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TLDR CRYPTO 2025-03-12

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01GENERAL

02MARKETS & BUSINESS

SEN. LUMMIS REINTRODUCES BILL TO CREATE TRUMP'S PLANNED STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE

Senator Cynthia Lummis has reintroduced a bill to establish a U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve, aligning with President Trump's recent executive order. The proposed legislation, which aims to boost the national balance sheet and maintain American economic competitiveness, would authorize a million-unit bitcoin purchase program and create secure vaults operated by the Treasury.

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CANTOR FITZGERALD'S BITCOIN BUSINESS TO USE ANCHORAGE DIGITAL AND COPPER

Cantor Fitzgerald is partnering with Anchorage Digital and Copper to safeguard digital assets as collateral in its new Bitcoin financing business, which is expected to launch with $2 billion in initial financing. This move aims to provide leverage to Bitcoin investors by bridging traditional financial services with industry-leading crypto custody and security solutions.

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03INNOVATION & LAUNCHES

INTRODUCING THE 3JANE WHITEPAPER

3Jane introduces a groundbreaking money market on Ethereum that enables users to borrow USDC with 0% collateral by leveraging verifiable financial proofs instead of onchain assets. It aims to unlock new capital efficiency and expand crypto credit access by bridging DeFi, CEX, and traditional banking.

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SCALING BITCOIN + ETHEREUM TOGETHER

Starknet plans to become the first Layer 2 to settle on both Bitcoin and Ethereum. It uses ZK-STARKs to scale Bitcoin from 7 TPS to thousands, reduce fees to $0.002, and enable cryptographically-secured, trustless DeFi by early 2026. The Bitcoin bridge strategy will start with federated models, advancing to BitVM, and ultimately supporting OP_CAT for trustless bridging and withdrawal. The unified L2 approach will promote greater cross-chain liquidity and interoperability.

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04GUIDES & TUTORIALS

THE PATH TO SECURE AND EFFICIENT ZKVMS: HOW TO TRACK PROGRESS

zkVMs aim to simplify zero-knowledge cryptography adoption for proving program execution for applications, but faces hurdles with security vulnerabilities and performance overhead being a million times slower than native execution. A proposed roadmap outlines staged goals over 2-4 years to achieve secure implementations and reduce proving overhead exponentially. These advancements could reshape how blockchains scale and provide privacy-preserving properties.

a16zcrypto.com15 min read

BEST SOL YIELDS IN DEFI

Solana is gaining traction as a viable contender for institutional investments and may capture significant market share within the RWA space. Among the highest-yield opportunities include Renzo Protocol's ezSOL on Kamino, delivering up to 40% APY through leveraged staking strategies. Other notable opportunities include SOL/JLP liquidity pools that have returned over 50% APR while maintaining heavy exposure to SOL.

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05MISCELLANEOUS

TAPROOT WIZARDS MINT

After two years of anticipation, Taproot Wizards is officially launching its mint on March 25. With only 2,121 available, minting options include discounted access for Quantum Cats holders, a whitelist for dedicated supporters, and a Dutch auction for the general public.

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L2 BLOCKS ARE STUPID (BUT IT'S FINE)

Unlike L1 blocks, which are critical for consensus and chain integrity, L2 blocks are largely artificial constructs batched for L1 settlement, rendering low block times an adjustable and overhyped engineering metric. Advances like streaming mini-blocks, which reduce intervals to as low as 15ms, improve transaction visibility by speeding up communication between sequencers and RPC nodes. Streaming blocks shift attention from block time marketing to the real driver of L2 user experience: efficient execution and network latency.

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