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AetheriumX Partners With Blazpay for DeFi AI To Advance Gamified Experiences Across Web3 

AetheriumX, a Web3 financial entertainment platform that integrates DeFi yields with gamified GameFi mechanics, today announced a strategic partnership with Blazpay, a DeFi AI platform that provides people with intelligence and financial trading solutions. Through this collaboration, AetheriumX and Blazpay combined their respective GameFi network and intelligent DeFi infrastructure, a fusion that aims to transform Web3 engagement into real, rewarding experiences. AetheriumX is a unified Web3 ecosystem that integrates GameFi, DeFi, prediction markets, and token governance into one on-chain platform. Through this approach, AetheriumX enables users to manage and coordinate capital through programmable strategy execution layers that allow them to…

DeFi

Vitalik Buterin Sold Ethereum (ETH) Again

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin once again drew attention to the selling side with his transactions today. According to on-chain data, Buterin sold a total of 428.57 $ETH, acquiring approximately $850,178 worth of stablecoin $GHO. The transactions appear to have been conducted via the decentralized exchange protocol CoW Protocol. With this latest sale, it is estimated that Buterin has sold a total of 7,386 $ETH since February 2nd, for approximately $15.51 million, at an average price of $2,100. This data indicates that the founder has been making sales at regular intervals in recent weeks. On-chain records show that the transactions were…

Ethereum

Open letter urges EU to adopt digital euro to protect monetary sovereignty

More than 60 economists warned EU lawmakers that Europe could lose control of its money if the digital euro project fails, according to an open letter sent to Members of European Parliament before a scheduled hearing next week. The letter was signed by economists from universities and policy institutions across Europe, including French academic Thomas Piketty, Dirk Bezemer (Professor of Economics of International Financial Development, University of Groningen), Peter Blom (Co-chair Sustainable Finance Lab, former CEO of Triodos Bank), Arnoud Boot (Professor of Corporate Finance and Financial Markets, University of Amsterdam), and Kristof Bosmans (Associate Professor, Department of Microeconomics and…

Markets

Ripple Advocate Trashes Banks As They Strive to Ban Stablecoin Yields Through Legislation

John Deaton, a vocal Ripple advocate, has taken to his account on X (formerly Twitter) to share his take on the current discussions regarding the CLARITY Act relating to crypto and stablecoins. These discussions are taking place in the White House at the moment between top crypto companies, i.e., Ripple, Coinbase, etc, legislators, and US banks. While banks are trying hard to ban yields on stablecoins, crypto companies are striving to oppose them, hoping to see pro-crypto regulation integrated and to see the US become the global crypto hub. John Deaton trashes banks as "enemy of regular people" Deaton has…

Regulation

Crypto’s biggest exchange fights back against allegations of moving billions of Iran-linked money

Crypto exchange Binance accused The Wall Street Journal Tuesday of publishing "false information" in a Monday article about the exchange allegedly firing employees investigating funds moving through the exchange to sanctioned entities. Richard Teng, Binance co-CEO, accused the WSJ of "inaccurate reporting about our compliance program” in an X post. He included a letter to the news organization from the crypto exchange’s counsel in New York City, which said “The Wall Street Journal published defamatory claims,” despite the exchange's attempts to “set the record straight.” The letter is similar to one Binance directed to Fortune last week over a similar…

Exchanges

Binance's CZ Reveals His Role in UAE's Bitcoin Mining Pivot

Binance Founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao has revealed the role he played in the positive shift of the United Arab Emirates as a Bitcoin miner. Reacting to a post detailing the region’s success as a $BTC miner, CZ said he has advocated for the venture, a statement that aligns with his business interests in the region. UAE goes fully into Bitcoin mining The conversations around the UAE pivot into gold started with Arkham. The data platform said the UAE has so far mined $453.6 million in Bitcoin through its partner Citadel. As confirmed, the country appears to be holding onto the…

Mining

Nym Now Accepts Cardano ($ADA) for Private Payments

Nym, a decentralized, open-source, and incentivized infrastructure that provides comprehensive, network-level privacy for users and the internet, has announced its landmark strategic partnership with Cardano ($ADA). Cardano ($ADA) is also a decentralized and proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain platform for security and scalability alternatively to earlier networks. 🛡️Online privacy is the condition for digital freedom. That’s why we’re working with Midnight Network to ensure that their protections for private payments and private smart contracts extend to the network level. 🔑Today, we’re excited to announce that NymVPN now accepts… — Nym (@nym) February 24, 2026 The primary purpose of this partnership is to…

Blockchain

3 Solana platforms to shutter following devastating $27M hack

Three Solana-based platforms have announced they are shutting down after a Step Finance hack at the end of January that has been deemed unrecoverable. Solana portfolio dashboard and DeFi aggregator Step Finance announced on Monday that it would be winding down operations. The closure also extends to subsidiaries Solana NFT analytics and the ecosystem media outlet SolanaFloor, as well as lending and yield protocol Remora Markets. “Following the hack at the end of January, we explored every possible path forward, including financing and acquisition opportunities,” it stated, referring to a $27 million security breach of its treasury wallets in January.…

DeFi

Vital Support or Value Trap? Decoding ETH’s Next Big Move

Ethereum remains in a broader corrective phase, trading below key moving averages and inside a well-defined descending structure. While short-term stabilization is visible near support, the higher-timeframe trend still favors sellers unless major resistance levels are reclaimed with strong momentum. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, $ETH continues to respect a descending channel, consistently forming lower highs beneath both the 100-day and 200-day moving averages. The recent breakdown accelerated the price into the $1,750–$1,800 demand zone, where buyers have stepped in to slow the decline, but the structure remains bearish overall. The $2,300–$2,400 region now acts…

Ethereum

Amazon, Shopify, Etsy rally after Court voids Trump tariffs, Trump vows new 10% levy

Shares of major online retailers rose Friday after the US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s blanket tariffs, ruling that the president lacks authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose broad import duties. Amazon gained more than 2%, while Etsy jumped near 10% and Shopify climbed over 2%. eBay, Wayfair and Pinduoduo also advanced. In a 6 to 3 ruling, the Court said IEEPA does not authorize tariffs and cited the major questions doctrine, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing that actions with significant economic impact require clear congressional approval. The decision voids a 10% levy…

Regulation