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🚨 NEW: Japan’s core inflation rose to 3% in February, exceeding expectations and marking the 35th straight month above the Bank of Japan’s 2% target.
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🇨🇳 JUST IN: Chinese Communist Party media published a key article on crypto, highlighting:
• Bitcoin is too volatile to be a currency but has investment value.
• Dollar stablecoins could boost U.S. dominance in global finance.
• China should speed up digital yuan and asset development.
• Token adoption can strengthen the yuan’s global role.
• Risk control is key to countering dollar stablecoins.
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🇧🇾 NEW: In Belarus, Mogilev region has begun preparing sites for the construction of mining farms, with the initiative receiving support from President Alexander Lukashenko.
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🇰🇷 TODAY: South Korea Financial Intelligence Unit launches enforcement action against unregistered foreign crypto exchanges in the country.
BitMEX, KuCoin, CoinW, Bitunix and KCEX are among those named.
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⚡️ NEW: Mt. Gox and Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb aims to launch his company Vast's commercial space station "Haven-1" into orbit and secure a NASA contract by 2026.
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🔥 NEW: Metaplanet welcomes Eric Trump to its newly formed Strategic Board of Advisors, citing his business expertise and passion for BTC as assets for building one of the world's leading Bitcoin Treasury Companies.
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🚨 Kraken is close to a $1.5 billion acquisition deal for NinjaTrader which would allow the exchange to offer crypto futures and derivatives in the US, per WSJ.
🔥 Bitnomial is set to launch its first ever regulated $XRP futures in the US on Mar. 20 and dropped its lawsuit against the SEC.
🇵🇰 Pakistan is seeking to legalize crypto to boost foreign investment, according to Pakistan Crypto Council CEO Saqib.
🇺🇸 President Trump posted on Truth Social saying, “The Fed would be much better off cutting rates as US tariffs start to transition (ease!) their way into the economy.”
🚨 Bybit CEO gives an update on hacked funds.
🇺🇸 Trump Media execs are launching a new SPAC aiming to raise $179M to acquire high potential businesses in the cryptocurrency and blockchain, data security and dual use technologies markets based in the US.
🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 142 BTC were bought and 6,060 ETH were sold on Mar. 19.
🚨 Michael Saylor posts “EUR gonna need BTC”.
🚨 President Trump declares, “Crypto is the biggest revolution… and together, we will make America the undisputed Bitcoin superpower and crypto capital of the world.”
🔥 NYSE files proposal to allow staking of Bitwise ETH ETF.
⚡️Elon Musk’s AI bot Grok is now available on Telegram.
⚡️ Kraken acquires NinjaTrader for $1.5B to expand US derivatives trading capabilities.
🚨 ZachXBT identifies the Hyperliquid whale as UK fraudster William Parker, linked to $1M casino theft and past hacking scandals.
🇦🇪 Dubai Land Department launches the ‘Real Estate Tokenisation Project,’ pioneering property title deed tokenization in the Middle East.
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🇦🇪 LATEST: Dubai Land Department launches the ‘Real Estate Tokenisation Project,’ pioneering property title deed tokenization in the Middle East.
The sector is projected to grow by AED 16B annually, reaching AED 60B by 2033, making up 7% of Dubai’s total real estate transactions.
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⚡️ NEW: Kraken acquires NinjaTrader for $1.5B to expand US derivatives trading capabilities.
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🔥 NEW: NYSE files proposal to allow staking of Bitwise ETH ETF.
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🚨 JUST IN: Michael Saylor posts “EUR gonna need BTC”
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🇺🇸 JUST IN: Trump Media execs are launching a new SPAC aiming to raise $179M to acquire high potential businesses in the cryptocurrency and blockchain, data security and dual use technologies markets based in the US.
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🇺🇸 TODAY: President Trump posted on Truth Social saying, “The Fed would be much better off cutting rates as US tariffs start to transition (ease!) their way into the economy.”
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🚨 NEW: Bitnomial to launch its first ever regulated $XRP futures in the US on Mar. 20 and dropped its lawsuit against the SEC.
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🇺🇸 Trump’s Executive Director of Digital Assets Bo Hines stated that the US is focusing on “acquiring more Bitcoin in budget neutral ways."
🔥 Raydium to Launch its Own Version of pumpdotfun called “LaunchLab”.
