Trump: Bitcoin Has Taken on ‘a Life of Its Own,’ Will Probably Need Some Regulation

Former president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump has said Bitcoin has taken a life on its own and will probably need some regulation.Source

Texas Blockchain Council, Riot Platforms Sue Dept. of Energy, OMB Over ‘Emergency’ Survey

The Texas Blockchain Council (TBC) and Riot Platforms, one of the largest crypto miners in the state, sued the U.S. Department of Energy for trying to collect information from many of its members, including Riot.Source

FIL, GRT Rally Boosts CoinDesk Computing Index as Bitcoin Struggles

FIL’s market-beating surge to a 12-month high of $8.5 comes on the heels of Filecoin’s Feb. 16 announcement that it would host programmable blockchain Solana’s block history.Source

PancakeSwap Plans ‘Affiliates’ for Expansion; Cake Holders to Benefit

CAKE token holders will benefit from the success of affiliate forks as they will receive native DEX tokens from affiliates, if things go as planned.Source

Ether ETFs Unlikely to Cause a ‘Bubble,’ Traders Say

Interest in ether bets rose significantly after the approval of spot bitcoin ETFs in January sparked optimism among ETH traders.Source

Injective Introduces ‘ERC-404’ Port to Capitalize on the Hype Around the Experimental Token Standard

Injective has partenred with DEX DojoSwap to introduce the CW-404 standard.Source

FTX Estate Can Sell Near 8% Stake in AI StartUp Anthropic, Court Rules

The FTX bankruptcy estate has been granted approval to sell its stake in artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic, court filings from Thursday show.Source

Jack Dorsey’s Block Is Sitting on $207M Gain on Its Bitcoin Bet

Block, Inc. (SQ) stocks were up 13% in after-market trading hours.Source

Crypto Exchange Kraken Files to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit Against It

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission didn’t allege fraud and stretched the definition of a contract in its lawsuit against Kraken, the exchange said in a motion to dismiss the case Thursday.Source

Starknet’s STRK Jumps After Developer StarkWare Agrees to Delay Token Unlocks

StarkWare, the developer behind the Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Starknet, had come under heavy criticism for the unlocking schedule for its new STRK tokens.Source