where the movement began.
The summit will serve as a meeting point for those shaping the future of AI, blockchain, and open infrastructure, with programming designed to encourage collaboration across ecosystems.

Program Highlights
The event will feature presentations and panels from leaders at Coinbase, Consensys, MetaMask, Base, Billions, Ethereum Foundation, Zama, and Aztec, alongside keynotes from Prisma X, Gensyn, and Sentient Labs. Sessions will cover AI agents, DeFi AI, privacy-preserving systems, open source model training, and governance at scale.

Previous editions have featured Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the Ethereum Foundation, and Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO at Coinbase and GP at a16z.

A Global Movement for Open AGI
The Open AGI Summit is part of a broader movement committed to ensuring AGI remains open, accessible, and aligned with public interest rather than concentrated corporate power. As the debate over AI governance intensifies and regulatory frameworks take shape worldwide, the summit provides a forum for those building alternatives to closed, corporate-controlled AI development.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, February 19, 2026

Time: 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM MST

Location: Upper Larimer, 3034 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80205

Registration: Complimentary tickets available at luma.com/6khv7iq9 (application required)

For more information, visit openagi.xyz

About the Open AGI Summit
The Open AGI Summit is a leading open source AI conference that brings together researchers, developers, and communities united by the shared conviction that AGI must remain open and accessible to everyone.

Media Contact: marketing@sentient.foundation

MEXC, the fastest-growing global cryptocurrency exchange redefining a user-first approach to digital assets through true zero-fee trading, marking the ninth phase of its ongoing collaboration with Ondo Finance. All 17 pairs are available to trade with zero fees for the first 30 days, extending MEXC's industry-leading commitment to cost-free access across its growing suite of real-world assets.
The new pairs bring a further wave of tokenized U.S. equities to MEXC's platform, including names spanning technology, healthcare, and financial markets. All tokens are ERC-20 issued on Ethereum, denominated in USDT, and supported by MEXC's proprietary market-making technology to ensure deep liquidity and tight spreads from day one. The pairs go live across three batches between 13:00 and 14:00 UTC on February 13, with full listing details available at MEXC New Listing page.
This ninth batch builds on the momentum established since MEXC's inaugural tokenized stock launch in September 2025, and further expands what is already one of the largest zero-fee gateways to traditional markets in crypto. Combined with previous rollouts, MEXC's tokenized stock offering now spans an extensive range of blue-chip equities and institutional-grade assets, giving its 40 million users diversified exposure to traditional markets directly within its ecosystem.

Tokenized stocks are no longer an experiment at the edges of crypto. They are becoming a natural extension of how users diversify their portfolios, hedge risk, and build real wealth in a digital world. With each new rollout alongside Ondo Finance, we are bringing familiar assets into a faster, more open financial system. The 30-day zero-fee launch reflects our direction to remove friction, expand choice, and give anyone, anywhere access to opportunities that were once reserved for a few.
said Vugar Usi, Chief Operating Officer of MEXC.
Ondo Global Markets is purpose-built to bring public securities onchain, with tokens that are freely transferable and composable within DeFi. Together with MEXC's liquidity infrastructure and zero-fee model, the partnership continues to set the benchmark for real-world asset trading in crypto markets.

About MEXC
Founded in 2018, MEXC is committed to being "Your Easiest Way to Crypto." Serving over 40 million users across 170+ countries, MEXC is known for its broad selection of trending tokens, everyday airdrop opportunities, and low trading fees. Our user-friendly platform is designed to support both new traders and experienced investors, offering secure and efficient access to digital assets. MEXC prioritizes simplicity and innovation, making crypto trading more accessible and rewarding.

For media inquiries, please contact MEXC PR team: media@mexc.com

About Ondo Finance
Ondo is a blockchain technology company. Its mission is to accelerate the transition to an open economy by building the platforms, assets, and infrastructure that bring financial markets onchain. For more information, visit https://ondo.finance

