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Ethereum price faces $2,000 support as exchange withdrawals surge to the highest level since November, indicating potential shifts in market supply and momentum. Summary Ethereum trades at $2,001, down 4.3% in the last 24 hours. Exchange withdrawals hit 31.6M $ETH in February, highest since November. $2,000 support is critical; break below risks $1,850, upside targets $2,300–$2,400. Ethereum ($ETH) is trading at $2,001 at press time, down 4.3% in the past 24 hours. The seven-day range stands between $1,841 and $2,099. $ETH is still up 7.7% over the past week but down 14% in the last 30 days. From its August…

Leopold Aschenbrenner has built a US stock portfolio heavily concentrated in companies that supply the power and infrastructure behind the artificial intelligence boom. The former OpenAI researcher, who left the lab’s superalignment team to launch San Francisco-based hedge fund Situational Awareness LP, has grown it from $383 million in assets in early 2025 to a reported $5.52 billion in US equity positions in its latest 13F filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund’s 13F filing for Q4 2025 shows a highly concentrated portfolio built around betting that the real winners of the AI boom won’t be chatbots,…

The Aave Chan Initiative (ACI), one of the largest delegated service providers in the Aave governance ecosystem, has announced it will wind down its engagement with the Aave DAO and depart the protocol over the coming months, marking a significant escalation in ongoing governance tensions. In a governance forum post published March 3 by Marc Zeller, founder of ACI, the organization confirmed that it will not seek renewal of its contract with Aave DAO and will begin a four-month wind-down of operations with a focus on transferring infrastructure and responsibilities back to the DAO or successor teams. “The Aave Chan…

Vitalik Buterin turned heads in his latest post, where he claimed Ethereum is the “wrong-shaped tool” to directly ease the world’s concerns. Buterin, who has been very vocal in recent months about Ethereum’s ideals, or at least, what he perceives them to be, is on X again, discussing the two most prominent worries from the past year. Vitalik’s on the two things worrying people the most In his post, the two worries he highlighted were: The negative aspects of current world politics and concerns regarding AI risks. The “brute reality that Ethereum seems to be absent from meaningfully improving the…

Kraken is the first crypto firm in the US to gain a master account at the Fed for professional and corporate clients. Kraken has secured access to the Federal Reserve’s core payment systems through a master account for its banking arm, Kraken Financial, allowing it to move money on the same infrastructure used by traditional banks and credit unions, the company told The Wall Street Journal. While the firm will not receive the full suite of Fed services, the approval is a major milestone for the crypto sector after many failed attempts to tap into Fed infrastructure. The development arrives…

Bitso Taps Ripple, $XRP, and $RLUSD to Supercharge Cross-Border Payments in Latin America Bitso is expanding its global footprint by accelerating cross-border payments in Latin America using Ripple Payments, $XRP, and $RLUSD, positioning itself at the forefront of faster, lower-cost, and more transparent international transactions for businesses. Well, cross-border payments in Latin America have historically been plagued by high fees, slow settlement, and poor transparency, largely due to reliance on multiple intermediary banks that add delays and unpredictable costs. Gabriele Zuliani, Bitso’s Head of Growth, welcomed the move saying: “$RLUSD and Ripple Payments let us reinvent how money moves globally:…

Ripple Bets $5M on DeFi Infrastructure for Autonomous AI Agents Ripple is betting $5M on the agentic economy, backing San Francisco’s t54 to build an AI trust layer for secure autonomous agent transactions. The seed round, co-led by Anagram, PL Capital, and Franklin Templeton, also attracted Virtuals Ventures, Blockchain Coinvestors, ABCDE, and Ripple. Well, this strategic investment signals a growing conviction that AI agents will rely on DeFi rails to operate securely. What was once speculative “DeFAI” is now becoming tangible infrastructure. In 2025, AI agents and trading bots are resurging in crypto, powered by upgraded decentralized platforms, advanced AI-driven…

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, called for the platform to move beyond its financial roots and take on a broader mission of building open systems that safeguard privacy, freedom, and coordination in an increasingly volatile digital landscape. In a post published on X, Buterin described these efforts as “sanctuary technologies”, decentralized infrastructure meant to shield users from government and corporate surveillance, geopolitical instability and the expanding reach of artificial intelligence. The Ethereum co-founder acknowledged that the network has played a limited role in tackling these challenges directly, even as internal discussions have shifted toward how the platform might contribute…

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has escalated scrutiny of major cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb following an unprecedented operational mistake in which the firm accidentally credited customers with tens of billions of dollars’ worth of Bitcoin. Summary South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has launched a full-scale investigation into Bithumb following a massive $43 billion Bitcoin “fat-finger” error. The incident stemmed from an internal operational mistake that temporarily credited users with Bitcoin far exceeding the exchange’s actual holdings. Regulators are examining Bithumb’s internal controls and IT systems, with potential penalties possible if violations are confirmed. The investigation follows a striking error…

Neutron, which identifies itself as a public PoS blockchain that allows $BTC holders to earn yields on a suite of BTCFi products and services, has announced a temporary service disruption until at least March 9 after a security update in which it said “a white hat flagged a vulnerability” in its code. Neutron quickly moved to calm fears about fund safety in its announcement, noting that all funds are safe and that users did not have to take any further action at this time. However, until at least March 9 when it promised that fixes are due to go live,…