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March 13 saw BlackRock’s Ethereum Staking ETF (ticker: ETHB) log roughly $15.5 million in trading volume on its debut trading day. Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart noted this is a strong launch for an ETF on its first day of trading. ETHB holds spot Ethereum, with a portion of assets allocated to network staking—enabling investors to earn staking rewards while gaining exposure to Ethereum’s price. It marks BlackRock’s third crypto ETF and its first to include a staking feature. BlackRock said the staking component is designed to meet demand from investors seeking returns alongside ETH price exposure, while preserving ETFs’ traditional financial advantages in custody, trading, and asset allocation.

According to 1M AI News (via Telegram at @OneMillion_AI), Anthropic has announced a $1 billion investment in its Claude Partner Network. The company is launching the program to help enterprises adopt Claude’s partner initiatives, with an initial $1 billion commitment to support partners—including training programs, dedicated technical support, and joint go-to-market efforts. Partners joining starting today will immediately receive new technical certifications and be eligible for the investment. Anthropic is focused on ensuring its AI model, Claude, meets enterprise needs. To that end, the company has partnered with multiple firms. Notably, Claude is the only leading AI model available across the three major cloud providers: AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft.

On March 13, per OnchainLens data, BitMine—Ethereum’s first treasury firm—has again boosted its ETH holdings by 30,000 this morning via FalconX, with the transaction valued at $61.89 million.

March 13: Ethereum announced that privacy in its ecosystem is undergoing a transformation—one that could even be called a renaissance. Rooted in cypherpunk principles, Ethereum is part of decades of digital rights struggles powered by open-source technology, with privacy protection as the foundational fight: user online activity should not be repackaged for commercial use. Cypherpunks are dedicated to resisting surveillance, open source, privacy, and security (abbreviated as CROPS). The "new cypherpunk" is a modern collaborative concept upholding core values: permissionlessness, privacy, decentralization, anti-censorship, trustlessness, and open source. It focuses on positive-sum outcomes yet is rooted in a realpolitik understanding of self-defense. Today’s Ethereum embodies this new cypherpunk, offering a modern take on the movement’s traditions. This iteration carries on Eric Hughes’ legacy—Hughes’ understanding of how cypherpunks achieve privacy remains among the most profo

CoinDesk reported on March 13 that the U.S. Senate passed a housing bill by an overwhelming 89-10 vote, with bipartisan support. The legislation includes a last-minute amendment banning the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) through the end of 2030. The amendment prohibits the Fed from directly issuing or creating a CBDC—or any substantially similar digital asset—either on its own or via financial institutions or other intermediaries. It remains unclear whether the bill will ultimately pass the House of Representatives.

March 13 — Per HTX market data, Bitcoin has topped $72,000, with its 24-hour price gain reaching 2.53%.