Hut 8, a Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency mining company, released its latest operating data, revealing that the mining output in February was 46 bitcoins, a decrease from the 65 bitcoins mined in January. Currently, its bitcoin reserve has increased to 10,237 BTC (including 968 bitcoins pledged and transferred to a third-party wallet). In addition, Hut 8 disclosed that the delivery of mining machines under the hosting agreement signed with Bitmain is in progress.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said on the X platform, "On this historic day of the White House Digital Asset Summit, thanks to President Trump's leadership and David Sacks' efforts, the United States now has a strategic Bitcoin reserve and regulatory policies are gradually becoming clear. This directly translates into economic growth in the United States. For example, Coinbase plans to hire about 1,000 employees in the United States this year to address this new growth. We will continue to develop this industry in the United States to ensure that the United States maintains a leading position in the technology and finance sectors."
Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, announced the "FIFA Coin" plan at a White House summit, hoping to launch their own cryptocurrency. The aim is to leverage the $170 billion football industry and the 5 billion global football fans. They will invite cryptocurrency experts to collaborate and help realize this project.
Polymarket posted on X platform, stating that after an unauthorized interview with Tucker Carlson, SBF (Sam Bankman-Fried) has been placed under solitary confinement. Since this unauthorized interview aired, the possibility of SBF receiving a presidential pardon has nearly doubled.
According to The Paper news, the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Ying Yong, made a work report of the Supreme Procuratorate at the third session of the Fourteenth National People's Congress, in 2024, the procuratorial organs prosecuted 825 people for securities crimes such as financial fraud and insider trading, and prosecuted 3032 people for money laundering crimes such as using "virtual currency" to transfer criminal proceeds.
On March 8th, a court in Georgia ordered the detention of George Bachiashvili, the founder of Mission Gate and a venture capitalist. He is currently facing trial for allegedly embezzling investment profits from former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.
CleanSpark, a bitcoin mining company listed on Nasdaq, has been included in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index on the X platform. According to the company's latest financial report data, its current bitcoin holdings have reached 11,177 coins, with 624 bitcoins mined in February and an expected mining output of 1,250 bitcoins in the 2025 fiscal year. The S&P SmallCap 600 Index is typically referred to as a "small-cap index," reflecting emerging trends and innovative forces in the economy.
Nasdaq-listed company Nano Labs announced the additional issuance of 154,799 shares of Class A common stock to investors at $6.46 per share, raising funds to purchase 1 million USDT stablecoins. The company had previously issued 913,714 shares of Class A common stock, raising approximately $5.9 million.
According to Farside Investors monitoring, ARKB had a net outflow of $160 million yesterday, FBTC had a net outflow of $154.9 million, GBTC had a net outflow of $36.5 million, and BITB had a net outflow of $18.6 million.
According to on-chain data analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a whale's 20x BTC short position on Hyperliquid has increased to a floating profit of $4.886 million. In addition, the address's 30x ETH short position also has a floating profit of $190,000, with an opening price as high as $2,658, also opened at a high point of the rebound.
According to Lookonchain monitoring, in the past 9 hours, Galaxy Digital withdrew 282,500 SOL (approximately $40.5 million) from OKX, Bitstamp, Coinbase, and Binance, and staked 274,253 SOL (approximately $39.15 million).
According to Lookonchain monitoring, 8 hours ago, a whale address deposited 751 million FUN (approximately $1.55 million, accounting for 6.83% of the total supply) into Binance. This 751 million FUN was withdrawn from Binance during the bull market 4 years ago, when it was worth $18.25 million. This whale now faces a loss of $16.7 million (-92%).
According to online detective ZachXBT, a seizure lawsuit filed by US law enforcement agencies yesterday revealed the reason why Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen encountered a theft of approximately $150 million (283 million XRP) in January 2024. The incident stemmed from Larsen storing the private key in the LastPass password manager, which suffered a data breach in 2022. The documents show that after the victim enters the private key of the cryptocurrency wallet into an online password manager, the physical record of the private key will be immediately destroyed. The password manager experienced two major data breaches in August and November 2022, where attackers stole encrypted passwords and vault data. FBI investigation found that the stolen data was used to illegally access the electronic accounts of multiple victims and steal information, cryptocurrencies, and other data.
According to the official announcement, Binance announced the launch of the "Vote for Coin Listing" and "Vote for Coin Delisting" community governance mechanisms. Users can vote for their favorite coin listing projects, and projects with the highest number of votes and passing the review will be listed on Binance. Users can also vote to delist projects in the monitoring area that lack product development updates, have inactive communities and teams, fail to update progress regularly, add token supply without proper procedures, or pose significant risks to users.
According to Lookonchain monitoring, today 10 Bitcoin ETFs net outflowed 1,537 Bitcoins, worth about $138 million. Among them, iShares Bitcoin ETF under BlackRock's banner flowed out 689 Bitcoins (about $61.7 million).
US stock market opened with the three major indices opening lower, with the Dow Jones falling 0.42%, the S&P 500 falling 0.28%, and the Nasdaq falling 0.2%.
Geoff Kendrick, head of digital asset research at Standard Chartered Bank, proposed that the United States could purchase Bitcoin by selling part of its $760 billion gold reserves as a "budget-neutral" source of funds for a newly established Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR). This proposal comes shortly after President Trump signed an executive order requiring the government to acquire Bitcoin without increasing the burden on American taxpayers.
US President Trump posted on Truth Social, saying, "I am strongly considering imposing large-scale banking sanctions, (other) sanctions, and tariffs on Russia until a ceasefire and final peace agreement are reached. Russia and Ukraine, sit down at the negotiating table now, or it will be too late. Thank you!!!"