Bitcoin Miner Marathon to Start ‘Slipstream’ to Make Complex BTC Transactions Faster
The new offering will expedite the process of large and non-standard transactions.Source
Retail Investors Were Likely Behind The Crypto Market Rally in February, JPMorgan Says
Increased retail activity comes ahead of the three main catalysts in the coming months: the bitcoin halving, the Dencun upgrade of the Ethereum blockchain and the potential approval of spot ether ETFs, the report said.Source
Worldcoin Gains 40%, Hits Record High as AI Tokens Surge on Nvidia
The token was up amid broader optimism surrounding AI spilling over into crypto.Source
Coinbase Pushes Back on Reports It’s Blocked in Nigeria
Multiple outlets have reported other platforms such as Kraken and Binance have also been blocked under government orders.Source
Bitcoin ETF Net Inflows Slow to a Trickle as Price Flattens
Inflows into the 10 spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds dropped to a two-week low on Wednesday, with the group attracting only about a net 500 bitcoin, some $25.5 million, data collected from the issuers’ websites shows.Source
ECB Officials’ Full Statement on Bitcoin’s Failed Promise and ETFs
“Bitcoin has failed on the promise to be a global decentralised digital currency and is still hardly used for legitimate transfers. The latest approval of an ETF doesn’t change the fact that Bitcoin is not suitable as means of payment or as an investment,” two ECB officials wrote in a blog post.Source
Ondo Finance Integrates Tokenized Treasuries Onto Aptos
Aptos is the latest chain to offer users access to Ondo’s USDY.Source
Eigen Labs, Developer Behind Restaking Protocol EigenLayer, Raises $100M From A16z Crypto
The pioneering restaking project EigenLayer, led by Sreeram Kannan, isn’t even live but investors are piling in. A16z Crypto is affiliated with the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.Source
Ether’s $3K Breakout Partly Fueled by Dealer Hedging, Analyst Says
Options dealers likely bought ETH in spot/futures market to hedge their short call exposure, adding to bullish momentum, BloFin’s Griffin Ardern said.Source