PANews February 2026 Outstanding Column Content Ranking

PANews's February 2026 Top 10 Most Popular Articles Ranking (hereinafter referred to as the "Popularity Ranking") is released today. We have comprehensively evaluated all articles on the PANews platform in February based on content quality and readership to create this month's Popularity Ranking.

Top 10 Most Popular Articles

PANews created posters to recognize the top five most-read articles of the month, recognizing their depth and quality.

No.1 Biteye

• Biteye is a blockchain research institution and community focused on L1/L2, DeFi, NFT and Web3.
• " In-depth Review of OpenClaw's 8 Major Application Scenarios: AI 'Super Butler'" While most AI is still in the "chatting" stage, OpenClaw has evolved into a "digital ox" with system-level permissions: controlling computers, automatically trading cryptocurrencies, and taking over social media accounts 24/7. This article will take you deep into this "all-around butler" that has boosted its GitHub stars, exclusively dissecting 8 hardcore uses from automated trading to ultimate office work, teaching you how to safely tame this high-powered yet dangerous productivity monster.

No. 2 Spinach, spinach!

• Spinach! is a CFTP Chartered Fintech Professional who focuses on the global fintech landscape, the integration of traditional finance and blockchain, and continues to conduct in-depth research in the Web3 field.
• " Deconstructing the New Ministry Regulations: 5 Key Points, RWA is No Longer a Gray Area " On February 6th, eight departments, including the People's Bank of China, issued the "Notice on Further Preventing and Handling Risks Related to Virtual Currencies" and supporting regulatory guidelines, clarifying the boundaries between virtual currencies and RWA tokenization. The document allows RWAs to conduct compliant business on regulatory-approved financial infrastructure and provides a filing system for the overseas tokenization of domestic assets. Financial institutions can participate in compliant RWA business, providing support for industry development. This marks a shift in China's cryptocurrency regulation from a "one-size-fits-all" approach to "categorized regulation."

No.3 imToken

• imToken is a warm and responsible decentralized wallet/digital asset wallet, recommended by the Ethereum official website, and the choice of ten million blockchain enthusiasts.
• " A New Ticket to the AI ​​Agent Era: What is Ethereum Betting on by Pushing ERC-8004? " On January 30th, the Ethereum Foundation's AI team, dAI, launched the ERC-8004 standard, which has been deployed on the mainnet and is planned to expand to mainstream L2 and non-EVM ecosystems. This standard provides AI agents with on-chain identity, reputation, and capability verification, solving the trust issue in AI collaboration in decentralized environments and promoting the large-scale development of the AI ​​agent economy. Ethereum is using this to solidify its position as a globally trusted settlement layer.

No. 4 Encrypted Salad

• Crypto Law is a team of seasoned legal and compliance experts in the blockchain field, ensuring transaction security.
• " Global Listing, 24-Hour Stock Trading? Analyzing the NYSE's On-Chain 'Strategy' " On February 3, Ondo announced the launch of its "Global Listing" service, planning to simultaneously introduce US stock IPOs to on-chain trading. Previously, on January 19, the NYSE announced the development of a tokenized securities trading and on-chain settlement platform and applied for relevant regulatory approvals, marking a significant milestone in the tokenization process of US stocks. This article will deeply analyze how the NYSE is using both compliance and technological barriers to redefine the rules of the game for US stock tokenization.

No. 5 danny

• Danny is the co-founder of Pundi AI, and primarily publishes observations on the crypto market, often interpreting them from a mathematical perspective.
• " The Evolution of the Listing Cycle: Yesterday's Wind Can't Fly Today's Kite " explores the evolution of cryptocurrency listing rules, from a chaotic era where "voice was law" to a more regulated period of "industrialized financial infrastructure." In 2017-2018, project listings relied on community buzz; from 2019-2022, exchanges controlled pricing through IEOs and Launchpads; in 2023-2024, overvalued, low-circulation projects prompted corrections, with exchanges forcing projects to dilute VC influence through token allocations; and by 2025, contract trading and pre-market trading had become mainstream, and the listing process was fully industrialized. In the future, listing will no longer be a simple bell-ringing ceremony, but a complex financial engineering project, requiring project teams and investors to adapt to higher levels of professionalism.

