Chainlink adoption expanded this week with 11 new integrations across 2 services and 11 chains, including Base and Injective EVM. New integrations included ADI Chain, Arc, DogeOS Chikyu, GIWA Sepolia, Monad, Perennial, Pharos, Seismic, and Stable. Chainlink recorded 11 new integrations this

Chainlink adoption expanded this week with 11 new integrations across 2 services and 11 chains, including Base and Injective EVM. New integrations included ADI Chain, Arc, DogeOS Chikyu, GIWA Sepolia, Monad, Perennial, Pharos, Seismic, and Stable. Chainlink recorded 11 new integrations this

_Lighter’s capped LLP model limited platform losses to $75K while a whale lost $8.2M during a $50M ARC open interest squeeze._ Decentralized derivatives platform Lighter faced a major stress event after a whale attempted to squeeze ARC longs. The activity unfolded publicly in an X thread,

A giant, multi-day long bet on ARC perpetuals on a decentralized derivatives platform shed light on both the risks and the protections embedded in modern DeFi trading venues. A single trader built a substantial long position that pushed ARC’s open interest toward the $50 million mark, prompting a

_Q4 revenue jumped 77% YoY to $770M; full-year revenue hit $2.747B with EBITDA doubling. _ _USDC supply rose 72% to $75.3B as on-chain volume surged 247% to $11.9T. _ _EURC grew 284%, USYC hit $1.5B; Arc mainnet set for 2026 launch._ Circle closed Q4 2025 on a strong note. T

On the cryptocurrency platform Lighter, a whale has heavily longed $ARC, causing the funding rate to soar to an annualized 2100%, attracting short sellers to enter and short the market, creating a high-risk betting scenario. This event has posed a systemic risk to the market, and investors are concerned about whether it will trigger a liquidation storm or arbitrage play.

Google announced Gemini 3.1 Pro on February 19, emphasizing significant improvements in advanced reasoning capabilities and professional applications. The model demonstrated strong abstract reasoning and programming skills across multiple tests, notably achieving a high score of 77.1% on the ARC-AGI-2 test, indicating enhanced ability to solve unknown problems. Gemini 3.1 Pro also supports multimodal and long-text processing, showcasing its potential for scientific research and engineering development.

Google's recently released Gemini 3.1 Pro model has shown significant performance improvements, with the ARC-AGI-2 inference score doubling to 77.1%, winning 13 out of 16 benchmarks. The new "Adjustable Reasoning" feature allows developers to customize the model's reasoning depth based on their needs. Despite the doubled performance, API pricing remains unchanged, highlighting Google's cost-performance strategy as an advantage in AI competition. The competitive landscape is clear, with Google leading in reasoning tasks, while other vendors have their strengths in different areas.

Arc moves toward production with sub second finality, wider validators and compliance focused governance after heavy testnet usage. USDC expands across 30 chains with CCTP moving $126B while USYC hits $1.6B and xReserve enables partner issuance. Payments and FX lead priorities as Circle P