UPDATE: Tokenized stocks surpass $1B in total value, with Ondo and xStocks leading the sector.

China's Export Growth Surges in Early Year

LATEST: FLOW FDN TRIES TO BLOCK $FLOW DELISTINGS IN KOREA The Flow Foundation and Dapper Labs have filed a motion with a South Korean court in order to prevent the $FLOW token from being de-listed from several major CEXs. @Official_Upbit, @BithumbOfficial and @CoinoneOfficial

JUST IN: Bitcoin hits $70K.

Breakingviews - China's property reset comes with a heavy price

🇺🇸 UPDATE: The DOJ seeks to retry Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm on money laundering and sanctions violation charges, proposing an early October retrial date.

Trump's administration is considering reducing oil sanctions on Russia to help cool ​a surge in global energy prices triggered by ‌the US and Israeli war on Iran, with an announcement possible as soon as March 9, according to three sources familiar with the planning. More here

️ Need to catch up on the news? Here's our top 10 from today: CFTC Chair Michael Selig outlines his multi-year agenda including crypto clarity, ending CFTC-SEC turf wars, and making the US the top market for AI compute. Nvidia is planning to launch an open-source AI

ONCHAIN: 12.45 MILLION $APT TOKENS TO UNLOCK THIS WEEK Per Tokenomist @Aptos has a major $APT token unlock scheduled for this week. Some 12.45 million tokens will be introduced into circulation - equivalent to nearly 0.8% of supply. $APT has an market cap of over $700 illion

TODAY: President Trump says the Iran war could be over "very soon", sending Asian markets rebounding and Brent crude diving over 8% to below $90 per barrel.