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A proposal from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) related to the GENIUS Act could create obstacles for paying stablecoin rewards through exchanges, CoinDesk reported. The agency's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the act highlights a high probability that issuers with close ties to exchanges could use them as intermediaries to indirectly pay returns to stablecoin holders. The proposal stresses that the burden of proof to disprove this would fall on the issuer. This challenges a prevailing industry assumption that the GENIUS Act's ban on providing returns applies only to issuers and does not extend to third parties like Coinbase offering their own rewards.

Bitcoin mining company MARA Holdings (MARA), formerly Marathon Digital, is partnering with U.S. private equity firm Starwood Capital to build a large-scale data center in the United States, CoinDesk reported. The plan involves converting major sites previously developed for Bitcoin mining into facilities for enterprise cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

Reid Hoffman, co-founder of the world's largest business social networking service, LinkedIn, holds $6.1 million worth of ETH, U.Today reported, citing data from Arkham.

Morgan Stanley plans to offer its own Bitcoin custody and trading services and is also in discussions regarding yield and lending products, Decrypt reported. The announcement was made by Amy Oldenburg, Morgan Stanley's Head of Digital Asset Strategy, at the Bitcoin for Corporations conference in Las Vegas. She described the move as a natural step in the company's roadmap that it must continue to explore, adding that she believes they are at the very beginning of this journey.

Nasdaq has filed a 19b-4 form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list VanEck's JitoSOL ETF, according to Cointelegraph. JitoSOL is a liquid staking token based on Solana. If the proposed ETF is approved, staking rewards will be reflected in the fund's Net Asset Value (NAV) rather than being distributed separately.

Jack Dorsey's payments company Block, formerly known as Square, will lay off 40% of its workforce, Walter Bloomberg reported.

U.S. real estate investor Grant Cardone plans to tokenize $5 billion worth of property owned by his investment firm, Cardone Capital, CoinDesk reported. The firm announced last April that it would create a new fund composed of 10 properties to purchase BTC.

Coinbase has announced the addition of RoboToken (ROBO). Trading is scheduled to begin today, Feb. 27, once liquidity conditions are met.

CryptoQuant noted that it takes time for the market to hit a bottom. Applying past cycles based on data from April 19, 2024, the firm projected the following timelines: - 2012 cycle (777 days): June 4, 2026 - 2016 cycle (889 days): Sept. 24, 2026 - 2020 cycle (925 days): Oct. 30, 2026 CryptoQuant added that it expects the bottom for the current cycle to occur roughly between June and December of this year.

The three major U.S. stock indices closed mixed today. - S&P 500: -0.54% - Nasdaq: -1.18% - Dow Jones: +0.04%

Most companies required to file 13F forms sold their Ethereum ETFs in the fourth quarter of last year, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart. In a post on X, Seyffart noted that this was an expected development. He added that hedge funds, in particular, were active sellers after the basis plunged in early October and remained low.

U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks voiced concerns about interest-bearing stablecoins during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on bank regulation. According to The Block, Alsobrooks stated that while she supports innovation, she is worried that stablecoins could offer products similar to bank deposits without the same safeguards or regulations. She highlighted the potential for these products to cause deposit outflows from traditional banks and emphasized that lawmakers should take the concerns of community banks on this issue seriously.

Bloomberg is partnering with Kaiko to make its licensed financial data directly accessible within a blockchain environment, bypassing traditional off-chain databases. According to Cointelegraph, the move aims to ensure data consistency for institutional tokenized financial products, such as tokenized Treasurys and repo markets. The media outlet explained that fragmented information like price data, security identifiers, and references within the current tokenized asset ecosystem is causing operational inefficiencies.

