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📊 BNB Chain has surpassed Tron and now leads in the number of active addresses using stablecoins over the last two quarters. The volume of stablecoin transactions has grown by 43% since the beginning of the year and has approached $9 trillion, with Ethereum accounting for about 48% of the total volume.

💰 Hackers breached the Garden Finance project and stole about $5,500,000 — the attack affected the platform's smart contracts, after which the funds were transferred to anonymous wallets. The project team has suspended the protocol's operation and is investigating the incident.

📉 Amid the market decline, two long positions were liquidated for $21,400,000 and $17,000,000 respectively — today all the largest liquidations are happening on the Hyperliquid exchange.

💰 Michael Saylor expects $150,000 for 1 BTC by the end of the year. Do we believe it?

💰 The number of transactions and the number of active addresses on the Ethereum network have reached an all-time high, while gas fees remain close to the lowest levels in history.

🇰🇷 The first stablecoin pegged to the South Korean won has been launched on the Base blockchain.

🇨🇳 Donald Trump and Xi Jinping held a meeting in South Korea that lasted about 1 hour and 40 minutes — shorter than the expected three hours, but according to Trump, "12 out of 10". Main outcomes and highlights: 🔴 The talks were called "incredible" — Trump said many decisions were made. 🔴 "Fentanyl tariffs" reduced to 10%, and import duties on China reduced to 47% (instead of 57%). 🔴 Export of American soybeans to China restored. 🔴 A one-year agreement was signed for the supply of rare earth and critical minerals to the US. 🔴 Chip supplies were discussed; negotiations with Nvidia are being prepared. 🔴 Trump intends to visit China in April, Xi Jinping to visit the US soon.

🇺🇸 Consensys, a leading developer of Ethereum and MetaMask, plans to go public.

💳 Mastercard plans to acquire the crypto startup Zerohash for $2 billion. The platform allows banks and fintech companies to integrate trading, custody, and tokenization of digital assets through an API.

🇨🇭 The Swiss National Bank invested $213,000,000 in shares of public companies that are actively accumulating Bitcoin.

🇩🇪 The German party AfD has proposed the initiative to create a national strategic Bitcoin reserve.

🧑‍⚖️ CZ will sue Senator Warren for false statements about money laundering.

💤 Ethereum ICO participant transferred 1500 ETH ($6M) to Kraken exchange — in 2015 he bought 20,000 ETH for only $6200 (worth $80M today).

🎁 World Liberty Financial of the Trump family will distribute WLFI tokens worth $2 billion to early users of the USD1 stablecoin. The airdrop will be received by those who traded pairs with the USD1 stablecoin and held it on balance on partner exchanges (Gate, KuCoin, LBank, HTX, Flipster, and MEXC).

💸 The company Sequans, which constantly bought BTC on its balance, for the first time transferred 970 BTC to an exchange, presumably for sale. Previously, we reported that the company ETHZilla, which constantly bought ETH on its balance, sold ETH for $40 million.

🇦🇺 Australia recognized stablecoins and "wrapped" tokens as financial products in updated regulatory recommendations.

💎 Gold reserves tokenized through Tether exceeded 11.6 tons in the third quarter, and Tether Gold's market capitalization reached $2.1 billion.

Ⓜ️ Visa will accept payments in four stablecoins on four different blockchains with the ability to convert to fiat currencies.

💰 Western Union will issue a stablecoin on the Solana blockchain — reports The Wall Street Journal.

🚬 Ten days have passed since the start of the "AI Trading Showdown" experiment, where six AI models trade crypto assets with real capital. The starting deposit is $10,000. Currently leading is the Chinese DeepSeek, which managed to double the money (with over $21,000 in the account). Complete outsiders: Gemini and ChatGPT.