BULLISH: A Bitwise study using data through year-end 2025 finds that adding $BTC to a 60/40 portfolio improved cumulative and risk-adjusted returns in 100% of three-year periods and 93% of two-year periods.

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NEW: VITALIK BUTERIN WARNS OF NEW ETHEREUM CENTRALIZATION RISKS Vitalik Buterin (@VitalikButerin) said @Ethereum’s upcoming ePBS upgrade could shift power toward block builders. He warned the block-building pipeline may become a new choke point. He argued that

British finance minister Rachel Reeves is likely to stick closely to her promises to fix the public finances in a budget update speech on March 3 that will be overshadowed by alarm among investors over the conflict in the Middle East. More here

️ TODAY: Vitalik Buterin details Ethereum's plan to decentralize block building and tackle MEV through ePBS, FOCIL, and encrypted mempools.

The #Matrixport-linked whale holding a 120,000 $ETH($241M) long just opened another 20x long on 400 $BTC($27.3M).

BULLISH: Tennessee's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act is recommended for passage and referred to the Finance, Ways, and Means Committee. If passed, the bill allows the state treasurer to allocate up to 10% of public funds into Bitcoin.