THE BLOCK ANALYST

Polymarket Opens NYC's First Free Grocery Store with $1M Food Bank Donation
> Polymarket announced a NYC free grocery store initiative and a $1M donation to Food Bank For New York City to help fight food insecurity.

Castle Labs: Making All Markets Hyperliquid

> Hyperliquid's new binary markets feature (HIP-4) aims to integrate prediction markets and complex trading strategies into a single platform, expanding its revenue potential & vision as a unified DeFi hub.

> This piece breaks down HIP-4 and highlights its value for both users and builders.

Vitalik Calls for a New Role for Ethereum L2s as L1 Scaling Accelerates
“L1 does not need L2s to be "branded shards", because L1 is itself scaling”
> Vitalik says Ethereum’s original “rollups as branded shards” vision no longer fits, as L1 is scaling faster and many L2s aren’t reaching full trustless stage-2 security.
> He proposes L2s focus on unique value (privacy, specialized VMs, low latency, non-financial apps) and supports a native rollup precompile for safer, deeper interoperability.
#ETH $ETH

MetaMask Adds Tokenized US Stocks, ETFs, and Commodities via Ondo Global Markets
> Users can buy, hold, & trade Ondo tokenized US stocks, ETFs, and commodities alongside crypto.
#Tokenization

Nansen Introduces NX8, a Tokenized L1 Index Issued and Built in Partnership With OpenDelta
> X8 offers diversified exposure to the blockchains powering real onchain use cases, tracking eight Layer-1s selected for their proven utility.
> Initial composition: Bitcoin, Solana, Ethereum, BNB Chain, TRON, Hyperliquid, Avalanche, and Sui

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Pavel Durov Criticizes France After Police Raid on X Paris Office
> “France is the only country in the world that is criminally persecuting all social networks that give people some degree of freedom”

Percheziții ale procurorilor din Paris la birourile din Franța ale lui Elon Musk X
> Procurorii din Paris au efectuat percheziții la birourile franceze ale X ca parte a unei investigații pentru criminalitate cibernetică asupra algoritmului platformei și a conținutului recomandat. Investigația a început după plângeri în ianuarie 2025.
#ElonMuskTalks

Volumul tranzacțiilor cu stablecoin în ianuarie depășește 10 trilioane de dolari

SpaceX-ul lui Elon Musk achiziționează xAI.

#ElonMuskTalks

OpenAI Introduces “Codex App”, a Command Center for Building with Agents.
> Codex app give users a focused space to manage multiple agents, run tasks in parallel, and collaborate with agents on long-running work.
> Users get to multitask, create & use skills, choose interaction style, and set up automations.
> Now available on macOS, Windows coming soon.
#AI

Trump Anunță Acordul Comercial SUA-India, India va înceta să cumpere Țiței Rusesc

> „A fost o onoare să vorbesc cu Prim-ministrul Modi, din India.. Am convenit asupra unui Acord Comercial între Statele Unite și India, prin care Statele Unite vor percepe o Taxă Reciproca redusă, scăzând-o de la 25% la 18%.”

> „El a fost de acord să înceteze cumpărarea Țiteiului Rusesc și să cumpere mult mai mult din Statele Unite.”
#TRUMP

Virtuals Protocol Introduces “60 Days”: Tokenize Ideas Without Risk.

> Virtuals Protocol launched "60 Days," a reversible token launch framework that gives founders 60 days to build publicly & test market demand before deciding whether to commit.

> If they decide not to commit, all raised funds will be automatically refunded to token holders.

Tether and Opera Expand Financial Access in Emerging Markets Through MiniPay
> Tether has announced the expansion of USD₮ and Tether Gold (via XAUt0*) support within MiniPay, Opera’s self-custodial wallet built on the Celo blockchain.
@Tether USDT #USDT $USDT

Arcium Launches Mainnet Alpha on Solana
> This release focuses on delivering core functionality, stability, and user experience
> Arcium is an encrypted supercomputer that enables applications & infrastructure to run entirely on encrypted data.

Hyperliquid Introduces HIP-4 Outcome Trading
> Hyperliquid is adding outcome trading (HIP-4) to HyperCore, a fully collateralized, fixed-range contracts designed for prediction markets and bounded options-like instruments.
#hype $HYPE

Bitmine Has Added Additional 41,788 ETH, and Now Holds 4,285,125 ETH
#ETH $ETH

Microstrategy Acquires Additional 855 BTC at ~$87,974 Per BTC, Now Holds 713,502 BTC
#BTC $BTC