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Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Cipher Digital has released its fiscal year 2025 performance report, which discloses that the company has officially changed its name from "Cipher Mining" to "Cipher Digital" to complete its brand transformation. In terms of financing, the company has completed three financing transactions totaling $3.73 billion, including: $1.4 billion in senior secured note financing, $333 million in same-rate note financing, and $2 billion in senior secured note financing. These funds are expected to support its upgrade to a next-generation computing power infrastructure development and operation platform in 2026.

The UK Bitcoin treasury company The Smarter Web Company announced the acquisition of the digital marketing agency Squarebird Agency for a transaction price of £1.69 million, aiming to enhance overall financial health, recurring revenue, and operating cash flow. The transaction will be paid through a combination of newly issued equity and cash, and Squarebird will temporarily remain independently operated.

Binance's co-CEO Richard Teng posted on the X platform: "Recently, there have been some false reports regarding our compliance program. The Wall Street Journal published defamatory statements, and despite our efforts to clarify the facts, the journalist did not acknowledge any corrections we made regarding the relevant allegations. We have sent a letter requesting an immediate correction and complete retraction of these false statements."In a previous clarification regarding the compliance program, Binance stated that recent reports about its sanctions compliance relied on incomplete and inaccurate descriptions that did not reflect the full facts and complete investigation records. Regarding the risk exposure to Iranian cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance has reduced its direct risk exposure to the country's four major exchanges by over 97.3%, from $4.19 million to $110,000.

A theft occurred at a cryptocurrency trading platform in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, where a 34-year-old network engineer is suspected of stealing approximately 20 customers' USDT (Tether), totaling about 2.67 million USDT, equivalent to around 20.87 million HKD. The police have arrested him.

IoTeX announced on platform X that after suffering a hacker attack due to a suspected private key leak, L1 has resumed online operations and completed an upgrade. The new version v2.3.4 includes an automatic filtering feature for malicious EOA addresses in the default blacklist to enhance network security. A comprehensive compensation plan for the affected bridging users will be announced within 24 hours.

According to market news, the UK-listed company The Smarter Web Company (code SWC) announced that it has secured a strategic credit facility of $30,000,000 from Coinbase Credit, using its held Bitcoin as collateral, with interest only on the drawn amounts and no fixed maturity date.The facility is designed to enable the company to immediately deploy funds into Bitcoin after completing equity financing, reducing settlement timing risks in volatile markets and supporting its Bitcoin-centric treasury strategy.

According to The Block, the Federal Reserve recently announced a proposal to permanently remove the consideration of reputational risk factors from the banking regulatory framework, and has opened a 60-day public comment period.The proposal aims to ensure that banking regulatory decisions are based solely on substantive financial risks, preventing banks from refusing services due to customers' political views, religious beliefs, or involvement in legal but sensitive industries.Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michelle W. Bowman stated that there have been multiple cases of de-banking, and such discriminatory practices should not exist within the Federal Reserve's regulatory framework. Senator Cynthia Lummis welcomed the proposal, stating that this move will help the U.S. become a global hub for digital assets.

According to Globenewswire, Tice P. Brown, a major individual shareholder of the Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital, has released an open letter disclosing that he has formally rejected the management's privately proposed share buyback offer (he personally holds 9.8% of the company's shares), accusing the company of taking this action to ensure the stability of CEO Ryan Lane's position rather than to protect shareholder interests.At the same time, he demands that Ryan Lane resign immediately and that all Bitcoin assets be sold, with the proceeds returned to shareholders. Data shows that Empery Digital currently holds approximately 4,081 Bitcoins, valued at about $258 million.

According to market news, Hong Kong stablecoin payment fintech company RedotPay is considering an IPO in the U.S., expected to reach $1 billion.According to the crypto data platform RootData, RedotPay previously completed a $107 million Series B financing, led by Goodwater Capital, with participation from Pantera Capital, Blockchain Capital, and Circle Ventures, among others. Existing investors include HSG (formerly Sequoia Capital China). RedotPay provides global payment services using stablecoins and has stated that it currently has over 6 million registered users across more than 100 markets worldwide.

Hong Kong police have arrested an employee of a cryptocurrency trading platform who is suspected of stealing approximately 2.67 million USDT from about 20 customers, worth around 20.87 million HKD. The arrested individual is a 34-year-old network engineer surnamed Choi, who has worked at the company for 4 years and is primarily responsible for managing the mobile application.The company began receiving reports from customers about lost funds in early January this year. Investigations revealed that the employee had logged into the company database and accessed relevant customer accounts. The incident took place at an investment company located in the South Tower of Hong Kong Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, which provides a cryptocurrency settlement platform. The case has now been handed over to the Ninth Team of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Yau Tsim Police District for further investigation.

