The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff recently released a FAQ clarifying that they do not object to broker-dealers applying a 2% haircut to stablecoin holdings for purposes of net capital, meaning such holdings can count toward net capital requirements (e.g., $100 million in stablecoins can be counted as $98 million). Previously, broker-dealers were uncertain whether USD-pegged stablecoins required a 100% haircut, which prevented them from being included in net capital. https://t.co/mMh6qQ ...

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes tweeted the details of his investment portfolio, which includes stocks—gold, silver, and copper miners, uranium miners, major oil companies, defense stocks, and Latin American energy companies; cryptocurrencies—BTC, ETH, ZEC, and HYPE; and physical gold. https://t.co/XbzVm9PjZF ...

Missouri’s 103rd General Assembly introduced House Bill 2080 (Rep. Keathley) to create a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Fund in RSMo Chapter 30. Managed by the State Treasurer, the fund accepts resident Bitcoin donations or bequests, stores them securely for at least five years, and may later transfer, sell, or convert them. Foreign or illegal involvement is prohibited. U.S. crypto partners may assist, and biennial reports on holdings and security are required. A simple donation process and recognition program a ...

Vitalik Buterin proposed “transaction simulation” to enhance Ethereum wallet and smart contract security and UX. Users would specify on-chain intent, review simulated outcomes, then confirm or cancel, with tools like spending limits and multisig to align intent and risk. The aim is to make low-risk actions easier and high-risk ones harder. Since intent is complex, systems should require overlapping intent signals and execute only when consistent, centering both security and UX on user intent. https://t.co/E ...

Jeff Yan: The "get-rich-quick" culture has overshadowed Web3's true potential视频简介：On February 19, Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan said in an interview with the When Shift Happens channel that there is a disconnect in the crypto industry between its vision and its builders. Many talented individuals are discouraged by the industry's negative reputation, leaving Web3 filled with participants seeking quick profits rather than long-term product development.He believes this has obscured the industry's true potentia ...

Vitalik: zk Will Transform Not Only Blockchains, but the Entire InternetOn January 27, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stated at the ETH ChiangMai togETHer Tuesday event that zero-knowledge proofs (zk) offer not only privacy and scalability benefits for blockchains, but may also extend their impact to broader internet use cases.zk technology enables the verification of computation results without revealing the underlying data, providing new approaches to identity verification, algorithm transparency, and l ...

Weekly Project Updates: Base Breaks Away from the Optimism Superchain, Moonwell Hacked Due to AI-Generated Code Vulnerabilities, ether fi Migrates Cash to Optimism, Jupiter DAO Votes on Airdrop Cancellation, Uniswap Proposes Protocol Fee Expansion and More https://t.co/EjcyYZJO77 https://t.co/EUfiteYYH1 ...

OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger responded on social media to reports that a user was banned from the OpenClaw Discord for mentioning Bitcoin, stating that the server has strict rules agreed to upon entry, including a complete ban on any crypto-related discussions. He later asked for the user’s account name and said he would manually re-add them to the Discord server.https://t.co/yX9zNlw4tp ...

According to OnchainLens, a wallet linked to Pumpfun (“77DsB”) has sold its entire 3.75 billion PUMP holdings for $8.02 million in USDC at an average price of $0.0021, while another related wallet (“GpCfm”) transferred 1.21 billion PUMP (≈$2.57 million) to Bitget and still holds 3.54 billion PUMP (≈$7.4 million).https://t.co/qT1xdBcpBu ...

Bitdeer, the Bitcoin mining company owned by Jihan Wu, announced that its Bitcoin holdings have been reduced to zero, and all of its Bitcoin holdings have been sold. Bitdeer's self-managed Bitcoin hashrate has surpassed Mara's, making it the publicly traded company with the highest self-managed Bitcoin hashrate. https://t.co/7aa5i64XCI ...