Decibel pre-deposits exceed $50 million, mainnet scheduled to launch at the end of the month

European banking giants join forces: Can the euro stablecoin reshape the global crypto landscape?

The article discusses the background and significance of the Qivalis alliance launching a euro-pegged stablecoin, marking Europe's banking system's response to on-chain finance and aiming to counter the influence of dollar stablecoins. The alliance consists of 12 major banks, emphasizing a robust reserve mechanism to attract institutional investors and promote the application of stablecoins in the digital asset space. The article suggests that future on-chain finance may evolve into a multi-sovereign clearing structure, rather than being centered solely around the US dollar.

Angle Protocol will cease operations in March 2027. Within one year, you can exchange EURA and USDA at a 1:1 ratio.

Angle Protocol officially announces that the community has voted to proceed with the orderly liquidation of stablecoins EURA and USDA, and users must redeem them at a 1:1 ratio before March 1, 2027. After liquidation, remaining reserves will be airdropped to holders via Merkl, and the Angle team will transition to Merkl, a DeFi-focused platform, which will enable the exchange of new tokens on Ethereum over the next year.

Backpack announces support for US stock IPO share purchases

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to an official announcement, Backpack, with the support of infrastructure partner Superstate, now supports users to directly purchase US stock IPO shares on Backpack. The purchased shares are all real shares, with ownership directly based on the Solana blockchain.

GMX DAO adjusts buyback and liquidity through governance proposals to restore price discovery

Odaily Planet Daily reports that GMX DAO recently approved a strategic plan to address the limited effects of ongoing buybacks and the pressure on prices caused by excess supply on CEXs. Under the new plan starting this week, staking rewards will be directed to the protocol treasury, and protocol liquidity will be concentrated within GMX's own infrastructure. This move aims to optimize the price discovery mechanism, reduce the impact of excess exchange supply on the market, and strengthen the protocol's intrinsic value support.

Tether and Lugano Launch Plan ₿ Phase II to Expand Crypto Integration

Lugano's Phase ₭ Phase II, launched with Tether, aims to integrate cryptocurrency into local infrastructure, building on a successful pilot. A $6.4 million investment will expand services and support digital identity systems, fostering blockchain entrepreneurship.

When AI starts paying for itself: a 34-year dormant code is triggering the machine economy

Author: Clow, Plain Language Blockchain An AI wrote a piece of code that requires data for verification. It sent an HTTP request, and the server returned a number: 402. Then, it paid $0.001 using USDC. Less than a second later, the data was back. This transaction involved no account, no password, no bank card, no KYC. The entire process involved no human participation. This is no longer science fiction. By the end of 2025, the x402 protocol will have processed over 100 million such transactions; in the first 30 days of this year alone, another 15 million. The "Payment Code" that slept for thirty years In 1990, when drafting the HTTP protocol, the creators specifically reserved a spot for status code 402: Payment Required. The meaning is straightforward—"Payment is required to proceed."