Japanese Yen stablecoin issuer JPYC completes approximately $12 million in Series B funding led by Asteria Corporation. JPYC plans to apply its services in Japanese convenience store payments and cross-border remittances, and participate in Circle's stablecoin foreign exchange quoting system StableFX.

According to BlockBeats, RedotPay, a stablecoin payment company in Hong Kong, is considering a $1 billion IPO in the United States. The company previously completed a Series B funding round of $107 million, with over 6 million existing users, covering more than 100 markets worldwide.

Novig completes $75 million Series B funding, valuing the company at $500 million. The platform focuses on sports event predictions, using a peer-to-peer trading model, and has applied for a license from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which is expected to be approved within the next six months.

ChainCatcher message: According to Bitcoin Treasuries.NET, the French publicly listed company Capital B has purchased 6 more Bitcoins, now holding a total of 2,834 Bitcoins.

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement on February 13, 2026 Gate YuBiBao has launched the AZTEC fixed-term financial product. This product offers three lock-up periods: 30 days, 45 days, and 60 days, with an annualized return rate of up to 101%, and a minimum investment threshold of 50 AZTEC. The event runs from February 13, 2026, 12:00 (UTC+8) to April 13, 2026, 12:00 (UTC+8). Aztec is a privacy-first Layer 2 solution on Ethereum, designed to help developers build privacy-protecting applications. The project previously secured a $100 million Series B funding round led by a16z. The team consists of world-class cryptographers and invented the trustless client proof standard. Interest will be paid in the form of AZTEC.

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement on February 12, 2026 Gate Launchpool launches the 360th mining project, listing Aztec (AZTEC) tokens. Users can stake BTC, USDT, or AZTEC to share 2,587,500 AZTEC tokens for free. The mining period is from February 12, 2026, 20:00 to February 22, 2026, 20:00 (UTC+8). Rewards are automatically distributed to spot accounts every hour, with a 100% unlock ratio. The BTC and USDT staking pools have lock-up limits, which will be dynamically adjusted based on users' total trading volume over 60 days. The system distributes token rewards hourly based on each user's staked assets proportion. Additionally, the USDT beginner pool offers exclusive benefits: new users who stake continuously for at least 48 hours and maintain an average effective stake of no less than 100 USDT can receive a 100 USDT position experience voucher. A total of 3,000 spots are available. Aztec is a privacy-first Layer 2 solution on Ethereum, dedicated to helping developers build privacy-protecting applications. The project received a $100 million Series B funding led by a16z, with a team composed of world-class cryptographers.

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement on February 12, 2026 Gate Layer2 Zone will launch Aztec(AZTEC) spot trading. AZTEC/USDT spot trading will commence at 15:00(UTC+8) on February 12, 2026, with withdrawals expected to start at 15:00(UTC+8) on February 13, 2026. Meanwhile, Gate will complete the migration of AZTECUSDT perpetual contracts from pre-market to official contracts by 18:00(UTC+8) on February 12, 2026. The official contracts will support 1-50x leverage for long and short positions. Existing positions will not be affected during the migration. Aztec is a privacy-first Layer 2 on Ethereum, dedicated to helping developers build privacy-protecting applications for users. The project received a $100 million Series B funding led by a16z, with a team composed of world-class cryptographers.

Rapper Preme bet approximately $185,000 on Polymarket that Cardi B and Drake would not perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. However, since Cardi B's dance was counted as a performance, Preme ultimately lost about $178,000 and expressed his dissatisfaction.

BlockBeats News, February 9th, according to an official announcement, French publicly listed company Capital B increased its Bitcoin holdings by 5 coins, bringing the total to 2828 coins.

PANews February 6 News, according to official sources, token trading infrastructure provider Relay Protocol has completed a $17 million Series B funding round, led by Archetype and USV. In addition, Relay Protocol is about to launch Relay Chain, an infrastructure built specifically for instant cross-chain settlement.