By Kapil Rajyaguru
Metaplanet Acquires 156 Bitcoin for $13.4mn.
Metaplanet has acquired 156 BTC for $13.4 million at an average price of ~$85,890 per Bitcoin, achieving a 31.8% BTC yield year-to-date in 2025.
As of March 3, 2025, Metaplanet holds a total of 2,391 BTC, acquired for ~$196.3 million at an average price of ~$82,100 per Bitcoin.
Bybit Hackers Resume Laundering Activities, Moving Another 62,200 ETH.
North Korea’s Lazarus Group laundered another 62,200 Ether, worth $138 million, from the Feb. 21 Bybit hack on March 1—leaving only 156,500 left to be moved, a pseudonymous crypto analyst noted.
Approximately 343,000 Ether of the 499,000 Ether stolen from the $1.4 billion Bybit hack has been moved, said X user EmberCN, who expects the remaining funds to be cleared in the next three days. The 343,000 Ether moved equates to 68.7% of the stolen funds—up from 54% on Feb. 28.
Trump To Host First White House Crypto Summit On March 7.
US President Donald Trump will host the first White House Crypto Summit on March 7, bringing together industry leaders to discuss regulatory policies, stablecoin oversight, and the potential role of Bitcoin in the US financial system.
The attendees will include “prominent founders, CEOs, and investors from the crypto industry,” along with members of the President’s Working Group on Digital Assets, according to an announcement shared by the White House “AI and crypto czar,” David Sacks, in a March 1 X post.
The summit will be chaired by Sacks and administered by Bo Hines, the executive director of the Working Group.
Binance To Delist Non-MiCA Compliant Stablecoins In Europe On March 31.
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance will delist several stablecoins in the European Economic Area (EEA) to comply with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).
The full list of the affected non-MiCA-compliant stablecoins on Binance includes Tether USDt, Dai, First Digital USD, TrueUSD, Pax Dollar USDP, Anchored Euro AEUR, TerraUSD, TerraClassicUSD, and PAX Gold.
While Binance will continue to allow deposits and withdrawals for these stablecoins after March 31, questions remain over whether this approach aligns with MiCA compliance requirements.
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