HashStack #027

Bitfarms to exit Latin America with $30M site sale to focus on AI. 

Morgan Stanley files for BTC, ETH, and SOL ETFs. 

Microstrategy added 1,287 in BTC and $62M in cash last week. 

Riot sold $162M in Bitcoin as mining profitability remained under pressure. 

A16z Crypto bought $15M in Babylon tokens to fund development of new BTCVaults. 

South Korea’s Supreme Court rules that Bitcoin on crypto exchanges can be seized under criminal law. 

Florida lawmakers seek to establish strategic Bitcoin reserves with management placed in the hands of the state’s Chief Financial Officer.

Ethereum daily transactions hit all time high, surpassing 2021 levels, underscoring strong fundamentals as highlighted in our annual recap.

Ethereum’s Fusaka Upgrade completed the final ‘Blob Parameter Only’ fork that brings target and max blobs per block to 14 and 21 respectively. 

Vitalik mentioned that Ethereum has solved the blockchain trilemma while also reiterating the goal for Ethereum to become a decentralized platform for sustainable application adoption, instead of chasing the next narrative. 

Ethereum treasury firm, SharpLink Gaming, staked $170M of ETH on Linea.

Optimism Foundation proposes to redirect 50% of revenue earned by Superchain for monthly OP token buybacks.

Cypherpunk increases its Zcash holdings by $29M at ~$514 per ZEC.

Grayscale files for spot Bittensor, BNB, and HYPE ETFs. 

Bitwise files for 11 new ETFs tracking Bittensor, Tron, Aave, Ethena, Hyperliquid and others.

JPMorgan expands its JPM coin to Canton Network. 

The entire Zcash team announced their resignation although claiming no impact to the underlying protocol. 

Upexi targets a higher yield Solana treasury strategy in 2026. 

Sei warns USDC.n holders to swap for native USDC ahead of planned upgrade in March.

Jupiter exchange released Jupiter Mobile v3 and launched JupUSD.

Aave founder proposes to distribute non-protocol revenue to tokenholders

Lighter started its token buybacks program. 

Polymarket to provide prediction data to Dow Jones Media. 

Flare launched spot XRP exposure on Hyperliquid via FXRP.

Kalshi CEO endorses proposed bill ‘Public Integrity in Financial Prediction Markets Act of 2026’ that bans insider trading on prediction markets.  

Spark votes to increase the capacity for Spark spUSDC and spETH vault on Ethereum.

Fortytwo Lab demonstrated that a decentralized network of AI models can outperform a single best-in-class model on complex reasoning benchmarks. 

Sahara AI unveiled Sahara 2.0, featuring upgraded agent infrastructure, a more robust blockchain stack, and the introduction of a new crypto copilot.

Sentient partnered with Billions to roll out a privacy-preserving, bot-resistant token distribution mechanism that uses zero-knowledge proofs of uniqueness to confirm human participants.

Elsa deployed its own x402 facilitator, enabling on-chain, per-request, multi-token payments between AI agents on Base.

Dexter AI launched an x402 SDK that enables APIs to accept per-request payments in USDC.

Peaq distributed its first yield to token holders from a tokenized robo-farm, with returns generated by real agricultural operations in Hong Kong.

The Fabric Foundation launched to support the expansion of the open Fabric protocol, focusing on robotics data and governance.

Aethir partnered with Chainlink to power cross chain transfers of ATH between Ethereum and Ronin networks. 

Truebit Protocol exploited for $26M.

Ethena selected Kraken as partner for USDe custody assets. 

Tempo introduced TIP-20, a token standard for stablecoin and payment use cases. 

Wyoming’s stablecoin, FRNT, is now live on Solana. 

PwC accelerates crypto push as U.S. rules shift and stablecoins go mainstream.

Stablecoins now account for 1.35% of the total U.S. dollar supply.

South Korean regulators want crypto exchanges to disclose receipts for every crypto transaction to counter AML risks. 

BVNK secures direct SEPA access for 24/7 instant euro payments. 

Rain is now live on Plasma.

Japan's finance minister backs crypto integration across stock exchanges.

Aave’s Horizon RWA market crosses $200M in active loans, reaching all-time highs. 

Ondo Finance crosses $400M in tokenized shares. 

Polymarket partnered with Parcl to launch real estate prediction markets. 

Binance launched regulated TradFi perpetual contracts settled in USDT starting with commodities like gold and silver.

Coincheck Group acquires Canadian digital asset manager, 3iQ, for $112M. 

Fireblocks acquires Tres Finance to offer a unified operating system for digital assets in a deal valued at $130M. 

A16z acquired $15M of BABY tokens to support development of Bitcoin vaults. 

Barclays strategically invests in Ubyx, a U.S based provider of clearing infrastructure for tokenized deposits and stablecoins.

Sign is partnering with the Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi to enable secure blockchain for government use.

FalconX supported OTC trading for the newly launched $LIT token from Lighter, noting strong institutional demand post-TGE.