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Bitcoin climbed back toward $69,500 as a rebound in equities and strong earnings data revived risk appetite, with altcoins joining the move as markets focused more on corporate results than political headlines. Beyond price action, tensions are rising around AI’s role in U.S. national security as Anthropic faces pressure to allow the U.S. military to use its technology more freely, governance debates are intensifying within Aave ahead of a major funding vote, and prediction markets are tightening compliance amid insider trading scrutiny.
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News Roundup
Artificial Intelligence
Meta AI Director Says OpenClaw Tried to Delete Her Emails (Business Insider)
OpenAI Calls Leading AI Coding Benchmark ‘Contaminated,’ Pushes Harder Replacement (Decrypt)
Judge Dismisses xAI Trade Secrets Lawsuit Against OpenAI (Decrypt)
Decentralized, Centralized, & Traditional Finance
Fluid DAO Weighs Forming Cayman Foundation Funded by $3M Annual Grant (The Defiant)
TruStage Pilots U.S. Dollar-Backed Stablecoin Geared For Credit Unions (The Block)
Stablecoins Face Infrastructure Risks Beyond Reserves (DL News)
Stripe Weighs Acquisition of PayPal (Cointelegraph)
Tokyo’s Shibuya District to Pilot USDC and JPYC Payments at Local Café (Cointelegraph)
Anchorage Digital Reveals Holding in Strategy STRC (The Block)
Hong Kong to Issue First Stablecoin Issuer Licenses in March (The Block)
Tether Market Cap Falls for Second Straight Month as Stablecoin Growth Stalls (CoinDesk)
Braza Group Launches BBRL Stablecoin on Polygon (BeInCrypto)
Endowments and Foundations Turn to Crypto as Traditional Returns Dim (CoinDesk)
Aave Governance Clash Deepens Ahead of $51M Funding Vote (The Block)
Project 0 Unveils ‘Pay’ Feature to Let DeFi Investors Borrow Against Portfolios (The Block)
Safe Integrates Morpho Vault to Earn Yield via Société Générale’s MiCA-Compliant EURCV Stablecoin (The Block)
Blockfills CEO Steps Down as Crypto Lender Freezes Withdrawals and Explores Sale (CoinDesk)
Exchange-Traded Funds
Bitcoin ETF Holders Dumped 25,000 BTC Worth of Shares in Q4 2025 (The Block)
U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a net inflow of $257.71 million on Feb. 24.
On Feb. 24, U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs posted $9.23 million in total net inflows.
U.S. XRP spot ETFs saw $3.04 million in net inflows on Feb. 24.
On Feb. 24, U.S. Solana spot ETFs recorded $3.78 million in net inflows.
Infrastructure
NEAR Unveils Confidential Intents for Cross-Chain Transactions (NEAR Protocol)
6 Challenges Facing Bitcoin on the Road to Quantum Security (Cointelegraph)
Billionaire Alan Howard’s Crypto Incubator WebN Group Shuts Down (CoinDesk)
Tether Invests in Whop to Power Stablecoin Payments For the Next Generation of the Internet Economy (Tether)
AI-Powered Audit Flags 'High-Severity' Bug in Ethereum Software (DL News)
Markets
Credit Card Stocks Slide on AI Disruption Fears, Then Stabilize (The Defiant)
Vitalik Buterin Sold 17,000 ETH This Month as Ether Drops 37% (CoinDesk)
Circle Shares Surge After Q4 2025 Earnings Beat Estimates (CoinDesk)
Altcoins Rally as Nvidia Earnings Eclipse Political Catalysts in Market Focus (Decrypt)
XRP Surges 6% as Spot Demand and ETF Inflows Signal Accumulation Shift (CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Reclaims $69.5K After Stock Market Rebound, Strong Earnings Data Boost Risk Appetite (Cointelegraph)
Mining
Politics & Regulation
White House Says Trump Has No Plans to Pardon Sam Bankman‑Fried (The Block)
Pete Hegseth Pressures Anthropic Over U.S. Military AI Use (AP News)
U.S. Department of the Treasury Sanctions Operation Zero Over Tools to Exploit U.S. Software (CoinDesk)
Crypto.com’s $35M Pro-Trump Donations Precede Regulatory Wins (Decrypt)
Sen. Richard Blumenthal Probes Binance Over Iran Sanctions Evasion Reports (The Block)
South Korea Proposes Mandatory Asset Disclosure for Crypto Influencers (The Block)
Fellowship PAC’s Promised $100M Crypto War Chest Fails to Materialize (CoinDesk)
FCA Shortlists Four Firms for Live Stablecoin Trials Ahead of Final Rulemaking (FCA)
Dutch Finance Minister Moves to Amend Tax on Unrealised Crypto Gains (DL News)
Treasuries
FG Nexus Dumps Another $14M in ETH as Treasury Losses Top $80M (Cointelegraph)
Strategy Becomes Most Shorted U.S. Stock — But Not All Bets Are Bearish (CoinDesk)
GD Culture Group Set to Sell BTC to Fund $100M Share Buyback (CoinDesk)
Smarter Web Secures $30M Coinbase Credit Line to Accelerate Bitcoin Buys (Cointelegraph)
Venture Capital
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