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The Florida Senate unanimously passed a stablecoin regulation bill, establishing a state-level regulatory framework for payment stablecoins. The bill prohibits issuers from paying interest to holders and expands confidentiality protections for information held by virtual currency businesses. The bill has been submitted to the Governor for signature and is expected to take effect within 30 days.

Several major global asset management firms have disclosed holdings in MicroStrategy (MSTR), including Vanguard (8.12%) and Capital Group (7.7%). BlackRock, State Street, and others also rank among the top shareholders. This indicates that leading asset managers are indirectly allocating to Bitcoin-related assets via MSTR stock.

On March 5, Ethereum spot ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $90.9365 million; BlackRock’s ETHA led with a net inflow of $30.2545 million, while Fidelity’s FETH saw the largest net outflow at $115 million. The total assets under management (AUM) of Ethereum spot ETFs currently stand at approximately $11.994 billion, with cumulative net inflows reaching $11.711 billion to date.

On March 5, bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $228 million, with only Valkyrie ETF BRRR posting a net inflow of $5.42 million. BlackRock's IBIT experienced the largest single-day net outflow at $88.74 million. The total assets under management (AUM) of bitcoin spot ETFs currently stand at approximately $9.14 billion, with cumulative net inflows exceeding $5.57 billion.

Bitwise announced a $100,000 donation to Ethereum open-source developers, part of its commitment to allocate 10% of the gross revenue from the Bitwise Ethereum ETF (ETHW) annually toward supporting the Ethereum ecosystem. The funds will be distributed to Protocol Guild and PBS Foundation to support protocol development and infrastructure maintenance. Bitwise emphasized that open-source developers are critical to the Ethereum network and aims to sustainably support builders amid industry growth.

A Bloomberg ETF analyst noted that although the SOL price dropped 57% following the launch of spot Solana ETFs, the products have nonetheless attracted $1.5 billion in net inflows with minimal redemptions. Approximately half of these inflows originated from institutional investors managing over $100 million in assets under management (AUM), signaling a solid professional investor base—a positive market signal.

The new model features native computer operation capabilities—enabling direct control of software such as Excel and web browsers—significantly enhanced reasoning abilities, support for ultra-long context processing, and strengthened spreadsheet handling, data analysis, and Agent functionality. This marks AI’s evolution from a chat tool to a digital employee capable of executing complex tasks.

BitMine’s model of relying on fundraising to buy tokens and inflate valuation is unsustainable, and its stock trades at a significant premium to net asset value (NAV) with opaque disclosures. Meanwhile, Ethereum itself faces slowing capital inflows, insufficient fundamental support, and increasing regulatory pressure—amplifying overall valuation correction risk.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), invests in OKX at a $25 billion valuation, with collaboration planned on digital asset market infrastructure. OKX will connect to NYSE's tokenized stock market and intends to relocate 2,000 employees to the United States. This partnership aims to explore compliant integration between traditional finance and digital assets, advancing next-generation financial infrastructure.

Kraken's banking division has received Federal Reserve approval to access the core payment system, making it the first crypto company authorized to directly conduct fund transfers via the Fedwire Funds Service network. Kraken holds a Wyoming special purpose depository institution (SPDI) charter and currently operates with limited master account privileges.

The Ethereum Foundation's AI lead stated that Ethereum will not compete with AI on compute power, but instead aims to become a trust and coordination layer for the AI world. Its strategy includes providing decentralized identity, payments, and other infrastructure for AI agents, and introducing core blockchain principles—such as privacy and censorship resistance—into the AI domain to prevent power from centralizing once again.

Bitcoin's recent outperformance versus U.S. equities may stem from capital rotating from equity markets into crypto assets. As digital assets are not directly impacted by macro factors such as supply chains, they exhibit relative resilience amid current market uncertainty. However, if geopolitical conflicts drive up inflation and erode rate-cut expectations, the crypto market could still face pressure, remaining highly volatile in the near term.