Data: Web3 social application Towns has over 400,000 total users, with over 200,000 token holders

On Feb. 20, Base co-founder Jesse took the main stage at Ethereum Denver to outline the layer-2 network’s roadmap: “Base’s 2025 focus is infrastructure, while 2026 will likely center on customer-centricity. Right now, Base boasts a production-grade blockchain paired with robust, user-friendly, and cost-effective middleware infrastructure. We’re seeing big enterprises and small businesses alike adopting this tech, plus growing numbers of integrators, agents, and the like. By developing these tools, Base aims to bring these pieces together to deliver exactly what customers need.” He added: “For us, that means Base has to start with the customer—listen to what they’re saying. We won’t build the next protocol or spin up another chain just to build a business. Not knowing you personally doesn’t keep us from understanding customers and building better tools for them. Base can do better here.”

On February 20, machine-to-machine trust layer provider ZeruAI announced that its AI agent discovery platform AgentScan is now live on the Base blockchain. Agents can register, generate behavior-based zScores, and publicly share their findings. Built on ERC-8004, AgentScan leverages ZeruAI’s behavioral intelligence technology and integrates data from multiple registration authorities. Agents may also install the AgentScan skill via npm.

On February 20th, Google launched Gemini 3.1 Pro. Building on the Gemini 3 series, 3.1 Pro delivers a leap in core inference capabilities. A smarter, more powerful benchmark model for tackling complex problems, it has shown significant advancements in rigorous benchmark tests. In the ARC-AGI-2 benchmark—which evaluates the model’s ability to solve novel logical patterns—3.1 Pro posted a validation score of 77.1%, more than doubling Gemini 3 Pro’s inference performance.

On February 20, Cosmos Yu, founder of SlowMist, shared a security alert. As of now, 1,184 malicious AI skills have been identified on OpenClaw’s ClawHub marketplace. These skills can steal SSH keys, encrypt wallets and browser passwords, and spawn a reverse shell. A single attacker uploaded 677 of these packages. The top-ranked skill contains 9 vulnerabilities and has been downloaded thousands of times. Yu warned users that text is no longer just text—it’s a command. He recommended running AI tools in an isolated environment, as many OpenClaw skills pose potential risks. Additionally, in Web3 security, smart contracts are only one piece of the puzzle; the root cause of breaches is no longer limited to smart contracts. Just days ago, Moonwell suffered a $1.78 million hack, with the vulnerable code co-authored by Claude Opus 4.6.

On February 20, on-chain analytics tool Parsec announced it has ceased operations after five years in business, with the firm processing refunds and canceling active subscriptions. Parsec offered an on-chain analytics terminal that let users build custom dashboards and data visualizations for DeFi and NFTs. The platform launched in early 2021, securing $1.25 million in seed funding and a $4 million seed extension from investors including Galaxy Digital, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, and Uniswap Ventures.

As of Feb 20, HTX market data shows the crypto market remains range-bound, with Bitcoin holding above $67k, Ethereum at $1,950, BNB at $607, and SOL at $83. Total crypto market cap edged up 0.2% over the past 24 hours to $2.383 trillion. ### Leading Gainers (24h) - ENSO: +46.5% → $1.7 - DOLO: +18.8% → $0.042 - SNX: +16.3% → $0.348 - OM: +15.1% → $0.067 ### Notable Decliners (24h) - AWE: -41.2% → $0.062 - ESP: -18.8% → $0.073 - OP: -15.3% → $0.139 - ARB: -9.4% → $0.098 **Catalyst for OP/ARB Drops**: Yesterday’s announcement that Coinbase’s Layer 2 network Base is exiting Optimism’s Superchain ecosystem. Base will shift to an in-house unified tech stack, dropping external dependencies on the OP Stack, Flashbots, and Paradigm. ### Crypto-Linked Stocks (U.S. Close Thursday) Per Bitget data, major U.S. indices closed lower: Dow -0.54%, S&P 500 -0.28%, Nasdaq -0.31%. Most crypto-linked stocks bucked the trend: - MicroStrategy (MSTR): +3.39% - Coinbase (COIN):