Edena Capital Partners launched its AI-driven Autonomic Financial OS at DAT Summit Hong Kong, targeting $20B+ in sovereign assets across Indonesia, Korea, the Middle East, and Africa.

Kraken parent Payward acquires Magna, the largest token vesting platform with $60B peak TVL, marking six deals in under a year as the exchange prepares to go public.

EVMbench benchmarks AI agents on 120 real smart contract vulnerabilities. GPT-5.3-Codex now exploits over 70% of critical bugs, up from under 20%.

Base announces it will consolidate its codebase away from Optimism's OP Stack, targeting six major upgrades per year as OP token drops 4% on the news.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon revealed personal BTC holdings and signaled crypto expansion at the World Liberty Forum, while the bank holds $2.36B in digital assets.

BH Digital Asset fell 29.5% in 2025, its worst year since 2021 launch, while Bitcoin only dropped 6%. Illiquid venture bets drove most of the underperformance.

California's DFAL licensing portal opens March 9, 2026 via NMLS with a $7,500 fee. Every crypto firm serving CA residents must be licensed by July 1 or face enforcement.

EU Parliament votes 443-71 to endorse the ECB digital euro with a 2027 pilot and 2029 launch target, framing CBDC as a geopolitical weapon against dollar stablecoin dominance.

BlackRock's amended S-1 for ETHB reveals an 18% staking fee split with Coinbase, a 0.25% sponsor fee, and redemption risks tied to Ethereum's unstaking queue.

Pump.fun's new Cashback Coins feature forces creators to choose between keeping fees or redirecting them to traders, as platform revenue falls from $148M to $32M.