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According to Cointelegraph, Vitalik posted on the X platform on Sunday, proposing to introduce personal AI large language models (LLMs) into decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) governance to address the long-standing issue of low participation rates in DAOs.Currently, the average voting participation rate in DAOs is only between 15% and 25%, which not only may lead to power concentration but also poses a risk of governance attacks.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated that cryptocurrencies never needed a bailout and will never need one.On February 19, Senator Elizabeth Warren, a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, wrote to Treasury Secretary Scott Basset and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, urging the government not to use taxpayer funds to bail out the cryptocurrency industry. In her letter, Warren warned that any form of bailout would mean "transferring wealth from American taxpayers to cryptocurrency billionaires," which is not only "extremely unpopular" but could also directly benefit President Trump and his family's cryptocurrency project, World Liberty Financial.

Last night, Zhao Changpeng unfollowed crypto KOL EnHeng and Phyrex. The EnHeng X account has synchronized privacy protection settings. As a result, BSC ecosystem projects have begun deleting tweets related to EnHeng's activities.Notably, yesterday Zhao Changpeng retweeted a post titled "I hope Chinese KOLs can unite and not argue," and responded, "I don't have time to watch the drama, nor have I seen what the argument is about."

Public information shows that Zhao Changpeng attended the World Liberty Forum event held at Trump's Mar-a-Lago today, but did not deliver a formal speech.Zhao Changpeng X Platform responded, "I benefited greatly from listening to the speech of the CFTC chairman on site."

Jupiter DAO has opened a governance vote on the "zero net emissions" proposal for the JUP token, which will last until February 22. The proposal aims to improve the current price performance of JUP, which is at a historical low, by canceling the Jupuary airdrop event in 2026 to avoid further dilution of the token.The vote consists of two options: Option One is to proceed with the Jupuary airdrop as originally planned, which will launch an airdrop query tool and distribute 200 million JUP about a week after the voting ends, while continuing the existing team allocation and Mercurial incentive program; Option Two is to indefinitely postpone the Jupuary airdrop, returning the prepared 700 million tokens to the community's cold multi-signature wallet, while suspending the release of the team's reserve allocation. If Option Two is approved, Jupiter will use balance sheet funds to buy back tokens released in the market to offset the selling pressure from Mercurial holders.

Twitter data shows that Zhao Changpeng CZ has unfollowed EnHeng.

According to FinanceFeeds, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated at the 2026 World Economic Forum that the lack of trading privacy is the last major obstacle for cryptocurrencies to become mainstream payment methods.Although issues of high fees and slow speeds have been significantly improved over the past decade through technologies like Layer 2, the completely transparent and permanently traceable nature of transactions on public chains makes it difficult for ordinary consumers and businesses to accept them for everyday payments.If a company pays its employees' salaries using cryptocurrency on-chain, it is easy to see everyone's salary level with just a click on the sending address. When businesses make payments to suppliers, they inadvertently expose their entire balance, lists of other suppliers, and cash flow details to competitors, which is commercially unacceptable.Changpeng Zhao proposed a solution concept called "invisible rails," utilizing blockchain as backend infrastructure to provide faster and cheaper settlements for existing payment providers, allowing users to avoid direct contact with wallet addresses or private keys. Developing privacy protection technologies to hide sensitive data while maintaining compliance and verifiability.

UPBIT will launch trading support for Bittensor (TAO) on February 16, 2025, at 16:00. Deposits will be opened 1 hour and 30 minutes after the announcement is made. Users are advised to confirm the network before making deposits; the supported network is TAO-Bittensor Network.

Zhao Changpeng posted on platform X in response to targeted FUD in the community, stating: "Last year, Western competitors bought media to blacken me quite a bit. This year, a major Chinese competitor is spending money to do (black) advertising against us. Other competitors in the Asia-Pacific region are competitive, but they are all relatively professional. The community is divided; how can the price of the coin rise? Focus on building."

