📢 Anthropic Launches Institute to Study AI’s Impact

Anthropic is setting up a new initiative focused on the risks and challenges of advanced AI.

• Anthropic has launched The Anthropic Institute.
• The initiative will study major societal challenges linked to powerful AI systems.
• The goal is to support research, policy discussions, and responsible AI development.

📢 Ripple Plans $750M Share Buyback

The company is offering liquidity to early backers while holding a strong valuation.

• Ripple plans to buy back $750M worth of shares from early investors.
• The deal values the company at around $50B.
• The buyback was reported by Bloomberg.

📢 India’s CBI has detained Ayush Varshney for allegedly developing core infrastructure behind the $790M GainBitcoin scam.

📢 The SEC and CFTC have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to coordinate crypto regulation and help support the development of new financial products.

📢 The U.S. Treasury is expected to repurchase about $4B of its own debt starting March 12.

📢 Metaplanet Launches New Bitcoin-Focused Subsidiaries🇯🇵

The company is expanding its push into the Bitcoin ecosystem.

• Metaplanet approved two new units: Metaplanet Ventures and Metaplanet Asset Management.
• Metaplanet Ventures will invest ¥4B into Japan’s Bitcoin ecosystem.
• Metaplanet Asset Management will focus on building Bitcoin capital markets.

📢 There are about twice as many BTC short positions as long positions right now.

📢 According to Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart, XRP ETFs have attracted about $1.4B in cumulative inflows since launch, largely driven by strong retail demand.

📢 Investors have filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan, alleging the bank facilitated a $328M crypto Ponzi scheme linked to Goliath Venture.

📢 Since the U.S.–Iran war started on Feb. 28, Bitcoin has outperformed traditional assets.

$BTC is up around 7%, while gold has dropped about 2% and the Nasdaq-100 is slightly down over the same period.

📢 Square Enix Joins Tezos as Validator🎮

The gaming giant is stepping deeper into blockchain.

• Square Enix, known for Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider, is now running a validator node on Tezos.
• The move supports network security and transaction validation on the blockchain.
• It also shows continued interest from major gaming companies in Web3 infrastructure.

📢 The CFTC has released its long-awaited guidance on prediction markets.

📢 The U.S. Senate approved a bill that prohibits the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC until 2030.

📢 The total crypto market cap increased by $50B in just three hours.

📢 NVIDIA Teams Up With Palantir Technologies for AI OS 🤖

Two tech giants are joining forces.

• NVIDIA and Palantir are building a new AI operating system
• Designed to power advanced AI and data-driven applications
• Aims to improve how organizations deploy and manage AI systems

📢 A $50M USDT swap on CoW Swap experienced heavy slippage, leaving the user with only 324 $AAVE. Aave founder Stani Kulechov said about $600K in fees will be refunded.

📢 According to Token Terminal, USYC has become the largest tokenized money market fund globally.

📢 The IMF says young companies in Europe expand far less than those in the U.S., pointing to challenges in funding, hiring, and market access.

📢 Strategy’s STRC recorded a new high with 7.3M shares traded, all above the threshold—equivalent to roughly 4,086 $BTC.

📢 BlackRock’s staked Ethereum ETF saw $15.5M in trading volume on its first day.