On March 3rd, Galaxy Digital's research vice president Christine Kim posted on X platform: "The latest weekend update on the Ethereum Holesky testnet status: Developers held a meeting on Friday to coordinate large-scale penalty measures and accelerate the exit of inactive validators. However, it seems that the number of active validators on the testnet is insufficient, and developers lack confidence in advancing the plan. Therefore, they have decided to give more time over the weekend for more active validators to join Holesky, and no later than Monday to coordinate a large-scale penalty action. If you are running a Holesky validator and have not yet tried to bring it back online, please do so as soon as possible and delete your slashing protection database.

According to the official announcement, Binance will support the token replacement and brand upgrade plan of Ethernity Chain (ERN) to Epic Chain (EPIC).

Aave announced on X platform that its Base chain market has listed the Euro stablecoin EURC issued by Circle. In addition, users can now use EURC as collateral for lending transactions.

The Japanese government has approved a proposal to amend the Payment Services Act, aiming to reform the regulatory framework for cryptocurrency brokers and stablecoins. The bill has been submitted to the parliament for deliberation and is expected to be passed in the coming days. According to information released by the Financial Services Agency (FSA), the new regulations will allow cryptocurrency companies to operate as "intermediary businesses," meaning brokers will no longer need to apply for the same license as cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet operators.

On February 28th, encrypted KOL Ansem tweeted, "The bullish view of Bitcoin is that the $70,000 area should be a strong support level for Bitcoin, and after this sharp drop, there are also some changes in the altcoins, they may develop their own trends. There may be significant fluctuations over the weekend, so be cautious about bearish views."

Bitcoin fell below $80,000 for a short time today, now priced at $80,227. According to mstr-tracker data, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) currently holds a total of 499,096 Bitcoins, with a total purchase cost of approximately $33.1 billion, an average purchase price of about $66,357, and the current total value of Bitcoin holdings is $40.04 billion, with the floating profit from Bitcoin holdings dropping to $6.923 billion.

according to @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, GPS repurchase address has proposed the first repurchase token from Binance, a total of 24.9 million tokens, worth $1.12 million.

On March 10th, it was reported that JD.com's official recruitment website is currently hiring a stablecoin policy researcher. The position requires a deep financial background and policy research capabilities, with a focus on domestic and international stablecoin policies and regulations, as well as maintaining communication with regulatory agencies. Responsibilities include policy research, regulatory coordination, internal policy support, and market analysis, ensuring the company's compliance and competitiveness in the stablecoin field.

According to OnchainDataNerd monitoring, in the past 24 hours, some whales have withdrawn a large amount of Bitcoin from Binance:

On February 28th, it was reported that Forte, a provider of on-chain compliance solutions, has acquired the cryptocurrency trust platform Sealance Corp. Through this acquisition, Web3 developers can utilize ZK policy engine and Forte's rule engine for compliant KYC verification, and manage on-chain identities for real-world assets (RWA), stablecoins, DeFi, and institutional use cases, while also utilizing Sealance's ZK technology for privacy management.

the head of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) of the Russian Federation stated that a new mechanism has been developed to support the conversion of bitcoins seized in criminal cases into national financial revenue. This mechanism is based on the precedent of the bribery case of former investigator Marat Tambiev, in which approximately 1,032 BTC were successfully seized and transferred to the Ministry of Finance. It is expected that some of the assets will be sold to replenish the treasury.

according to MistTrack monitoring, it has found multiple phishing websites using Bing ads to appear in cryptocurrency project searches, users should pay attention to asset security. Do not connect to phishing websites to avoid asset loss.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week ending March 4, the net long position of Bitcoin was 614 contracts. (Jin Shi)

According to Beta Info, the Android version of Telegram 11.8 Beta has added multiple functions related to Star Coins, including paid messages, Star Coin withdrawals, and Star Coin purchase for Premium, currently only available on the test server.

according to official page information, the first batch of Binance voting for listing coins will end in 12 hours (planned end time is UTC time 16:59 on March 26), as of the time of writing, BANANAS31 ranks first with a vote rate of 20.4%, and SIREN ranks second with a vote rate of 16.6%. Broccoli (CZ's Dog), WHY, and mubarak are ranked 3rd to 5th.

The Ethereum Foundation announced new personnel changes. Hsiao-WeiWang will join the Ethereum Foundation board of directors. Current board members include AyaMiyaguchi (Chair), Vitalik Buterin (Founder), Patrick Storchenegger (Swiss Legal Counsel), and Hsiao-WeiWang (Co-Executive Director). During this adjustment process, the board will share more about its latest developments in roles and functions within the Ethereum Foundation.

According to ai_9684xtpa monitoring, a suspected Amber Group address is building a position of 11,000 ETH in an upward trend, worth $27.49 million. Amber proposed this portion of tokens seven hours ago at a price of $2,499, but the actual entry point may be lower.

Michael Saylor, the founder of Strategy, tweeted, "Sell a kidney if you must, but keep the Bitcoin."

according to Farside monitoring, the net outflow of $3.3 million from the Ethereum spot ETF in the United States yesterday, with none of the 9 ETFs experiencing a net inflow.

China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation issued a statement on March 13: Recently, we have received reports from the public that some criminals are impersonating our company to sell virtual currency on websites and apps. We hereby solemnly declare that we have never sold virtual currency through any channels. We urge the public to be vigilant and avoid being deceived to prevent economic losses.