Hong Kong is heating up!
During #Consensus2026, NexRJ is teaming up with top-tier partners for an exclusive summit: From Startup to Liquidity: Asia Growth.
We're cutting through the noise to discuss what really matters: Efficient Launches, Rapid User Growth, and Real Liquidity in the Asian market.
Hosts: @NEXRJ_@MaelstromFund@trylimitless
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📍 Soho House, Hong Kong
🗓️ Feb 12, 2026 | 2:00 PM
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➥ MY 2026 PREDICTIONS - EARLY PHASE
[1] Digitial Gold 2.0
since physical gold is doing absolutely good out there
i'd be v supprised if ppl dont want to hold and store it onchain from now on
so i bet 2026 will be the year for gold 2.0
→ @Theo_Network with $thGLD
- a full-stack RWA tokenization platform connecting onchain capital to global financial markets
→ @goldfishggbr
- blockchain-native gold-backed stablecoin representing 1/1000th troy ounce of LBMA-priced gold
- backed by I-ON Digital Corp (OTCQB: IONI) reserves with 5:1 overcollateralization
[2] Confidential Infra
i believe privacy/confidential infra remain the main theme of crypto development in 2026
privacy-as-baseline requirement for institutional DeFi scaling and payment growth
narratives i think is in its early phase:
a) confidential DeFi
- shield your onchain info (transaction, wallet balance, positions, etc.) | eyes on @hinkal_protocol
b) confidential computing stack
- decentralized confidential computing via trusted execution environments (TEEs) for off-chain execution
- enabling CPU/GPU marketplace for privacy-preserving compute in #AI, #DePIN, #DeFi, and #RWA applications
- projects in this niche: @0xMiden, @zama, @iEx_ec, @Arcium, etc.
[4] AI keeps thriving
AI Payments & Stablecoins are the most practical usecases ppl actually need
- x402 & AI Agent Payments → 100M+ x402 tx; $50M monthly
- AI stablecoins → @USDai_Official, @GoKiteAI
… etc
more assets layer will appear in 2026, new trends gonna thrive that we don’t even know yet
so i’ll be open-minded & sensitive enough to catch ‘em early
It's 2026, and you are a beginner who wants to learn DeFi but has no idea where to start, the mistake is trying to learn everything at once.
I've been there and it sucks.
DeFi becomes much easier once you focus on a small set of primitives that power the entire ecosystem.
Here are my pick list if you want to start to learn DeFi:
❶ Start from DEXs and Aggregators
▸ @CurveFinance → veToken, Bribe, Stable AMM
▸ @Uniswap → AMM, CLMM (v3) and v4 (Hooks)
▸ @AerodromeFi → ve(3,3)
▸ @JupiterExchange
▸ @1inch
❷ DeFi Lending & Borrowing
▸ @aave
▸ @Morpho
▸ @SkyEcosystem
▸ @0xfluid
❸ Liquid Staking, Vaults and Yield Derivatives
▸ @LidoFinance
▸ @jito_sol → for Solana
▸ @pendle_fi
▸ @ipor_io
❹ Stablecoins
▸ @ethena → Delta-neutral
▸ @maplefinance → Institutional yield-bearing
▸ @USDai_Official → Exposure to AI
▸ @Neutrl → Yield from OTC markets
❺ Perps
▸ @HyperliquidX + HyperEVM ecosystem
▸ @Lighter_xyz → 0% fee
▸ @ostium
▸ @edgeX_exchange
If you have already reviewed all of them, you should understand that most of the tokens here can be integrated with another protocol. This means you can earn additional yield on top of the underlying assets.
Once you get the hang of it, almost every protocol fits into this familiar framework, making DeFi easier to understand.
With Lighter TGE approaching, traders will look for new Perp DEX with airdrop points.🪂
@StandX_Official stands out here:
-> DUSD holders get points + yield
-> Traders earn points through volume
-> StandX yappers get Kaito rewards
Grant from Solana makes it worth exploring.👀
On Canton, tokenized assets aren’t synthetic. They’re the actual, legally recognized instruments.
Canton’s L1 serves as on-chain books and records, giving issuers, custodians, and market makers a unified source of truth.
Direct ownership, enforceable rights, and selective privacy enable assets like @BitSafe_Finance’s CBTC, bonds, and money market funds to move on-chain with institutional confidence.
In 2026, crypto and AI are fully merging into a new world where autonomous agents manage money, execute trades, run dApps, and even interact with robots.
Trading agents will act like co-pilots, helping beginners navigate markets, while yield farming agents optimize complex strategies beyond just lending protocols.
The autonomous agent economy will transform business models.
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𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨 𝐱 𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐧 2026
Blockchain provides the trust layer, AI provides intelligence, and together they enable self-verifying digital ecosystems for DeFi, gaming, robotics, prediction markets, and enterprise systems.
𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯-𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦, 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺.
