Morning News | NYSE parent company invests in OKX; Morgan Stanley provides $500 million loan to Core Scientific; Western Union partners with Crossmint to launch stablecoin USDPT

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Important News:

• Digital asset trading company Crossover Markets completes $31 million Series B financing, led by Tradeweb Markets
• NYSE parent company invests in OKX, valuation reaches $25 billion
• Morgan Stanley provides $500 million loan to Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific
• National People's Congress representative: China's independently developed blockchain underlying technology has been applied in 16 central ministries and 27 state-owned enterprises
• International remittance service company Western Union partners with Crossmint to launch stablecoin USDPT on the Solana chain
• Tether invests in fund management and settlement infrastructure Axiym
• John Daghita, suspect in the $40 million cryptocurrency theft case involving the U.S. government, has been arrested by the FBI

What important events happened in the past 24 hours?

Tether invests in fund management and settlement infrastructure Axiym
According to ChainCatcher, stablecoin issuer Tether announced an investment in fund management and settlement infrastructure Axiym, with the specific amount undisclosed. The aim is to build a globally distributed fund settlement infrastructure within a regulated payment ecosystem to support embedded financial services, including post-paid settlement solutions like Pay Now, Settle Later (PNSL), while also supporting the native integration of USD cash flow in a scalable, compliant manner that aligns with the actual operations of cross-border payments.
Morgan Stanley provides $500 million loan to Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific
According to ChainCatcher, Core Scientific announced on Thursday that it has secured $500 million in financing from Morgan Stanley, enabling the Bitcoin mining company to obtain new funding as it shifts its infrastructure towards AI workloads.

According to a statement, the 364-day loan agreement includes an incremental clause that allows the company to increase its loan commitment by an additional $500 million, bringing the potential total to $1 billion. Core Scientific stated that it plans to use the financing for real estate acquisitions, upfront development costs, and to procure additional energy contracts.

NYSE parent company invests in OKX, valuation reaches $25 billion

According to ChainCatcher, as reported by Fortune, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), ICE, has invested in the cryptocurrency exchange OKX, valuing it at $25 billion.

It is reported that ICE will gain a seat on the board of OKX. The two institutions will launch several collaborative products, including OKX providing real-time cryptocurrency price information to ICE, allowing OKX users to trade tokenized stocks and derivatives listed on the NYSE on the platform, with this feature expected to launch in the second half of 2026. OKX also plans to relocate up to 2,000 employees (40% of its workforce) to the U.S. to strengthen domestic operations and support new products.

Iran ready to abandon nuclear program, provided the U.S. offers a satisfactory alternative
According to ChainCatcher, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister stated that Iran is prepared to abandon its nuclear program, provided the U.S. presents a satisfactory alternative.
Jump Crypto and Manifold Trading receive 2.5 million and 1.5 million OPN respectively, suspected to act as both investors and market makers
According to ChainCatcher, on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) monitored that the Binance Launchpool project OPN is about to undergo its Token Generation Event (TGE). Jump Crypto and Manifold Trading appear to be acting as both project investors and market makers, receiving 2.5 million and 1.5 million OPN tokens respectively.

The total tokens received by the two market makers account for 2% of the initial circulating supply, and some of the tokens have already been deposited to exchanges.

John Daghita, suspect in the $40 million cryptocurrency theft case involving the U.S. government, has been arrested by the FBI

According to ChainCatcher, John Daghita, a suspect in the $40 million cryptocurrency theft case involving the U.S. government, has been arrested by the FBI.

"On-chain detective" ZachXBT previously revealed that John Daghita is the son of the CEO of CMDSS, a company that had contracts with the U.S. government to handle seized cryptocurrencies.

According to ZachXBT, in January 2026, it was exposed that John used his father's company CMDSS (which holds the USMS contract) access to transfer relevant assets from wallets managed by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS). Subsequently, John mocked ZachXBT multiple times on Telegram and initiated a "dust attack" by publicly sharing his wallet address and transferring part of the involved funds.

International remittance service company Western Union partners with Crossmint to launch stablecoin USDPT on the Solana chain

According to ChainCatcher, international remittance service company Western Union has announced a partnership with Crossmint to launch the USDPT stablecoin on the Solana chain, aimed at providing fast, low-cost global money transfer services.

Western Union will integrate its digital asset network with Crossmint, allowing users to exchange digital dollars for local currencies at over 360,000 locations worldwide, covering more than 200 countries and regions. Malcolm Clarke, Vice President of Digital Assets at Western Union, stated that this partnership will help seamlessly connect global wallets and digital platforms with Western Union's payment infrastructure.

Aave Labs releases complete transparency audit report for Aave V4 security plan

According to ChainCatcher, Aave Labs has released a complete transparency report for the Aave V4 security plan, covering methods, processes, and results, endorsed by multiple security agencies including Trail of Bits, Blackthorn, and Certora.

Through manual audits, formal verification, invariant testing, fuzz testing, and public security competitions, approximately 345 days of security review have been conducted. The plan is supported by a dedicated security budget of $1.5 million approved by the DAO.

Aave Labs announced that it will continue five core commitments from the Aave V4 security plan: embedding formal verification in the early development stages to ensure architectural design is guided by secure methodologies rather than just verification; adopting a layered security approach, including manual reviews, formal verification, invariant testing, AI-assisted checks, fuzz testing, and public security competitions to cover more potential vulnerabilities; maintaining continuous security coverage, with formal verification frameworks and invariant testing suites running continuously with protocol iterations; establishing a long-term bug bounty program to leverage a broader security community for ongoing monitoring; and optimizing AI scanning capabilities to continuously improve the intelligent security detection level of future versions based on existing testing experiences.

