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Vitalik Buterin has articulated a refined vision for how the Ethereum Foundation (EF) will approach the sector moving forward. Financial empowerment is central to Ethereum’s value proposition, but the foundation will not support the industry indiscriminately, Buterin says. Instead, it will back protocols that align with specific principles of decentralization, privacy, and security. Beyond “better stablecoins” Buterin challenged developers to the innovative spirit that defined the early DeFi era. “Ethereum’s early defi era was great because it dared to dream and innovate and come up with totally new paradigms (eg. AMMs),” Buterin wrote. “Defi tomorrow will bring back that spirit.…

Earnings season is wrapping up with a mixed bag of results across crypto miners, AI infrastructure plays and fintech names, including MARA Holdings (MARA), TerraWulf (WULF), CoreWeave (CRWV) and Block (XYZ). Bitcoin BTC$67,963.04 has remained relatively flat around $67,000 during Asia and European hours, with limited movement spilling over into other crypto related equities. MARA Holdings jumped 16% to $9.80 after striking a deal with Starwood Capital to convert select bitcoin mining facilities into AI focused data centers. The partners expect to deliver about 1 gigawatt of capacity in the near term, with plans to scale beyond 2.5 gigawatts. The…

The nation’s top bank regulator refused Thursday to delay or deny a bank charter application from a President Trump-affiliated crypto company, even as an outspoken senator told him approving it would make him “an accomplice in his corruption.” At a Senate Banking Committee hearing on prudential regulators, Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) pressed Jonathan Gould, Comptroller of the Currency, to either reject or pause review of World Liberty Financial’s pending national trust bank charter. Warren cited the UAE’s $500 million stake in the firm, Trump’s unresolved financial conflicts, and Gould’s own conflict of interest as a presidential appointee serving the…

Retail traders may soon find it easier to trade on real-world outcomes, from elections to inflation data, next to stocks and ETFs. DriveWealth and Kalshi have announced plans to integrate prediction markets into the same investment experience that already hosts traditional assets. The partnership will allow DriveWealth’s global network of partners to embed Kalshi’s event contracts directly within their trading platforms. This means investors could soon speculate on or hedge against macroeconomic events without leaving their existing brokerage accounts. DriveWealth expects the integration to merge Kalshi’s event-driven products with its API-first infrastructure, creating a single, compliant ecosystem for a new…

In a recent podcast chat, Animoca Brands leader Yat Siu shares big ideas on . He says these smart tools will change how we use web3 tech. They will make blockchain easy for everyone. No more hard steps. Just simple fun and use. What Are and Why Do They Matter? are like smart helpers. They do tasks for you. They learn and build new skills. Yat Siu uses nine of them every day. One plans family trips across time zones. It handles kids’ school, homework reminders, and more. Another manages investors. It tracks lists, reminders, and contacts. The best part?…

The Ethereum price breakdown below the $1,900 support of a descending triangle pattern to prolong market correction. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sold roughly 1,869 $ETH (worth $3.64 million) over the past 48-hours. Crypto market fear and greed index has flashed a deep red to 5% mark, significantly the negative market sentiment. $ETH, the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum slipped another 5.18% on Monday to reach $1,864. The selling pressure can be attributed to macroeconomic uncertainty as the U.S. Donald Trump raised the global tariff from 10% to $15%. However, Ethereum faces additional pressure as co-founder Vitalik Buterin continues to dump more…

Forward Industries’ CIO says the company aims to become the “Berkshire Hathaway of the Solana ecosystem,” even as its treasury approaches $1 billion in unrealized losses. The statement comes as $SOL has declined nearly 30% year-to-date, a drop that is impacting balance sheets across major Solana-focused digital asset treasury (DAT) firms. Solana’s Price Decline Deepens Institutional Pain Forward Industries is the largest institutional holder of Solana. The company began accumulating $SOL in September 2025 after raising approximately $1.65 billion through a private investment in public equity (PIPE), backed by Galaxy Digital, Jump Crypto, and Multicoin Capital. According to the latest…

According to Bloomberg, the UK gambling regulator is considering allowing cryptocurrency payments. Accordingly, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is considering accepting cryptocurrencies as a payment method for legal gambling services. This step is seen as an effort to bring the rapidly growing number of cryptocurrency users under the regulatory framework, rather than maintaining the current ban. The stated aim is to allow crypto payments through authorized exchanges, thereby helping to track the flow of illicit gambling funds. Tim Miller, research and policy director at the UK Gambling Commission, said at an event in London: “We are exploring ways to enable…

Bitfinex Securities, a regulated platform for trading tokenized securities, announced today a major update to its account architecture, eliminating separate securities sub-accounts and enabling native support for security tokens on master and standard trading accounts. The El Salvador-based exchange will no longer require users to maintain separate sub-accounts for security tokens. Under the revised framework, tokenized assets will appear alongside digital currencies in exchange wallets, allowing unified portfolio oversight. Existing securities sub-accounts will transition into regular trading sub-accounts without affecting balances, login details, 2FA configurations, and withdrawal permissions, the company stated. The update reflects Bitfinex Securities’ focus on improving accessibility…

Manadia has declared a strategic alliance with OptiView to improve the integrity and reliability of asset management based on AI in Web3 ecosystems. The partnership aims to bridge between artificial intelligence analytics and provable, low-trust settlement infrastructure, developing a safer, smoother system of multi-chain portfolio management. manadia × @optiview_xAI needs intelligence. Intelligence needs verifiable data.manadia is partnering with OptiView to connect AI-powered asset analytics with low-trust, verifiable settlement infrastructure.OptiView simplifies multi-chain portfolio management through unified… pic.twitter.com/7jWhijISmG — manadia (@paywithmana) March 4, 2026 The news is an indicator of an increased change in the digital asset sector, in which AI driven…