Combining AI with blockchain also enables verifiable real-world assets, where AI handles compliance, valuation, fraud checks, and identity verification, while blockchain ensures records are immutable and globally scalable.
By the end of 2026, users will interact with AI agents as naturally as they do with humans, making blockchain-native intelligence invisible yet essential.
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𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐀𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 Im Bullish on:
➢ @gizatechxyz
Giza runs autonomous AI agents that optimize yield and execute DeFi strategies across multiple protocols, using ZKML proofs for trustless verification. It leads DeFAI in Assets Under Agent and is expanding into prediction markets, robotics, and multi-chain deployments.
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➢ @SentientAGI
Sentient coordinates multiple AI models and agents in a collaborative ecosystem to build open, community-driven AGI. Its platform supports reasoning, autonomous agent management, and portable AI identities, while enabling DeFi and robotics applications.
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➢ @almanak
Almanak automates DeFi strategies and yield optimization using autonomous AI agents that scan markets, manage risk, and execute trades in real time. Its multi-chain, non-custodial platform allows users to deploy advanced strategies without coding.
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➢ @SurfAI
Surf AI acts as a crypto-native AI copilot, providing intelligent insights, research, and trading recommendations across 40+ chains and 300+ protocols. It integrates on-chain data, social sentiment, and technical indicators to help users make better decisions.
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➢ @GensynAI
Gensyn creates a decentralized marketplace for AI compute, leveraging idle global hardware for training and inference. Its blockchain-based system verifies computations and ensures transparency, enabling scalable ML applications.
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➢ @miranetwork
Mira Network provides decentralized AI verification by having multiple models cross-check outputs to reduce errors and hallucinations. Its consensus-based system ensures trustworthy results for high-stakes applications in DeFi, healthcare, and enterprise.
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➢ @Talus_Labs
Talus Labs builds fully on-chain AI agent frameworks where agents execute actions, compete, and settle autonomously with full transparency. Its workflows are modular and verifiable, supporting applications in DeFi, prediction markets, and entertainment.
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➢ @Infinit_Labs
INFINIT is a multi-chain DeFi protocol that uses AI agents to automate complex strategies like yield optimization, cross-protocol arbitrage, and risk management in real time. Its swarm-based architecture allows agents to execute verifiable actions non-custodially.
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➢ @AlloraNetwork
Allora Network is a decentralized AI network that connects machine learning models into self-improving topics for predictions and on-chain applications. It uses peer learning, federated training, and verification to ensure accurate and private outputs.
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➢ @vana
Vana lets users own and monetize their personal data by pooling it into Data DAOs and liquidity pools for AI model training while maintaining privacy. It supports diverse datasets and provides a marketplace for developers to access this data.
𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘈𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘳?
BTC is stuck at $90k, ETH at $3k, SOL at $130… but the real action isn’t in the charts.
𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘱𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘜𝘯𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬.
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬.👇
➢ @humidifi had their public sale last week but it got botted heavily, the team has decided they will be having the public sale again today, 10am et. Make sure not to miss it.
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➢ @Aster_DEX did S3 buyback program last week and this week, the S4 buyback program is ongoing. 155,720,656 $ASTER was bought at S3 and so far 77,860,328 $ASTER tokens has been burnt.
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➢ @aave got MiCA approval in EU and will enable zero-fee ramp and the launch will be happening this week, Dec 13th.
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➢ @megaeth Mainnet launch is happening this week
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➢ @Celo Jello Hardfork will be on Dec 10th. This final upgrade boosts cross-chain DeFi interoperability, targeting mobile wallet TVL growth.
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➢ @stable protocol will be going mainnet finally by Dec 8th and the $STABL TGE will follow. This aims stablecoin yields and RWA integrations
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𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤;
➢ @spaceandtime ($SXT) unlocks 24.64M tokens on Dec 8.
➢ @bouncebit ($BB) unlocks 29.93M tokens on Dec 9.
➢ @SlashWeb3 ($SVL) unlocks 4.81M tokens on Dec 9.
➢ @ionet ($IO) unlocks 14.14M tokens on Dec 11.
➢ @Wormhole ($W) unlocks 20.81M tokens on Dec 12.
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𝐈𝐫𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤
➢ @bitcoinmenaconf MENA Conference 2025 happening in Abu Dhabi Dec 8-9
➢ @SolanaConf Solana Breakpoint 2025 will also be taking place in Abu Dhabi, Dec 11 - 13
➢ Global AI Show also taking place in Abu Dhabi Dec 12 - 13
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐅𝐢 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨;
➢ @MindoAI launches fresh InfoFi campaigns like @TauntCoin, including @DeepNodeAI's full Base chain dApp debut.
➢ Epoch 1 of @Alignerz_Labs ends Dec 12th and the second epoch will be starting immediately after
➢ @idOS_network announced they reached 107% for the token sale, we might be seeing mainnet and TGE soon
Which events are you looking forward to this week, lemme know in the comments👇