CryptoEconomy

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Crypto startups secured more than $270 million between February 23 and March 1, with Whop accounting for $200 million of the total.
Capital flowed primarily into payments infrastructure, exchange services, AI-driven protocols, and digital identity solutions.
The funding distribution

Nasdaq a déposé une demande auprès de la SEC pour lancer des options binaires liées au Nasdaq-100, introduisant les "Options liées aux résultats". Cette démarche, reflétant la montée des marchés de prédiction, intervient dans un contexte de surveillance réglementaire et de concurrence d'autres bourses.

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Seven mid-cap altcoins gained roughly 12% to above 17% in a week, led by NEAR and DOT, while Bitcoin stayed range-bound and sentiment cautious.
Infrastructure tokens and an exchange-linked name led the move, a pattern the report ties to early rotation phases and rising risk appetite.
U.S

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Cardano Rosetta Java v2.1.0 goes live with full Conway-era governance support, integrating SPO voting and DRep delegation directly into API construction and data endpoints.
The release implements CIP-129, streamlines DRep ID handling, and aligns HTTP error codes with validation logic.

Tom Lee, co-fondateur de Fundstrat, prévoit un mars rentable pour le marché boursier malgré les tensions géopolitiques récentes. Il pense que les plus grosses ventes massives approchent de leur fin, et que des secteurs tels que la technologie et les cryptomonnaies se stabilisent, ce qui suggère une reprise à venir.

South Africa activated the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), developed by the OECD, incorporating crypto holdings and foreign accounts into the global tax transparency system.
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) confirmed it will begin using this framework to track tax compliance on di

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Donald Trump’s crypto portfolio has fallen more than 90% since January 20, 2025, declining from $11.49 million to approximately $704,845, according to Arkham Intelligence data.
Meme tokens such as TROG and TRUMP led the losses, each dropping over 95%.
The downturn reflects broader crypto

The stablecoin supply on Cardano reached $47.68 million, according to DeFiLlama data, following a sharp acceleration that represented an increase of more than 40% in just one week.
The stablecoin-to-total value locked (TVL) ratio exceeded 33%, a threshold that Dori, a Cardano DRep, described as a

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IOTA is now available on Bullish Exchange, an institutional platform listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 2025.
Bullish recorded an average daily volume exceeding $2 billion in 2025 and has accumulated over $1.8 trillion in total volume since its launch.
Token custody will be

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ProCap Financial bought 450 bitcoin, bringing holdings to 5,457 BTC, and said the move reduced its average cost basis.
The company repurchased 782,408 shares in 10 days at a significant discount to net asset value, aiming for accretive float reduction.
Pompliano said the firm is

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Tether launches USAT, a regulated stablecoin backed by $17.6 million in reserves.
USAT operates under federal banking supervision with segregated Treasury-backed accounts.
Regulated USAT targets institutional finance, unlike offshore USDT prohibited for banks.
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The U.S. stablecoin

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Bitcoin fell 23.21% in Q1 2026, marking its fourth-worst first quarter since 2013, while Ethereum dropped 33.73%, its third-weakest Q1 since 2016.
Both assets remain significantly below their 2025 all-time highs, reflecting an extended post-peak correction.
However, short-term momentum

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Sony Bank and JPYC signed a memorandum to study the purchase of yen-denominated stablecoins directly from bank accounts in real time.
The JPYC token is backed 1:1 by bank deposits and Japanese government bonds, and operates under Japan’s revised Payment Services Act.
JPYC plans to

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A GitHub proposal suggests launching an options sidechain on XRPL to compete with centralized platforms like Deribit.
Daily transactions on the network grew 40%, reaching nearly 2.5 million.
XRPL holds 63% of the tokenized U.S. Treasury bond market, surpassing Ethereum, Solana, and

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The HKMA signed a MoU with Shanghai to develop a Blockchain platform for cross-border cargo data and trade finance.
The agreement will connect Hong Kong’s infrastructure with mainland cargo data, targeting a cargo finance sector valued at $1.5 trillion annually.
The project is part of th

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Buterin proposed replacing Ethereum’s hexary state tree with a binary structure under EIP-7864, increasing efficiency by 100x.
This change would reduce Merkle branch length by four times and could save more than 10,000 gas per transaction in frequently used dapps.
Longer term, Buterin pr