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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has instructed his energy minister to begin developing the country’s cryptocurrency mining industry, signaling a growing intent to generate additional revenue streams from the country’s excess energy supplies.  According to a March 4 report by local media outlet BelTA, President Lukashenko passed on the instructions to the newly appointed minister of…

Bitcoin (BTC) stayed volatile at the March 4 Wall Street open as weak crypto markets weighed the impact of US trade tariffs. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin edges closer to multimonth lows Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed new local lows of $82,037 for BTC/USD on Bitstamp. A rebound then took the…

Opinion by: Dr. Michael Tabone, senior economist for Cointelegraph Bitcoin (BTC) mining has long been dominated by large-scale industrial operations, with public companies like Marathon Digital, CleanSpark and Riot Platforms controlling significant portions of the global hashrate. But what if that balance of power shifted? What if millions of individuals across industrialized nations took up…

SSV Network proposed a new permissionless staking module for Lido, aiming to improve decentralization and staking infrastructure for institutional participants. SSV Network proposed a permissionless staking module that leverages SSV’s Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) to integrate node operators (NOs) into the operator set of Lido on Ethereum. If approved, the proposal would add the first…

Turkish digital bank BankPozitif is set to launch cryptocurrency custody services in collaboration with Swiss crypto platform Taurus, making it the latest financial institution in Turkey to embrace digital assets. On March 4, BankPozitif announced a strategic partnership with Taurus, enabling its institutional clients to store crypto assets with the bank. The service is expected…

The Bank of Israel released a preliminary design proposal for the digital Shekel (DS), Israel’s potential central bank digital currency (CBDC), despite no solid intent for an official launch. On March 3, the Bank of Israel’s Steering Committee issued an initial design for an in-house CBDC — outlining its supporting ecosystem, functionality, technical design, regulatory…

Bitcoin (BTC) faces ongoing bearish catalysts as traders run to safe havens such as gold, new analysis warns. In a dedicated X thread on March 4, trading resource The Kobeissi Letter announced a “global move” away from risk assets. Bitcoin “no longer viewed as safe haven play” Bitcoin and altcoins suffered as the US confirmed…

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou confirmed that $280 million of the $1.4 billion stolen from the exchange has been laundered and is no longer traceable. Still, about $1.07 billion remains trackable, allowing investigators to continue their efforts to recover the funds. On March 4, Zhou provided an update on the movement of 500,000 Ether (ETH) stolen…

Australia’s government is not currently considering a strategic crypto reserve, despite US President Donald Trump announcing the effort in the United States just days earlier.   US President Donald Trump announced on March 2 that the President’s Working Group on Digital Assets was directed to include XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether…

NYSE Arca has filed a proposed rule change to list and trade shares of the Bitwise Asset Management Dogecoin exchange-traded fund.  On March 3, the New York Stock Exchange subsidiary filed the 19b-4, which, if approved, would enable the exchange to list the Bitwise Dogecoin (DOGE) ETF, a fund offering direct exposure to the memecoin. …