This week, we have:

• A D_D meetup @ ETHDenver

• 2x DevNTell with EV charging infrastructure & tokenizing private equities

• A Polkadot hackathon

Join D_D for a ​meetup on Wed, Feb 18th, from 5-8 pm MST at ETHDenver!

An afternoon of vibes, technical discussion & no real agenda. Along with amazing people, we will have a cozy apres ski tent, homemade mulled wine, and warm spots by the fireplace.

Register here, as spaces are limited.

This week on DevNTell, we have a double header episode scheduled for your viewing pleasure!

On February 18, Dr. Prakash Kamaraj will be our guest to talk about Revolutionizing EV Charging Infrastructure with DeCharge. DeCharge is the first community-owned EV charging network built on Solana.

​Viewers of this DevNTell episode will learn about how DeCharge is looking to disrupt the EV charging space and how you can get started using them today!

Register to get notified when the show starts.

On February 20, Steven, Tessera's CMO, will be our guest. Tessera is the first permissionless platform that lets anyone trade tokenized private equities with real-share backing, instant settlement, and 24/7 liquidity.

​Viewers of this DevNTell learn how Tessera is looking to tokenize private equity and how you can get started using it today!

Register to get notified when the show starts.

The first-ever Solidity Hackathon on Polkadot is officially here. This 6-week online program invites developers across APAC to bridge the gap between EVM familiarity and Polkadot’s massive interoperability.

Co-led by OpenGuild and the Web3 Foundation, this hackathon is your gateway to shipping production-ready dApps on Polkadot Hub—the new unified home for permissionless smart contract deployment.

Prize Tracks ($30,000 Total Pool)

• Track 1: EVM Smart Contracts ($15,000)

  • DeFi, Stablecoins, & AI-powered dApps using Solidity.

• Track 2: PVM Smart Contracts ($15,000)

  • Rust/C++ libraries, Native Assets, & Precompiles.

Top prizes reach up to $3,000 per team, with 12 honorable mentions available.

• Feb 16: Registration Opens

• Mar 1: Hacking Period Begins

• Mar 20: Project Submission Deadline

• Mar 24 – 25: Demo Days

Register to hack if interested. 

Last week on DevNTell, Dietrich von Behren, Co-Founder of Collectibles.com, was our guest. Collectibles.com is an all-in-one tracking app designed for collectors to come together and share their sports and non-sports trading cards, along with other collectibles.

Recap the episode on our Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and mint and own the episode on Pods.

Disclaimer: Please do your due diligence about a role posted here.

D_D OG @pbillingsby_ is looking for dev or DevRel work. Send a DM if you’re hiring or know someone who is.

Incredibly, Ethereum is now 10 years old!  All great things require time to mature, and, amazingly, it took a decade for an RPC option like D_D Cloud to emerge.

We're putting the final touches on the first-ever hybrid cloud built for web3, and it's almost showtime. Want front-row seats when the doors open?

Join the waitlist & be the first to know.

Founders: Scale Your Web3 or AI Product Faster.

D_D Ventures partners with bold builders to reshape the future of decentralized tech and AI. We help early-stage teams like yours:

• Build smarter with Web3 and AI infrastructure expertise.

• Grow globally with proven strategies to amplify your reach.

👉 Got vision? Let's talk.

Contact us today to elevate your product to category leadership.

Delegate your ARIO tokens to our Arweave gateway, as we will share 10% of the rewards with you.

You can delegate your ARIO tokens here.

If you don't have ARIO tokens yet, visit the ar.io website to learn how to obtain them.

• Stop Letting AI Agents Guess Where Code Goes by Adam Sobotka

• Vitalik: “The right way to make Ethereum the home for AI”.

• EthSkills: The missing knowledge between AI agents and production Ethereum

• Openclaw story told by its creator, Peter Steinberger @steipete.

• You could've invented OpenClaw by @dabit3

Executive Leadership Update

The Ethereum Foundation bids a grateful farewell to Co-Executive Director Tomasz Stańczak and welcomes longtime leadership team member Bastian Aue to fill the role on an interim basis.

Prediction Market Aggregator Stand Launches Counter-Trading Tool

Prediction market aggregator Stand has launched a new counter-trading tool that lets users automatically bet against consistently losing traders, rather than copying top performers. Founder Edward Ridgely argues that traditional copy-trading fails in prediction markets because skilled traders can front-run followers or split activity across multiple wallets, making systematic counter-trading a potentially stronger edge.

Binance’s France chief targeted by armed men looking for crypto

Armed men targeted David Princay, head of Binance France, during a home invasion in Val-de-Marne before attacking a separate crypto entrepreneur hours later. The assailants fled with mobile phones and assaulted the second victim, but police traced the stolen devices, tracked the suspects to Lyon, and arrested them. Binance confirmed that Princay and his family are safe.

Crypto Markets Rally After Softer-Than-Expected US Inflation Report

Crypto markets jumped after a softer-than-expected U.S. CPI report, with total market capitalization rising nearly 5% to $2.44 trillion. Bitcoin climbed back above $69,000, and Ethereum surged past $2,000, even as roughly 90,000 traders were liquidated for $260 million over the past 24 hours.

