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Markets

Metaplanet, Japan's Biggest Corporate Bitcoin Holder, Adds Eric Trump as Advisor

Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump, has recently emerged as a key figure in the crypto world

Eric Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Markets

North Korea-Linked Lazarus Group Holds More Bitcoin Than Elon Musk's Tesla

D.O.G.E head Elon Musk's Tesla falls behind North Korean hacker group in terms of BTC holdings as President Trump plans to make U.S. the crypto capital of the world.

North Korea-linked Lazarus holds more BTC than Tesla. (Image via Shutterstock)

Markets

Polymarket is 90% Accurate in Predicting World Events: Research

Research shows that Polymarket is 90% accurate in predicting how events will occur one month out, and 94% four hours before the event occurs.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan (Polymarket)

Policy

U.S. Bank Agency Cuts 'Reputational Risk' From Exams After Crypto Sector Cites Issues

The crypto industry argued that U.S. regulators used the idea of risks to banks' reputation to pressure them to reject digital assets clients, and the OCC has answered.

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Policy

SEC Chair Nominee Paul Atkins to Face Senate Panel Next Week

Two top financial regulators in the crypto space have a date with the Senate as SEC nominee Paul Atkins and OCC pick Jonathan Gould get a March 27 hearing.

Paul Atkins and Christopher Cox

Policy

Proof-of-Work Crypto Mining Doesn’t Trigger Securities Laws, SEC Says

In a staff statement published Thursday, the SEC said that both solo mining and mining pool operations would fail the first prong of the Howey Test.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Nasdaq Shift to Round-The-Clock Stock Trading Partly Due to Crypto, Says Exchange Executive

Both Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange are in the process of making round-the-clock trading available five or even seven days a week, mimicking crypto’s trading hours.

Markets

Bitcoin Miners Feel Squeeze as Hashprice Erases Post-Election Gains

Transaction fees made up just 1.3% of total block rewards in February, marking the lowest share since the last bear market bottom in 2022.

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Finance

Tether Ranks Among Top Buyers of U.S. Treasuries in 2024, Firm Says

The firm said it purchased a net $33.1 billion worth of U.S. Treasury securities last year.

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Finance

How Ether.fi Retained TVL as Restaking Lost Its Luster

Ether.fi, the market leader, has 2.6 million ETH staked on its platform and has plans to become a neobank.

Mike Silagadze (Consensus Hong Kong)

Finance

Data Storage Protocol Walrus Raises $140M in Token Sale Ahead of Mainnet Launch

The mainnet of the protocol, originally developed by Mysten Labs and built on layer-1 blockchain Sui, will launch on March 27

16:9 Walrus (Joffi2017/Pixabay)

Markets

Biotech's ATAI Life Sciences Joins Roster of Firms With Bitcoin Treasury Strategies

Christian Angermayer, the firm’s chairman, stated that it will acquire $5 million in BTC.

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Policy

Gotbit Founder Aleksei Andriunin Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Market Manipulation

Prosecutors are recommending that Andriunin, 26, spends no more than 24 months in a U.S. prison.

Alexey Andryunin

Policy

Digital Euro Needed to Counter Stablecoins, Non-European Big Tech, ECB Chief Economist Says

Philip Lane said the prevalence of electronic payments using Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal "exposes Europe to risks of economic pressure and coercion."

European central bank (Maryna Yazbeck/Unsplash)

Markets

Inside Pump.fun's Plan to Dominate Solana DeFi Trading

Solana's most profitable protocol Pump.fun is gunning for an even greater share of the chain's DeFi economy.

Pump.fun's swap tool (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Bitcoin DeFi Expansion Faces Fork Dilemma as Developers Explore ZK Proofs

BitcoinOS contributor and crypto OG Edan Yago describes forks on Bitcoin as like "open-heart surgery."

Photo of Edan Yago standing in front of  a sponsor board. (Courtesy: BitcoinOS)