HashStack #028

Strategy bought more than 24,000 BTC over the past 2 weeks with holdings now exceeding 712,000 BTC. 

Boundless unlocks Bitcoin settlement and verification for Ethereum and Base zk proofs.

Bitcoin Miner Riot inked a $1B data center deal with AMD. 

Semler Scientific shareholders approved the acquisition of Strive in an all stock deal.

Citrea partners with Moonpay and M0 to launch Bitcoin native ctUSD.

Ledger wallet rolls out Bitcoin yield in collaboration with Lombard and Figment.

Ethereum Foundation forms post-quantum team with $1M in research prize.

OP announced a 10 year roadmap to shift signature to become post quantum secure via account abstraction.

ETHZilla bought 2 jets in a push towards tokenization.

BitMine acquired an additional 40,302 ETH, bringing its total holdings to 4.243M ETH while further staking 209,504 ETH. 

MegaETH launched a stress test on mainnet. 

Coinbase lets users borrow against staked Ether for up to $1M.

Solana mobile launched the Seeker token airdrop, distributing 20% of the supply to users. 

Grayscale filed for BNB ETFs.

Hashed unveils their L1, Maroo which is designed for KRW-denominated stablecoin and gas fees.

Plasma blockchain has integrated with NEAR intents.

Sui network stalled for more than 6 hours.

Fermi Hard Fork live on BNB.

Pendle revamped its tokenomics to introduce liquid staking token, sPENDLE while sunsetting vePENDLE.

Starknet-based DEX paradex experienced mass liquidation after upgrade efforts caused BTC pricing to show $0 but the team has rolled back the appchain to its original state, refunding affected users $650,000. 

Canada's largest digital asset custodian, Balance, has integrated with Aave.

Jupiter partners with Ondo to launch tokenized stocks on Solana.

Sky Money joins Morpho as vault curator.

Euler goes live on HyperEVM.

Dubai bans privacy tokens citing AML and compliance risks. 

Lighter launched its mobile app and rolled out mandatory staking of LIT for liquidity pool access.

Backpack launched prediction market products for select active traders that enable cross collateralization on a single margin account.

Sui Group announced plans to launch its stablecoin, SuiUSDE, in February on Sui. 

Bitwise launched its onchain vault on Morpho, targeting up to 6% yield on USDC. 

Kraken launched DeFi Earn, offering up to 8% APY via Privy Wallets. 

OpenServ introduced an AI-focused launchpad on Base, allowing autonomous ventures to issue tokens immediately while integrating execution capabilities and fee structures.

Perle Labs kicked off Season 1, scaling its human-verified data operations with more complex, higher-value assignments.

ChaosChain released an ERC-8004 implementation that operationalizes on-chain Proof of Agency.

Peaq issued its token through 1st.app, providing discounted liquidity for SAFT holders.

Teneo Protocol activated live x402 payments within its Agent Console, allowing AI agents to receive USDC compensation for fulfilled requests.

Fetch.ai unveiled FetchCoder v2, incorporating spec-based planning, safety constraints, and test-driven development workflows.

Mind Network introduced the x402z testnet, facilitating confidential agent payments where transaction intent stays private.

CodecFlow showed how Fabric can reduce robotics inference latency from approximately 600ms down to roughly 50ms.

X prohibited infofi projects from accessing its API, causing Kaito's token to drop 20% following the announcement. Kaito discontinued Yaps while Cookie.fun shut down Snaps.

AMIKO unveiled TARS (Trustless Agent & Reputation Standard), a Solana-native framework equivalent to ERC-8004 that also supports x402 compatibility.

Dexter AI released the Dexter Marketplace, enabling agents to find and purchase services through x402 with immediate settlement and transparent usage tracking.

Abacus.AI rolled out an AI quality assurance agent that autonomously creates, executes, and documents application testing without requiring manual configuration.

Hive Intelligence introduced a Crypto Governance Analyst agent built to thoroughly evaluate DAO governance frameworks and measure decentralization levels.

Circle gateway now available on Solana.

USD.ai approves $500M loan for Australian AI startup.

Stablecoin rewards a key contention point in the US market structure bill as voting got delayed due to lack of consensus and support.

BVNK and Visa partners to allow BVNK to power Visa Direct.

South Korean firm KB Bank files patent for stablecoin credit card.

USDG launched liquidity rewards for Aave lenders

Interactive Brokers unlocks 24/7 funding with USDC, plans to rollout RLUSD, and PYUSD. 

Tether announced the launch of USAT, its own federally regulated stablecoin. 

WalletConnect Pay launches globally via Ingenico partnership.

Chainlink launched 24/5 onchain data streams for tokenized US stocks and ETFs.

Maple integration goes live on Base.

Figure unveiled OPEN platform aimed at redesigning stock trading and lending. The platform enables native equity issuance and trading directly on the Provenance blockchain. The system integrates with Figure’s ATS and enables continuous trading through a limit order book. Custody and liquidity will be provided by Bitgo and Jump Trading.

LSEG launched a 24/7 blockchain based settlement platform for tokenized bank deposits.

Galaxy debuts $75M tokenized CLO on Avalanche

Ripple provided $150M financing to LMAX Group in exchange for RLUSD being used as a core asset on LMAX Group platform for institutional clients

South Korea approved tokenized securities framework in a key legislative hearing with legal effect expected in January 2027 after presidential approval. The final version of South Korea Digital Asset Basic Act is also expected by the end of Q1 2026.

FalconX and OpenEden launched $PRISM, its upcoming tokenized multi-strategy yield product offering low correlation to crypto. 

NYSE to launch a tokenized securities trading platform with stablecoin funding. 

Superstate raised $82.5M in Series B financing advancing tokenization push. 

Capital One strikes an acquisition deal worth $5.15B for fintech Brex.

Polygon acquired Coinme and sequence, giving them regulated money movement in 48 states, fiat on/off ramp capabilities and easy onboarding with wallet infrastructure. 

Crypto payment network, Mesh, raises $75M in its Series C round led by Dragonfly Capital. 

AI development platform, Sentient AI, has onboarded Franklin Templeton as a strategic investor. 

Bitgo IPOed on NYSE, raising $213M at more than $2B in valuation. 

Chainlink acquired Atlas by Fastlane. 

Warden Protocol, which is building a full stack infrastructure for the agentic economy, raised a $4M strategic funding at a $200M valuation. 

DeFi Llama has acquired Bulletin, a platform that provides structured valuation and OTC data for private crypto companies. 

Mask acquired Lens Protocol, Firefly is now able to connect X, Farcaster, Lens accounts into one feed, which is also highlighted by Vitalik.

Fastlane’s protocol for application specific orderflow auctions (Altas) has been acquired by Chainlink.

Bitway announced a $4m seed round, led by Tron Foundation and HTX Ventures.

OpenEden opened the pre-deposits for PRISM, a tokenized multi-strategy yield portfolio which will be managed by FalconX’s quantitative asset management arm, Monarq

Myriad will roll out new prediction-infrastructure products built natively inside Telegram, with the support of TON Foundation.

DigiFT partnered with Nashpoint to allow tokenized credit instruments originating via DigiFT to flow directly into Nashpoint’s structured products on Arbitrum. 

FalconX is partnering with dYdX to expand institutional access to on-chain derivatives markets.