Victoria, Seychelles, February 13, 2026 – MEXC, the world's fastest-growing digital asset exchange and a pioneer of true zero-fee trading, has launched the "Lunar Copy Trade Festival." The event runs from February 11 to February 25, 2026 (UTC 06:00), with a 30,000 USDT prize pool and individual rewards of up to 688 USDT.
Event 1, the New User Copy Trade Coverage, is exclusive to new users who have never participated in any copy trading on the platform. During the event period, if a user's first closed copy trade results in a loss, MEXC will cover 100% of that loss, capped at 50 USDT, issued as Copy Trade bonuses. The benefit is limited to the first 100 eligible users on a first-come, first-served basis.
Event 2, the AI Copy Trading Challenge, is open to all users. Participants who reach the required cumulative copy trading volume and copy at least one AI-Master are eligible for tiered fixed rewards, with a maximum of 500 USDT at the highest tier. Rewards are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis per tier. Event 3, the Double Lucky Draw, offers two separate prize pools. Users who reach Gold Tier or above qualify for the High Roller Prize Pool, while those who copy three different AI-Masters during the event period enter the Diligent Trader Prize Pool. Three winners are drawn from each pool, each receiving 50 USDT.
To celebrate the Lunar New Year, MEXC has also introduced the Lunar New Year Fortune Red Packet, open to all copy trading users on the platform. Users who share a screenshot of their copy trading holdings or follow the page, along with their UID, in the designated post on MEXC's official X account are entered into a draw, with five lucky winners each receiving an 88 USDT red packet.
MEXC's AI copy trading features eight AI-Masters, each employing distinct trading strategies suited to different market conditions. Collectively, the AI-Masters cover trading across major cryptocurrencies, including BTC and ETH, as well as tokenized gold and silver. AI-Masters charge a 1% profit share, compared to 10–15% for human traders, and operate around the clock without manual intervention or emotional decision-making.

For full event details and to register, visit the official MEXC event page: https://www.mexc.com/campaigns/aimastercopytrade2

About MEXC
Founded in 2018, MEXC is committed to being "Your Easiest Way to Crypto." Serving over 40 million users across 170+ countries, MEXC is known for its broad selection of trending tokens, everyday airdrop opportunities, and low trading fees. Our user-friendly platform is designed to support both new traders and experienced investors, offering secure and efficient access to digital assets. MEXC prioritizes simplicity and innovation, making crypto trading more accessible and rewarding.

For media inquiries, please contact MEXC PR team: media@mexc.com

Risk Disclaimer:
This content does not constitute investment advice. Given the highly volatile nature of the cryptocurrency market, investors are encouraged to carefully assess market fluctuations, project fundamentals, and potential financial risks before making any trading decisions.

Renaiss, a BNB Chain–based infrastructure project for real-world collectible RWAs, has completed a 24-hour beta test of Gacha V2, its “infinite pool” gacha module, recording over $700,000 in single-day trading volume during the test window.
The Gacha V2 beta followed multiple rapid sellouts of Gacha V1 limited pack drops.
While Gacha V2 introduces an “infinite pool” experience at the application layer, the team noted that the milestone is ultimately driven by its underlying infrastructure — built to convert physical collectibles into verifiably stored, authenticated, and tradable on-chain assets.
During the beta, 7,117 PSA-certified Pokémon cards were drawn through Gacha V2, with the highest single-card value exceeding $2,500.

Renaiss launched on BNB Chain three months ago and is currently in Open Beta. To date, the platform reports over $3 million in cumulative trading volume and more than 160,000 registered users.

The Infrastructure Behind On-Chain Collectibles
Renaiss describes Gacha V2 as an application-layer module built on top of its broader infrastructure stack for physical collectible RWAs.

Assets brought on-chain through Renaiss are authenticated via third-party certification and onboarded through a trust-minimized mechanism powered by its Vault Operating System (VOS). The underlying physical collectibles are securely stored with professional custodians across multiple regions, forming a distributed network of ecosystem nodes that includes professional card shops and vault operators worldwide.

This architecture allows users to trade and eventually redeem assets in an environment where provenance, custody, and asset status are verifiable on-chain rather than dependent on platform trust.
“Gacha V2 is an application-layer stress test of real demand,” the team said. “The deeper signal is that collectors and ecosystem partners engage when custody, verification, and settlement infrastructure are robust.”
The full version of Gacha V2 is expected to launch in Q1 2026.

BingX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3-AI company, announced the upcoming launch of an array of enhancements to its copy trading suite, including the all-new Copy Trading Plaza and an upgraded Lead Trader Homepage. This major overhaul redefines BingX’s copy trading experience with a refreshed experience, smarter discovery, and deeper data transparency, aimed at significantly increasing visibility and engagement across its copy trading ecosystem.

