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U.S. President Donald Trump's net worth has increased by $1.4 billion over the past year, driven by his cryptocurrency ventures, Forbes reported. His net worth now stands at $6.5 billion, placing him 645th among the world's 3,428 billionaires. Trump is estimated to have earned a net profit of approximately $550 million in the last year from tokens issued by World Liberty Financial (WLFI). He is also estimated to have made an additional $200 million by selling a 49% stake in the company to Aryam Investment, a firm backed by Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a member of the UAE's royal family and the country's National Security Advisor.

Whale Alert reported that 1,000,000,000 USDT has been transferred from Binance to an unknown wallet. The transaction is valued at about $1,000 million.

South Korean crypto exchange Upbit plans to revamp its coin lending service as early as next month, SBS Biz reported. The service allows users to borrow virtual assets against collateral to generate returns, similar to margin trading in the stock market. Previously, Upbit, like its domestic rival Coinone, only accepted the Korean won as collateral. The update will allow users to use virtual assets as collateral, a feature already offered by other major South Korean exchanges Bithumb and Korbit. Additionally, Upbit has adjusted its liquidation threshold, triggering a forced liquidation if the collateral's value falls to 95% of the loan amount. The specific virtual assets that will be accepted as collateral and their respective loan-to-value ratios are reportedly still under discussion.

Park Yong-jin, vice chairman of South Korea's Presidential Committee for Regulatory Rationalization, has warned that prioritizing convenience for digital asset operators could undermine investor protection. Digital Asset reported that he made the comments during an appearance on the YouTube show 'JTBC Genreman Yeouido.' Park stated that while all financial businesses ask for autonomy, they cannot be allowed to operate without oversight. He added that incidents like the recent Bitcoin issue at Bithumb highlight the risks, noting that there are too many cases where favoring operators leads to a failure to protect investors.

South Korean crypto exchange Upbit announced it will list ICP for trading against the South Korean won (KRW), Bitcoin (BTC), and Tether (USDT) at 8:00 a.m. UTC today.

South Korea's National Tax Service (NTS) has begun building a virtual asset integrated analysis system to track taxpayer transaction flows by analyzing combined data from exchanges and blockchains, Decenter reported. The agency has posted a bid for the system's construction on the Public Procurement Service's online portal. The NTS plans to begin full-scale operation of the system next January, coinciding with the scheduled start of cryptocurrency taxation, following a period of integrated testing and pilot operations.

The Seoul Gangnam Police Station was the only agency found to have had virtual assets stolen during a nationwide inspection of 279 law enforcement bodies in January, Newsis reported. The inspection, conducted by the National Police Agency's Cyber Terror Response Division, reviewed the crypto seizure and storage practices of 18 provincial and metropolitan police agencies and 261 police stations. Among them, only the Gangnam station had violated security protocols leading to a loss of assets. The crypto holdings of the remaining 278 agencies were confirmed to be securely stored.

According to Lookonchain, a new address (3CziMF) withdrew 2,000 BTC ($140 million) from Coinbase approximately 24 minutes ago before depositing the entire amount to Coinbase Prime about eight minutes ago. Coinbase Prime is a prime brokerage platform that handles large-scale transactions and custody for institutional investors.

As Bitcoin sentiment turns bullish, option traders are increasingly betting on the cryptocurrency reaching $80,000, CoinDesk reported. Nick Foster, founder of the on-chain options platform Derive, noted that current option prices imply a roughly 35% chance of Bitcoin surpassing $80,000 by the end of June. He explained that the recent option price structure and the recovery in skew—the difference in implied volatility between call and put options—suggest traders are pricing in a potential rebound to the $80,000 level between June and September. Foster added that while there were past concerns about a potential crypto market collapse, the derivatives market indicates these fears were overstated. He pointed to the BTC skew, a key sentiment indicator in the options market, which has sharply rebounded from approximately -25% to its current level of 10%, signaling a shift away from aggressive downside hedging.

U.S. Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban prediction market contracts related to war, death, and assassinations, Decrypt reported. The bill, put forward by California Senator Adam Schiff and Representative Mike Levin, would prohibit any institution registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from listing contracts involving events such as terrorism, war, or death. Previously, Democratic lawmakers had sent a letter to the CFTC urging it to sanction specific prediction market contracts that are directly linked to human casualties or that threaten national security.

