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According to Arkham data, at 00:45, 663.46 BTC (worth approximately 45.71 million USD) was transferred from one anonymous address (starting with 1PfM...) to another anonymous address (starting with 1FFZ...).

According to Arkham data, between 00:25 and 00:27, multiple WLFI transfers occurred, totaling 100 million WLFI (with a total value of approximately 100 million USD) transferred from several anonymous addresses:25 million WLFI (worth approximately 25.11 million USD) transferred from an anonymous address (starting with 0x18B9...) to an anonymous address (starting with 0xe3D6...)25 million WLFI (worth approximately 25.11 million USD) transferred from an anonymous address (starting with 0xBcCC...) to an anonymous address (starting with 0x51B2...)25 million WLFI (worth approximately 25.11 million USD) transferred from an anonymous address (starting with 0x6A1F...) to an anonymous address (starting with 0x0F25...)25 million WLFI (worth approximately 25.11 million USD) transferred from an anonymous address (starting with 0xc81B...) to an anonymous address (starting with 0x2C87...)

Bloomberg ETF senior analyst Eric Balchunas posted on the X platform that the United States Oil Fund, an exchange-traded fund for crude oil in the U.S. stock market, has seen unusually high trading activity today. As of 11:30 AM Eastern Time, the daily trading volume has exceeded $7.6 billion, breaking its historical single-day trading record, far surpassing the trading volume levels during the severe fluctuations in the oil market in 2020 and 2022.Analysis suggests that this surge in trading may be driven by both professional traders and high-risk tolerant retail investors. USO is considered one of the stock-like assets most sensitive to oil prices, and thus tends to attract a large amount of short-term trading during periods of significant oil price volatility.Eric Balchunas reminds that since USO primarily tracks oil prices by rolling futures contracts, long-term holding may be subject to erosion from roll costs, and there is also a risk of rapid price pullbacks in oil. Investors should be aware of the potential volatility.

According to a report by the New York Post cited by Jinshi, U.S. President Trump stated that it is "far from" the time to send troops to Iran, expressing dissatisfaction with the election of Mujtaba Khamenei.

According to PR Newswire, risk management and insurance broker Aon has completed its first pilot for premium payments using stablecoins, demonstrating how stablecoin technology can support more efficient cash flow. This pilot was led by Aon's digital assets division and collaborated with Coinbase and Paxos to settle premiums for their respective insurance programs.Transactions were executed across multiple blockchain networks, including USDC on Ethereum and PayPal USD (PYUSD) on Solana, showcasing flexibility between different stablecoins and blockchains. This initiative is supported by the federal stablecoin framework established by the GENIUS Act, passed in 2025.Aon stated that this work aims to assess how regulated stablecoin settlements can be integrated into insurance services to achieve faster settlement times, higher payment efficiency, and enhance risk management in the evolving landscape of digital finance.

According to CoinDesk, Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee stated that recent market signals indicate that the crypto market may be approaching a temporary bottom. Therefore, BitMine will slightly increase its average weekly purchase scale to about 45,000 to 50,000 ETH to accelerate accumulation. He mentioned that the current market has entered the so-called late or final stage of the "crypto mini winter."In addition, BitMine stated that it currently has over 3 million ETH staked, generating approximately $174 million in annual revenue; if all holdings are staked in the future, the annualized income is expected to increase to about $259 million.

According to official news, the Zcash Open Development Lab, founded by former Electric Coin Company CEO Josh Swihart, has completed over $25 million in funding. This round of financing was participated in by Paradigm, a16z crypto, Winklevoss Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Cypherpunk Technologies, Maelstrom, Chapter One, Balaji Srinivasan, David Friedberg, Haseeb Qureshi, James Nicholas, and others.ECC launched its flagship Zcash wallet Zodl in 2024, setting a new standard for Zcash usability. Earlier this year, the original ECC team, including the wallet product team, joined ZODL as a whole to continue building the main user interface for Zcash, aiming to create Zodl as an open self-custody privacy financial platform, expanding ecosystem interoperability through collaboration, and driving privacy ZEC transactions into the global mainstream.The development of the Zcash protocol remains a core focus for ZODL. Engineers who previously designed, built, and maintained key systems for Zcash at ECC have joined ZODL, continuing to advance the protocol evolution with the same commitment and integrity, ensuring that technological advancements support real needs and drive Zcash's product-market fit.At the heart of the Zcash Open Development Lab is the development of an open, self-custodied private financial platform, aimed at expanding ecosystem interoperability through collaboration and pushing protected ZEC transactions into the global mainstream market.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a dormant whale that had been inactive for 9 months withdrew a total of 404.38 BTC from OKX and Binance, worth 27.65 million USD.

According to PR Newswire, the private market blockchain infrastructure Corastone announced that it has received investments from Fidelity, Future Standard, and Hamilton Lane, with the specific amount undisclosed.The new funding will support its development of a proprietary licensed blockchain network to provide a unified infrastructure and data standards for the private market to support higher transaction volumes and more complex transaction structures.

