Bitfinity Weekly : Built to Use

Welcome to Issue #185 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
• Tweet of the Week
• This Week in our Blog
• Meme Time
• A Matter of Opinion

Bitcoin Bytes

• Infrastructure spotlight : Custody and infrastructure firms are in the spotlight. Coverage of major custody providers and infrastructure IPOs shows broader attention on secure storage, compliance, and services that support Bitcoin at scale.
• Lightning Credit : Voltage launched a USD-settled revolving credit line built on the Lightning Network, aimed at institutional settlement and liquidity management. The product — announced Feb 19 — follows enterprise Lightning pilots and is designed to let firms settle dollar-denominated obligations while using Lightning rails for speed and cost efficiency.
• Difficulty Whiplash : Bitcoin mining difficulty swung sharply in mid-February as the network adjusted to recent hashrate shifts. After an 11 % drop tied to reduced mining activity, analysts now expect difficulty to climb again as machines resume operation and hashing power stabilizes.
• Phishing, Offline : Hardware-wallet users should stay vigilant after reports surfaced of an offline phishing campaign sending fake letters to Ledger and Trezor owners; the attack is notable because it targets users outside normal online channels and tries to harvest seed phrases.

Global Crypto News

• DeFi, Institutionalized : Institutional crypto products evolve through DeFi partnerships. Asset managers are working with on-chain protocols to structure curated yield and infrastructure products aimed at professional users, showing continued integration of DeFi rails into broader finance stacks.
• Multi-Chain Mandate : Multi-chain interoperability remains a core industry theme. Major digital-asset initiatives are increasingly deploying across multiple blockchain networks to avoid dependence on a single ecosystem and reach broader user bases.
• Tokenized Revenues : A Trump-affiliated crypto firm plans to tokenize future real-estate revenue. World Liberty Financial announced it will issue blockchain-based tokens tied to loan revenue from the upcoming Trump International Hotel and Resort in the Maldives, illustrating ongoing experimentation with real-asset tokenization in crypto markets.
• Enterprise Convergence : Major global partnerships in crypto and enterprise tech highlighted deeper blockchain integrations. Reports show firms like NVIDIA and others pushing AI and blockchain partnerships, signalling expanding real-world adoption across finance, DeFi, and infrastructure sectors.

In the IC

• Usage Over Issuance : The DFINITY Foundation released its “Mission 70” framework outlining plans to significantly reduce ICP token issuance and shift incentives toward real network usage and developer activity. The initiative focuses on strengthening long-term sustainability and encouraging applications that actively consume on-chain resources.
• Multichain, Native : A new multichain infrastructure project called Menese Protocol entered public beta on the Internet Computer, offering tools for cross-chain apps and developer SDKs. The launch highlights how ICP is being used for fully on-chain applications that connect different blockchains without relying on traditional cloud backends.
  

Tweet of the Week

This Week in our Blog

Our last article explains how blockchain privacy has evolved from early transparency to today’s “compliant privacy,” powered by technologies like zero-knowledge proofs, MPC, and homomorphic encryption. It highlights how regulation, institutional adoption, and new tooling are shaping privacy as a built-in feature rather than an optional add-on across crypto networks in 2026.

The Technology Stack Powering Blockchain Privacy in 2026

Explore blockchain’s privacy evolution from Bitcoin to 2026, as the industry shifts from anonymity to compliance.

Bitfinity BlogFred

Meme Time

A Matter of Opinion

This week reinforced a simple trend. From corporate treasury moves to Lightning-based credit and enterprise DeFi, the focus is shifting toward practical use and everyday utility.

Security, interoperability, and privacy are also becoming core priorities as the space matures. Within the Internet Computer ecosystem, the emphasis on real usage, multichain tools, and built-in privacy shows the same direction — building systems people actually use, not just talk about.

The next phase of crypto will likely be defined by usefulness and trust, not speculation.

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