MicroStrategy's (MSTR) Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) indicator is moving sideways around the zero mark, BeInCrypto reported. A negative CMF reading indicates that selling pressure is outpacing buying interest. The media outlet explained that MicroStrategy's stock price has recently mirrored that of Bitcoin, suggesting it continues to be traded as a leveraged play on the cryptocurrency. When Bitcoin's price stagnates or weakens, MicroStrategy's stock often declines more rapidly, as the potential upside from its BTC holdings is already factored into its valuation. The analysis suggests that the recent sideways trend in the CMF indicator shows institutional investors are undecided on their next move, implying a weakening of confidence in the stock itself.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has unveiled a roadmap via X to enhance security in preparation for the advent of quantum computing. He identified several key vulnerabilities, including validator signatures used for consensus, data availability systems, general user wallet signatures, and certain Layer 2 zero-knowledge proofs. To address these, he proposed adopting hash-based signature methods. Buterin also noted that the structure for verifying and storing large volumes of transaction data requires improvement.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis has condemned an endorsement of the crypto market structure bill (CLARITY) by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who is currently imprisoned on fraud charges. SBF had previously stated on X that the bill would be a "huge milestone" for the crypto industry and a "big win" for President Donald Trump. He added that when former SEC Chairman Gary Gensler and the Biden administration's Department of Justice worked to imprison him, he was supporting a similar bill to move crypto oversight out of Gensler's hands. The legislation SBF referred to was the Digital Commodity Consumer Protection Act (DCCPA), which would have expanded the CFTC's jurisdiction over crypto exchanges and spot markets. In response, Lummis countered that the market structure bill is "completely different" from the legislation SBF had tried to influence. "We don't need or want SBF's support," she stated.

Strategy's perpetual preferred stock, STRC, is a key driving force for the company's Bitcoin accumulation, according to Mark Palmer, an analyst at U.S. investment bank Benchmark. The Block reported that Palmer believes the strategy utilizing STRC will significantly contribute to increasing the company's Bitcoin holdings on a per-share basis. This follows an earlier statement from Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor, who said during a keynote at 'Strategy World 2026' that the company would shift its focus from advising other firms to invest in Bitcoin to strengthening its own structure for purchasing Bitcoin via STRC.

Citigroup plans to launch infrastructure by the end of this year to integrate Bitcoin into the existing financial system, Bitcoin Magazine's X account reported. The media outlet added that this would effectively make Bitcoin a medium for banking transactions.

The United States is escalating pressure on Iran in ongoing nuclear negotiations in Geneva, demanding the dismantling of key nuclear facilities and the removal of enriched uranium from the country, Walter Bloomberg reported. The U.S. has also clarified its position that any future agreement must be permanent. Additionally, Washington has deployed more fighter jets, warships, and an aircraft carrier to the Middle East, a move interpreted as a signal that military action is not being ruled out if a diplomatic solution fails. Iran has reportedly rejected the demand to halt uranium enrichment but is said to be proposing compromises, such as adjusting enrichment levels or implementing a temporary suspension. Experts view this as potentially the last opportunity for negotiations before military tensions escalate.

U.S. asset manager Rex Shares has launched a leveraged covered call ETF that includes crypto-related stocks such as Coinbase and Strategy, Cointelegraph reported. The fund, which employs a strategy of buying an underlying asset while simultaneously selling a call option on it, aims for 1.25x exposure to its holdings. Other stocks in the fund include Nvidia (NVII), Tesla (TSII), Robinhood (HOII), Palantir (PLTI), CoreWeave (CWII), Eli Lilly (LLII), and Walmart (WMTI).

Whale Alert reported that 250 million USDC has been minted at the USDC Treasury.

XRPL wallet Xaman has partnered with the XRP-based DeFi ecosystem Flare (FLR) to streamline the XRP deposit process into a single transaction. According to CoinDesk, users can now deposit XRP into selected vaults on the Flare network without navigating complex cross-chain steps. The collaboration focuses on laying the groundwork to enable the use of over 2 billion XRP in DeFi.

A U.S. court has ordered the government to formally respond to a request for a retrial from FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) within two weeks. According to Cointelegraph, the Southern District of New York court has mandated that the government submit its response by March 11. SBF filed for a retrial earlier this month, claiming that newly obtained testimony could influence the case's outcome. Previously, SBF was sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $11.02 billion in his initial trial, but the verdict was overturned on appeal.

BlackRock has withdrawn 4,309 BTC, worth approximately $289 million, from Coinbase over the past hour, according to Onchain Lens. Withdrawals from exchanges are typically interpreted as a move to hold.

Rising gold prices and political turmoil have fueled the rapid growth of tokenized gold protocols, DL News reported. According to data from DefiLlama, the market capitalization of Tether Gold (XAUT) has surged 62% this year to $3.7 billion, while that of Pax Gold (PAXG) has grown 48% to $2.4 billion. Citing industry experts, the outlet noted that political turmoil, including U.S. tariff measures and the possibility of an invasion of Iran, has driven this trend. In contrast, the report added, Bitcoin has surrendered all gains made since the 2024 re-election of U.S. President Donald Trump.