The new Copy Trading Plaza consolidates discovery, evaluation, and execution into a single, intuitive destination designed to help users identify top strategies faster and with greater confidence:
Intelligent Discovery: Discover both real traders and AI-driven strategies tailored to your trading preference on the BingX mobile appCentralized Copy Trading Hub: One-stop access to curated trader lists and strategy insights to improve overall copy trading efficiencyProfessional-Grade Metrics: Select trading strategies with advanced ranking and filtering powered by professional risk and performance metrics

The revamped Lead Trader Homepage offers a variety of advancements:
Multidimensional Data: A fully revamped personal page with multidimensional performance data, offering copiers greater transparency and Lead Traders more opportunitiesEnhanced Transparency: Deep dives into trading behavior, risk profile, and historical performance, allowing traders to implement new trading strategies with greater confidenceNew Set of Tools: Integrated tools to help Lead Traders build credibility, grow visibility, and manage copiers more effectively
As the first exchange to offer copy trading in Web3, BingX operates one of the industry’s largest and most active copy trading communities. To date, the platform has recorded over 1.3 billion cumulative copy trading orders and $580 billion in cumulative trading volume, underscoring its scale, liquidity, and long-standing user trust.

This overhaul is a structural leap forward for copy trading on BingX. By unifying smarter discovery, professional-grade metrics, and enhanced trader profiles, we’re enabling users to make faster, better-informed decisions while empowering Lead Traders to build influence and long-term value.
said Vivien Lin, Chief Product Officer at BingX.

To celebrate the launch, BingX is rolling out a limited-time campaign, offering users who complete their first copy trade or apply to become a lead trader and place their first trade by February 28 via the new homepage will be entered into a lucky draw, with the top prize reaching up to 9,999 USDT.

About BingX 
Founded in 2018, BingX is a leading crypto exchange and Web3-AI company, serving over 40 million users worldwide. Ranked among the top five global crypto derivatives exchanges and a pioneer of crypto copy trading, BingX addresses the evolving needs of users across all experience levels. 
Powered by a comprehensive suite of AI-driven products and services, including futures, spot, copy trading, and TradFi offerings, BingX empowers users with innovative tools designed to enhance performance, confidence, and efficiency.
BingX has been the principal partner of Chelsea FC since 2024, and became the first official crypto exchange partner of Scuderia Ferrari HP in 2026.

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For more information, please visit: https://bingx.com/

Expanding productive stablecoin use cases in onchain trading

edgeX, a decentralized trading infrastructure for perpetual markets and broader trading, today announced a strategic investment from Circle Ventures.
edgeX supports perpetual trading use cases where stablecoins are used for trading and settlement, an area that aligns with Circle’s broader focus on expanding stablecoin utility within decentralized financial systems.
Circle plans to integrate native USDC and its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) with the EDGE Chain, subject to completion. The EDGE Chain is a blockchain that powers edgeX, and is purpose-built for performance-intensive trading applications. The upcoming launch of native USDC and CCTP on EDGE is expected to enable new use cases for institutions, developers, traders, infrastructure providers, market makers, and other EDGE ecosystem users.
According to internal metrics, edgeX currently supports hundreds of thousands of transacting addresses and processes billions of dollars in daily trading volume, with substantial open interest and liquidity across its markets. The edgeX mobile application has seen strong adoption, particularly across Asia, reflecting a broader shift toward mobile-first trading behavior.
More recently, RWA-linked perpetual markets, such as stock and commodity perpetuals - have emerged as a key area of growth for edgeX, alongside spot trading and prediction markets. In parallel, the company continues to develop the EDGE Chain to support performance-intensive, trading-focused applications.

For more information or to access the platform, visit the edgeX website: https://www.edgex.exchange/en-US?lang=en-US
About edgeX
edgeX is a decentralized onchain perpetual trading platform, specializing in capital-efficient, high-frequency perpetual trading and stablecoin-native infrastructure for global retail users.