No. 6 Biteye

• Biteye is a blockchain research institution and community focused on L1/L2, DeFi, NFT and Web3.
• " Which Stocks Performed Best During the Spring Festival? A Review of BTC and A-Share Data During the 2011 Spring Festivals " During the Spring Festival, A-shares performed strongly, driven by favorable policies. The STAR Market 50 Index rose by 15.81% in January alone. Meanwhile, BTC fell for the second consecutive year during the Spring Festival, with a maximum drop of 38.27% in 31 days. This shows that the influence of global macro assets on A-shares has intensified. The appreciation of the RMB and favorable policies have increased the short-term attractiveness of A-shares.

No.7 Block Unicorn

• Block Unicorn focuses on providing high-quality content, in-depth analysis, and cutting-edge industry information for elites in the cryptocurrency and blockchain field, aiming to provide a professional perspective on the development trends of Web3 and blockchain.
• In an article titled " a16z Crypto Founder Discusses Stablecoins: The 'WhatsApp Moment' of the Currency World Has Arrived ," Chris Dixon, a partner at a16z, stated that stablecoins are rapidly becoming the mainstream of online and international payments, with transaction volume expected to reach $12 trillion by 2025, approaching the scale of Visa transactions.

No. 8 Conflux

• Conflux is a trusted, secure, and borderless high-performance Layer 1 public blockchain infrastructure. This column regularly publishes dynamic analyses related to the infrastructure.
• The curtain rises on the “banking” of crypto in the United States: Five giants receive federal licenses, shaking up trillions of dollars in settlement power . Circle, Ripple, BitGo, Fidelity Digital Assets, and Paxos have been granted national trust bank licenses by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), marking the formal transformation of crypto giants into federal-level banking infrastructure.

No. 9 Mankiw Blockchain

• Mankiw Blockchain provides an in-depth analysis of hot and challenging issues in the blockchain and other internet technologies from a legal perspective.
• The launch of a Chinese version of Polymarket has drawn attention in China. Its business model may be considered "illegal financial activity" or "online gambling" under Chinese law, and carries the risk of money laundering. All parties are advised to exercise caution and avoid crossing legal boundaries.

No. 10 Biteye

• Biteye is a blockchain research institution and community focused on L1/L2, DeFi, NFT and Web3.
• " Even Beginners Can Have AI Employees: A Deep Dive into OpenClaw's Six Deployment Approaches " - Biteye reviews six deployment options for OpenClaw, covering three categories: official hosting, self-built cloud servers, and local deployment. Beginners can choose the Sahara Claw App or SimpleClaw for their ease of use; intermediate users are suited to cloud servers such as Tencent Cloud and Alibaba Cloud, prioritizing stability; tech enthusiasts can deploy locally on idle computers, offering powerful features but requiring technical support.

at last

Congratulations to the authors of the above 10 trending articles! We also thank all columnists; your support makes PANews even more exciting. Bitcoin fell nearly 15% in February, OpenClaw dominated headlines throughout the month, and an AI doomsday prophecy sparked a wave of AI panic at the end of the month. We hope you will join us in recording the following stories:

• If you have in-depth insights into the market, industry, and crypto space, and if you excel at writing content on trending events, emerging projects, in-depth research reports, and sector observations, please don't hesitate to contact us immediately. PANews will recommend high-quality content to its homepage, and may even feature it at the top, promote it on the app, include it on banners, and share it in communities; outstanding authors will also be featured on the homepage.

• The March dual rankings will be released around April 5, 2026. We look forward to seeing more new faces.

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