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According to Cointelegraph, the Criminal Assets Bureau of the Irish National Police has announced that it has successfully cracked one of the 12 Bitcoin wallets associated with a convicted drug dealer, retrieving 500 Bitcoins worth over 35 million dollars.The wallet owner is Clifton Collins, who was sentenced to five years in prison in 2017 for cultivating and selling cannabis. Collins purchased 6,000 Bitcoins with drug trade proceeds between 2011 and 2012, storing them across 12 wallets, with the keys printed on an A4 sheet of paper and hidden in a fishing rod case, which were later lost when his landlord cleared the house.Earlier today, it was reported that the Irish drug dealer deposited 500 BTC into Coinbase after nearly 10 years, worth 35.44 million dollars.

According to BBX data, yesterday global listed companies continued to strengthen their treasury sovereignty through asset swaps and targeted purchases, with the core data as follows:212 BTC purchased: Semler Scientific (NASDAQ: $SMLR) disclosed yesterday that it has increased its holdings by 212 BTC, with an average cost of approximately $75,100. Its total holdings have now reached 2,032 BTC.$2 million phase two increase: Acurx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: $ACXP) confirmed yesterday that it has completed the second batch of its $2 million Bitcoin purchase plan. The company stated that the execution speed of its treasury anti-inflation strategy has been adjusted from quarterly to monthly.1.2% monthly yield: DeFi Technologies (CBOE: $DEFTF) disclosed yesterday that its BTC treasury achieved a net yield of 1.2% in March. The company announced it will introduce staked SOL for treasury diversification for the first time.$5 million "gold for coins": Metals One PLC (LSE: $MET1) announced yesterday that its first batch of $5 million in gold reserves has been successfully swapped for an equivalent amount of Bitcoin, marking the practical phase of its treasury "hard asset transformation."3,000 BTC reserve milestone: TeraWulf (NASDAQ: $WULF) announced yesterday that its "zero carbon" BTC reserves have officially surpassed 3,000 BTC, and reiterated its commitment to maintain a retention rate of over 90% of its output.

According to CoinDesk analysis, as the pressures from scalability challenges, quantum technology, and artificial intelligence continue to grow, Ethereum is at a critical juncture in high-risk balancing strategies. In the first three months of 2026, the Ethereum ecosystem faces multiple structural pressures. Vitalik Buterin sharply criticized the Layer2 scaling path at the beginning of the year, pointing out that many Rollup designs rely on centralized components and isolated environments, failing to truly inherit the security guarantees of the mainnet, leading to ecosystem fragmentation and inconsistent security assumptions.Meanwhile, the Ethereum Foundation has incorporated the threat of quantum computing into its recent planning, advancing research on LeanVM and post-quantum signature schemes. Internally, Tomasz Stańczak, the co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, has left after about a year in office, a change seen as a signal of the foundation's internal realignment of priorities. Additionally, the foundation is accelerating its layout for decentralized AI research, attempting to position Ethereum as the "trust layer" for AI systems, used for verifying outputs, coordinating agents, and supporting machine-to-machine economic activities.Overall, Ethereum can no longer handle these issues in isolation; they are interwoven. The network is being pulled in multiple directions simultaneously, making it increasingly difficult to maintain balance. Unlike previous cycles, the current predicament is more about structure than short-term momentum. The short-term focus remains on mainnet scaling, with the planned Glamsterdam upgrade set to be a litmus test to determine whether the Ethereum network can successfully transform into a robust, quantum-resistant "trust layer" supporting the global AI economy.

The Israeli military assessment believes it has successfully "assassinated" Ali Larijani, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. The Iranian side has not yet made any statement on this.

Elon Musk posted on the X platform that if the lawsuit against OpenAI results in compensation, all winnings will be donated to charity, and he will not profit from it.

