Aster Chain's mainnet will go live in March

Ripple Expands XRPL Ecosystem Strategy With New Funding and Accelerator Programs for 2026

Ripple has injected $550 million into XRPL ecosystem since 2017, and this year, it will expand its focus to a more distributed model for founders. This includes launching a fintech builder program, the new XAO DAO for the XRPL network, and increased support for XRPL Commons. This year, Rippl

Pi Network Rolls Out Phase 2 Protocol Upgrades With Mandatory Node Deadline

Pi Network set March 1 as the mandatory deadline for Step 2 upgrades, and Mainnet nodes that miss it risk losing network connectivity. The update advances Pi’s protocol path toward newer Stellar consensus versions, with the Core Team targeting version 23 by June 2026. Pi Network has

Weekly Preview | Gemini to Cease Operations in the UK; Federal Reserve Releases Economic Beige Book

News Preview: Bitway (BTW) will be launched on March 2nd, supporting trading on Binance Alpha; MANTRA Chain plans to upgrade to v7.0.0 software on March 3rd; Gemini will cease operations in the UK, with customer accounts only able to withdraw starting March 5th; HyperLiquid co-founder: 173,000 HYPE tokens will be unstaked and distributed to team members on March 6th; RedStone (RED) will unlock approximately 40.85 million tokens at midnight Beijing time on March 7th, accounting for 16.13% of the current circulating supply, valued at about $6.2 million. March 2nd Macroeconomics: At 22:45 on March 2nd, the US will release the February S&P Global Manufacturing PMI

Avalanche Gains Momentum as Progmat Launches Dedicated L1 for Japan’s $2B+ RWAs

Japan’s largest security token platform is migrating more than $2 billion in real estate and corporate bonds from Corda to a dedicated L1 on Avalanche. The initiative brings together some of Japan’s largest firms, from Toyota to Konami and TIS Inc., giving Avalanche a route into Japan’s

Abandoning "HODLing" causes the stock price to rise over 13%! ETHZilla rebrands to "Forum" and shifts focus to RWA tokenization

The American company ETHZilla has officially rebranded as Forum Markets, transforming into a tangible asset tokenization platform and gradually phasing out its role as an Ethereum reserve. The stock price rose over 13% on the news. The company still holds approximately $145 million worth of Ethereum and is actively developing tokenized assets, with expected future yields exceeding 10%.

Latam Insights: Brazil Introduces Crypto Tax Evasion Bill, El Salvador Finalizes New Bitcoin Diploma Program

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, a bill to criminalize crypto-linked foreign currency tax evasion surges in Brazil, El Salvador finalizes its Bitcoin Diploma 2.0 educational program, and Engie mulls