On 11 February 2026, Aviva Investors announced a collaboration with Ripple to explore issuing tokenised versions of its existing funds on the XRP Ledger. The initiative focuses on using blockchain infrastructure to enhance how traditional funds are administered rather than launching a new crypto-only product. Ripple aims to extend the XRP Ledger's role in institutional finance, while Aviva Investors treats this as its first structured move into tokenised fund strategies.

Blockchain transactions-per-second metrics are often touted as proof of scalability, yet Carter Feldman argues they rarely reflect how decentralized networks perform under real conditions. As more transactions hit a chain, each node faces heavier verification and bandwidth loads, pushing practical throughput far below lab benchmarks and forcing tradeoffs unless designs shift toward proof-based systems like zero-knowledge technology.

Ripple has entered a partnership with Aviva Investors to pilot tokenized versions of traditional fund structures on the XRP Ledger, marking Ripple's first such collaboration with a European investment management firm. Aviva Investors plans to issue and oversee tokenized funds on the public XRPL blockchain as part of an initiative expected to evolve through 2026 and beyond, while Ripple positions the network as infrastructure for regulated financial assets.

The European Parliament has approved the European Central Bank's annual report, including language that brands the planned digital euro as essential to strengthening EU monetary sovereignty and the single market. Lawmakers stressed that both cash and the future digital euro should remain legal tender, while underlining that the ECB must stay independent from political pressure. Several MEPs and experts framed the digital euro as public digital money that could reduce reliance on non-EU payment providers and private stablecoins in Europe's retail payments.

At a second White House-hosted meeting with top banks and crypto firms, talks on stablecoin yield policy ended without a deal, though participants said progress was made. The administration set a March 1 deadline, with banks advocating a ban on rewards for holding payment stablecoins and industry groups seeking clearer allowances.

On Feb. 10, Judge John G. Koeltl of the Southern District of New York dismissed Bancor-affiliated entities' patent claims against Uniswap, finding the asserted patents ineligible under U.S. law. The dismissal is without prejudice, giving plaintiffs 21 days to amend before it can convert to a dismissal with prejudice. The case was brought by Bprotocol Foundation and LocalCoin Ltd. against Universal Navigation Inc. and the Uniswap Foundation.

Stripe is piloting its X402 crypto payment protocol on Coinbase's Base network to enable autonomous AI agents to transact with each other, highlighting the emerging machine-to-machine economy and the role of Ethereum Layer-2 infrastructure. In parallel, the Ethereum-based SUBBD Token project is building an AI-powered creator platform with tools like chat assistants and AI influencers, and its token presale has raised about $1.47M at a price of $0.057495. The $SUBBD token is used for payments, governance and staking with a fixed 20% APY in the first year, targeting creators seeking lower fees, more control and integrated Web3 payments.

Stripe introduced a preview integrating the x402 protocol to let developers bill autonomous agents in USDC on Base. CoinGecko simultaneously activated x402 for its API, offering fixed $0.01 USDC per-request access to price and onchain data. The product rollout also coincided with a reported tender offer that values Stripe at $140 billion.