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Vitalik Buterin said artificial intelligence could significantly accelerate Ethereum’s development timeline after an experiment reportedly prototyped the blockchain’s 2030 roadmap within weeks.

Barclays is reportedly exploring the development of a blockchain-based platform to support payments, tokenised deposits and potentially stablecoins as major banks modernise settlement infrastructure.

Startale Group and SBI Holdings have unveiled plans to launch JPYSC, described as Japan’s first trust bank-backed yen stablecoin, with a targeted rollout in the second quarter of 2026.

On-chain analyst Willy Woo warned that weakening liquidity across spot and futures markets could limit Bitcoin’s upside despite signs that recent selling pressure may be easing.

Strategy has increased the dividend on its STRC perpetual preferred stock to 11.50% for March 2026, up 25 basis points from 11.25%, as the Bitcoin treasury firm navigates market volatility.

Cynthia Lummis publicly rebuked former FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried after he praised the proposed Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, warning that the legislation would impose harsher penalties on him and rejecting any association with his past lobbying efforts.

Tokenised gold markets such as PAXG and XAUt are now responsible for virtually all publicly visible gold price discovery when CME futures close from Friday evening to Sunday, according to Theo chief investment officer Iggy Ioppe.

Trump Media & Technology Group said it is considering spinning off its flagship platform Truth Social into a standalone publicly traded company as it deepens its push into crypto and fintech.

A large trader on decentralised perpetuals exchange Hyperliquid saw a $42 million leveraged bitcoin long partially liquidated after BTC slipped below $66,000 over the weekend.

Ripple has unveiled a revamped institutional strategy for the XRP Ledger aimed at accelerating tokenisation and regulated finance adoption through new funding structures and builder support programmes.

Ripple chief executive Brad Garlinghouse said XRP’s US regulatory clarity has positioned the token for stronger institutional adoption after a federal court ruled it is not a security.

Pi Coin is attempting to recover at the start of March 2026 after printing a new all-time low earlier in the month, but technical indicators suggest the rebound may struggle to gain traction.

Crypto hacks and exploits resulted in approximately $37.7 million in losses in February 2026, marking the lowest monthly total since March 2025, according to data from Certik.

Michael Saylor reignited speculation of another bitcoin purchase after posting his closely watched orange dot acquisition chart on X, a signal traders increasingly associate with impending balance sheet expansion at Strategy.

Bitcoin rebounded to $68,200 in early Sunday trading after US-Israeli air strikes on Iran and confirmation of the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei steadied risk sentiment.

Hyperliquid’s HYPE token is attempting a steady recovery, but derivatives data shows $28.9 million in short liquidations clustered above $35, leaving traders exposed to a potential volatility spike.

Bitcoin is trading at a steep discount to gold and global money supply trends, potentially signalling a reversal higher, according to Jan3 chief executive Samson Mow.

Vitalik Buterin has shifted the Ethereum scaling debate back to the protocol’s base layer, arguing that deep architectural bottlenecks in the state tree and virtual machine now pose greater long-term constraints than Layer 2 rollups.

Polymarket recorded $478 million in single-day notional trading volume as geopolitical tensions escalated following coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran.

Capital Markets Authority ordered a two-day suspension of trading on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and Dubai Financial Market for March 2–3 after Iranian strikes targeted major regional ports and oil tankers.

X has lifted its ban on cryptocurrency and gambling paid promotions, removing them from its prohibited industries list and reopening the platform to monetised crypto content.

Crypto exchange Backpack is preparing a token-to-equity conversion programme that it claims navigates US securities laws by attaching equity rights to a VIP scheme rather than directly to its forthcoming token.

Former Mt. Gox chief executive Mark Karpelès has proposed a rare hard fork of Bitcoin to recover 79,956 BTC lost in the exchange’s 2011 breach and return them to creditors.

US lawmakers have called on the Treasury Department and the Department of Justice to investigate Binance over allegations that $1.7 billion in crypto transfers were linked to Iran-connected entities.