OSL Group (863.HK), Asia’s leading stablecoin trading and payment platform, today announced the official launch of USDGO, a regulated, enterprise-grade U.S. dollar stablecoin. As a cornerstone of OSL Group’s global payment infrastructure, USDGO is positioned for institutional settlement and corporate payments, serving the cross-border business ecosystem of Asian enterprises. Leveraging its enterprise-level features and services, USDGO provides users with a compliant tool for liquidity management and settlement. It is dedicated to the long-term empowerment of the real economy, aiming to become a primary choice for global enterprises seeking on-chain cross-border payments.
An initial batch of US$50 million in USDGO stablecoins has been minted and deployed on the public blockchain of Solana, with plans to expand to more chains in the future, creating further synergies with OSL Group’s payment business. A federally regulated stablecoin, USDGO is 1:1 US dollar-backed and undergoes stringent third-party audits. It is issued by Anchorage Digital Bank N,A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, with OSL Group serving as the branding operator and distributor. 
Leveraging bank-grade treasury management experience and technical support for on-chain assets, USDGO — federally regulated and accessible across multiple global jurisdictions — can provide 24/7 liquidity support for various users, including corporations, institutions, and individuals. It offers a low-friction "stablecoin-to-fiat" trading and settlement experience, allowing for more effective capital management.
For enterprise clients focused on compliance and technical assurance, USDGO is designed to address pain points around "viability, security, and scalability." It empowers enterprises with cross-chain, cross-platform, cross-market, and cross-currency transaction and payment capabilities to extract efficiencies and cost savings over traditional channels. USDGO will continue to expand its services and applications, providing compliant and secure on-chain payment solutions for high-frequency real-world business scenarios, including cross-border e-commerce, international trade, financial services, and interactive entertainment.

Kevin Cui, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of OSL Group, said:
As a regulated, enterprise-grade stablecoin, USDGO was engineered from the start to be the ‘digital lifeblood’ of the real economy. By providing a range of services, notably corporate settlement and cross-border payments, USDGO aims to become the preferred compliant stablecoin choice for the cross-border business ecosystems of enterprises in Asia and globally, steadfastly enhancing efficiency for the global financial system and creating value for real-world applications.

Nathan McCauley, Co-founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital, said:
Bringing a new stablecoin to market is about raising the bar for what institutional-grade digital dollars should look like. USDGO was built to operate inside real financial systems, supporting actual payment flows and treasury management at scale. That's the standard we care about. We're proud to work alongside OSL Group to help bring this product to market in a way that reflects where the industry is going - toward compliant, resilient infrastructure that institution can confidently build on.

Important Notes
USDGO is designed to meet the rigorous standards of the GENIUS Act, and is 1:1 backed by high-quality liquid assets, including U.S. Treasuries. Anchorage Digital Bank is the issuer of USDGO.
OSL Group will be the branding partner, and OSL Group subsidiaries with appropriate licenses and regulatory registrations will act as distributors for USDGO. In Hong Kong, USDGO will only be distributed via OSL Digital Securities Limited, the first licensed virtual asset trading platform operator in Hong Kong.

About USDGO
USDGO is a federally regulated and third-party audited U.S. dollar stablecoin purpose-built for the GENIUS era. It is 1:1 backed by high-quality liquid assets, including U.S. Treasuries. Anchorage Digital Bank is the issuer. OSL Group is the branding partner. With enterprise-grade services, USDGO aims to become a compliant liquidity and settlement tool connecting Web 3 industries and traditional finance with on-chain operations. It enables enterprises to orchestrate global capital through compliant payment rails, effective treasury management, and diverse digital assets access, and is dedicated to the long-term empowerment of the real economy. For more information, please visit USDGO's official website: www.usdgo.com.

About OSL Group
OSL Group (HKEX: 863) is Asia's leading stablecoin trading and payment platform that strives to provide compliant and efficient digital financial infrastructure services globally, empowering enterprises, financial institutions and individuals to seamlessly exchange, pay, trade, and settle between fiat and digital currencies. Grounded in the core values of Open, Secure, and Licensed, it is committed to building a more efficient ecosystem that connects global markets and enables instant, seamless and compliant value movement worldwide.

About Anchorage Digital
Anchorage Digital is a global crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through trading, staking, custody, governance, settlement, stablecoin issuance, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, which is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore; Anchorage Digital NY, which holds a BitLicense from the New York Department of Financial Services; and self-custody wallet Porto by Anchorage Digital. The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with a valuation over $4.2 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Disclaimer
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute, and shall not be construed as, an offer, solicitation, invitation, recommendation, or inducement to buy, sell, subscribe for, or otherwise deal in any digital assets, securities, or financial products. It does not constitute financial, investment, legal, tax, accounting, or other professional advice and should not be relied upon as such. The views, statements, and information contained herein do not necessarily reflect the official positions or commitments of OSL Group or any of its affiliates. Any descriptions of products, services, promotions, or programmes are for general reference only.Participation in any products, services, or promotions mentioned is subject to applicable terms, conditions, and regulatory requirements. This article may contain forward-looking statements or indicative information. Actual outcomes may differ materially, and OSL Group assumes no obligation to update such information.

Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, announced the launch of Phemex TradFi, a new futures trading offering that allows users to access traditional financial assets, including stocks and precious metals, on a 24/7 basis. Futures linked to commodities, foreign exchange, and global indices will be introduced in subsequent phases.
The launch marks Phemex's entry into multi-market derivatives, enabling traders to manage exposure to both crypto and traditional assets within a single, USDT-settled futures framework. To support early adoption, Phemex is introducing a 0-Fee TradFi Futures Carnival, offering three months of zero trading fees, starting from February 6, on stock futures alongside a $100,000 incentive pool aimed at structured and risk-aware participation, and a first-trade protection mechanism that reimburses eligible users with trading bonus if their initial TradFi futures trade results in a loss.
Unlike spot markets that are constrained by exchange hours, TradFi futures continue price discovery outside standard trading sessions. By bringing this derivative structure into a crypto-native environment, Phemex allows users to respond to global macro events as they unfold, whether during nights, weekends, or market closures—without switching platforms or settlement systems.
Phemex TradFi is designed for traders seeking simplicity and continuity across markets. Users can trade crypto and traditional futures side by side, benefit from transparent maker-taker pricing rather than spread-based execution, and apply strategy-driven tools to manage risk more systematically. Copy trading support for TradFi futures is also planned, extending Phemex's strategy trading ecosystem into traditional markets.
“As markets become more connected and operate beyond fixed sessions, platforms need to evolve with them” commented Federico Variola, CEO of Phemex. “Our goal with Phemex TradFi is not to replicate traditional markets, but to rethink how they are accessed — bringing continuous availability, unified settlement, and risk-aware tools into a single trading environment that reflects how traders actually operate today.”
The introduction of TradFi futures signals Phemex's evolution from a crypto-native exchange into a broader derivatives platform built for always-on global markets. As additional asset classes roll out, Phemex aims to offer traders a more integrated, resilient, and forward-looking way to navigate both digital and traditional finance.
About Phemex
Founded in 2019, Phemex is a user-first crypto exchange trusted by over 10 million traders worldwide. The platform offers spot and derivatives trading, copy trading, and wealth management products designed to prioritize user experience, transparency, and innovation. With a forward-thinking approach and a commitment to user empowerment, Phemex delivers reliable tools, inclusive access, and evolving opportunities for traders at every level to grow and succeed.

Kea Neobanking Group Heads to Consensus 2026 to Bridge the East-West Gap with its "Human-Touch" Banking Model

Kea, the neobanking group redefining business finance through its "human-touch" model, today announced a major strategic expansion into the Asian market. Debuting at Consensus 2026, Kea aims to dismantle the barriers that have left a $2.5 trillion Trade Finance Gap in the region, leaving innovative SMEs underserved by traditional financial institutions.
As global banking becomes increasingly automated, a dangerous "compliance vacuum" has emerged. Innovative companies in Asia frequently face "algorithmic exclusion"—where rigid, AI-only compliance systems freeze legitimate cross-border transactions without context or recourse. Kea’s arrival marks a shift back to Human Intelligence (HI) as a premium service.
Solving the SME Crisis
Traditional banks often reject small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and tech scale-ups due to perceived high risks and low margins. This risk-aversion has created a multi-trillion dollar gap in trade finance. Kea solves this by providing:
Contextual Compliance: Unlike "Black Box" AI, Kea’s human experts review complex cases, ensuring that innovative business models aren't blocked by outdated algorithms.Fast-Track Onboarding: Reducing the months-long wait times at traditional banks to typically several days for corporate accounts.The Asia-Global Corridor: Seamless integration of multi-currency IBANs and stablecoin liquidity to facilitate real-time trade between Asia and the rest of the world.

The $2.5 trillion trade finance gap isn't a tech failure; it's an empathy failure. Traditional banks are too scared to touch SMEs, and digital banks are too automated to understand them. At Kea, we use tech to move money, but we use humans to build trust. We’re going to Consensus to show Asia’s founders that they finally have a partner who speaks their language.
says Mark Berkovich, CEO at Kea.

Kea will be showcasing its hybrid model at Consensus 2026, offering exclusive previews of its localized Asian payment rails for institutional partners and high-growth founders.
About Kea
Kea is a global neobanking group built for the modern economy. By blending a proprietary high-performance core with a dedicated "Human-Touch" service layer, Kea provides the infrastructure for businesses to scale across borders without the friction of legacy banking or the coldness of pure automation.

