27th February — 5th March
▫️ Crypto funds hit a record $30B in trading last week, led by Bitcoin dominance.
▫️ SEC postpones decision on BlackRock’s ethereum ETF proposal, seeks public input.
▫️ Commissioner Peirce says SEC is in “enforcement-only mode” for crypto.
▫️ State attorneys argue SEC overstepped in Kraken lawsuit.
▫️ Coinbase glitch shows $0 balances amid Bitcoin surge.
▫️ Gemini plans to return assets to Earn users pending bankruptcy approval & $37M fine to NY DFS.
▫️ Fidelity All-in-One ETFs to include 1–3% crypto allocation.
▫️ Aleo users worry about privacy after KYC documents leak.
▫️ Ethereum Dencun upgrade set for March 13th.
▫️ Tornado Cash deposits via IPFS gateways risk notes exposure, warns blog post.
▫️ Seneca $6.4M exploit on mainnet & Arbitrum returns 80% of funds, urges approval revocation.
▫️ HackMD adds Sign-in with Ethereum feature.
▫️ Taiwan’s financial regulator explores a special act to regulate crypto.
▫️ Nigeria reportedly demands $10B from Binance in damages.
▫️ Hong Kong attracts 22 firms seeking crypto exchange licenses, including OKX, Bybit, and HTX.
▫️ StarkWare introduces new open source zero-knowledge prover Stwo.
▫️ Ethereum Layer 2 chain Blast launches official mainnet.
▫️ Astaria Intents (intent-based lending) live on Base platform.
▫️ Delta hard fork reduces fees for Optimism ecosystem chains.
▫️ Polygon zkEVM ready for Dencun upgrade, anticipates fee reductions with EIP-4844.
▫️ Aave DAO produces the first block under Frontier ETH staking program.
▫️ Ankr to create liquid staking tokens for Bitcoin via Babylon.
▫️ Jae Kwon leads community GovGen initiative before AtomOne fork.
▫️ Avail, modular blockchain project, raises $27M in seed funding.
▫️ Taiko, an “Ethereum-equivalent ZK Rollup,” closes a $15M funding round.
▫️ Initia, rollup-focused blockchain, secures $7.5M in funding.
▫️ Octav, a project focused on on-chain data, secures $4M in strategic funding.
▫️ Arkis closes a $2.2M funding round to boost adoption.
▫️ Second-most expensive CryptoPunk sells for 4,500 ETH, over $16M.
