Sam Altman co-founder of the identity verification project Tools for Humanity faces executive turnover

Asset management giant enters DeFi! BlackRock partners with Uniswap to enable BUIDL on-chain trading, UNI surges 20% on news

BlackRock is actively exploring decentralized finance, collaborating with Uniswap Labs and Securitize to open its tokenized U.S. Treasury bond fund "BUIDL" for on-chain trading. This allows eligible investors to purchase the fund directly through UniswapX technology. This partnership marks BlackRock's first time introducing tokenized products into DeFi trading, sparking market interest and causing the Uniswap governance token UNI to rise over 20%.

Trump-associated crypto project WLFI enters the foreign exchange track: World Swap is about to launch, bringing a new variable to digital dollar cross-border payments

On February 12, news broke that WLFI, a cryptocurrency project associated with the Trump family, announced the launch of a foreign exchange platform called World Swap. The announcement was made by co-founder Zack Folkman at the Consensus conference held in Hong Kong, China, quickly attracting market attention. The launch of World Swap signifies that WLFI is officially entering the digital foreign exchange and cross-border payment sectors. The platform will build multiple application scenarios around its core stablecoin USD1, aiming to create an integrated financial system covering payments, lending, exchange, and other functions. According to Zack Folkman, WLFI plans to hold an event later this month at Mar-a-Lago in the United States, where more product roadmaps and partnership updates will be announced.

Sui welcomes its first synthetic US dollar! suiUSDe launches on the mainnet with an initial capacity of $25 million

On February 12, the Sui Foundation announced that the synthetic USD suiUSDe supported by the Ethereum ecosystem has officially launched on the Sui mainnet. This is the network's first native synthetic USD asset, marking a significant step forward for Sui in decentralized financial infrastructure and providing new tools for on-chain leverage trading, lending, and liquidity strategies. suiUSDe (also known as eSui Dollar) has been integrated into the Sui core financial system and is the first synthetic USD to receive support from DeepBook Margin. DeepBook Margin is Sui's on-chain leverage and liquidity platform, offering unified clearing, risk control, and settlement modules. With this system, developers can quickly deploy financial products based on suiUSDe without building complex risk frameworks themselves.

Lighter launches Samsung and Hyundai stock on-chain perpetual contracts, marking the first time major Korean stocks are "on-chain"

February 12 News, decentralized derivatives platform Lighter announced the launch of its first batch of on-chain perpetual contracts linked to major Korean stocks, covering Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Hyundai Motor, and the Korea Composite Stock Price Index. Traders can use up to 10x leverage for long and short positions without brokers, custodial accounts, or trading hours restrictions. All contracts are settled in cryptocurrencies. This launch is seen as an important step in integrating traditional finance with on-chain derivatives. Samsung, SK Hynix, and Hyundai Motor hold key positions in the semiconductor, artificial intelligence, and automotive supply chains, and their stock performance is closely related to the global tech and manufacturing industry outlook. Lighter "tokenizes" these blue-chip stocks, allowing users to participate directly in the price fluctuations of the traditional stock market just like trading crypto perpetual contracts.

Aster Mainnet Launches in March: Privacy Layer1 Debuts, Perpetual Exchange Ecosystem Expands Again

Supported by CZ, the decentralized perpetual trading platform Aster announced that its self-developed public chain, Aster Chain, will officially launch its mainnet this month. The team stated on social platform X that this node is a core step in their 2026 development roadmap, marking the project's upgrade from an application layer platform to a privacy-focused Layer 1 network with independent infrastructure. Aster Chain is positioned to provide a dedicated underlying network for on-chain perpetual contracts and derivatives trading, with a focus on enhancing privacy protection, performance stability, and scalability. The official statement said that the mainnet will integrate developer tools, native support for on-chain products, and fiat deposit and withdrawal interfaces, aiming to create an integrated financial infrastructure for users worldwide.

WLFI COO: Major RWA developments to be announced next week, plans to launch a zero-fee foreign exchange settlement application

The Trump family’s crypto project, World Liberty Financial, will launch a consumer-grade application in early 2026 and plans to announce significant progress on RWA at the forum on February 18, supporting debit card payments and zero-fee cross-border settlements.