As Bitcoin trades below $69,000 following its October 2025 peak of $126,000, MEXC Chief Operating Officer Vugar Usi outlined why retail-focused exchanges are gaining ground in an increasingly institutionalized market during last week's CoinGecko Meetup #33. Leading MEXC, the fastest-growing global cryptocurrency exchange redefining a user-first approach to digital assets through true zero-fee trading, Usi charted a strategic path forward that leverages retail strength in uncertain times.

The smartest investors aren't just getting rich or poor on paper with the market's swings. They're the ones who know how to lock in profits, take some money off the table, and go do something fulfilling with it. There's always a good opportunity to buy and a great opportunity to sell.
Usi told the virtual audience

While acknowledging 2025's volatility—from the Bybit hack to October's historic 10.10 liquidation event—Usi identified two fundamental market shifts: crypto's mainstream acceptance by regulators and financial institutions, and the evolution of exchanges into "super apps" offering everything from trading to payments. These shifts, he argues, create unique advantages for retail-first platforms like MEXC.

The numbers tell the story. Unlike major exchanges where 80% of volume comes from institutions, over 90% of MEXC's 40 million users are retail traders. This positioning, combined with zero-fee trading across 3,000+ listings, tokenized equities, and precious metals, places MEXC in what Usi describes as "a very sweet spot" between entry-level platforms and decentralized exchanges. 
"Making sure that someone actually trusts in you and trades with you is the actual sign of success," Usi said. "It's not about how many users there are, it's about the trading volumes."
For 2026, MEXC will continue strengthening user protection measures following last year's Guardian Fund launch while maintaining its zero-fee model across spot markets, derivatives, and tokenized assets—a strategy Usi believes will define the coming consolidation era. Despite current market conditions, Usi maintains long-term conviction in Bitcoin and strategic opportunities for traders entering at current levels.

About MEXC
Founded in 2018, MEXC is committed to being "Your Easiest Way to Crypto." Serving over 40 million users across 170+ countries, MEXC is known for its broad selection of trending tokens, everyday airdrop opportunities, and low trading fees. Our user-friendly platform is designed to support both new traders and experienced investors, offering secure and efficient access to digital assets. MEXC prioritizes simplicity and innovation, making crypto trading more accessible and rewarding.

Infinite Possibilities has announced plans to launch iPDex, a multi-chain decentralized exchange aggregator designed around on-chain activity rather than inflationary incentives. The project is also preparing to introduce its IP Membership NFT, which will provide early access to ecosystem features ahead of the platform’s broader rollout.
iPDex is designed to route swaps across multiple blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, and Base. According to the team, the platform’s architecture focuses on aligning token issuance and reward distribution with verified trading activity, rather than relying on passive staking or liquidity provision models commonly used in decentralized finance.
As part of the launch, Infinite Possibilities plans to introduce IP, a utility token intended to support platform functionality and participation mechanisms across the ecosystem. Token distribution is designed to be linked to on-chain activity recorded through iPDex, with supply growth tied to platform usage rather than predefined emissions schedules.
IP Membership program
Ahead of the public launch of iPDex, Infinite Possibilities will open access to its IP Membership NFT program. The membership is designed to provide participants with early access to platform features, participation tracking, and ecosystem engagement mechanisms during the initial phase of development.
Membership participation involves a contribution denominated in USD equivalent, with participation levels tracked through an internal, non-transferable metric used to measure verified activity within the ecosystem. Following the membership phase, eligible participants may receive IP tokens based on recorded participation, subject to the program’s published terms and conditions.
The company notes that the membership program is intended to support early ecosystem development and community engagement, rather than serve as a speculative investment product.
Platform development focus
Infinite Possibilities states that iPDex is being developed with an emphasis on protocol-managed liquidity, automated execution mechanisms, and cross-chain trading infrastructure. The project aims to reduce reliance on user-supplied liquidity while enabling participation through on-chain activity and platform usage.
Additional ecosystem tools, including market data and analytics products, are planned as part of the broader Infinite Possibilities roadmap.
Looking ahead
The iPDex platform and IP Membership NFT program are expected to launch soon. Further details regarding participation mechanics, eligibility requirements, and platform features will be released through Infinite Possibilities’ official channels.