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Bitcoin surged past $73,000 as ETF inflows continued amid rising Middle East war risks, though some traders warn the move could turn into a bull trap. Meanwhile, ChatGPT uninstalls spiked after its Pentagon deal while Claude AI downloads surged, Kraken secured approval from the Kansas City Fed for limited master account access, and Kevin Warsh’s nomination for Federal Reserve chair was sent to the Senate.

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News Roundup

Artificial Intelligence

  • OpenAI Launches GPT-5.3 Instant to Improve Accuracy and Tone (Decrypt)

  • X Threatens Monetization Ban for Undisclosed AI War Videos (Decrypt)

  • Supreme Court of Colombia Rejects Appeal For AI Writing—Then Gets Flagged by AI Detector (Decrypt)

  • Bitcoin Policy Institute Study Finds AI Models Prefer Bitcoin and Stablecoins Over Fiat (PR Newswire)

  • Anthropic Revenue Nears $20B Run Rate as Pentagon Dispute Escalates (Bloomberg)

  • ChatGPT Uninstalls Jump 295% After Pentagon Deal, Claude Downloads Surge (TechCrunch)

  • OpenAI Exploring AI Contract With NATO Networks (Reuters)

Decentralized, Centralized, & Traditional Finance

  • PayPal USD Powers On-Chain Trucking Invoice Financing (The Block)

  • 1inch Network Upgrades Swap Interface With Faster Execution (1inch)

  • Usual Launches Virtual IBAN System for Direct EUR ↔ EUR0 Transfers (The Defiant)

  • FATF Warns Peer-to-Peer Stablecoin Transfers Pose AML Risks (The Block)

  • Backpack Partners With Superstate to Offer On-Chain IPO Access (The Defiant)

  • USDsui Stablecoin Launches on Sui With Ecosystem Yield Model (Sui Foundation)

  • Kraken Secures Kansas City Fed Approval for Limited Master Account Access (Cointelegraph)

  • Banking Groups Criticize Fed Approval of Kraken Master Account (Decrypt)

Exchanges

  • Binance Eyes 5 More Crypto Licenses Across Asia in 2026 (Nikkei)

  • Upbit to List EDGE With KRW, BTC, and USDT Trading Pairs (Upbit)

  • OKX to Launch Perpetual Futures for Major U.S. Stocks (OKX)

  • OKX Launches AI Toolkit for Developers (OKX)

  • Coinbase to Launch Spot Trading for Limitless (LMTS) on March 5 (Coinbase Markets)

Exchange-Traded Products

Infrastructure

  • Genius Terminal Partners With Wintermute to Launch propAMM on BNB Chain (Genius Terminal)

  • a16z Crypto Updates Jolt zkVM, Calls Out Misuse of “ZK” (The Block)

  • Predict.fun Acquires Probable to Expand BNB Chain Prediction Market (Predict.fun)

  • DTCC, Clearstream, and Euroclear Call for Blockchain Interoperability to Prevent Fragmentation (The Block)

  • Doppler Finance Partners With Hex Trust to Expand wXRP and Multi-Chain XRP Use Cases (Doppler)

  • Bitwise Donates $230K From Bitcoin ETF Profits to Developers (Bitwise)

  • Vitalik Buterin Calls for Ethereum to Power “Sanctuary Technologies” (Vitalik Buterin)

Markets

  • Prediction Market Trading Volume Falls 12% in February After Months of Growth (The Defiant)

  • Institutional Investors Drive ~3.4M ETH Staking Queue on Ethereum (Decrypt)

  • South Korean Stocks Crash as Middle East War Spurs Energy Fears (Reuters)

  • Ethereum Exchange Supply Hits Multi-Year Lows as About 31.6M ETH Leaves Platforms (Cointelegraph)

  • Polymarket Removes Nuclear Detonation Market After Backlash (Decrypt)

  • U.S. Added 63,000 Jobs in February, Exp. 48,000, Prev. 22,000 (ADP)

  • Solana Stablecoin Volume Surges to Record $650B in February (The Block)

  • Bitcoin Breaks $73K but Traders Warn of Possible Bull Trap (CoinDesk)

Politics & Regulation

  • CFTC Moves to Modernize Rules for DeFi in the US (The Defiant)

  • Indiana Governor Signs Law Allowing Bitcoin in State Retirement Plans (Bitcoin Magazine)

  • Donald J. Trump Presses for CLARITY Act, Criticizes Banks (CoinDesk)

  • South Korea Settles on 20% Ownership Cap for Crypto Exchange Shareholders (The Block)

  • Coinbase Urges UK to Drop Proposed Stablecoin Caps in House of Lords Hearing (The Block)

  • Japan Regulators Consider Criminal Probe Into Memecoin Named After PM Sanae Takaichi (DL News)

  • Kevin Warsh Nomination for Federal Reserve Chair Sent to the Senate (White House)

  • Crypto PAC Fairshake Scores Early Wins in 2026 U.S. Congressional Primaries (CoinDesk)

Token Generation Events

  • Opinion TGE Disappointment Triggers Sharp Decline in BSC Prediction Market Activity (Dune)

Treasuries

  • Strategy’s STRC Stock Activity Suggests ~1,000 BTC Purchase (CoinDesk)

Venture Capital

  • Sequoia and Founders Fund Back $70M Raise for LatAm Fintech ARQ (Bloomberg)

  • Stablecoin Payments Startup Cyclops Raises $8M to Simplify Merchant Settlement (The Block)

Other News

  • Tether and Lugano Launch Plan ₿ Phase II With CHF 5M Commitment (Tether)

  • Brian Armstrong Says Base App SocialFi Experiment “Didn’t Quite Work” (The Block)

  • Brazilian Vacations Drive Argentina’s Crypto Adoption (DL News)

  • South Korean Police Arrest ‘Revenge’ Group Paid in Crypto to Threaten and Vandalize Homes (Decrypt)

  • South Korean Police Officer Sentenced to Six Years for $90K Crypto-Linked Bribes (DL News)

  • Tether Invests in AI Sleep Tech Startup Eight Sleep at $1.5B Valuation (The Block)

  • MrBeast Video Editor Fired After Kalshi Insider Trading Probe (Decrypt)

  • Researchers Uncover Advanced iPhone Exploit Kit Used in Espionage and Crypto Scams (Decrypt)

  • Knife-Wielding Russian Crypto Robbers Sentenced to 5 Years (DL News)

  • Taiwan Indicts 62 in $339M Crypto Scam Money Laundering Case (Decrypt)

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