Blockchain & Web3 Weekly Bytes Edition #99

🧩 UK Digital Gilt Pilot, Coinbase AI Wallets, Re-Staking Reality

Feb 14, 2026

Hello Blockchain Enthusiast,

Welcome to Edition #99 of Blockchain & Web3 Weekly Bytes. This week, institutions, central banks, and AI builders all pushed the boundaries of onchain finance. The UK Treasury tapped HSBC for a blockchain-based sovereign bond pilot. Coinbase introduced AI agent wallets built on x402. Malaysia’s central bank lined up stablecoin and tokenized deposit pilots. BlackRock’s BUIDL entered DeFi via UniswapX.

TLDR – This Week at a Glance:

UK Treasury appoints HSBC as platform provider for Digital Gilt tokenized bond pilot
Coinbase launches AI Agent Wallets, enabling autonomous on-chain transactions
MetaMask enabled access to tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs via Ondo outside the U.S.
Tech Spotlight: Re-Staking Reality and layered validator risk
Chart of the Week: Tokenized funds market cap exceeds $17 billion
Affiliate Spotlight: Koinly crypto tax reporting platform

🧠 Weekly Trivia

As of early 2026, which country holds the largest publicly known government-owned bitcoin reserves?

A) El Salvador
B) United States
C) China
D) United Kingdom

*Answer revealed at the end 👇

📰 This Week’s Blockchain and Web3 Highlights

UK appoints HSBC to power Digital Gilt blockchain pilot: The UK Treasury selected HSBC as platform provider for its Digital Gilt Instrument program, testing sovereign bond issuance on distributed ledger infrastructure to improve settlement efficiency.

Coinbase launches AI Agent Wallets on x402 protocol: The new wallet framework enables autonomous agents to hold funds, execute transactions, and interact on-chain without manual approval.

Malaysia's central bank advances wholesale stablecoin initiatives: Bank Negara Malaysia confirmed three programs involving stablecoins and tokenized deposits for payment and settlement use cases in 2026.

Lightning Labs open-sources AI tools for Bitcoin payments: The released toolkit allows AI agents to operate Lightning nodes, send payments, and host paid endpoints without identity credentials or API keys.

Uniswap integrates BlackRock’s BUIDL fund into UniswapX: The integration connects BlackRock’s tokenized money market fund to decentralized liquidity routing, with the asset manager also investing within the ecosystem.

JPMorgan revises bitcoin production cost support to $77,000: Analysts lowered their estimate from $90,000 earlier this year while maintaining a constructive outlook for crypto in 2026.

🔦 Tech Spotlight: Re-Staking Reality

Re-staking extends validator capital beyond a base chain into additional services.

Validators staking ETH choose to secure other protocols and earn additional rewards. Platforms such as EigenLayer drive this shared security model.

The opportunity is clear, but so is the added complexity of re-staking.

When collateral secures multiple services, slashing risk becomes interconnected. A failure tied to a secondary protocol may affect the same underlying stake. Risk that once lived in isolation now overlaps across layers.

While re-staking improves capital efficiency, it also introduces dependency chains that require careful evaluation.

Takeaway: Yield is visible. Risk is layered.

📊 Chart of the Week: Tokenized Funds Market Cap Surges

Recent market data highlighted by Cointelegraph shows tokenized funds surpassing $17 billion in market capitalization, marking a new all-time high.

Leading issuers include BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Ondo, Maple, Superstate, and Securitize. Tokenized money market funds and treasury-backed products account for the majority of this capital.

Institutional tokenization continues to scale in measurable size.

Source: Cointelegraph

😂 A Little Blockchain Humor Break 🤣

Source: Naiive

This week, the UK Treasury selected HSBC to run its Digital Gilt blockchain pilot. Coinbase introduced AI Agent Wallets built on x402. Bank Negara Malaysia advanced wholesale stablecoin initiatives. Lightning Labs released tools for autonomous Bitcoin payments. Uniswap integrated BlackRock’s BUIDL fund.

✅ Trivia Answer: B) United States

The United States holds the largest publicly known government-controlled bitcoin reserves, primarily from enforcement-related seizures disclosed through court filings and public records.

We will continue tracking where infrastructure, capital, and policy intersect next.

Thank you,
Blockchain and Web3 Insights

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