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US President Donald Trump Unveils Cryptocurrency Strategic Reserve Including 3 Altcoins.
According to the latest development, US President Donald Trump said the following about the cryptocurrency reserve, which includes three different altcoins, in his post on Truth Social:
"A U.S. Crypto Reserve would elevate this critical sector after years of corrupt attacks by the Biden Administration, which is why my Executive Order on Digital Assets directed the Presidential Working Group to move forward on a Crypto Strategic Reserve that includes $XRP , $SOL , and

ETH L2 Base has implemented Flashblocks on its testnet, cutting block times from 2 seconds down to 2 milliseconds. The upgrade will significantly boost blockchain scalability, mainnet launch is expected in Q2 2025.

Miners Face Profitability Crunch ⛏️
Marathon Holdings (MARA), a publicly traded US crypto miner, warned in their Q4 2024 Shareholder Letter that miners still drawing electricity from grid-attached power sources will struggle after the next halving event in 2028.
Bitcoin miners have been struggling to remain profitable since the last bitcoin halving as rewards have been reduced, and are facing increasingly fierce competition. Total hashrate securing the network has only been climbing to make new all-time highs since the halving.
Miners are adapting to this new environment through multiple ways

Time for DOT ETF?
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Grayscale Investments just filed for a Polkadot ETF with the SEC, adding to their growing collection of potential offerings.
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This isn't just another random filing. Grayscale is systematically building an impressive portfolio beyond their already successful Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs.
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The Polkadot move comes right after they received SEC acknowledgment for a Cardano fund and filed to convert their XRP Trust into an ETF. It's becoming clear that Grayscale is betting big on the future of diversified crypto investment products.

Pectra Upgrade, a major update to the ETH network, has just been activated on the Holesky test network. The next step is activation on the Sepolia testnet before the upgrade goes live on ETH mainnet.

Crytpo Extends Decline 📉
Crypto continued to sell off today, as Trump’s tariff plans spooked risk-on assets. Total crypto market cap has already lost $229 billion in the last 24 hours, now hovering barely above $3 trillion.

We’re back with a short survey, this time to find out how everyone feels about Crypto x AI!
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Are you bullish or bearish crypto AI? How much do you trust AI agents? And which crypto AI agent use cases are you looking forward to?

Bitcoin running out of time on monthly close For popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital, the race was on for Bitcoin to consolidate higher before the monthly close. Analyzing the monthly chart, he suggested that several months of rangebound trading needed to be capped with a show of strength. "The Bitcoin post-breakout retest of the Monthly Bull Flag has been a volatile retest thus far," he reported. "Bitcoin will need to Monthly Close above the Bull Flag top to confirm the breakout & set itself up for trend continuation over time. ~$96700 needs to hold."

Smart Market – Likely an advanced order type that optimizes execution based on market conditions, possibly using algorithms to get the best price.
Conditional – A type of order that only triggers when certain conditions are met, such as price movement or volume thresholds.
TWAP (Time-Weighted Average Price) – A trading strategy that breaks a large order into smaller portions and executes them over a specific period to minimize market impact.

Bitcoin has experienced fluctuations, with attempts to reach the $100,000 mark. There have been ups and downs, and recent reports show some drops in the price.  
It is still the dominant crypto currency, and its movements effect the entire market.

We’re back with a short survey, this time to find out how everyone feels about Crypto x AI!
Are you bullish or bearish crypto AI? How much do you trust AI agents? And which crypto AI agent use cases are you looking forward to?

Ethereum gaming franchise Illuvium has downsized their core team in order to extend its financial runway. The team is now down to 66 members down from its original 100 to 150 members from before.

Franklin's Double Crypto Play
Franklin Templeton quietly launched something fascinating - a crypto ETF that holds both Bitcoin and Ethereum under one ticker. Named EZPZ (clever, right?), it's only the second crypto index ETF in the US market.
The interesting part? The fund holds Bitcoin and Ethereum in an 87-13 split based on market cap.
Franklin Templeton has bigger plans. They're positioning EZPZ to become a one-stop crypto portfolio for US investors, with plans to add more cryptocurrencies as they become eligible.

MAJOR PROJECT UPDATES 🗓️
Hyperliquid launched HyperEVM, transitioning from a perpetual DEX to a full-fledged L1.
Ethereum’s Petra Upgrade set to go live on Holeksy Testnet (Feb 24) and Sepolia (Mar 5), with mainnet deployment pending.
Monad debuted its parallel execution testnet, allowing developers to begin building.
Zksync introduced Union Chain, focused on RWA tokenization.
Virtuals Protocol launched the Agent Commerce Protocol for AI-driven multi-agent coordination.
Doodles announced its DOOD token on Solana, with 30% of supply allocated to the community.

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Hong Kong Pushes Forward 🇭🇰
With Consensus Hong Kong currently in full swing, the city’s top securities regulator has announced that they are considering crypto derivatives and margin lending for certain investors.
These initiatives come on the back of Hong Kong’s push to be a regional digital assets hub. There are currently ten licensed crypto exchanges in Hong Kong, which are allowed to offer spot trading to investors, with the regulator assessing applications from eight more parties.
Hong Kong was the first jurisdiction in Asia to launch spot crypto ETFs last year. It was also earlier re

What’s Happening With Solana!
Solana's price just took an unexpected hit, dropping to levels we haven't seen since December. The culprit? A series of controversial meme coins that turned from entertainment to embarrassment.
It started with LIBRA, a meme coin that managed to both soar and crash spectacularly after getting tangled up with Argentine President Javier Milei. The token shed $4.4 billion in market cap just hours after launch.
Then came HARRYBOLZ, which shot up 54,637% after Elon Musk's brief name change on X. And let's not forget VIGILANTE, which crashed 69% after someone climbed the