25 February, 2026 The Bitfinex Change Log is an overview of all performance and UI changes made to the Bitfinex trading platform. For an overview of all previous changes, please refer to blog.bitfinex.com/category/changelogs. Version 1.128 Features Updated price alert modal redesign Updated user info locale sync Updated to combine the Securities into the Bitfinex Master
BNB Chain has become the largest blockchain for assets tracked under Franklin Templeton’s Benji tokenization platform, with about $1.5 billion recorded on the network. Summary BNB Chain now hosts $1.5 billion of Franklin Templeton Benji platform assets, leading all networks. RWA.xyz data shows BNB Chain holds 61.71%, while Stellar has fallen to second place overall.
Although the internet has been more quiet than usual, we’ve been super busy hacking away on eth2! Between Devcon5 and keeping our heads down to work, it seems we’ve left the community in the dark on a couple of items. Here’s a quick update to fill in the gaps. Deposit Contract Although the deposit contract
In Bitcoin news today, Taiwanese legislator Dr. Ko Ju-chun has put a concrete probability on something most sovereigns still won’t discuss in public: he gives Taiwan roughly an 80% chance of establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve within five years. This prediction rises to near-certainty within ten years, provided the island’s politics shift in the right
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has defended trading against claims that it should be treated as gambling as the brokerage takes on a role in the U.S. Summary Robinhood is helping operate Trump Accounts as it seeks deeper ties with younger American investors. Tenev rejects labeling all trading as gambling, arguing speculation remains necessary for functioning
Welcome to the second installment of eth2 quick update. tldr; Spec release of v0.9.0 — Tonkatsu to ensure Phase 0 development can continue unimpeded. Work continues in ironing out the details of the modified Phase 1 proposal. Quiet client development focused on eth1 -> eth2 infrastructure, general hardening for production, and optimizations. Tonkatsu Release As
France’s gambling regulator, the Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), ordered internet service providers to block Polymarket on July 16, treating the prediction market as an illegal gambling site rather than a financial trading venue. The ANJ said earlier restrictions had failed to keep French users off the platform. Polymarket drew 578,751 visits from 205,057 unique
Senator Elizabeth Warren has demanded that President Donald Trump disclose his 2026 crypto earnings after a federal filing showed $1.4 billion in income from digital asset ventures during 2025. Summary Elizabeth Warren wants Trump to disclose his 2026 crypto earnings by July 23. Trump reported $1.4 billion in crypto-related income from ventures including World Liberty
For the first time ever, the Ethereum Foundation will be sponsoring a range of hacker prizes related to Eth2 at a major hackathon. With Eth2 development proceeding rapidly, there are now many discrete areas of work that a team of motivated hackers can complete over a weekend. The bounties below include useful educational tools for
The network that moves the world’s money spent 9 months building a blockchain, and the most important decision it made was what not to put on it. No stablecoins. No public tokens. Just bank deposits, wearing a new coat. Summary On July 9, SWIFT launched a blockchain-based shared ledger with 17 major banks, including Citi,