🚨 Four. Meme has recovered from an attack and resumed its launch function after a full security inspection.
🇺🇸 Increasing numbers of crypto companies are seeking bank charters to grow their businesses under the Trump administration, per Reuters.
🇺🇸 Arizona’s crypto legal tender bill (SB1062) has just passed the House Commerce Committee.
🔥 83% of institutions plan to increase their crypto allocations in 2025, according to Coinbase’s latest institutional investor survey.
🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 2,490 BTC were bought and 27,420 ETH were sold on Mar. 18.
🇺🇸 SEC Crypto Task Force’s first roundtable session to discuss key areas of interest in the regulation of crypto assets will begin this week on Mar. 21 and will be streamed live to the public.
🔥 Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announces the SEC case is officially over, calling it a “historic win” for Ripple and the crypto industry.
⚡️ $XRP surges 14% to $2.55, pushing its FDV to $254.87B, surpassing $ETH's $244.24B to become the second-highest FDV in crypto.
🚨 The first-ever Solana futures ETFs are launching tomorrow.
🇺🇸 The Federal Reserve has decided not to cut or hike interest rates.
📈 $XRP breaks past $2.50, surging +14% as whales with 1M+ XRP now hold 46.4B coins, increasing their holdings by 6.5% in two months.
🔥Nvidia introduced the GR00T N1 humanoid AI, trained on human data for natural interaction.
🔥The stablecoin market grew 63% in 2024, increasing from $138B to $225B in total supply.
🔥 Elon Musk’s X has reached an evaluation of $44b.
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🔥 LATEST: According to CryptoQuant investor, the current market correction differs from March 2024 as stablecoin supply is rising, signaling readiness for a rapid surge once strong catalysts appear.
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🚨 JUST IN: Coinbase is in advanced discussions to acquire Deribit.
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🚨 BREAKING: OFAC announces the removal of Tornado Cash contract addresses from its sanction list.
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🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 1,910 BTC were bought and 6,080 ETH were sold on Mar. 20.
BTC ETFs saw $165.7M in net inflows.
ETH ETFs saw $12.5M in net outflows.
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🚨 JUST IN: The SEC acknowledges the filing for the 21Shares spot Polkadot ETF.
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🔥 TODAY: US Crypto and AI Czar David Sacks met with the son of the UAE's founder to discuss cryptocurrencies and AI.
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🚨 NEW: Three senior Trump Media executives have launched Renatus Tactical, a $179M SPAC focused on acquiring companies in crypto, blockchain, and data security.
The move aligns with the administration’s push to integrate digital assets into the U.S. financial strategy.
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🚨 ALERT: ZachXBT identifies the Hyperliquid whale as UK fraudster William Parker, linked to $1M casino theft and past hacking scandals.
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⚡️ NEW: Elon Musk’s AI bot Grok is now available on Telegram.
Pavel Durov confirmed the integration after reaching 1 billion monthly active users, with GrokAI offered free for Telegram Premium subscribers.
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🚨 JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump declares, “Crypto is the biggest revolution… and together, we will make America the undisputed Bitcoin superpower and crypto capital of the world.”
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🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 142 BTC were bought and 6,060 ETH were sold on Mar. 19.
BTC ETFs saw $11.8M in net inflows.
ETH ETFs saw $11.7M in net outflows.
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🚨 LATEST: Bybit CEO gives an update on hacked funds
• $1.4B stolen (~500K $ETH), with 88.87% still traceable
• Hackers using mixers: Wasabi, CryptoMixer, Railgun, TornadoCash
• 86.29% converted to BTC (12,836 BTC across 9,117 wallets)
• BTC mixers now in play: 193 $BTC already washed through Wasabi
• Biggest challenge: Tracking funds through mixers
• Bounties needed: Only 63 of 5,012 reports were valid
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🇵🇰 JUST IN: Pakistan is seeking to legalize crypto to boost foreign investment, according to Pakistan Crypto Council CEO Saqib.
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🚨 JUST IN: Kraken is close to a $1.5 billion acquisition deal for NinjaTrader which would allow the exchange to offer crypto futures and derivatives in the US, per WSJ.
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🔥 NEW: Elon Musk’s X has reached an evaluation of $44b.
Back in September the Social Media platform was valued at roughly $10b according to FT.
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