This week, we have:

• A D_D meetup @ ETHDenver

• 2x DevNTell with EV charging infrastructure & tokenizing private equities

• A Polkadot hackathon

Join D_D for a ​meetup on Wed, Feb 18th, from 5-8 pm MST at ETHDenver!

An afternoon of vibes, technical discussion & no real agenda. Along with amazing people, we will have a cozy apres ski tent, homemade mulled wine, and warm spots by the fireplace.

Register here, as spaces are limited.

This week on DevNTell, we have a double header episode scheduled for your viewing pleasure!

On February 18, Dr. Prakash Kamaraj will be our guest to talk about Revolutionizing EV Charging Infrastructure with DeCharge. DeCharge is the first community-owned EV charging network built on Solana.

​Viewers of this DevNTell episode will learn about how DeCharge is looking to disrupt the EV charging space and how you can get started using them today!

Register to get notified when the show starts.

On February 20, Steven, Tessera's CMO, will be our guest. Tessera is the first permissionless platform that lets anyone trade tokenized private equities with real-share backing, instant settlement, and 24/7 liquidity.

​Viewers of this DevNTell learn how Tessera is looking to tokenize private equity and how you can get started using it today!

Register to get notified when the show starts.

The first-ever Solidity Hackathon on Polkadot is officially here. This 6-week online program invites developers across APAC to bridge the gap between EVM familiarity and Polkadot’s massive interoperability.

Co-led by OpenGuild and the Web3 Foundation, this hackathon is your gateway to shipping production-ready dApps on Polkadot Hub—the new unified home for permissionless smart contract deployment.

Prize Tracks ($30,000 Total Pool)

• Track 1: EVM Smart Contracts ($15,000)

  • DeFi, Stablecoins, & AI-powered dApps using Solidity.

• Track 2: PVM Smart Contracts ($15,000)

  • Rust/C++ libraries, Native Assets, & Precompiles.

Top prizes reach up to $3,000 per team, with 12 honorable mentions available.

• Feb 16: Registration Opens

• Mar 1: Hacking Period Begins

• Mar 20: Project Submission Deadline

• Mar 24 – 25: Demo Days

Register to hack if interested. 

Last week on DevNTell, Dietrich von Behren, Co-Founder of Collectibles.com, was our guest. Collectibles.com is an all-in-one tracking app designed for collectors to come together and share their sports and non-sports trading cards, along with other collectibles.

Recap the episode on our Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and mint and own the episode on Pods.

Disclaimer: Please do your due diligence about a role posted here.

D_D OG @pbillingsby_ is looking for dev or DevRel work. Send a DM if you’re hiring or know someone who is.

Incredibly, Ethereum is now 10 years old!  All great things require time to mature, and, amazingly, it took a decade for an RPC option like D_D Cloud to emerge.

We're putting the final touches on the first-ever hybrid cloud built for web3, and it's almost showtime. Want front-row seats when the doors open?

Join the waitlist & be the first to know.

Founders: Scale Your Web3 or AI Product Faster.

D_D Ventures partners with bold builders to reshape the future of decentralized tech and AI. We help early-stage teams like yours:

• Build smarter with Web3 and AI infrastructure expertise.

• Grow globally with proven strategies to amplify your reach.

👉 Got vision? Let's talk.

Contact us today to elevate your product to category leadership.

Delegate your ARIO tokens to our Arweave gateway, as we will share 10% of the rewards with you.

You can delegate your ARIO tokens here.

If you don't have ARIO tokens yet, visit the ar.io website to learn how to obtain them.

• Stop Letting AI Agents Guess Where Code Goes by Adam Sobotka

• Vitalik: “The right way to make Ethereum the home for AI”.

• EthSkills: The missing knowledge between AI agents and production Ethereum

• Openclaw story told by its creator, Peter Steinberger @steipete.

• You could've invented OpenClaw by @dabit3

Executive Leadership Update

The Ethereum Foundation bids a grateful farewell to Co-Executive Director Tomasz Stańczak and welcomes longtime leadership team member Bastian Aue to fill the role on an interim basis.

Prediction Market Aggregator Stand Launches Counter-Trading Tool

Prediction market aggregator Stand has launched a new counter-trading tool that lets users automatically bet against consistently losing traders, rather than copying top performers. Founder Edward Ridgely argues that traditional copy-trading fails in prediction markets because skilled traders can front-run followers or split activity across multiple wallets, making systematic counter-trading a potentially stronger edge.

Binance’s France chief targeted by armed men looking for crypto

Armed men targeted David Princay, head of Binance France, during a home invasion in Val-de-Marne before attacking a separate crypto entrepreneur hours later. The assailants fled with mobile phones and assaulted the second victim, but police traced the stolen devices, tracked the suspects to Lyon, and arrested them. Binance confirmed that Princay and his family are safe.

Crypto Markets Rally After Softer-Than-Expected US Inflation Report

Crypto markets jumped after a softer-than-expected U.S. CPI report, with total market capitalization rising nearly 5% to $2.44 trillion. Bitcoin climbed back above $69,000, and Ethereum surged past $2,000, even as roughly 90,000 traders were liquidated for $260 million over the past 24 hours.