Ondo Summit 2026: The Recap
On February 3, the Ondo Summit took place in New York, bringing together major financial institutions, key ecosystem players, and U.S. political leaders. Here is a look back at the major highlights from the summit.
Tether Gold enables gold dividend distribution
Elemental Royalty Corporation made history on February 17, 2026 by becoming the first public gold company to offer shareholders dividends payable in XAU₮, Tether’s tokenised physical gold token.
Robinhood launches Ethereum Layer-2 in public testnet
Robinhood has opened the public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 built on Arbitrum, aiming to support tokenised real-world assets, low-fee trading and self-custody for millions of users.
x402: How AI agents pay for services using crypto
x402 revives the unused HTTP 402 status code to enable AI agents to make autonomous payments for digital resources using stablecoins without human intervention.
Coinbase launches its prediction market platform
Coinbase launched its prediction market platform Predict across all US states, enabling users to trade on elections, sports, and economic outcomes using cash or USDC.
OpenClaw bans Bitcoin and crypto on Discord after joining OpenAI
OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger banned all crypto mentions from the project’s Discord after scammers launched a fake $CLAWD token during rebranding. He has since joined OpenAI.
Y Combinator lets founders receive seed funding in stablecoins
Y Combinator announced that founders accepted into its Spring 2026 batch can choose to receive their seed funding in stablecoins instead of traditional bank transfers.
Ethereum launches ERC-8004 standard for AI agent identity
The Ethereum Foundation launched ERC-8004, a new standard giving AI agents decentralised identity, reputation, and validation capabilities.
Lightspeed: Crypto’s first investor relations platform by Solana
Blockworks and the Solana Foundation publicly launched Lightspeed, crypto’s first dedicated investor relations platform targeting institutional allocators in the Solana ecosystem.
Ex-Revolut duo raise $6M to expand self-custodial finance app Bleap
Bleap, a self-custodial onchain finance app built by ex-Revolut executives, secured $6 million in seed funding to expand across Latin America and Europe.
Bitcoin halving cycle weakens as policy and institutions take control
Bitcoin trading has entered a new era where fiscal policy and regulatory developments overshadow the traditional halving cycle that once dictated market rhythms.
Ethereum Foundation launches post-quantum security team
The Ethereum Foundation established a post-quantum security team to protect the network against quantum computing threats that could break current cryptography.