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Bitdeer Technologies Group announced its SEAL03 wafer achieved a record 9.7 joules per terahash (J/TH) efficiency during testing, while confirming plans to begin mass-producing its Sealminer A3 mining rigs in late 2025. With 9.7 J/TH Milestone, Bitdeer Advances Sealminer A3 Toward 2025 Rollout The SEAL03 chip, designed for Bitdeer’s next-generation Sealminer A3 machines, demonstrated its 9.7 J/TH efficiency in prototype tests under low-voltage, ultra power-saving conditions. This marks a significant step in improving energy efficiency for bitcoin mining hardware, a critical factor as the industry faces tightening margins. Mass production of the Sealminer A3 is expected to commence in the…

Bitcoin may be set to stage a massive rally, at least according to one prominent analyst. In an X post on Wednesday, February 19, highly followed crypto analyst “Titan of Crypto” suggested that Bitcoin could be “about to take off.” The analyst expressed this view, citing the stochastic relative strength index, a marriage of two widely used technical indicators used to identify price extremes when an asset’s price is overbought or oversold. Titan of Crypto noted that the StochRSI on Bitcoin’s weekly timeframe was currently oversold. This typically marks an accumulation or re-accumulation phase before an upswing. Bitcoin StochRSI oversold…

Speaking at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink didn’t mince words about the economic impact of America’s increasingly nationalistic policies. Fink directly linked potential inflation to mass deportations and a shrinking workforce in key sectors like agriculture and construction. Fink warned that tighter immigration restrictions and a rise in nationalism could lead to higher inflation. He admitted that while nationalistic policies are popular, their economic impact on the labor market could send prices soaring. He specifically called out agriculture, pointing out that many farm workers are foreign-born and vulnerable to deportation policies. He also flagged the…

Amid the recent flurry of controversial meme coins on Solana, Uniswap CEO Hayden Adams has weighed in, claiming that flawed launches are often intentional rather than accidental. His statement has ignited further debate within the crypto community, especially in light of recent high-profile token scandals. Hayden Adams Says Messed Up Token Launches Are Likely Intentional The Uniswap Labs executive remarked in a post on X (Twitter), inadvertently calling out deployers of controversial token launches. “It’s not that hard to do a good/fair token issuance. So if a token launch is messed up, it’s probably by design,” Adams wrote. Adams’ statement…

There is more to SEC’s recent memecoin guidance than meets the eye. On Feb. 27, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance issued guidance explaining that memecoins — which the SEC described as digital assets “inspired by internet memes, characters, current events, or trends for which the promoter seeks to attract an enthusiastic online community” — are generally not sold as securities. This is consistent with the SEC’s shift away from efforts under former Chair Gary Gensler to claim regulatory power over virtually the entire digital-asset industry, and it could have implications for the industry that go far…

Robinhood posted listings for Pudgy Penguins (PENGU), POPCAT, and Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT). The exact parameters of the listing remain uncertain as the platform makes its next big expansion into meme tokens. Robinhood listed Pudgy Penguins (PENGU), POPCAT, and Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT). The brokerage service posted a link to a PNUT page, which was temporarily inactive. Later, Robinhood confirmed the listings with an official message on X. Pengu also confirmed the listing, which would add to its mainstream outreach. PENGU ($PENGU), PNUT ($PNUT), and POPCAT ($POPCAT) are now available to trade on Robinhood. GM. pic.twitter.com/Pl4rpXHSnE — Robinhood (@RobinhoodApp) March…

Crypto analyst Akademik, who called the Bitcoin price crash early has revealed his total predictions for the flagship crypto’s trajectory in the short and mid-term. Based on these predictions, BTC is set to experience a further crash which could send its price to as low as $80,000. What Next For The Bitcoin Price In a TradingView post, Akademik predicted that the Bitcoin price could drop to as low as $80,000 while revealing his short trading strategy for the flagship crypto going forward. The analyst’s accompanying chart showed that the flagship crypto could pull back to the $80,000 range or even…

An unknown attacker prompted Ethereum developers to roll out a “private fix” as the network grappled with technical issues during the Pectra upgrade on the Sepolia testnet. In a post-incident report, Ethereum developer Marius van der Wijden revealed that the attacker exploited an overlooked “edge case,” repeatedly triggering errors by sending zero-token transfers to the deposit contract, further complicating an already troubled rollout. What happened? On March 5, the Pectra upgrade went live on Sepolia, but almost immediately, developers started seeing error messages popping up on their geth nodes, alongside an increase in empty blocks being mined. According to van…

Venture capital firms and angel investors are reportedly circumventing lock-up periods for crypto tokens by using market-making firms to trade them off-market. Constructing ‘Two-Sided Books’ Some venture capital (VC) firms and angel investors reportedly have devised methods enabling them to offload locked-up tokens before they can be traded on the open market. According to a Bloomberg report, market-making firms are said to be helping investors bypass arrangements that control how locked-up tokens are injected into circulation. As per the report, market-making firms such as Wintermute, Flowdesk and Caladan are facilitating such trades. GSR and Nomura Holdings Inc.’s Laser Digital also…

2025 is set to be a key year for Cardano, focusing on ecosystem growth, strategic budget allocation, and community-driven projects. Charles Hoskinson stresses the importance of decentralization, innovation, and collaboration with the Japanese community for future success. Charles Hoskinson, CEO and founder of Cardano, recently did an Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Seira Yun, where he engaged with Cardano’s Japanese audience. The topic covered key points of Cardano’s future, such as its ongoing improvements, projects being worked on by the community, and Hoskinson’s view of the developing Cardano ecosystem. A strong undercurrent of the discourse was the demand for decentralization,…