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ICYMI - February 2026 for $ALGO! 🔥
👉 x402 is now fully supported on Algorand, spec merged with @coinbase, facilitator live (@GoPlausible), and officially listed on the x402 ecosystem page!
👉 You can now vibe code on Algorand with Python and TypeScript thanks to @getvibekit! 🤯
Meaning that whatever your dev experience, you can now start building, testing, and deploying a dApp on Algorand in just a few minutes with your favorite AI coding agent!
👉 Registrations for the new edition of Algorand's Web3 Masterclasses by @algodevs are now open to help you launch your first project on Algorand.
No tech experience required! Kicks off March 10! 📅
👉 @Cointelegraph featured a great article on $ALGO being back in the US, driven by improving regulatory clarity and positioning itself as a key player in the next wave of on-chain finance!
👉 @PeraAlgoWallet teased the upcoming launch of joint accounts, allowing users to create new multi-sig accounts with enhanced security that require multiple signers! 🔐
👉 Huge news for $ALGO adoption in Kenya! 🇰🇪
@swyptio is now live on Algorand, enabling merchants to accept Kenyan shillings via M-Pesa, the country's dominant mobile payment system (~68% of transactions), and settle directly in @USDC on-chain!
👉 Governance on Algorand has been upgraded with xGov v3.0.0, now fully open source, introducing new features such as absenteeism penalties, boycott voting, committee staleness protection, and raising the maximum request amount to 400,000 $ALGO! 💰
👉 After being featured lately across major global financial media to discuss Algorand, including press (@Cointelegraph), TV (@SchwabNetwork, @NYSE), radio (@Bloomberg), and more, @StaciW_DC was featured on the cover of @CryptoIndiaMag this month!
👉 Node runners on Algorand can now update their nodes to algod v4.5.1!
👉 AI agents are starting to post and discuss Algorand on their own on @moltbook! 🦞
👉 @HesabPay_, the leading mobile payment app in Afghanistan and now expanding into Syria, built on $ALGO, delivered MASSIVE results in 2025: $30M distributed to 130k families, 2.3M electricity bill payments totaling $61M, 15M transactions across 900k wallets, and more.
This is what real-world blockchain adoption looks like!
@mattkeller1 and @nigelpont from @AlgoFoundation were featured on a recent episode of the Verifiably Random podcast and were also invited by @Crypto_Altruism and @CCNDotComNews to discuss how Algorand helps build resilient humanitarian infrastructure.
If you want to learn more, it's definitely worth a listen!
👉 Leading Algorand DEX @tinymanorg has launched Split Router, a smarter routing engine that splits swaps across multiple pools to reduce slippage and automatically get you better prices, with no extra fees!
👉 @AlgoFoundation team was on the ground at @EthereumDenver and Multichain Day, taking part in keynotes and panels highlighting the growing AI agent economy on Algorand!
Speakers included @SilentRhetoric, who spoke about AI agents and developer tooling, and @marcvl, who delivered a keynote on AP2, x402, and autonomous transactions, all focused on bringing more builders on-chain!
👉 @algodevs released a step-by-step guide to integrate @wormhole NTT on Algorand, enabling native bidirectional cross-chain transfers without wrapped assets and expanding multichain interoperability! ↔️
👉 January 2026 was a great month for Algorand: total wallets grew to 49.56M (+1.4%), transactions surpassed 3.44B (+1.4%), monthly active accounts jumped 62.2% to 896k, smart contracts deployed rose 31.5% to 808k, and stablecoin volume surged 91.6% to $436M.
The network also reached 2B $ALGO staked!
👉 The new Chairman of @AlgoFoundation Board, @billbar, said he's excited to be involved with $ALGO and to be at "the convergence of AI and crypto", highlighting the opportunity for developers to build on a powerful L1 infrastructure! 👀
👉 @rxelms launched its new game "Rxelms Fighter" on mainnet, and players can now battle using their favorite NFT and meme coin characters from multiple blockchains! 🔥
👉 Huge news as @Quantoz partners with @Visa as a direct principal member, enabling Visa debit cards and regulated stablecoin payments wherever Visa is accepted! With cards issued on $ALGO settling on-chain in real time thanks to instant finality, this marks a huge step for stablecoin adoption in Europe! 🔥
👉 Users on @AlphaArcade, the leading prediction marketplace on Algorand, can now make predictions using cards, Apple Pay, and ALL major cryptos. No wallet setup required. Zero friction!
They also launched the Alpha SDK, letting devs build onchain trading bots in minutes!
👉 @ChrisPeikert, leading cryptographer behind Algorand's post-quantum security implementations, joined the @Unchained_pod podcast to discuss Algorand's readiness for a post-quantum world! 🎙️
👉 @haydotapp has launched Haystack Login for frictionless wallet access via social login and one-click signing, and Haystack Launch, a bonding curve token launchpad where creators earn fees and liquidity migrates to @pact_fi once targets are reached!
