Kazakhstan's Central Bank Will Invest Up to $350 Million in Crypto Assets: Reuters

André Beganski / decrypt - The planned investments represent a sliver of its gold and foreign exchange reserves.

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Dubai Orders Crypto Exchange KuCoin to Stop Offering Services to Residents

Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - KuCoin must stop offering its services in Dubai, the emirate's crypto regulator said this week, as it is not appropriately licensed.

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Vancouver mayor's bitcoin investment proposal blocked by city, provincial law

Sam Reynolds / coindesk - Officials say the Vancouver Charter limits city reserves to government debt, bank instruments and other traditional assets.

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Crypto Exchange OKX Debuts Social Platform Linking Posts to Trades

Sebastian Sinclair / decrypt - Orbit allows traders to disclose portfolio data and earn rewards tied to follower engagement in what OKX is touting as a transparency play.

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Crypto billionaire Justin Sun settles US fraud case for US$10 million

scmp - The US Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to settle its civil fraud case against Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, with one of Sun’s companies paying a US$10 million penalty, a court filing showed on Thursday.The SEC sued Sun and …

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Kraken's surprise Fed win may harken onslaught of crypto firms with narrow Fed access

Jesse Hamilton / coindesk - The Kansas City Fed may term this "Tier 3" access, but Kraken's entry into the vaunted Fed payments system has riled bankers and raised crypto hopes.

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Son of U.S. government contractor, accused of stealing millions in seized crypto, arrested in France

Olivier Acuna / coindesk - John “Lick” Daghita was arrested in a joint FBI-France operation after allegations he siphoned tens of millions of dollars in crypto from government seizure wallets managed by his father’s company.

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NYSE stock exchange operator partners with OKX to launch crypto futures and tokens

Sam Becker / fastcompany - Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the company that powers the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and other capital markets, has struck a strategic partnership with crypto platform OKX. The partnership will allow ICE to license OKX spot crypto prices and launch…

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Solana stablecoin volume hits record $650 billion in February as onchain payments draw demand, Grayscale says

Naga Avan-Nomayo / theblock - Solana's record monthly stablecoin transaction volume follows growing appetite for retail payments infrastructure over memecoins.

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Kraken First Digital Asset Bank to Gain Fed Payment Rail Access

PYMNTS / pymnts - Kraken says its digital asset bank has been granted a Federal Reserve master account. This approval, announced by the crypto exchange Wednesday (March 4), means that Kraken Financial is the first bank of its kind given access to the Fed’s payment system, …

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Stablecoin giant Tether invests $50 million in sleep technology startup Eight Sleep

Krisztian Sandor / coindesk - The firm behind the $183 billion USDT stablecoin is expanding beyond its crypto roots to longevity and artificial intelligence.

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Visa and Stripe plan global expansion of stablecoin card issuance product to over 100 countries

Daniel Kuhn / theblock - The product, when first unveiled in 2025, was initially focused on Central and South American countries and is currently live in 18 countries.

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Bitcoin miner Core Scientific to sell bulk of BTC holdings in 2026 to fund AI pivot

Naga Avan-Nomayo / theblock - Core Scientific has already sold around $175 million in bitcoin as the company accelerates its pivot toward AI-focused data centers.

Back to Top / Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 8:22 am / permalink 20056 / 7 stories in 3 days

US Senate’s anti-CBDC housing bill advances with bipartisan support

Danny Park / theblock - The bill includes a provision prohibiting the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC through the beginning of 2031.

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Vitalik Buterin unveils plan to curb Ethereum block builder centralization

Margaux Nijkerk / coindesk - Another focus of his post is so-called “toxic MEV,” where traders exploit visibility into pending transactions to front-run or “sandwich” users’ trades.

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Bitmine lifts ether treasury to 4.47 million ETH as total holdings near $10 billion

Brian Danga / theblock - Bitmine holds 4.47 million ETH, or 3.71% of supply, with total crypto, cash and equity stakes valued at $9.9 billion.

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