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🚨 TODAY: Franklin Templeton has launched its crypto index ETF (EZPZ) which holds both spot Bitcoin and Ethereum. @Cointelegraph

🔥 NEW: VanEck’s latest research suggests that a US Bitcoin Strategic Reserve with 1 million $BTC by 2029 could offset around $21 trillion of national debt by 2049. @Cointelegraph

🇪🇺 JUST IN: The European Central Bank unveils plans for a blockchain-based payment system. @Cointelegraph

⚡️ A new era for DeFi is here. Dubai’s Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license is shaping how TradFi and DeFi come together. @MANTRA_Chain is at the forefront of this shift, having just been granted the first DeFi…

🇺🇸 JUST IN: The #Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Act gains momentum in the US, with 20 states initiating legislation, and 15 bills now in House committee review. @Cointelegraph

🇧🇷 LATEST: Hashdex receives approval for the world’s first $XRP spot ETF in Brazil. @Cointelegraph

🚨NEW: SEC withdraws its appeal in case over crypto broker-dealer rules that would have given the agency jurisdiction over decentralized crypto protocols. @Cointelegraph

🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 670 BTC were sold and 7,110 ETH were bought on Feb. 19. BTC ETFs saw $64.1M in net outflows. ETH ETFs saw $19M in net inflows. @Cointelegraph

🇯🇵 NOW: Metaplanet bought another 68 Bitcoin worth $6.6 million, now holding 0.01% of Bitcoin supply to ever exist. The company previously disclosed its target to accumulate 10,000 $BTC by the end of 2025. @Cointelegra…

🚨 LATEST: Montana’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill passes committee and moves to House vote. @Cointelegraph

🇳🇬 JUST IN: Nigeria has initiated a lawsuit against Binance, seeking $79.5 billion for alleged economic loses and $2 billion for unpaid taxes over two years. @Cointelegraph

🚨 NEW: The SEC acknowledges filing for CoinShares spot $LTC ETF. @Cointelegraph

🚨 JUST IN: The SEC acknowledges filing for CoinShares spot $XRP ETF. @Cointelegraph

🇺🇸 BREAKING: Binance US resumes USD services for US customers. @Cointelegraph

🇺🇸 LATEST: Coinbase and several of its executives have been hit with a shareholder lawsuit alleging they misled investors about its risk of bankruptcy and violated securities laws. @Cointelegraph

🚨 NOW: Strategy raises $2B to purchase more $BTC. @Cointelegraph

🚨 BREAKING: The SEC has acknowledged the filing for a Bitwise Spot XRP ETF. @Сointelegraph

🚨 LATEST: BitGo is launching a global OTC trading desk for spot, options, and lending. Investors can trade directly via its custody network, with expansion to the U.S., Hong Kong, and the Middle East. @Cointelegraph

🔥 JUST IN: FTX users received $800 million today across 162,000 accounts. @Cointelegraph

⚡️ NOW: Multiple Reddit users report receiving FTX payments on Kraken. @Cointelegraph

🔥 BULLISH: Google exploring ways to simplify #Bitcoin adoption. @Cointelegraph

🚨 BREAKING: Tether plans to acquire a 51% stake in South American energy firm Adecoagro in a deal worth $1.24 billion. @Cointelegraph

🇬🇳 NEW: Tether signs agreement with the Republic of Guinea to explore the adoption of blockchain and peer-to-peer tech. The agreement aims to share best practices with the West African nation, focusing on education, in…

🚨 JUST IN: Elon Musk’s xAI just launched Grok 3, revealing that it outperforms Gemini 2 Pro, Deepseek V3, Claude 3.5 and OpenAI's GPT-4o in multiple benchmarks. @Cointelegraph

🇭🇰 NEW: Hong Kong investment firm HK Asia Holdings Limited shares surge nearly 93% after disclosing its purchase of just 1 Bitcoin. @Cointelegraph

🇺🇸 TODAY: Elon Musk tweeted about looking for gold at Fort Knox and Michael Saylor said, “Bitcoin fixes this.” Do you agree? 👀 @Cointelegraph