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P2P Withdrawals Decline: Legal Paths to Cash Out Crypto Authorities are tightening controls on peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchanges, increasing compliance costs and raising questions about accessible withdrawal pathways for retail users. Market pressure and enforcement Recent enforcement actions in…

Babylon Protocol and Ledger launch Bitcoin vaults integration Babylon Protocol and Ledger announced a strategic partnership to introduce BTCVaults , enabling Bitcoin to serve as collateral in DeFi without third-party custodians. How BTCVaults operates The solution creates a dedicated Bitcoin script …

Trust Wallet launches automatic address poisoning protection Trust Wallet introduced a built-in feature named Address Poisoning Protection to prevent asset theft via dusting or address poisoning attacks. How address poisoning schemes operate In a typical attack, malicious actors send tiny transfers …

Nikita denied selling an apartment to fund altcoins Narratives circulated claiming that Nikita sold an apartment and invested all proceeds into altcoins, but he rejects that account and clarifies details. What Nikita wrote According to Nikita, the rumor has persisted for 2 years , while the reality …

Strategy buys $1.28 billion in bitcoin over one week Strategy executed a sizable bitcoin purchase worth $1.28 billion between 02.03.2026 and 08.03.2026 , adding to its treasury. Details of the acquisition During the reported period the company acquired 17,994 BTC at an average price of approximately…

How War Affects Bitcoin: Hayes's Argument Arthur Hayes presents an essay titled "iOS Warfare" linking U.S. military actions, Federal Reserve easing and demand for $BTC as a store of value. War and monetary easing Hayes notes that since 1985 U.S. presidents repeatedly engaged militarily in the Middle…

Record Bitcoin Outflows From Exchanges Recorded on 04.03.2026 According to CryptoQuant, on 04.03.2026 users withdrew about 31,900 BTC from trading venues, equivalent to roughly $2.26 billion . Exchange withdrawals The largest portion of the outflow came from Bitfinex, which saw a withdrawal of 25,00…

U.S. Treasury Recognizes Crypto Users’ Right to Use Mixers The U.S. Department of the Treasury said in a new report to Congress that transaction anonymization is not always associated with criminal activity. Report overview In the document titled "Innovative Technologies for Countering Illicit Finan…

Paraguay to Mine Confiscated ASIC Miners for State Revenue Paraguay's national electricity administration signed a memorandum with Morphware to repurpose thousands of confiscated ASIC miners into state revenue sources. Agreement and assets Around 30 000 devices are currently held in government wareh…

Kalshi will withhold payouts on death market contracts Kalshi announced it will not pay 'yes' positions on contracts tied to the death of an Iranian ayatollah, citing its 'death carveout' . Company rationale The firm says the disputed contracts concern political change outcomes rather than the physi…

Crypto Sanctions Evasion Increased Nearly 700% in 2025 — Chainalysis According to Chainalysis, addresses tied to sanctioned actors received about $154 billion in cryptocurrency during 2025, a 694% increase year on year. The report notes that several states under sanctions, including Russia, Iran and…

Kazakhstan establishes national cryptocurrency investment portfolio The National Bank of Kazakhstan announced it will allocate $350 million from foreign exchange reserves to a national crypto portfolio. The decision was presented by Timur Suleimenov , head of the National Bank. Regulator rationale A…

Allegations of Market Manipulation Involving Jane Street Accusations have emerged that Jane Street used coordinated trades to pressure bitcoin prices near U.S. market opens, then profited from derivative positions. Background on Jane Street Founded in 2000 in New York, Jane Street is a multinational…

Hacker Who Stole from BC GAME Lost Funds in Leveraged Trade A hacker who siphoned funds from crypto casino BC GAME lost part of the proceeds after an unsuccessful leveraged trade on Ethereum. The theft and ensuing trade The attacker extracted approximately $4.37 million from the platform before real…

Google DeepMind announces Gemini 3.1 Flash‑Lite model On 03.03.2026 Google DeepMind announced Gemini 3.1 Flash‑Lite , a faster and more cost‑efficient model within the Gemini 3 family. It targets applications where throughput, scalability and low operational cost are primary constraints for inferenc…

US Military Pushes for Wider AI Access to Models The Pentagon pressed major AI companies in late February over model access, triggering a public standoff with Anthropic and rapid moves by OpenAI. Timeline of events On 24 February , the Pentagon summoned Dario Amodei (CEO, Anthropic) for a meeting wi…

OpenAI Raises $110 Billion in February Funding In February 2026, the artificial intelligence sector recorded a record financing month, led by a major capital infusion into OpenAI. Funding details OpenAI closed the largest round in February, securing $110 billion and reaching a valuation near $730 bi…

Bitwise directs $233,000 to Bitcoin open-source development Bitwise has donated $233,000 to the nonprofit OpenSats to support open-source projects and maintain critical infrastructure across the Bitcoin ecosystem. Donation specifics This payment forms part of Bitwise’s pledge to allocate 10% of prof…

Bitcoin hits one of its most oversold technical readings, K33 reports K33 analysts say bitcoin has entered a deeply oversold state after sustained selling pressure, reflected in weekly technical indicators. Recent price action and indicators Bitcoin recorded six consecutive weekly declines and rough…

1inch launches Trade Mode and speeds up swaps 1inch rolled out a major platform update that introduces Trade Mode and renames Pro Mode to Terminal with new features. The release focuses on execution controls, granular order management, and substantially faster swap settlement across both single-chai…