According to official social media news, HTX DAO recently released its 2025 annual report.The report shows that the current total market capitalization of $HTX is approximately $1.74 billion, with over 870,000 holders by the end of 2025. In 2025, $HTX will burn a value of over $91 million, with the current cumulative burn amount close to 10% of the total supply.In terms of governance rights, HTX DAO launched HIP rules, the $HTX holding voting tool, and initiated the coin listing recommendation governance mechanism in 2025, achieving a breakthrough in decentralized governance from 0 to 1. In terms of revenue rights, $HTX is empowered through Huobi HTX's Launchpool product, enabling dual earnings from earning tokens and mining, distributing over 4.2 million USDT in token rewards and nearly 2.9 million USDT in mining rewards throughout the year. Additionally, HTX DAO held over 40 offline events throughout the year, covering several major cities globally, bringing it closer to community members around the world.HTX DAO stated, "Thank you to all community members, builders, and partners for your long-term support and participation. In 2026, HTX DAO will continue to focus on long-term value creation and promote further upgrades in ecology and governance capabilities."

Aave Labs has initiated a Temp Check proposal to token holders, requesting approximately $50 million in funding in exchange for directing all revenue from Aave-branded products into the Aave DAO treasury.The proposal includes up to $42.5 million in stablecoins ($25 million base grant and $17.5 million milestone rewards) and 75,000 AAVE tokens (approximately $8 million). In return, Aave Labs will allocate 100% of the revenue from all products, including aave.com, the planned Aave Card, and Aave Pro, to the DAO. This proposal has raised concerns within the community about the concentration of voting power. Marc Zeller, founder of the Aave Chan Initiative, pointed out that this funding package represents a significant portion of the DAO treasury and questioned whether the 75,000 AAVE token grant could lead to excessive concentration of voting power, calling for the proposal to be split and for the recipients to disclose their holding addresses.Aave founder Stani Kulechov stated that this move would shift the DAO towards a "token-centric" model, enhancing its ability to fund growth and execute buybacks. The proposal is currently in the opinion-gathering stage.

According to official social media news, Huobi HTX will hold a special live event "Huobi Karaoke King - Spring Festival Golden Melody Battle Night" on February 13 at 20:00, inviting He Youqian, the champion of the Beijing division of "The Voice of China," the Huobi team, and several crypto KOLs to perform. During the live broadcast, Huobi HTX spokesperson Molly will also draw Spring Festival gift boxes for users.

According to The Block, Aave Labs has proposed a framework proposal to transfer 100% of the revenue from all Aave brand products to the Aave DAO treasury, and to transfer the related trademarks and intellectual property to the newly established Aave Foundation, while requesting funding support from the DAO for its operations.According to the proposal, Aave Labs will forgo all revenue from future business lines such as Aave v3, v4 protocols, aave.com frontend revenue, Aave Card, and AAVE ETF. In exchange, it requests the DAO to commit to providing $25 million in stablecoins and 75,000 AAVE to cover operational expenses, as well as applying for five grants of $3 million each for the development and marketing of Aave App, Aave Pro, and Aave Card, along with $2.5 million for Aave Kit.Aave Labs stated that the v4 architecture will enable revenue models that were difficult to achieve in previous versions, planning to gradually adjust v3 parameters to guide migration 8-12 months after the v4 launch. The proposal also requests the DAO to coordinate with Labs on v4 development and to postpone the development of new features for v3.Marc Zeller, founder of the Aave Chan Initiative, expressed opposition to this. Zeller described it as a "disguised attempt at cashing out under the guise of goodwill," claiming that Labs is trying to use a radical proposal as leverage in negotiations, "attempting to impose outcomes regardless of the governance process." He estimates that Labs' actual funding request is around $50 million and questions its governance legitimacy.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) expressed confidence in the decision to convert the $1 billion SAFU fund into BTC, inviting everyone to verify the results together in the future. "I might be wrong, but I feel that in the end, this could be beneficial for the SAFU fund. Save this tweet for later."Today, the Binance SAFU fund address bought an additional 4,545 BTC, worth $304.58 million, completing the $1 billion Bitcoin purchase plan. It currently holds 15,000 BTC, and based on the price at the time of transfer to the fund address, Binance has spent a total of $1.03867 billion, with an average purchase price of approximately $69,245 per Bitcoin.