BGIN BLOCKCHAIN LIMITED (NASDAQ: BGIN) is a digital asset technology company with proprietary cryptocurrency mining technology, as well as a manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining hardware. BGIN today announced the successful first tape-out of its BT1 Bitcoin mining ASIC chip, which is manufactured using a 4-nanometer process. This is the company's first self-developed intellectual property chip specifically designed for Bitcoin mining, marking an important milestone in the company's Bitcoin mining chip project.The project entered the tape-out phase in October 2025, and the first tape-out was successful. With the tape-out completed, the BT1 chip has now entered the system-level testing and production preparation phase. This success marks the seventh consecutive successful tape-out of ASIC mining chip projects for BGIN since 2022, setting an excellent record of execution. BGIN stated that the successful first tape-out helps reduce development risks and enhances the company's confidence in executing multiple generations of the Bitcoin mining roadmap. The company has also initiated early development of the next generation of advanced architecture to achieve better energy efficiency performance in the chip.

According to Jin Shi citing CCTV News, a representative of the Expert Assembly in Mazandaran Province, Iran, stated that the members of the Expert Assembly have fulfilled their duties, and the successor to Khamenei's legacy will be officially announced soon.He pointed out that the Expert Assembly has never faced such immense pressure as it does now, with hostile forces attempting to force the assembly to abandon its selected candidate, but the members have resisted external interference.

According to The Block, the Bank of Canada announced the completion of a tokenization pilot project called "Project Samara," successfully issuing a government bond worth 100 million Canadian dollars using Hyperledger Fabric technology.The project was issued by the Export Development Canada, with participation from TD Bank and the Royal Bank of Canada, issuing a three-month Canadian dollar-denominated bond to a "closed group of investors," covering the entire process from issuance, bidding, coupon payments, redemption to secondary trading.The project evaluation found that blockchain technology could enhance operational efficiency, improve data integrity, and reduce counterparty and settlement risks, but these advantages were partially offset by increased system complexity, liquidity costs, and the inadequacies of the existing regulatory framework.The Bank of Canada stated that although the technology is feasible, widespread adoption may progress slowly due to integration challenges and limited willingness to transform core infrastructure.The project builds on the Jasper project initiated by the Bank of Canada in 2016.

According to AXIOS, President Trump stated in an interview on Thursday that he needs to be personally involved in selecting Iran's next leader, just as he did in Venezuela.Trump acknowledged that the assassinated Supreme Leader Khamenei's son, Mojtaba Khamenei, is the most likely successor, but he also made it clear that he finds this outcome unacceptable. For several days, the Iranian regime has delayed announcing the successor to the Supreme Leader. However, statements from Iranian political figures on Thursday hinted that an announcement may be imminent.Trump said, "They are wasting time. Khamenei's son is a nobody. I must be involved in the appointment process, just like I handled Delcy Rodriguez in Venezuela." He added that he would not accept any new Iranian leader who would continue Khamenei's policies, which would force the U.S. to "go to war again in five years."

According to Hong Kong media Hong Kong 01, the Hong Kong police have cracked a money laundering case involving the use of puppet accounts and virtual currency exchange shops. It is reported that two mainland Chinese individuals opened puppet accounts in Hong Kong, using 43 local bank accounts to receive 34 sums of money from different fraud cases, and purchased cryptocurrency at virtual asset exchange shops, laundering approximately HKD 17.3 million in criminal proceeds.Analysis of the fund flow shows that the criminal group conducted cryptocurrency transactions through local bank accounts, laundering as much as HKD 230 million. The Hong Kong police charged the two individuals with 3 and 10 counts of money laundering respectively. After reviewing the case, the court approved heavier sentences of 28 months and 43 months in prison for the two.

According to Lookonchain, the trader "predictorxyz" (possibly an insider) bet $658,000, believing that Axiom would be charged with insider trading. At that time, the odds were only 13.8%, and he netted $4.114 million.On-chain detective ZachXBT also found the deposit of $70,000 USDC into a newly created prediction market account suspicious, and thus investigated the funding source of the user "predictorxyz." ZachXBT stated that the related Solana address is an active user of Axiom, with the username "JustADegen" on Fomo. They have recently also bundled CRABS tokens, and it would be great if someone could help identify them.

According to Mempool data, an independent Bitcoin miner successfully mined block 938092, receiving a block reward of 3.128 BTC, worth approximately $197,500.

