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A major #bitcoin milestone was hit.

20,000,000 BTC have now been mined.

That means less than 1 million Bitcoin remain to ever enter circulation.

At current issuance rates, miners produce about 450 BTC per day — and that number keeps falling with each halving.

Digital scarcity, in real time. #redpacket

#solana hit a stablecoin milestone.

In February, stablecoin transaction volume on Solana reached $650B, more than 2× the previous all-time high.

Adoption is accelerating through real-world integrations:

• Crossmint backed Western Union’s USDPT stablecoin launch with wallet + payment APIs
• African fintech Raenest (1M+ users) added USDT/ $USDC on Solana
• The Noah × Nafolo partnership targets remittance corridors to cut up to 12% in bank fees

Crossmint also previewed agentic payment cards, letting AI agents transact via Visa Intelligent Commerce.

Stablecoins on Solana are moving fast from crypto rails → global payment infrastructure.

AI agents are moving into trading.

Anthropic released a 33-page guide for building “Claude Skills.”

The docs include examples showing how AI agents can analyze markets and automate trades — including prediction market strategies.

Expect more AI-driven trading bots.

#crypto #AI

DeFi incident: An oracle glitch on Aave triggered about $26M in wstETH liquidations.

A misconfigured price feed undervalued the asset by ~2.8%, causing 34 accounts to be wrongly liquidated.

Liquidation bots captured ~499 ETH in profits.

Aave says affected users will be compensated.

BTC and ETH dominated CEX spot trading in February.

Spot volumes:
• BTC — $617B
• ETH — $316B
• XRP — $80.3B
• SOL — $64.1B
• DOGE — $17.5B

Meanwhile, gold (XAU) ranked 7th in derivatives volume with $33.5B, showing rising demand for commodity exposure on crypto exchanges amid geopolitical tensions.

High Impact news incoming, the big three that could send volatility into overdrive are:

12:30 UTC - Core PCE Price Index
12:30 UTC - US GDP (Q4 - 2nd Estimate)
14:00 UTC - JOLTS Job Openings (Jan)

Potential Impact Scenarios
Bearish: Core PCE comes in "hot" (e.g., >0.3%) AND Job Openings stay high. This strengthens the US Dollar (DXY) and typically causes Bitcoin to wick downward as the "pivot" narrative dies.

Bullish: Core PCE is lower than expected (e.g., 0.1% or 0.0%) AND GDP is revised downward. This suggests inflation is dead and the economy is cooling just enough. Crypto usually rallies hard on this "soft landing" data.

Chop: If PCE is hot but GDP is weak, expect up and down wicks as the market tries to decide which data point the Fed will care about more.$BTC

Binance is still #1… but the gap is shrinking.

Its spot market share recently dropped to 22% — the lowest since 2020.

The era of Binance dominating half the market is clearly over.

Rival exchanges are catching up plus there are quite a lot of them now. #Binance

CEX volumes fell to their lowest level since Oct 2024, dropping 2.4% to $5.6T.

• Spot: $1.50T (-3.0%)
• Derivatives: $4.11T

Derivatives now account for 73.2% of all CEX trading, showing how dominant leveraged markets have become.

#crypto #trading

Florida has passed the first state-level #stablecoin regulatory framework in the U.S. — with zero votes against it.

The bill cleared the legislature unanimously and now heads to Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it within 30 days.

If signed, Florida could become the first U.S. state with a dedicated stablecoin regulatory structure, signaling growing state-level momentum around digital assets.

#defi drama: Curve vs PancakeSwap.

Curve Finance publicly accused PancakeSwap of illegally copying its StableSwap code after the launch of PancakeSwap Infinity’s StableSwap feature.

StableSwap is one of Curve’s core innovations for efficient stablecoin trading with low slippage.

The accusation highlights a recurring tension in DeFi:
open-source innovation vs. protocol-level credit and attribution.$CRV $CAKE

A trademark clash came up between legacy fashion and #Web3

PEI Licensing — parent company of the Original Penguin apparel brand — has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit* against Pudgy Penguins.

PEI argues the NFT project’s merchandise marks could mislead consumers, citing its penguin trademark that dates back to 1956.

Another example of traditional IP law colliding with Web3 brands. $PENGU

CPI done and BTC took it in, but don't forget big daddy trump speaks in the next few hours (20:25 UTC).

Watch for what he'll say as it can bring more volatility than cpi did.

A new payments race is emerging: #AI agents + #Stablecoins

Circle and Stripe are both building infrastructure designed for autonomous AI agents to settle transactions using stablecoins.

The idea: machines paying machines — instantly, globally, and without card networks.

If this model scales, it could mark a major shift away from traditional card-based payments toward programmable digital money.

#NASDAQ is partnering with Kraken’s parent company Payward to build an “Equities Transformation Gateway.”

The system will use Kraken’s xStocks framework to let tokenized equities move between regulated markets and blockchain networks.

Key goal: bring on-chain liquidity to traditional stocks while keeping:
* issuer control
* investor protections
* legal shareholder rights
anchored on Nasdaq’s permissioned infrastructure.
Nasdaq says its equity token design and related services could begin rolling out in H1 2027.

The Trump administration officially folded #crypto into its national “Cyber Strategy for America.”

For the first time, cryptocurrency & blockchain security are listed alongside AI and quantum computing as pillars of U.S. technological leadership.

The strategy commits the federal government to supporting the security of crypto and blockchain technologies, emphasizing privacy-by-design across supply chains.

No new regulations were introduced — but the signal is clear:
Blockchain is moving from a regulatory gray zone to a recognized part of U.S. economic and national security infrastructure.

Trump says “Short term #oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, is a very small price to pay for U.S.A., and World, Safety and Peace. ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY!”

O well, they say what goes up must come down, let's see if it will apply here

Why won't Crude Oil continue to rise when President Trump said there will be "no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender".

Sooner or later, the conflict will end, hopefully sooner rather than later.

#crypto friendly Fintech giant Revolut has applied for a U.S. banking license with the OCC.

If approved, it would gain direct access to Fedwire and ACH, letting it offer loans, credit cards, and deposits without partner banks.

Big step toward expanding in the U.S. Wonder how this expansion with aid aid cross border payments using crypto (if approved)

Big move for crypto payments

Western Union + Crossmint are launching USDPT, a USD stablecoin on #solana .

Users will be able to convert digital dollars into cash at 360,000+ locations worldwide.

SoFi, a nationally chartered US bank, recently started supporting direct deposits of #solana (SOL) on the Solana network right inside the SoFi app. Users can send SOL from external wallets straight to their SoFi crypto accounts.

Access to #crypto just continues to rise.