The Blockchain & Ethereum Sentinel (February 2026)

Colleagues, welcome to Blockchain VIPs. Our goal is to provide Blockchain and Ethereum professionals with up-to-date and actionable information to advance your career and income growth. Did you know that the “The ethereum market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $50.16 billion in 2025 to $58.54 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.7%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to growth of blockchain developer communities, increasing demand for decentralized applications, expansion of crypto asset trading, rising enterprise blockchain experimentation, availability of open-source development tools”? according to Research and Markets. Moreover, data from Web3 Jobs estimates the average annual salary for Blockchain Developer is estimated to be $150,000 USD.

Product Launches & Innovations: 

• Robinhood Chain (L2 Testnet) - Robinhood (February 13)

• Stripe x402 (M2M Payments) - Stripe (February11)

• Tempo L1 Blockchain (Testnet) - Tempo Foundation (February 11)

• AI-Managed Equity ETFs (AINT/AIUP) - FINQ (February 10)

• Mutuum Finance V1 (Sepolia) - Mutuum Finance (February 14) 

• Cardano-LayerZero Integration - LayerZero /IOG (February 11)

• Midnight Mainnet (Privacy Layer) - Midnight (IOG) (Late March 2026)

Blockchain & Ethereum & AI:

• AI Predictions for 2026 (Blockchain Council)

• Ethereum 2026 "5x Opportunity Window": Institutional Giants Intensively Deploy, ETH Value Reassessment Imminent (TechFlow)

• How Ethereum Could Become The Default Network For AI Development, Vitalik Explains (NewsBTC)

• Vitalik Buterin outlines how Ethereum could play a key role in the future of AI (CoinDesk)

• What Ethereum's Privacy Limits Mean For AI And DeFi (Forbes)

Events:

• EthBoulder 2026 - EthBoulder (February 13–15, Boulder, Colorado)

• ETHDenver 2026Spork- DAO (February 17–21, Denver, Colorado)

• CDAO Financial Services - Corinium Global (February 18–19, New York, New York) 

• NEARCON 2026 - NEAR Foundation (February 23–24, San Francisco, California)

• Bitcoin for Corporations - Strategy (February 24–25, Las Vegas, Nevada)

• MoneyLIVE Summit London - MarketforceLive (March 9–10, London, UK)

• London Blockchain Finance Summit - Finance Loop (March 12, London, UK)

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• Blockchain Specialization

• Blockchain Fundamentals

• Certified Bitcoin Expert (CBE)

• Certified Cryptocurrency Trader™ (CCT) 

• Certified DAO Expert

• Certified NFT Developer

• Complete Ethereum Technology 

• Cryptocurrency Investment Course 2025: Fund your Retirement

• Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Primitives

• Decentralized Finance (DeFi): The Future of Finance Specialization

• Digital Finance Specialization

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