According to SoSoValue data, last week the total net purchase of Bitcoin by publicly listed companies worldwide (excluding mining companies) was $1.28 billion, an increase of 513% compared to the previous week. Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced an investment of $128 million to acquire 17,994 Bitcoins at a price of $70,946, bringing its total holdings to 738,731 Bitcoins.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week, marking eight consecutive weeks without purchases. Additionally, two other companies bought Bitcoin last week. The Japanese food brand DayDayCook announced on March 4 that it purchased 65 Bitcoins, with the specific amount undisclosed, bringing its total holdings to 2,183 Bitcoins; the French Bitcoin asset company Capital B announced on March 9 that it spent $140,000 to buy 2 Bitcoins at a price of $71,053.9, increasing its total holdings to 2,836 Bitcoins. As of the time of writing, the total amount of Bitcoin held by publicly listed companies worldwide (excluding mining companies) is 999,210 Bitcoins, an increase of 1.84% compared to the previous week, with a current market value of approximately $ billion, accounting for 5% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

Binance founder CZ posted on the X platform, stating that the number of payments made by AI agents in the future will reach millions of times that of humans, and these payments will be settled in cryptocurrency.

According to official news, Bitmine announced today that the total value of its cryptocurrency, cash, and "high-risk, high-return investment projects" amounts to $10.3 billion. As of March 8, 2026, at 4:00 PM Eastern Time, the company's held crypto assets include:4,534,563 ETH195 Bitcoin$200 million in Beast Industries equity$14 million in Eightco Holdings equityA total cash amount of $1.2 billion.Bitmine Executive Chairman Thomas "Tom" Lee stated, "This week, against the backdrop of war concerns and soaring oil prices, the price of Ethereum has shown resilience. We continue to believe that crypto prices are in the late/final stages of a 'mini crypto winter'." He cited analysis from Bitmine advisor Tom DeMark, noting that the price trend of ETH is highly correlated with the S&P 500 index in the fall of 2011 and the fall of 1987 (with correlations of 89% and 93%, respectively). If this analogy holds, the price of ETH is expected to bottom out slightly below the recent low of $1,740 between March 8 and 14.Lee revealed that in the past week, Bitmine has accelerated its accumulation of ETH, adding 60,976 ETH, which is above the previous weekly average of 45,000 to 50,000. "As the saying goes, no one rings the bell at the bottom, so Bitmine's strategy is to slightly speed up the accumulation pace." As of March 8, Bitmine has staked a total of 3,040,483 ETH, valued at $6 billion, accounting for 67% of its total holdings.

According to Arkham data, at 20:20, 40 BTC (worth approximately $2,036,400) were transferred from multiple anonymous addresses to Cumberland DRW.

According to Bloomberg, the on-chain prediction market platform Polymarket plans to introduce binary options products for the S&P 500 index, allowing users to bet on whether the index price will "rise" or "fall."

According to The Guardian, the Bank Policy Institute (BPI), an industry organization representing 40 major U.S. banks including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and Citigroup, is weighing a lawsuit against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).The BPI points out that OCC Director Jonathan Gould, appointed by Trump, is reinterpreting federal licensing rules to make it easier for cryptocurrency companies and fintech startups to obtain a "national bank trust charter," allowing them to operate in all 50 states.The BPI believes that this move allows these companies to enter the U.S. financial system without strict oversight and controls, potentially jeopardizing consumer and financial system stability. The organization had urged the OCC in October to reject license applications from Circle, Ripple, and payment company Wise.Additionally, the cryptocurrency firm World Liberty Financial, operated by the Trump family, applied for such a license in January of this year. Currently, the CSBS, representing regulators from all 50 states, and the ICBA, representing 5,000 small banks, have also expressed strong opposition to the OCC's policy.

According to Arkham data, at 18:57, 91,600 SOL (worth approximately 7.66 million USD) was transferred from an anonymous address (starting with 7SmfXj2C...) to degen-retard.sol.

According to Bloomberg, UK AI data center developer Nscale has completed a $2 billion Series C funding round, with a valuation of $14.6 billion.Aker ASA and 8090 Industries led the investment, with participation from Nvidia, Lenovo, Nokia, and others; former Meta executives Sheryl Sandberg, Nick Clegg, and Susan Decker have joined the board.

The leader of the UK Reform Party, Nigel Farage, invested £215,000 (approximately $286,000) through his company Thorn In The Side Ltd. in the UK-listed Bitcoin financial company Stack BTC (STAK), acquiring approximately 6.31% of the shares after the new stock listing.This round of financing raised a total of £260,000, issuing 5.2 million new shares at a price of 5 pence per share, with Blockchain.com also participating. The new shares are expected to start trading on the Aquis Growth Market on March 12.