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7:00 (UTC+8) - 12:00 (UTC+8) Keywords: Citi, US OCC, HB1042, "strawmap" 1. Citi will integrate Bitcoin within this year; 2. The global debt scale climbed to a record 348 trillions USD by the end of 2025; 3. The US OCC solicits opinions on the GENIUS Act's regulatory framework for payment stablecoins; 4. Vitalik has sold 16,420 ETH, exceeding the 16,384 ETH in his "donation plan"; 5. The Ethereum Foundation has launched the "strawmap" roadmap, planning seven forks by the end of 2029; 6. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana collectively rose, and rumors of a "10:00 (UTC+8) sell-off" paused after the Jane Street lawsuit; 7. Indiana passed the HB1042 bill to protect Bitcoin rights and allow digital assets to be included in retirement plans.

PANews reported on February 26 that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act (PAIPA) and related executive orders, has added the Russian vulnerability brokerage network and its associated individuals and entities to the sanctions list. This network, operated by Sergey Sergeyevich Zelenyuk and his company Matrix LLC (Operation Zero), is accused of acquiring and reselling at least eight proprietary cyberattack tools—stolen from a U.S. company and intended solely for use by the U.S. government and its allies—using cryptocurrency. Australian national Peter Williams has pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets between 2022 and 2025, selling the aforementioned tools to Operation Zero, and receiving millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. The sanctioned parties' assets in the U.S. will be frozen, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from transacting with them. Violations may result in civil or criminal penalties.

Vitalik proposed to reduce Ethereum's slot and finality time from 16 minutes to as low as 8 seconds through gradual upgrades and quantum-resistant technology.