Bitfinity Weekly : Built for 2026

Welcome to Issue #180 of Bitfinity Weekly for our #BITFINIANS community. If this newsletter was forwarded to you, sign up here.

What's in Today's Email?

• Bitcoin Bytes
• Global Crypto News
• In the IC
• This Week in our Blog
• Tweet of the Week
• Meme Time
• A Matter of Opinion

Bitcoin Bytes

• Built, Not Buzzed : Throughout 2025, claims that crypto had stalled resurfaced regularly, even as core infrastructure continued to mature in the background. While market sentiment weakened at times, systems like exchange-traded products and stablecoin rails kept developing, suggesting steady progress beneath the headlines.
• Difficulty Peaks : Bitcoin mining difficulty hit new historical heights by end of 2025. Difficulty now exceeds 148 trillion, reflecting how much collective computational power secures the network—even small solo miners still occasionally find blocks under this high threshold.
• No Rollbacks : Flow blockchain decided against a rollback after a December exploit. Rather than reverse its chain following a security incident, the Flow community chose a recovery plan that maintained decentralisation, a decision many argue strengthens user confidence in robust incident handling practices.
• Lightning Scales : Speed raises $8 M to scale Lightning-powered payments. India-based startup Speed secured funding from Tether and Ego Death Capital to broaden its Bitcoin and stablecoin payment infrastructure using the Lightning Network, aiming to make low-fee payments more accessible globally.

Global Crypto News

• Layers at Work : Layer-2 blockchain networks are handling more transactions, suggesting they’re moving beyond experimental phases. Onchain data points to increasing user and developer activity on scaling solutions, reinforcing their role as core infrastructure for blockchain growth.
• Enterprise On-Chain : Trump Media & Technology Group unveiled plans to issue a new cryptocurrency token to shareholders with Crypto.com. The token will not be tradeable for cash but may offer rewards within the platform’s ecosystem, marking another high-profile corporate crypto initiative.
• Converging Futures : Crypto and AI are poised to grow together in 2026, according to early trend signals. Recent commentary suggests that technological convergence between blockchain and artificial intelligence will accelerate innovation and practical application development next year.
• State-Sanctioned Crypto : One of the world’s most isolated countries, Turkmenistan, legalized crypto mining and exchanges. The government introduced licensing and oversight for digital asset platforms this week, though crypto still isn’t recognized as legal tender, highlighting a major shift in policy direction.

In the IC

• Builders in Public : The Internet Computer Developer Forum shows several new public builds and tools being discussed. Projects like Upload your apps here, HomeVestors DAO, and a WhatsApp-like Caffeine AI messaging app were posted this week, revealing both experimentation and real user interest.
• Wiring Web3 : ICP connector and integration posts illustrate expanding use cases for on-chain logic and app connectivity. User threads, such as Introducing an ICP Subaccount Indexer, show how developers are building tools to better handle on-chain data and subaccount workflows.

This Week in our Blog

As we kick off 2026, don’t miss this insightful retrospective on how 2025 quietly became Bitcoin’s renaissance year, from infrastructure breakthroughs to ecosystem-wide shifts that redefined the crypto landscape. It’s a thoughtful, must read recap that helps you understand not just what happened, but why it matters as the industry enters a new chapter.

A 2025 Retrospective on Bitcoin’s Renaissance

As the final block of 2025 is mined and the year fades into the history of the ledger, the air in the cryptocurrency industry feels fundamentally different than it did twelve months ago. If 2024 was the year of the ETF—the year Wall Street finally bought a ticket to

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Tweet of the Week

Meme Time

A Matter of Opinion

Looking back at 2025, it’s hard to miss the contrast between the noise and the reality. Headlines often declared crypto “dead,” yet beneath the surface, core infrastructure kept getting stronger, from scaling networks handling more real usage to communities choosing resilience and decentralization over quick fixes when things went wrong.

What stands out is how much of this progress happened quietly. Whether it’s higher network security, payments infrastructure expanding in emerging markets, or developers shipping practical tools and integrations, the focus steadily shifted from hype to durability. These are not flashy milestones, but they’re the kind that determine whether a technology actually lasts.

As 2026 begins, the pattern feels familiar: skepticism on the outside, steady building on the inside. If there’s a lesson from the past year, it’s that crypto’s long-term story is written less by price charts and more by the people strengthening the systems that make the ecosystem work.

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