Aerodrome Suspends Two Over Insider Trading

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Crypto News

• ⭐️ Aerodrome $AERO suspends two contributors for their trading activity around the Venice $VVV launch; internal investigation ongoing.

• Cboe BZX files again for Solana $SOL ETF; filings include Canary Solana Trust, Bitwise Solana ETF, 21Shares Core Solana ETF, and VanEck Solana Trust.

• Pump[.]fun deposits 188K Solana $SOL worth ~$42M to Kraken; Pump[.]fun has deposited a total of ~881K SOL worth ~$182M into Kraken in 2025.

• France investigates Binance $BNB over alleged money laundering, tax fraud, drug trafficking, & other charges; Binance fully denies the allegations.

• Bitwise files S-1 registration with US SEC for Dogecoin $DOGE ETF; Osprey Funds and Rex Shares have also previously submitted applications for a Dogecoin ETF.

• Cardano $ADA launches Plomin Hard Fork; enables ADA token holders to vote on treasury measures and hard forks.

• ⭐️ Paradigm donates $1.25M to Tornado Cash $TORN Co-founder Roman Storm’s legal defense; Paradigm Co-founder Matt Huang says "We must stand with Roman Storm".

• Andre Cronje reveals he resigned from DeFi in 2022 because the US SEC sent multiple investigative letters beginning in 2021.

• Spanish, Cypriot, & German Authorities dismantle $100M crypto money laundering ring; $28M of crypto frozen, $8m in cash seized, & 23 suspects arrested.

Alpha

• ⭐️ Movement launches Developer Mainnet; select teams can now deploy apps; Public Mainnet Beta to launch soon.

• Soneium launches Soneium Conquest campaign on Galxe; complete quests over four weeks to explore the Soneium ecosystem.

• Corn launches Harvester Vaults Pre-TGE Incentive Program; deposit into vaults to earn $CORN.

• Kinto posts "Announcement Drops in 24h" on X; Kinto TGE & airdrop to potentially launch soon.

• Symbiotic launches on Ethereum mainnet; deposit into vaults to earn Symbiotic Points.

• Quick Updates by Alpha Drops.

Airdrops

• Resolv Airdrop Strategy by Earndrop.

• ICYMI Weekly Airdrop Recap by Earndrop.

• ICYMI Abstract Airdrop Strategy by Earndrop.

• ICYMI Venice launches $VVV airdrop claim; Venice users, various AI token holders, & more are eligible.

• ICYMI Animecoin launches $ANIME airdrop claim; Azuki community members, Hyperliquid $HYPE stakers, Arbitrum community members & more are eligible; claim ends on March 9th.

• ICYMI Jupiter launches $JUP Jupuary airdrop; traders, stakers, & voters are eligible.

Finance News

• ⭐️ US Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged at 4.25% - 4.50%; many economists see first cut in June.

• US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says banks can serve crypto customers as long as they can manage the risk.

• Coinbase $COIN adds President Trump's 2024 co-campaign manager Chris LaCivita to its Global Advisory Council; also adds Kyrsten Sinema, Bill Dudley, & Luis Alberto Moreno.

• Czech National Bank (CNB) considers $7B Bitcoin Reserve; CNB Governor Aleš Michl to present proposal on Thursday.

• MetaPlanet to issue 21M stock options to raises ~$745M; to use proceeds to buy more Bitcoin $BTC.

• Trump Media & Technology Group $DJT to launch financial services platform & FinTech brand Truth[.]Fi; to invest $250M into SMAs, ETFs, & crypto.

• Hive Digital $HIVE buys Bitfarms $BITF 200 MW Paraguay Bitcoin mine for $56M; targets 25 EH/s by September.

• HSBC to wind down its M&A and equities businesses in Europe, Britain, and the Americas; to focus on Asia and Middle East.

• Robinhood $HOOD launches futures trading; new service allows users to trade futures for Bitcoin, oil, gold, S&P 500, USD, & EUR.

• X partners with Visa $V to offer direct payment solutions; allows for instant funding via Visa Direct, debit card support for P2P payments, & more.

Security and Exploits

• Security Researchers disclose side-channel vulnerabilities in modern Apple processors; could lead to sensitive information from web browsers being stolen.

• ICYMI Apple releases security update patching zero-day vulnerability; flaw is being actively exploited in the wild.

Token Unlocks

• Optimism $OP / ~$46M / JAN 31st
• Sui $SUI / ~$245M / FEB 01st
• ZetaChain $ZETA / ~$19M / FEB 01st
Sourced from Tokenomist

Funding

• ⭐️ D3 Global raises $25M in funding led by Paradigm.

• Sign raises $16M in Series A funding led by YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs).

• Cryptio raises $15M in Extended Series A led by Alven.

• Pod raises $10M in Seed funding led by a16z CSX & 1kx.

• Analog raises $5M in funding from several investors.

• Mevvy raises $2.8M in Seed funding round led by Multicoin Capital.

• Canopy raises $1.2M in funding led by Mechanism Capital & CitizenX.

• Based raises $420K in Pre-Seed funding led by dlab.

• Project Untitled raises an undisclosed amount in funding from Punk Ventures.

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