📢 Stripe Brings AI Payments On-Chain with Base

Stripe is stepping deeper into crypto, introducing new payment rails powered by Base.

• $USDC payments can now be sent directly by AI agents through x402
• Built on Base to enable faster and seamless on-chain transactions
• Signals growing overlap between AI automation and blockchain payments

📢 Ethereum’s staking participation has climbed above 30%, marking its highest level ever, according to Token Terminal.

📢 Robinhood Chain Goes Live with Testnet Launch

Robinhood is moving deeper into blockchain, rolling out its chain testnet and choosing key infrastructure support.

• Robinhood Chain officially launches its testnet phase
• $LINK selected as oracle provider for reliable on-chain data
• Signals Robinhood’s growing focus on blockchain-based financial services

📢 Public companies offloaded 10,402 $BTC over the last 30 days, but more than three times that volume was acquired during the same period, according to CoinGecko.

📢 Danske Bank Drops Crypto Ban After 8 Years

Denmark’s largest bank is opening its doors to crypto-related investment products.

• Danske Bank ends its long-standing crypto restriction
• Clients can now access $BTC and $ETH ETP investment products
• Shows growing acceptance of crypto exposure within traditional banking

📢 U.S. job growth in 2025 has been the weakest for any non-recession period since 2003, with only 181,000 jobs created.

📢 Major exchanges and institutional players are offloading $BTC to close long positions, with Binance, Wintermute, BlackRock, and Coinbase reportedly selling billions simultaneously.

📢 Polymarket puts the likelihood of another U.S. government shutdown before February 14 at 82%.

📢 Binance’s SAFU Fund has purchased 4,545 $BTC valued at $304.58M, increasing its total reserves to 15,000 $BTC worth about $1B and finalizing its Bitcoin accumulation strategy.

📢 Bitcoin whales are buying the dip as exchange outflows reach a 3.2% 30-day average, reflecting a trend last seen in early 2022 before the bull run started, according to a Glassnode analyst.

📢 ICE Taps Prediction Market Data for Institutions

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is bringing prediction market insights closer to traditional finance.

• ICE launches Polymarket Signals & Sentiment analytics tool
• Gives institutions access to prediction market data and trends
• Shows rising interest in alternative data for market decision-making

📢 The Global World Uncertainty Index has climbed to its highest level on record.

📢 Coinbase’s Developer Platform has launched “Agentic Wallets,” allowing autonomous AI agents to handle funds and execute on-chain transactions independently.

📢 Polymarket bettors assign a 92% probability that the Fed will hold rates steady at the March 18 meeting, with just an 8% chance of a 25-basis-point reduction.

📢 According to Artemis, Solana is outpacing all payment platforms with a 755% year-over-year growth rate.

📢 Russia Moves Against WhatsApp 🇷🇺

Russia is tightening control over digital communication by restricting access to WhatsApp.

• WhatsApp removed from Russian internet service directories
• Citizens reportedly being redirected toward a state-backed messaging platform
• Raises concerns about digital privacy and communication control

📢 Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has introduced QVAC, a locally run AI assistant designed to operate on modest laptop GPU hardware.

📢 HyperLiquid leads 24-hour fee earnings with $1.4M, with Tron and EdgeX coming in behind.