Linera Launches Babbage Testnet

March 3: The Bank of Japan will test using blockchain technology to settle deposits held by financial institutions at the central bank, enable 24/7 real-time settlement, and cut the risk of system outages during stress periods.

On March 3rd, YZi Labs announced a $100 million investment in HashGlobal’s institutional-grade BNB yield fund, the BNB Holdings Fund.

March 3rd (Reuters) — American Bitcoin, a Bitcoin mining firm backed by the Trump family, announced it has purchased 11,298 ASIC miners. Upon completion of the transaction, the company’s total miner count will rise to 89,242, with an aggregate hash rate of approximately 28.1 EH/s — marking a roughly 12% increase in its total hash rate capacity. The new miners are slated for delivery in March 2026 and deployment at the Drumheller site.

Per Bitget market data as of March 3, S&P 500 index futures extended their decline to 2%, while U.S. pre-market crypto-related stocks fell by more than 4% broadly. Key movers include: - MicroStrategy (MSTR): Down 3.81% - Coinbase (COIN): Down 4.84% - Circle (CRCL): Down 6.16% - MARA Holdings (MARA): Down 5.08% - Riot Blockchain (RIOT): Down 4.56% - Bit Digital Inc. (BTBT): Down 5.05% - Sphere 3D (ANY): Down 5.28%

On March 3, OpenClaw’s GitHub star count topped 250,000—surpassing React’s roughly 243,000 stars to become the most-starred real-world software project on the platform. GitHub stars, the platform’s most intuitive metric for measuring a project’s popularity and community engagement, signal the AI agent craze is continuing to surge.

March 3rd — Per DefiLlama data, major perpetual futures DEXes showed the following trends over the past 24 hours: Hyperliquid’s trading volume surged 58% from the prior day to ~$8.7 billion, with open interest (OI) also edging up. Other platforms reported largely stable volumes with minor fluctuations. Below is the latest 24-hour trading volume, total value locked (TVL), and OI for top Perp DEXes: - **Hyperliquid**: ~$8.72B volume | ~$4.28B TVL | ~$5.79B OI [Link: https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/NTOD] - **Aster**: ~$3.20B volume | ~$1.03B TVL | ~$1.85B OI [Link: https://www.asterdex.com/en/referral/aboter] - **Lighter**: ~$2.34B volume | ~$850M TVL | ~$712M OI [Link: https://app.lighter.xyz/?referral=70045843] - **EdgeX**: ~$2.28B volume | ~$177M TVL | ~$1.04B OI - **Grvt**: ~$1.47B volume | ~$96.01M TVL | ~$411M OI - **Pacifica**: ~$381M volume | ~$36.13M TVL | ~$64.88M OI [Link: https://app.pacifica.fi/?referral=pacbot]