DeFi & Protocol Developments
- Aethir announces $40M rise in capital, targeting Solana network expansion
- Plume Network secures $40M in RWAs through Mercado Bitcoin.
- zkLend faces security incident - $50.5M drained in exploits.
- Avalon Labs successfully raises $4M through Bitcoin-backed public seed fund
- Franklin Templeton completes mainnet ForDEX on Solana blockchain
Infrastructure & Platform Updates
- Bitoro rolls out L1 testnet BitoroCore.
- io.net debuts IO Intelligence, their new AI agent platform.
- Clearpool forms strategic alliance with io.finnet through CPOOL integration.
- Arbitrum introduces Bounded Liquidity Delay protocol.
- Alvatech DeFi announces upcoming staking launch (Feb 14th)
Financial Institution Movements
- Goldman Sachs expands BTC ETF holdings to $1.5B in Q4 2024.
- Humanity Protocol establishes partnership with Nasdaq-listed Preemtics.
- Ondo Finance partners with World Liberty Financial.
- Covalent finalizes Berachah mainnet deployment.
- MultiVerse announces commencement of February marathon
