Binance co-founder CZ disclosed the upgrade of Trust Wallet on X platform, mainly including: support for XRP Ledger and Snoic blockchain, upgrade of Bitcoin Swap, ETH hardware wallet, and CA search. In addition, CZ also revealed that the current download volume of Trust Wallet has reached 197 million times.
According to Decrypt, Iris Ramaya Au, the former girlfriend of cryptocurrency entrepreneur Adam Iza, nicknamed "The Godfather," has agreed to plead guilty and admit to federal tax fraud charges. Au admitted to not reporting over $2.6 million in illegal income to the Internal Revenue Service between 2020 and 2023. She used shell companies and illegal funds to maintain a luxurious lifestyle for herself and Iza, including purchasing luxury cars, real estate, and cryptocurrency. According to the statement from the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, Au now faces up to 3 years in federal prison.
According to The Miner Mag, the Bitcoin mining company MARA is about to deploy an additional 2.5 EH/s of computing power in Ohio. The company is "on the verge of completing" the construction of a 40-megawatt (MW) data center in Ohio, with plans to install over 10,000 Immersion S21 Pro mining machines.
According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale is shorting the ETH/BTC exchange rate. This whale withdrew 2770 cbBTC (243 million US dollars) from Coinbase, deposited 2219 cbBTC (194.6 million US dollars) into Aave, and borrowed 45,441 ETH (99 million US dollars).
SlowMist security team revealed a critical vulnerability in the widely used elliptic encryption library (GHSA-vjh7-7g9h-fjfh). Attackers can extract private keys with just one signature by constructing specific inputs, which could lead to the theft of digital assets or identity credentials. This vulnerability may affect blockchain applications and digital identity systems that rely on this encryption library.
According to on-chain analyst Lookonchain (@lookonchain), a whale is shorting the ETH/BTC trading pair. The whale withdrew 2,770 cbBTC (approximately $243 million) from Coinbase, then deposited 2,219 cbBTC (approximately $194.6 million) into the Aave protocol, and borrowed 45,441 Ethereum (approximately $99 million).
According to PeckShield monitoring, Delta Prime hackers transferred 310 ETH to Tornado Cash. Delta Prime suffered a hacker attack in November 2024, losing about $4.8 million.
The Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act (SB21) was added to the "intent notice" agenda on Wednesday, March 5th, indicating that the bill may be voted on tomorrow.
US stock index futures continued to rise after Trump's speech, with Dow futures up 0.5%, S&P 500 index futures up 0.6%, and Nasdaq futures up 0.54%. (Jinshi)
SlowMist posted on the X platform, stating that suspicious activities related to a series of tokens created by a contract named Pump on the BSC Chain have been detected. Please stay vigilant.
On March 5th, the South Korean financial authorities plan to strengthen the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) system to combat new financial crimes including cryptocurrency crimes. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) held a consultation meeting on anti-money laundering inspections on March 5th, and informed relevant institutions of the inspection plan. The FIU will focus on and respond to new money laundering methods, such as illegal activities conducted through virtual accounts and simplified transfers.
Blockworks Research revealed that Solana's on-chain activities significantly slowed down in February. Data shows that Solana's Real Economic Value is $196 million, a decrease of 64% compared to the previous period; application revenue is $284 million, a decrease of 56% compared to the previous period; decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume is $156 billion, a decrease of 54% compared to the previous period; stablecoin supply is $11.2 billion, a decrease of 2% compared to the previous period.
US President Donald Trump privately stated that he will continue to impose tariffs. US Commerce Secretary Ross said earlier in the day that Trump may reach a middle ground with Canada and Mexico on the tariff issue. Trump's 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday. (Jinshi)
During his first joint session of Congress in his second term, President Trump stated, "Later this week, I will be taking historic action to greatly expand the production of key minerals and rare earths in the United States."
According to Metaplanet, the company has additionally purchased 497 bitcoins. After this purchase, Metaplanet's total bitcoin holdings reached 2,888 coins.