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The investigation of Libra, a token promoted by Argentina’s President Javier Milei using social media, and its subsequent launch and downfall continues.

As of the close of Thursday, nineteen‑nine‑thirty‑three wallets-each clutching a century’s worth of Bitcoin-stand in the line. In the currency of fiat, each treasury amounts to almost six‑million‑seven‑hundred‑ten‑thousand dollars. Santiment, in a brief missive on X, suggested the milestone might be crossed by Friday dawn.

In his latest brain dump, Vitalik doubles down on the “Strawmap” roadmap, which sounds like something you’d find at a craft fair but is actually a legit plan. It’s all about short-term fixes and long-term dreams, like improving block-time efficiency now and relying on zero-knowledge proofs later. Because who doesn’t love a good “now and later” strategy? It’s like the blockchain version of a candy necklace.

Since then, it’s been like watching a dog try to catch its tail-lots of effort, zero results. Every time it gets close to $0.10, it’s like, “Oh, you thought? Cute.” Feb. 26 saw a valiant effort at $0.101, but then it was like, “Nah, I’m good,” and dipped faster than my self-esteem after a bad haircut.

So, Engie’s got this brilliant plan to squeeze every last drop of value from electricity that would otherwise go the way of the dodo, thanks to those pesky grid bottlenecks. Talk about turning lemons into lemonade – or in this case, sunlight into satoshis!

The buying didn’t slow down on Thursday, Feb. 26. For the third straight session, capital flowed decisively into crypto ETFs, with bitcoin once again setting the pace. Over the past three days alone, bitcoin ETF inflows have now surpassed the $1 billion mark. It’s like the financial version of a three-day weekend, but instead of sleeping in, everyone’s buying crypto.

South Korea’s National Tax Service accidentally exposed the recovery seed phrase of a seized crypto wallet in a public press release photo, leading attackers to drain about $4.8 million worth of PRTG tokens shortly afterward. The leaked seed phrase gave full control of the wallet, allowing transfers to unknown addresses within hours. Experts say the … Read more

As I understand it, the company is planning a significant shift: they’re going to turn ownership in their properties – both apartment buildings and commercial spaces across the country – into digital tokens. This is a smart move, as it will open up investment opportunities to a wider range of people, allow investors to buy smaller pieces of these properties, and make it easier to buy and sell those pieces on a secondary market – something that’s historically been difficult with this type of investment.

This report comes only hours after the Bitcoin miner entered a strategic partnership with Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital Group.

This has, unsurprisingly, sparked new concerns about everything from crypto regulations to foreign influence and political entanglements in the world of digital finance. Because what’s finance these days without a little scandal?