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President Trump has signed an Executive Order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, which will be capitalized with forfeited federal Bitcoin holdings at no cost to taxpayers, along with a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile for other forfeited digital assets. The order aims to preserve these assets as a store of value and maximize their worth.
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has proposed to reclassify crypto under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act to cap crypto tax rates at 20% (matching the tax rate for securities) instead of the current maximum of 55%. The proposal aims to encourage market growth, protect investors, and pave the way for innovations like spot crypto ETFs.
The Dantewada District Administration has migrated its land records to the Avalanche blockchain, allowing for transparent and persistent record-keeping. The records include ownership forms, maps, and plot registers, and allow owners to instantly prove ownership.
Seismic is an upcoming blockchain focused on protocol-level encryption rather than wallet-level privacy, aiming to enable encrypted transactions between multiple parties. The chain achieves this by restructuring the chain stack around secure hardware and cloning EVM memory segments into transparent and encrypted regions, maintaining encryption throughout state replication. Three initial protocols have already been developed – NIBBLE for restaurant revenue sharing, RIFF for music-based bonding curves, and FOLIO for global pay-it-forward chains.
A new governance proposal aims to deploy Fluid on Polygon with 1.5M POL tokens allocated as lending incentives, plus around $10M in stablecoin and $25M in POL/LST liquidity. Fluid will match these incentives with 1.5M FLUID tokens once the platform reaches $60M in stablecoin borrows and Polygon's combined DEX volume maintains $2.5B weekly for two consecutive weeks.
Safe{Wallet}, in collaboration with Mandiant, has confirmed that the February 21 security breach was a state-sponsored attack by TraderTraitor, a DPRK-linked threat group. The team has since implemented extensive security upgrades, restored systems, and is calling on the Web3 community to enhance security measures industry-wide.
Ethereum has underperformed Bitcoin and the ETH/BTC ratio falling to levels not seen since 2018, prompting a grassroots "Brand Hack" initiative to address Ethereum's marketing shortcomings. While Ethereum prioritized decentralization over scalability—a technically sound decision evidenced by its dominance in stablecoin TVL—it has failed to effectively communicate its value proposition or cultivate the cultural relevance enjoyed by competitors like Solana. One remedy is to position Ethereum as "The Internet You Can Own" and implement an Intel Inside-inspired marketing program, where applications built on Ethereum would display a certification logo in exchange for financial and ecosystem support.
SIMD 228, a proposal to reduce Solana's token emissions, argues that the current system creates significant economic inefficiencies by recycling value from SOL holders back to stakers while exposing participants to substantial tax liabilities and middleman fees. With Solana currently emitting approximately 28 million SOL annually (worth $4.7 billion), reducing these emissions could save the ecosystem $100-400 million per year that otherwise leaks to governments through unfavorable tax treatment where staking rewards face ordinary income rates instead of capital gains.
New York's Assembly is considering legislation that would criminalize various forms of crypto fraud, like rug pulls, private key fraud, and undisclosed token interests.
Bankrupt crypto exchange Mt. Gox moved over $1 billion in bitcoin (11.8K BTC) to an unmarked address and roughly 167 BTC to its cold wallet in its first large transfer since January, while creditors continue to await repayment from the platform's 2014 collapse.
Argentine federal prosecutor Eduardo Taiano hopes to freeze over $110M in assets tied to the Libra memecoin scandal, which gained attention because of its alleged connection to President Javier Milei.
AI agent tokens have been dragged down 12% to $5.2 billion by tariff fears and amid a broader market slump.