Ella Zhang, the head of YZi Labs, stated at the Consensus 2026 conference that YZi Labs, in collaboration with Zhao Changpeng, currently manages over $10 billion in funds, focusing on investments in AI, biotechnology, and the Web3 space. Their investment logic adheres to first principles, concentrating on real needs rather than trends. AI is an inevitable trend, biotechnology presents an exponential opportunity to enhance human capabilities, while the cryptocurrency industry has cyclical characteristics.In addition to providing financial support, YZi Labs emphasizes cultivating resilient founders through a mentorship system. Furthermore, it was mentioned that stablecoins are the first key application for cryptocurrencies to go mainstream, and Zhao Changpeng is currently serving as a mentor with an "intern" mindset.

According to reports, Byreal co-founder Emily Bao shared Byreal's three core strategies for 2026 at the Solana Accelerate APAC event held today in Hong Kong. The event took place during Consensus Hong Kong.Emily stated that Byreal will advance upgrades in 2026 around the following areas:Infrastructure: Byreal plans to launch an automated LP mechanism and AI-assisted LP strategies, including AutoSwap single asset entry, atomic execution, automatic calculation of optimal ratios, and Automated LP & Copy Farming, achieving automatic rebalancing and yield reinvestment to reduce the complexity of liquidity provision operations and provide users with AI intelligent LP strategies.Liquidity Mechanism: Byreal will introduce the Prop AMM strategy, adopting a structure of "protocol-first liquidity management + dynamic fee model" to increase rates on arbitrage flows and gradually open up market-making to participants, optimizing LP yield structure and trade execution quality.On-chain Trading of Traditional Financial Assets: Byreal will launch on-chain perpetual contracts within this year, supporting 24/7 trading of RWA and on-chain asset perpetual contracts, and integrating prediction market data as an on-chain signal layer to build a unified execution architecture.Byreal is a decentralized on-chain trading platform (DEX) incubated by Bybit, which has rapidly become one of the most notable DEXs in the Solana ecosystem since its launch in mid-2025.Emily stated that this upgrade aims to build the underlying infrastructure for Internet Capital Markets, reshaping on-chain liquidity and trading experience.

According to CoinDesk, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee stated at the Consensus Hong Kong conference that the Hong Kong government is committed to building Hong Kong into a global innovation center for digital assets.John Lee emphasized that Hong Kong, leveraging its unique advantages of "one country, two systems," combined with deep financial market liquidity, innovative products, and a world-class investor protection system, is actively constructing a regulatory framework to promote the sustainable development of the Web3 ecosystem.He revealed that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority will soon issue the first batch of stablecoin licenses next month, and the Securities and Futures Commission is also working to enhance liquidity in the virtual asset market. He also expressed a welcome to global enterprises and institutions to join hands with Hong Kong to build a brighter digital future together.

The Solana ecosystem issuance platform MetaDAO has encountered its first failed ICO project, Hurupay. The project launched on February 3, 2026, with a minimum fundraising goal of $3 million. Ultimately, only about $2,003,593 was raised (approximately 67% of the minimum target). Due to not reaching the stipulated minimum financing threshold, MetaDAO announced the failure of this ICO, and all participant funds will be refunded.Community feedback indicates that the project's overvaluation, unclear team background, and significant changes to the financing terms were factors contributing to the failure of this ICO.

According to official social media news, HTX DAO will appear as a gold sponsor at the 2026 Global Web3 Developer Conference (GWDC) at booth A1. Huobi HTX Global Advisor and core builder of HTX DAO, Sun Yuchen, will be present to deliver a keynote speech. HTX DAO ambassador Molly will also present an in-depth sharing titled "The Path of DAO: Decentralization without Dogma."This Global Web3 Developer Conference is hosted by Web3Labs and will be held from February 8 to 9, 2026, at Cyberport in Hong Kong. The conference will gather industry representatives from public chains, trading platforms, AI × Web3, RWA, infrastructure, investment institutions, and developer communities, aiming to create a Web3 developer event with diverse perspectives.