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TLDR The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) forms the “Privacy Working Group” to advance confidentiality solutions. Leading institutions such as Consensys, EY, and Polygon collaborate to solve the biggest obstacle in blockchain implementation. The group will publish bi-annual technical guides to standardize privacy and regulatory compliance on Ethereum. The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has created a Privacy Working Group with the goal of accelerating Ethereum adoption in businesses. Through this coalition, they seek to provide technical solutions so that institutions can manage tokenized assets with total confidence. We’re thrilled to introduce the EEA Privacy Working Group!This group brings together industry leaders to…

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TruStage pilots TSDA runs through H1 2026, leveraging GENIUS Act-driven stablecoin growth and $2t cap forecasts. Summary TSDA is a dollar-pegged stablecoin with 1:1 cash reserves for U.S. credit unions. Pilot runs through H1 2026, focusing on loans, P2P, cross-border and inter-union settlement use cases. GENIUS Act and forecasts of a $2t stablecoin market by 2028 frame TSDA’s regulatory and macro backdrop. TruStage has announced a pilot program for a dollar-pegged stablecoin targeting US credit unions, representing one of the sector’s largest coordinated efforts to test blockchain-based payments infrastructure, according to the company. You might also like: Hedera price eyes…

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SBF argues AI has no way to pass KYC, making crypto the only viable payment layer for autonomous systems. Stripe, Coinbase, and Bitwise are already building the infrastructure SBF is theorizing about. Not everyone agrees. One industry executive called crypto “structurally corrupted” and unfit for AI. Sam Bankman-Fried, the convicted FTX founder serving a 25-year sentence for wire fraud and conspiracy, posted a thread on X asking what he called “the biggest question for crypto”: will AI use it? SBF argued that AI models like ChatGPT and Claude need compute, and traditional finance cannot serve them. “How do they KYC?…

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It has been only a few months since Kraken, One Trading and Backpack started offering crypto perpetual contracts, better known as perps, to European traders. Coinbase’s website for the same is also live, but it has yet to make any formal announcement about the launch. Other major players in the pipeline to launch the same include Bitstamp, Gemini and Bybit. Is Europe Stretching Its Regulatory Arm Too Much? However, the pan-European regulator earlier this week might have spoiled the ambitious plans of crypto exchanges. Regulators have observed “the increased offering of derivatives, often marketed as perpetual futures or perpetual contracts,…

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Vision Chain, a prominent digital asset infrastructure company, has officially partnered with Bitpanda, a digital asset services firm in Europe. The partnership is poised to offer compliance-focused and scalable solutions for institutional users within Europe and across the globe. Vision Chain will be the infrastructure behind Bitpanda Enterprise Tokenize.Together, we will bring scalable, compliance-ready tokenisation to institutions in Europe and beyond, built for regulated finance from day one.With Bitpanda Enterprise as our partner, Vision Chain… pic.twitter.com/KAGPpk3DxW — Vision (@vsntoken) March 4, 2026 As Vision Chain’s official social media announcement points out, it aims to deliver banks, asset issuers, and corporates…

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U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs are recording major outflows as demand weakens across the crypto market, according to a new report from BestBrokers. $ETH ETF holdings dropped from more than 6.1 million $ETH in late January to about 5.8 million by Feb. 23. Total assets in those funds also fell from $18.6 billion to about $11.9 billion. The data also shows that the market is highly concentrated, with BlackRock holding about 57% of all $ETH in U.S. ETFs – well ahead of Grayscale and Fidelity. Ether ($ETH) has fallen sharply, down about 35% over the past month and nearly 40% over…

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Nvidia, the leading supplier of AI chips, saw its shares slide 5% today as semiconductor stocks came under renewed selling pressure. The company reported yesterday an earnings beat that surpassed investor estimates, with fourth quarter fiscal 2026 revenue reaching $68.1 billion, up 73% year over year. For the full fiscal year, Nvidia generated $215.9 billion in sales, a 65% increase from the prior year. Management projected quarterly revenue of $78 billion going forward, exceeding Wall Street estimates that had forecast figures below $72.3 billion. The earnings beat initially pushed the stock above $200 in post-market trading as investors reacted to…

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Experts who reviewed electronic devices seized as part of the ongoing probe on Libra, the token promoted by President Javir Milei, detected communications between Milei and Mauricio Novelli, one of the individuals linked to the token launch. Several messages in other conversations were erased. Libra Probe Continues: Deleted Communications Detected In Mobile Phones The investigation of Libra, a token promoted by Argentina’s President Javier Milei using social media, and its subsequent launch and downfall continues. According to recent reports, electronic experts who scrutinized the phones seized identified communications between Milei and Mauricio Novelli, one of the individuals involved in the…

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Binance is facing fresh scrutiny after a report from The Wall Street Journal alleged the crypto exchange fired internal investigators who raised concerns about transactions linked to sanctioned Iranian entities. The report claims the probe involved more than $1 billion in transactions and was shut down shortly after a presidential pardon for Binance founder Changpeng Zhao. In response, Richard Teng, CEO of Binance, strongly denied the accusations, calling them “false and defamatory.” 🚨BINANCE PUSHES BACK ON WSJ ALLEGATIONSBinance CEO Richard Teng calls the report “false and defamatory,” denying claims it fired investigators over concerns about funds linked to sanctioned Iran-related…

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Ethereum price started a fresh decline below $1,865. $ETH is now recovering losses from $1,800 and might struggle to recover above $1,925 or $1,950. Ethereum started a recovery wave from the $1,800 zone. The price is trading above $1,900 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $1,935 on the hourly chart of $ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh decline if it stays below the $1,950 zone. Ethereum Price Attempts Recovery Ethereum price failed to stay above $1,880 and started a fresh decline, like Bitcoin. $ETH price…

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