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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says an experiment that used artificial intelligence to prototype the blockchain’s roadmap out to 2030 in just a few weeks could have lessons for developers. “This is quite an impressive experiment. Vibe-coding the entire 2030 roadmap within weeks,” Buterin posted to X on Saturday after a developer made a bet with Vitalik in February that one person could use AI to code a reference implementation of the blockchain’s roadmap. Buterin added that AI is “massively accelerating coding” and that people “should be open to the possibility that the Ethereum roadmap will finish much faster than people…

JPMorgan Chase & Co., long known as a traditional financial powerhouse and sometimes crypto skeptic, is increasingly embracing stablecoins and blockchain-based money tokens. The executive says crypto companies that offer stablecoin rewards must face the same regulations as banks because they provide the same financial services. Dimon emphasizes that competition must follow the same rules when products look the same, saying banks are not afraid of a little challenge. Dimon and other bank executives have explicitly said they want to be “involved in stablecoins” to understand and participate in what they see as a growing part of the financial system. Dimon says…

The Russian government is considering legalizing stablecoin payments while banning the use of cryptocurrencies for the same purpose. The fiat-pegged coins are closer to Moscow’s idea of digital currency, and the transactions made with them may be regulated under a separate law after the adoption of a crypto-focused framework. Russia’s finance ministry favors legalizing stablecoin payments The Russian Ministry of Finance (Minfin) is now inclined to treat cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and digital financial assets as distinct categories, a high-ranking representative unveiled. The ministry is convinced that tokens pegged to national fiat currencies are the closest to a regular means of payment,…

South African bank Nedbank has joined forces with Crypto.com to bring blockchain payments across Africa. The deal will help the bank modernize how it handles payments, settlements, and liquidity. Both retail and business clients are expected to benefit. Nedbank will use Crypto.com’s blockchain tools to make transactions faster, safer, and more transparent. 🚨JUST IN: NEDBANK PARTNERS WITH CRYPTO(.)COM FOR BLOCKCHAIN PAYMENTSSouth African banking giant @Nedbank has announced a new partnership with @cryptocom.The collaboration aims to drive blockchain-based innovation across Africa.Nedbank will leverage Crypto(.)com’s… pic.twitter.com/jf7ijvQzJ8 — BSCN (@BSCNews) March 5, 2026 Nedbank Boosts Blockchain Services With this partnership, Nedbank will add…

Core Scientific has secured a financing agreement with Morgan Stanley worth up to $1 billion to expand its digital infrastructure operations. The company completed the initial $500 million closing of a 364-day loan facility, which includes an option to increase total commitments to $1 billion. According to Thursday announcement, the loan carries an interest rate of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) plus 2.5%. The company said the additional funds will boost liquidity and support the development of new data centers, including costs tied to equipment, land acquisition, and energy procurement. [#highlighted-links#] This deal lands at a pivotal moment for…

Pundi AI recently revealed a new strategic partnership with Pluton AI to solve a major challenge around artificial intelligence and blockchain: access to high-quality and/or verifiable data. Through this collaboration, both companies will connect community-owned AI datasets to be utilized by production-ready autonomous on-chain agents. This will be a major step forward for DeFi and AI within the DeFAI ecosystem. Bridging the>Pundi AI is an established decentralized protocol that allows raw Artificial Intelligence (AI) training data to be converted into community owned assets through incentives to users for supplying and verifying their contribution. This approach ensures that the materials used…

Crypto whale Machi Big Brother has suffered another major blow. After months of aggressive leveraged trading on Ethereum. On-chain data shared on March 2 shows the trader has lost roughly $74 million over the past six months. While repeatedly longing for $ETH with high leverage. His Hyperliquid account now holds only about $8.5K to $10K. It signals that most of his trading capital has been wiped out. The collapse comes after $ETH fell sharply from around $4,700 in September 2025 to below $2,000. That crushing leveraged long positions across the market. Six Months of Heavy Losses According to Arkham, Machi…

The European Central Bank said increasing stablecoin use may pull money out of bank deposits and weaken the way monetary policy flows through to lending, according to a new ECB working paper. Growing adoption of stablecoins, which are digital assets often pegged to currencies such as the US dollar or euro, is expected to draw funds away from traditional bank deposits, the ECB said in its latest working paper series, “Stablecoins and Monetary Policy Transmission,” released Tuesday. “Our analysis shows that rising interest in stablecoins is linked to a measurable decline in retail bank deposits and a reduction in lending…

Top banking trade groups slammed the Fed’s decision to hand a coveted master account to crypto firm Kraken Wednesday, arguing the move was not only risky, but violated the central bank’s own policies. On Wednesday, Kraken announced it successfully secured a master account from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Master accounts allow a bank to access the Fed’s payment services, and are considered practically essential to operate a bank nationally. Kraken is the first crypto bank to ever receive master account approval—though several have been trying for years. Kraken’s master account is reportedly limited in some respects; it…

There is a new Proof-of-Reserves Transparency Score which compares big crypto exchanges. The ranking is used to measure practices of reserve verification. The latest exchange report by CryptoQuant includes the benchmark. The review has examined eighteen trading platforms. KuCoin was the top score in the research. The trade was rated 96.7 and graded as A+. There are a number of transparency attributes that researchers attributed. Not all Proof-of-Reserves are equal.@kucoincom ranks #1 in CryptoQuant’s PoR Transparency Score (96.7, A+), backed by public wallets, monthly Merkle-tree reports, and third-party attestations.A benchmark for exchange transparency. pic.twitter.com/uteeaSAU9H — CryptoQuant.com (@cryptoquant_com) March 5, 2026…