Jia Nan Technology announced the completion of a $39.75 million financing, acquiring a 49% stake in three Bitcoin mining projects in West Texas by issuing 806,439,900 shares of Class A common stock (approximately 53,762,660 ADS) to Cipher Mining.The main business of the project is operating a Bitcoin mining facility with a total power capacity of 120 MW and a total hash rate of approximately 4.4 EH/s. This transaction also includes Jia Nan Technology repurchasing 6,840 mining machines from Cipher Mining, which were originally planned to be deployed at the Black Pearl site, which is transitioning into an AI data center. After the transaction is completed, Cipher Mining becomes an important shareholder of Jia Nan Technology, with a six-month lock-up period for its shares.

The professional trading terminal for prediction markets, Fireplace, has completed a $1.5 million pre-seed funding round, led by Frachtis, with participation from several VCs and angels including White Star Capital.The funds from this round will be used to build a cross-platform trading infrastructure for institutional prediction markets, including cross-scenario aggregation, smart order routing, real-time data, institutional-grade execution, charting tools, as well as features like wallets, whale and "insider" tracking.

Prepayment and digital asset practitioner Aaron announced that his company Rhythmic has completed a $4 million seed round financing, led by Dragonfly, with participation from Mirana, The Fintech Fund, and others.Rhythmic is building a financial infrastructure platform for consumer internet companies, embedding accounts, stored value, cards, and reward systems in a "native" form within products, with stablecoins facilitating fund flows and settlements at the core. The user interface only reflects "holding balances, earning rewards, and spending freely," without the need to directly interact with wallets or the concept of "using stablecoins." This round of financing will be used to enhance the core platform, connect with the first batch of partners, and expand the engineering and compliance teams.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, "Brother Maji" has had his 25x ETH long position completely liquidated. As of now, his total loss has reached approximately 29 million dollars.

According to official news from Crypto.com, the company has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish Foris Dax National Trust Bank (also known as Crypto.com National Trust Bank). Once fully approved, Crypto.com will operate as a federally regulated national trust bank, providing custody services, staking assets across various blockchains and digital asset protocols (including Cronos), as well as transaction settlement services.Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek stated that this milestone brings the company closer to meeting the demand from leading institutions for a federally regulated one-stop qualified custodian. The company submitted its application to the OCC in October 2025, and this approval will not affect the ongoing operations of Crypto.com Custody Trust Company as a qualified custodian regulated by the New Hampshire Department of Banking.

Cryptocurrency investor Anthony Pompliano's publicly listed Bitcoin treasury company ProCap Financial is repurchasing its own stock BRR to address the significant discount of its stock price to net asset value (NAV).Recently, ProCap repurchased 148,241 shares of BRR, valued at approximately $359,000. The company's current net asset value is about $305 million, while its market capitalization is less than $202 million, with mNAV (market cap/net asset) below 1. Pompliano stated that the company "bought shares worth $1 at about $0.65 last week," and will continue to actively repurchase as long as the market price is significantly below NAV.Data shows that ProCap holds 5,007 BTC, valued at approximately $325 million at current prices. The company initiated its buyback in December 2025 and has repurchased about 2% of its outstanding shares. Pompliano also previously invested $1 million of his personal funds to buy shares and stated that he would only receive equity incentives when the stock price reaches $15.In the secondary market, BRR closed at $2.42 on Monday, down about 76% over the past six months and down 85% from last year's peak. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has dropped about 4% in the last 24 hours, trading at around $64,888, nearly a 49% decline from last October's high of over $126,000.

Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante stated that users who stake their upcoming tokens for at least one year will have the right to exchange for Backpack company equity at a fixed ratio. The company has reserved 20% of its equity for this plan. Armani Ferrante pointed out that this move aims to improve the existing token model, addressing the issue that most projects rely solely on utility to support token value and lack long-term decentralized incentives.Currently, Backpack is negotiating funding at a valuation of $1 billion, aiming to raise $50 million. The total supply of its tokens is 1 billion, with the initial distribution opening 25% of the supply to participants in the loyalty program and holders of Mad Lads. Additionally, the token allocation plan for the team and investors has been stored in the company vault, with a lock-up period of at least one year after the IPO, and team members will primarily be incentivized through holding company equity.

According to market news, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Abits Group announced that it has reached a final agreement with institutional investors to raise $2.1 million by purchasing and selling common stock and pre-funded warrants at a price of $2.65 per share. The net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes and operations.

Suspected WLFI Wallet team member Dylan_0x (@0xDylan_) posted on the X platform: "Someone organized an attack, USD 1 is fully compliant, and all assets are collateralized at a 1:1 ratio."Previously, on-chain detective ZachXBT claimed that a major investigative report targeting a highly profitable company in the crypto industry would be released on February 26, which led to a brief drop in WLFI and a temporary depegging of USD 1.