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📊 In January, the volume of stablecoin transfers exceeded $10.5 trillion — the highest level since April 2022.
The majority of transactions were in USDC from Circle — $8.3 trillion, USDT accounted for $1.7 trillion, and DAI took third place with a value of $138 billion.
In less than a month of February, the volume of stablecoin transactions reached $7.8 trillion.

🍿 Several Axiom employees used the company's internal data for insider trading, reported crypto investigator ZachXBT. This involves the abuse of confidential information for personal gain.
Axiom is a cryptocurrency trading platform (and an infrastructure provider), working with on-chain data and tools for traders.

🎲 Trader predictorxyz placed $65 800 on Axiom being accused of insider trading, when the probability of the event was only estimated at 13.8% — and the bet paid off, earning him $411 400 profit.
Meanwhile, three hours before the allegations were announced, two recently created anonymous wallets placed bets on Axiom for $59 800 and quickly earned around $109 000.

📉 TeraWulf reports worse-than-expected results amid mining downturn
The American mining company announced its worst quarterly results for Q4 2025. The loss was $1.66 per share, and revenue declined due to falling Bitcoin mining income.
At the same time, the company is betting on AI development and data centers — contracts worth $12.8 billion have already been signed.

By the end of winter, Bitcoin is trading nearly twice below its all-time high reached in October 2025. In an exclusive column for "RBC-Crypto," Rufat Abyasov, founder and CEO of GBIH Holdings Group, discusses the levels at which the "bottom" of the price is determined and under what conditions it is advantageous and effective to accumulate positions in the main cryptocurrency.

On March 1st at 1 AM local time, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps published notification number 4.
The notification states that in the fifth wave of the military operation "True Promise 4," an American military vessel carrying ammunition and stationed at Jebel Ali port in the United Arab Emirates was attacked by 4 drones, completely lost propulsion, and exploded.
Additionally, the U.S. military base in Kuwait was attacked by four ballistic missiles and twelve drones, with all infrastructure destroyed and American military forces sustaining heavy casualties.
Furthermore, an Iranian miss

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced at the Consensus Hong Kong conference that the new decentralized wallet solution TopNod has been officially integrated into the Stellar network.
Rajah Chakravorti, Chief Commercial Officer of SDF, noted that this partnership will significantly enhance the Stellar network's ability to provide compliant infrastructure in Asian and emerging markets, meeting the growing demand in these regions for tokenized real assets (RWA) and stablecoins.
TopNod offers "meme-free" institutional-level security through TEE technology, significantly lowering the b

According to a report by FinanceFeeds, Dutch payment company Quantoz Payments has become a principal member of Visa and received approval to issue virtual debit cards branded with Visa in Europe, linked to the company's regulated electronic money tokens. It can also act as a BIN guarantor, allowing third-party fintech platforms to integrate stablecoin payment functions directly into their products without needing to become Visa members themselves.
Quantoz holds a license to operate as an electronic money institution issued by the Dutch Central Bank. Its three issued electronic money tokens — U

According to payment data scientist Alex, based on the blockchain payment index derived from P2P transfers, remittances, merchant payments, and fintech infrastructure assessment,
Solana ranks first and is relatively the most balanced, but its main drawback is the liquidity of stablecoins, which lags behind Ethereum and Tron;
Polygon ranks second, demonstrating excellent performance in cost, speed, and reliability, as well as having the highest adoption level, but the biggest issue is low stablecoin liquidity;
Stellar ranks third, showing excellent results in cross-border transfers and remittan

According to CoinAnk data, the total liquidation volume of cryptocurrency futures contracts across the network over the past 24 hours was $382 million, including $277 million in long positions and $105 million in short positions.
The total liquidation volume for BTC was $148 million, and for ETH — $90.29 million.

President of the United States Trump ( in connection with reports of the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei) stated: "We believe this is accurate information; most of those who made all the decisions have already left."

At 00:00 local time on March 1st, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran published its third official statement. The statement says that the third and fourth waves of missile strikes as part of the military operation "True Commitment-4" are carried out using more advanced missiles compared to previous operations.
The targets of the operation are military and security facilities of the US and Israel; the strikes are characterized by increased power and intensity. The statement lists the following targets: the naval base in the Israeli port of Haifa, the military ship dock in Haifa, Ramat

The UN Secretary-General expressed deep regret over the "missed diplomatic opportunity" in the Iranian issue.
At the same time, commenting on the relevant reports, he clearly stated that he cannot confirm the information about the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei.

🟠 Year of Crypto Treasury Mergers
📈 The decline in the capitalization of the crypto market is painfully affecting public companies, including those holding major cryptocurrencies on their balance sheets.
BTCS Strategy Director Wojciech Kasiczy believes that amid the downturn, companies with ongoing businesses will acquire treasuries trading below their net asset value (NAV).
The merger will not only strengthen financial positions but also expand services or enter new markets, helping to sustain steady growth even in volatile market conditions.

Sovcombank has launched a large-scale support program for officially registered mining companies and individual entrepreneurs, with preferential terms for current account services available until the end of 2026. Join by May 31.
Participants are offered favorable service conditions, including cooperation with foreign partners: for example, the fee for key currency control services, regardless of the transaction amount, will be only 500 rubles.
Fees for maintaining a checking account are completely waived when connecting online banking, and the time during which the bank accepts and processes p

🪙 The crowd is googling "buy bitcoin" again
The number of searches for "buy bitcoin" on Google has reached a five-year high.
Historically, spikes in retail interest have often coincided either with the start of a new upward trend or with the final stage of a rebound.

💳 Mastercard and MetaMask have launched a crypto card in the USA
It is now available in 49 states, including New York.
The card allows you to spend cryptocurrency directly from your MetaMask wallet.
The main feature is that users maintain full control over their assets until the moment of payment.

‼️ ZachXBT Accuses Axiom Employees of Insider Trading
🚨 Blockchain investigator ZachXBT published the results of the announced investigation, which found that some employees of the Axiom platform monitored private trader wallets and used the data for meme coin trading.
➡️ Axiom has already responded to the investigation by disabling access to the involved systems and has begun an internal investigation.
The investigation highlights weak access control mechanisms on crypto platforms that allowed employees to access confidential information, including full wallet histories, nicknames, and assoc

‼️ Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to have his sentence reduced
🚾 By March 11, US authorities must respond to the founder of FTX's motion for a new trial.
SBF relies on testimony from new witnesses who, he believes, will improve his case.
The crypto industry could benefit from a new trial surrounding FTX if it prompts regulators to tighten rules on disclosure, asset management, and risk control on crypto exchanges.