The PANews February 2026 column article popularity ranking TOP 10 (hereinafter referred to as "popularity list") has been released today. We evaluated all column articles on the PANews platform in February based on content quality and article readership, creating this month's popularity list.

Column Article Popularity List TOP 10

PANews has produced related posters for this month's top five popular articles to recognize these in-depth, high-quality contents.

No.1 Biteye

• Biteye is a blockchain research institution and community focused on L1/L2, DeFi, NFT, and Web3.
• The article titled "In-depth Evaluation of 8 Major Application Scenarios of the AI 'Super Butler' OpenClaw" discusses how OpenClaw has evolved into a "digital cattle" with system-level permissions, capable of operating computers, automatically trading cryptocurrencies, and taking over social accounts around the clock, just as most AIs remain in the "chatting" stage. This article will take you deep into this "all-round butler" that has skyrocketed in GitHub stars, exclusively breaking down eight hardcore play methods from automatic trading to ultimate office automation, teaching you how to safely tame this high-energy yet dangerous productivity monster.

No.2 Spinach Spinach!

• Spinach Spinach! is a licensed fintech expert at CFTP, focusing on global fintech and the development trends of the integration of traditional finance and blockchain, continuously researching deeply in the Web3 field.
• In the article "Dissecting New Regulations from Ministries: 5 Core Points, RWA is No Longer a Grey Area", on February 6, eight departments, including the People's Bank of China, released a notice on further preventing and addressing risks related to virtual currencies and corresponding regulatory guidelines, clarifying the boundary between virtual currencies and RWA tokenization. The document allows RWA 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, supporting industry development. This marks a shift in China's crypto asset regulation from "one-size-fits-all" to "tiered regulation."

No.3 imToken

• imToken is a warm and responsible decentralized wallet/digital asset wallet, recommended by the official Ethereum website, and the choice of ten million blockchain enthusiasts.
• The article "New Ticket in the AI Agent Era: Strongly Promoting ERC-8004, What is Ethereum Betting On?" details how the Ethereum Foundation AI team dAI launched the ERC-8004 standard on January 30, which is now live on the mainnet and plans to expand to mainstream L2 and non-EVM ecosystems. This standard provides on-chain identity, reputation, and capability verification for AI Agents, addressing trust issues in AI collaboration in a decentralized environment, promoting scalable development of the AI Agent economy. Ethereum is reinforcing its position as the global trusted settlement layer with this initiative.

No.4 Crypto Salad

• Crypto Salad is a seasoned legal compliance expert team in the blockchain field, ensuring transaction safety.
• In the article "Global Listing, 24-Hour Stock Trading? Analyzing the NYSE's On-Chain 'Conspiracy'", on February 3, Ondo announced the launch of its "global listing" service, planning to bring U.S. 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 an important milestone in the U.S. stock tokenization process. This article will deeply dissect how the NYSE uses compliance and technology to redefine the rules of the game in U.S. stock tokenization.

No.5 danny

• danny is the co-founder of Pundi AI, mainly publishing observations on the crypto market and skilled in interpretation from a mathematical perspective.
• In the article "Evolution of Token Listing Cycles: Yesterday's Wind Cannot Fly Today's Kite", the cryptocurrency industry has experienced a transition from the chaotic time of "volume equals justice" to the orthodontic phase of "industrial financial infrastructure." From 2017 to 2018, project listings relied on community volume; from 2019 to 2022, exchanges controlled pricing power through IEOs and Launchpads; from 2023 to 2024, overvalued, low-circulation projects triggered corrections, leading exchanges to force project parties to dilute VC influence through token allocation; by 2025, contract trading and pre-market trading have become mainstream, and the listing process is fully industrialized. In the future, listings will no longer be a simple bell-ringing ceremony but a complex financial engineering process, requiring project parties and investors to adapt to higher professional demands.

No.6 Biteye

• Biteye is a blockchain research institution and community focused on L1/L2, DeFi, NFT, and Web3.
• In the article "Which Market Performances Stronger During the Spring Festival? Reviewing BTC and A-share Data Over the Past 11 Years", during the Spring Festival, the A-shares performed strongly supported by favorable policies, with the Science and Technology Innovation 50 Index experiencing a monthly increase of 15.81% in January, while BTC saw its second consecutive year of decline during the Spring Festival, with a maximum drop of 38.27% within 31 days, indicating an intensified global macro asset impact on it, alongside the appreciation of the yuan and favorable policies enhancing 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 news for elites in the cryptocurrency and blockchain field, aiming to deeply interpret the development trends of Web3 and blockchain from a professional perspective.
• In the article "a16z Crypto Founder Discusses Stablecoins: The 'WhatsApp Moment' in Currency has Arrived", a16z partner Chris Dixon mentioned that stablecoins are quickly becoming mainstream for online and international payments, with transaction volumes expected to reach $12 trillion by 2025, nearing the scale of Visa transactions.

No.8 Conflux

• Conflux is a trusted, secure, and borderless high-performance Layer 1 public chain infrastructure. This column often publishes dynamic analyses related to infrastructure.
• In the article "The Curtain Rises on America's Crypto 'Banking': Five Giants Granted Federal Licenses, Shaking the Trillion-Dollar Settlement Rights", Circle, Ripple, BitGo, Fidelity Digital Assets, and Paxos have received national trust bank licenses from the OCC (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency), marking the official transformation of crypto giants into federal banking infrastructure.

No.9 Mankun Blockchain

• Mankun Blockchain deeply interprets hot and difficult issues on the internet level, such as blockchain, from a legal perspective.
• In the article "Polymarket Launches Chinese Version, What Are the Risks for Participation from Within the Country?", Polymarket has launched a simplified Chinese interface, attracting domestic attention. Its business model may be classified as "illegal financial activities" or "online gambling" under Chinese law, posing money laundering risks. It is advised that all parties exercise caution to avoid crossing legal red lines.

No.10 Biteye

• Biteye is a blockchain research institution and community focused on L1/L2, DeFi, NFT, and Web3.
• In the article "Even Novices Can Have AI Employees: An In-depth Look at the Six Major Deployment Schools of OpenClaw", Biteye reviews OpenClaw's six deployment schemes, covering official hosting, self-built cloud servers, and local deployment. Beginners can choose Sahara Claw App or SimpleClaw for their ease of use; intermediate users may prefer cloud hosts like Tencent Cloud or Alibaba Cloud for stability; tech enthusiasts can deploy locally using idle computers, which have powerful functionalities but require technical support.

Finally

Congratulations to the authors of the above 10 popular articles, and thanks to all column authors; your support makes PANews even more exciting. Bitcoin ended February down nearly 15%, while OpenClaw dominated the entire month's popularity, and a doomsday AI document stirred panic about AI at the end of the month. We hope everyone can join us in recording the upcoming stories:

• If you have deep reflections on the market, industry, or crypto track, and if you are good at writing about hot events, emerging projects, in-depth research reports, and track observations, please do not hesitate to contact us. PANews will recommend quality content to the homepage, even promoting it to the top, on the app, on banners, and through community dissemination; excellent authors will also be recommended on the homepage.

• The March double rankings will be announced around April 5, 2026, looking forward to seeing more new faces.

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