Author: American Coins & Gold

Protocol Village: Vault, Self-Custody Wallet from Uphold, Exits Two-Month Beta Phase
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 22-28.

Worldcoin Gains 40%, Hits Record High as AI Tokens Surge on Nvidia
The token was up amid broader optimism surrounding AI spilling over into crypto.

Coinbase Pushes Back on Reports It's Blocked in Nigeria
Multiple outlets have reported other platforms such as Kraken and Binance have also been blocked under government orders.

Bitcoin ETF Net Inflows Slow to a Trickle as Price Flattens
Inflows into the 10 spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds dropped to a two-week low on Wednesday, with the group attracting only about a net 500 bitcoin, some $25.5 million, data collected from the issuers’ websites shows.

Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin’s 4th Halving Is Approaching
The upcoming Bitcoin halving is going to have a significant impact on the number of bitcoin entering circulation.

The European Central Bank's Blog Post on Bitcoin ETFs
“Bitcoin has failed on the promise to be a global decentralised digital currency and is still hardly used for legitimate transfers. The latest approval of an ETF doesn’t change the fact that Bitcoin is not suitable as means of payment or as an investment,” two ECB officials wrote in a blog post.

Ondo Finance Integrates Tokenized Treasuries Onto Aptos
Aptos is the latest chain to offer users access to Ondo’s USDY.

DeFi Startup Euler Finance Bounces Back with Revamped Lending Vaults

Protocol Village: Alchemy Launches 'Modular Account' for Ethereum L2 Developers
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 22-28.

Eigen Labs, Developer Behind Restaking Protocol EigenLayer, Raises 0M From A16z Crypto
The pioneering restaking project EigenLayer, led by Sreeram Kannan, isn’t even live but investors are piling in. A16z Crypto is affiliated with the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.