Chen Zhi, chairman of Prince Group and the alleged mastermind behind a 'pig butchering' scam in Cambodia, has asked a U.S. court to dismiss a lawsuit over Bitcoin seized by the U.S. government. According to Bloomberg, Chen's legal team filed documents with a New York federal court, challenging the seizure on procedural grounds related to its timing. They argued that the assets could not be the proceeds of fraud or money laundering. The U.S. Department of Justice had previously seized 127,271 BTC, valued at approximately $15 billion, belonging to Chen.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a net inflow of $12.6 million on March 10, according to data from Farside Investors. This marks a return to net inflows after three consecutive days of net outflows. - Fidelity's FETH: +$10.7 million - Grayscale's Mini ETH: +$1.9 million

The price of Ethereum (ETH) and its network fees have shown a sluggish trend even as network activity has surged, CoinDesk reported, citing a report from crypto on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant. The report noted that Ethereum's daily active addresses approached nearly two million last month, surpassing records set during the 2021 bull market, while smart contract calls also topped 40 million per day. However, the price of ETH fell by approximately 30% over the same period. The analytics firm suggested that selling pressure appears to have increased as the volume of ETH moving to exchanges has grown faster than that of BTC.

Nasdaq-listed company Solmate (SLMT) is establishing a Solana hub in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of a corporate restructuring, The Block reported. The company plans to amend its articles of incorporation to officially include blockchain infrastructure and digital asset treasury operations as its core businesses. This move is an extension of a corporate transition that began last September, when Solmate rebranded from a soccer club owner to a Solana infrastructure provider.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng has refuted a Forbes report on its "World's Billionaires" list. In a post on X, Zhao stated that while he had not read the full article, a glance at the accompanying chart was enough to see it was incorrect. He questioned how his net worth could have increased when cryptocurrency prices have fallen by more than 50% this year, urging the publication to apply common sense and basic logic. Forbes had previously reported that Zhao's net worth had reached $110 billion, placing him 17th on the global rich list and ahead of Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

YZi Labs, formerly known as Binance Labs, has issued a warning to users after detecting suspicious activity on the old Binance Labs X account. The firm urged users not to interact with any posts, links, or direct messages from the account and advised them to unfollow it.

Binance, PayPal, and Ripple are set to join a project by global payments firm Mastercard to build a blockchain-based payments infrastructure, Aggr News reported.

Whale Alert reported that 219,421,714 USDT has been transferred from an unknown wallet to OKX. The transaction is valued at about $219 million.

Ripple has announced plans to acquire BC Payments Australia, a move that will secure the company an Australian Financial Services Licence, Cointelegraph reported. BC Payments Australia is a firm affiliated with a European banking group. The acquisition is expected to be finalized by April 1.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of approximately $214.56 million on March 10, marking the second consecutive day of net inflows, according to data from Farside Investors. - BlackRock's IBIT: +$153.49 million - Fidelity's FBTC: +$33.54 million - Bitwise's BITB: +$16.35 million - Ark Invest's ARKB: +$4.07 million - Valkyrie's BRRR: -$4.10 million - VanEck's HODL: +$5.94 million - Grayscale Mini BTC: +$5.27 million

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $88.52 million liquidated (55.96% shorts) - ETH: $52.14 million liquidated (52.27% longs) - SOL: $9.30 million liquidated (54.09% longs)

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said he will not invest a single dollar in Bitcoin until the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) begins printing money. According to Cointelegraph, Hayes stated on his YouTube channel that the longer the war in Iran continues, the more likely the Fed is to print money. He added that if he had a dollar right now, he would wait rather than invest it in Bitcoin, and would only start buying when the Fed begins to significantly ease its monetary policy.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong thanked President Donald Trump for his efforts to make the U.S. the world's crypto capital. In a social media post, Armstrong stated that building the future of financial services is crucial for the U.S. in its competition with China and other overseas rivals. He also shared a post from President Trump on March 4 that urged the passage of a market structure bill.

Lambda256, a blockchain-focused affiliate of Dunamu, is set to launch a strategic council focused on stablecoins, Edaily reported. Dunamu operates Upbit, South Korea's largest digital asset exchange. The company announced today that it has signed a three-party memorandum of understanding (MOU) with law firm Yulchon LLC and SAS Korea. The agreement aims to establish a strategic body to address regulations concerning stablecoins and digital assets, marking the start of full-scale cooperation between the firms in this area.

Large-scale investors are taking long positions on crude oil even as its price falls below $85, Onchain Lens reported. A whale address starting with 0x547 opened a 20x leveraged long position on crude oil (CL) worth $8.95 million. Another address, starting with 0x7f5, deposited $5 million in USDC before opening a 1x leveraged long position on crude oil. Additionally, an address beginning with 0x0e0 established a 7x leveraged long position on crude oil valued at $3.5 million. This same address also holds a total of $14.5 million in 5x leveraged short positions on BTC and ETH.