According to CoinDesk, Michael Saylor, founder of Strategy, compared the current situation of Bitcoin, which has fallen about 45% from its peak, to Apple's "low point" in 2013 during a recent interview, emphasizing that every successful technology investment must undergo similar adjustments.He pointed out that the current Bitcoin pullback has lasted for 137 days, but it may take several years to fully recover, just as Apple took 7 years to regain market confidence. Saylor believes that structural changes, such as the migration of the derivatives market to U.S. regulatory markets, are compressing volatility, limiting what could have been an 80% drop to a range of 40%-50%. He also dismissed the threats of quantum computing and the Epstein-related controversies, stating that these are merely evolving panic narratives that do not pose a substantial threat to the Bitcoin network.

According to The Block, earlier this month, BlackRock, Citadel Securities, and Apollo Global Management disclosed their plans to purchase DeFi governance tokens. BlackRock tokenized its treasury bond fund BUIDL on-chain through UniswapX and bought UNI tokens; Citadel Securities supported the launch of the "Zero" blockchain under LayerZero and acquired ZRO tokens; Apollo or its affiliates reached an agreement with Morpho to acquire up to 90 million MORPHO tokens over 48 months, accounting for approximately 9% of the total supply.Several investors told The Block that the motivation for these institutions to buy governance tokens is not to allocate them as part of their investment portfolio, but rather to secure access to infrastructure.In terms of future predictions, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan have been mentioned by several investors as the next potential entrants, with a focus on blue-chip projects related to stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets, and trading infrastructure.

Last night, Zhao Changpeng unfollowed crypto KOL EnHeng and Phyrex. The EnHeng X account has synchronized privacy protection settings. As a result, BSC ecosystem projects have begun deleting tweets related to EnHeng's activities.Notably, yesterday Zhao Changpeng retweeted a post titled "I hope Chinese KOLs can unite and not argue," and responded, "I don't have time to watch the drama, nor have I seen what the argument is about."

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According to market news, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is considering stepping down before her term ends in October 2027, so that French President Macron and German Chancellor Merz can reach an agreement on her successor before the French elections in April 2027.A spokesperson for the European Central Bank later responded that Lagarde is "fully focused on her mission and has not made any decisions regarding the end of her term." Lagarde's potential early departure comes at a critical time for the advancement of the digital euro by the European Central Bank. Under her leadership, the European Central Bank has been continuously advancing the preparations for the digital euro and has repeatedly emphasized the need to manage the risks of private digital currencies such as stablecoins within the framework of the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation.Lagarde herself has long held a critical stance towards cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, describing them as "highly speculative," "worthless," and "not backed by any underlying assets." If there is a change in the leadership of the European Central Bank, it could affect the institution's communication focus and priorities regarding the digital euro, stablecoin regulation, and crypto-related payment arrangements, although the overall regulatory direction has already been established at the EU level.

According to official news, the four core infrastructures of the LX ecosystem are about to be fully launched. Among them, the underlying public chain LXChain, the LX exchange, and the block explorer LXExplorer will be launched simultaneously on February 11, 2026, while the multi-chain payment tool LXPay is scheduled to be released on March 1, 2026.This launch covers a full-chain layout from public chain, trading, data to payment: LXChain adopts DPOS consensus and supports block generation in 3 seconds; the LX exchange supports spot trading of mainstream assets and will debut the LB/USDT mainstream trading pair; LXExplorer provides transparent on-chain data queries; LXPay will initially integrate multiple EVM-compatible chains, gradually achieving multi-chain asset payment and management.LX, symbolized by the "Statue of Liberty," is positioned as a global aggregation carrier and a multi-chain issuance platform, practicing the concept of "freedom changes crypto, trust returns to the community." The landing of this product matrix marks its official entry into a new stage of integrated aggregation ecology.

According to EmberCN monitoring, the two largest Ethereum long addresses on Hyperliquid recently faced forced liquidation:The "CZ counterpart whale address" with a position worth $181 million in ETH was completely liquidated, resulting in a total loss of $54 million.The "BTC OG insider whale" with a position worth $660 million in ETH was completely liquidated, resulting in a total loss of $230 million.