Bitcoin is up slightly at $46,768
Ethereum is up slightly at $3,528
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $458

Celo, up 23%
Audius up 15%

German authorities shutter the Russian darknet site Hydra Market.

US seizes $34M in crypto from darknet operator in south Florida.

SEC chair Gary Gensler calls for more regulation on stablecoins & DeFi.

OpenZepplin details $15B vulnerability in Convex Finance.

Links:

• $15 Billion Rugpull Vulnerability in Convex Finance protocol Uncovered and Resolved - OpenZeppelin blog
• United States Forfeits Millions in Cryptocurrency Used to Launder Illicit Dark Web Proceeds | USAO-SDFL | Department of Justice
• German Authorities Shut Down Russian Darknet Market, Seize $25M in Bitcoin
• SEC chair Gensler calls for more regulation on stablecoins and crypto firms' custody, market-making arms

Bitcoin is up .5% at $38,509
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,618
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $376

Mir coin up 28%

Paypal, Visa and Mastercard have all suspended operations in Russia

A bug in Convex Finance caused the CVX token to drop.

Brazil’s central bank has picked nine CBDC projects for next step in innovation challenge.

Genesis digital assets plans a 100% clean energy mining center in Sweden.

Bitcoin is down slightly at $43,973
Ethereum is down .5% at $2,983
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $411

Convex Finance up 24%
Render Token up 15%

The Advertising Standards Authority in the UK has banned ads for Floki Inu

Ukraine has promised an airdrop following crypto donations.

Moonpay picks up World of Women #5672 for just under $1M

Bitcoin miners picked up over a billion in revenue in February

Lawmakers in the EU remove possible bitcoin ban from proposed legislation.

Links:

• Stefan Berger on Twitter: "Richtig ist: Der Paragraph ist nicht mehr im Text. Der Bericht muss erst noch im Ausschuss abgestimmt werden. Bei dieser Abstimmung sehen wir dann, wo die Mehrheiten liegen. Die Entscheidung ist noch nicht gefallen #MiCA" / Twitter
• Ukraine / Україна on Twitter: "Airdrop confirmed. Snapshot will be taken tomorrow, on March 3rd, at 6pm Kyiv time (UTC/GMT +2 hours). Reward to follow! Follow subsequent news re Ukraine’s crypto donation campaign at @FedorovMykhailo" / Twitter
• MoonPay strikes again with $754,000 World of Women NFT purchase at Christie's
• Bitcoin miners brought in just over $1 billion in revenue during February
• Floki Inu - ASA | CAP

Bitcoin is up 1% at $48,756
Ethereum is up .5% at $3,959
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $530

Near Protocol up 30%
Thorchain up 18%
Convex Finance up 23%

Uniswap live on Polygon.

Bitcoin miners generated more than $15B in 2021.

Crypto companies raised just over $25B in venture funding across the year.

Jack Dorsey warns against overdependance on VC for web3.

BAYC flips CryptoPunks by floor price.

Links:

• jack⚡️ on Twitter: "You don’t own “web3.” The VCs and their LPs do. It will never escape their incentives. It’s ultimately a centralized entity with a different label. Know what you’re getting into…" / Twitter
• Uniswap goes live on Ethereum scaling network Polygon
• Bitcoin miners generated more than $15 billion in revenue during 2021
• The Block Research

Bitcoin is down slightly at $47,129
Ethereum is down .5% at $3,820
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $528

Yearn Finance up 32%
Convex Finance up 15%

Tron’s Justin Sun is turning to crypto political activism.

Binance.us hires Intel’s compliance chief Sidney Majalya.

The US Senate has confirmed a new CFTC chairperson — Rostin Behnam.

Dune Analytics is raising funds at a billion dollar valuation.

Links:

• Dune Analytics is raising funds at a $1 billion valuation: sources
• PN1146 - Nomination of Rostin Behnam for Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 117th Congress (2021-2022) | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
• Justin Sun Is Retiring From Tron – But Not Crypto
• Binance.US Hires Intel’s Compliance Chief Majalya