Circle minted 250 million USDC on the Solana network 6 hours ago

March 1 Per LookOnChain monitoring, a trader (address 0xdf13) opened a max-leverage long position today, purchasing 1,000 BTC (~$66.6M) and 100,000 SOL (~$8.56M). The trader is now partially liquidated. Current liquidation prices: BTC: $66,204.07 SOL: $81.90

On March 1, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes again touted: “While traditional exchanges are closed, price discovery continues on Hyperliquid. HYPE’s target price stands at $150.”

March 1: Under X’s updated Paid Partnership Policy, financial products, services, or opportunities—including loans, investment services, crypto, buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) services, and other financial-related content—are now ineligible for paid partnership promotions. Additionally, the policy requires all paid partnership content to be clearly marked as commercial within posts (using labels like “Ad” or “Sponsored Content”) and must comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Violators may face penalties including post takedown requests or account suspension.

March 1 – Per data from Farside Investors, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs posted a net outflow of $206.6 million in February. Key details: - **Outflows**: FBTC ($277.6M), GBTC ($169.9M), IBIT ($150.4M) - **Inflows**: BTC ($198.3M), BITB ($114.4M)

Kalshi Co-Founder and CEO Tarek Mansour posted on X on March 1 regarding Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei: “Regarding Khamenei: We will not list markets directly tied to ‘death.’ If a market’s potential outcome involves death, we will use rule design to prevent people from profiting from deadly events—this is exactly what we’re doing here. I know some disagree, arguing these markets should launch without a ‘death exclusion clause’ for simpler rules, and that many traditional markets (e.g., crude oil futures) could be seen as indirectly linked to war and death. But we believe this differs from markets that settle directly based on someone’s death—the latter is prohibited for U.S.-regulated entities.” However, today’s events have revealed opportunities to improve user experience and make rules more prominent. Kalshi will take the following actions: - Refund all fees generated by the “Khamenei Stepping Down as Supreme Leader” market; - Settle positions held before Khamenei’s de

On February 28, Israel and the United States conducted military strikes against multiple locations in Iran. Iran retaliated by targeting Israeli and U.S. military bases across the Middle East, including in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar. Earlier today (local time, March 1), explosions were reported again in Dubai (UAE) and Doha (Qatar). (CCTV International News)