Gate News bot message, Opera is seeking a 160 million CELO stake to become a key network stakeholder, according to CoinDesk. The move aims to establish Opera as a significant participant in the CELO network. CELO currently has a market cap of $51 million.

February 3 News, stablecoin giant Tether announced a partnership with Opera's self-custody wallet MiniPay, further expanding the use cases of USDT and Tether Gold (XAU₮) in emerging markets. Following the announcement, Opera's stock price surged nearly 18% intraday and closed with a double-digit gain, indicating strong market recognition of this crypto payment strategy. According to the announcement, MiniPay users can now send, receive, and hold USDT directly, as well as convert some of their balances into XAU₮ as a digital gold hedge against inflation and local currency devaluation. MiniPay operates on the Celo blockchain and primarily targets mobile-first regions such as Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. In the fourth quarter of 2025 alone, user growth in these regions for the wallet reached 50%.

Celo Foundation Chair Rene announces the upgrade of the CELO token economy model, introducing token buyback and burn mechanisms to address the growth in network activity and transaction fee demands. The upgrade is divided into four phases, including public consultation, research modeling, and community review, ensuring a transparent and community-driven process.

ChainCatcher reports that Tether has announced its stablecoin USD₮ has been recognized as a “fiat-referenced token” (AFRT) by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). This recognition has been extended to several major blockchain networks, including Aptos, Celo, Cosmos, Kaia, Near, Polkadot, Tezos, TON, and TRON, following previous approvals for Ethereum, Solana, and

According to Foresight News, blockchain infrastructure Espresso will open airdrop registration on December 22, with this airdrop covering millions of addresses. So far, the official team has released a total of 22 airdrop qualification paths. These include Espresso hackathon participants, Caffeinated creators, POAP holders from online and offline events, and users of partner chains (such as ApeChain, RARI Chain, Arbitrum, Celo, etc.). In addition, the official team will launch the second round of Bantr activities. Bantr will continue to track Espresso-related attention and on-chain activity in English, Korean, and Chinese leaderboards, with particular focus on the period after December 1. In the future, the top 100 participants across the three leaderboards will share