National People's Congress representative: China's independently developed blockchain underlying technology has been applied in 16 central ministries and 27 state-owned enterprises

According to ChainCatcher, as reported by CCTV News, National People's Congress representative and Director of the Beijing Microchip Blockchain and Edge Computing Research Institute, Dong Jin, stated that China's independently developed blockchain underlying technology has been applied in 16 central ministries and 27 state-owned enterprises, achieving positive progress in fields such as taxation, cross-border trade, and global payments.

Every year, hundreds of billions of invoices are processed on China's independent blockchain, with over 300,000 enterprises in cross-border trade on-chain, and trade amounts reaching trillions of yuan.

Michael Saylor: Strategy's Bitcoin buying potential exceeds the market's available supply
According to ChainCatcher, Michael Saylor, founder and executive chairman of Strategy, stated on the X platform that Strategy has strong purchasing power, with its Bitcoin buying potential exceeding the market's available supply.
Crypto KOL @sillytuna claims his address loss of $24 million was due to "violent threats"
According to ChainCatcher, crypto KOL @sillytuna revealed on social media that his personal address encountered a serious security incident, resulting in a loss of approximately $24 million in AUSD. He stated that the incident involved violence, weapons, and kidnapping threats, and the police have intervened. @sillytuna claimed he would completely withdraw from the crypto space and "is grateful to have kept his limbs."

According to previous reports from ChainCatcher, monitoring by Shield revealed that the address associated with crypto KOL @sillytuna (0xd2e8...ca41) suffered an address poisoning attack, resulting in a loss of approximately $24 million in aEth USDC.

Musk hints that X Money offers 6% deposit yield while launching cashback debit card feature

According to ChainCatcher, Musk's repost hints that the rumored internal testing screenshots of X Money are true, showing that X Money offers up to 6% annualized deposit yield, along with a cashback debit card feature.

Insiders: Former OpenAI Chief Researcher is raising $70 million for an AI startup
According to ChainCatcher, insiders revealed that a former Chief Researcher at OpenAI is raising $70 million for an AI startup that is developing software to help factories achieve autonomous operation.
Eric Trump: Family mining company American Bitcoin's Bitcoin holdings exceed 6,500 BTC
According to ChainCatcher, Eric Trump, the second son of Trump, announced on the X platform that the Trump family's mining company American Bitcoin has surpassed 6,500 BTC in holdings (accumulating over 500 BTC in the past 21 days). American Bitcoin has become the 17th largest publicly traded Bitcoin company globally.
Bitcoin mining company IREN adds purchase of 50,000 NVIDIA B300 GPUs
According to ChainCatcher, Bitcoin mining company IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) announced the addition of 50,000 NVIDIA B300 GPUs, bringing the total number of GPUs to 150,000, making IREN one of the largest AI infrastructure providers in the world.

IREN was added to the MSCI U.S. Index after the U.S. stock market closed on February 27, marking another Bitcoin-centric company included in the mainstream stock index system. Inclusion in the index typically means automatic allocation of funds from passive funds and increased visibility among institutional investors.

Digital asset trading company Crossover Markets completes $31 million Series B financing, led by Tradeweb Markets

According to ChainCatcher, Bloomberg reports that fixed income trading giant Tradeweb Markets led a $31 million Series B financing round for digital asset trading company Crossover Markets Group, with participation from DRW Venture Capital, Ripple, Virtu Financial, Wintermute Ventures, XTX Markets, and Illuminate Financial. This transaction values Crossover at approximately $200 million. As part of the deal, Tradeweb will utilize its algorithmic technology to route institutional clients' crypto orders through the platform, providing a direct channel for their entry into the digital asset space.

Crossover was founded in 2022 by seasoned forex market professionals from Jefferies and Euronext FX. Its CROSSx platform adopts an ECN model, separating trade execution from custody and credit.

Meme Popularity Rankings

According to the meme token tracking and analysis platform GMGN, as of March 6, 09:00,

The top five popular ETH tokens in the past 24 hours are: SHIB, LINK, PEPE, UNI, ONDO

The top five popular Solana tokens in the past 24 hours are: USELESS, Punch, WhiteWhale, gork, neet

The top five popular Base tokens in the past 24 hours are: PEPE, B3, SKYA, TOSHI, toby

What are some interesting articles worth reading in the past 24 hours?

SBF's little brother turns $225 million into $5.5 billion in a year

Have you heard of Leopold Aschenbrenner?

He is one of the hottest names in the current AI investment circle ------ At just 24 years old, the publicly disclosed holdings of his fund, Situational Awareness LP, were "only" $225 million in Q4 2024, but in the Q4 2025 disclosure released last month, this figure skyrocketed to $5.5 billion.

What few people know is that Leopold Aschenbrenner was once part of the crypto world ------ he worked in the FTX Future Fund team until FTX's bankruptcy collapse. Reviewing the Washington power in the crypto circle, who is advocating for U.S. crypto legislation?
The policy infrastructure of the crypto industry has matured significantly over the past decade.

From an initial single think tank in Washington, it has evolved into a complete network composed of industry associations, advocacy organizations, and specific ecological lobbying agencies.

The current landscape includes comprehensive industry groups as well as specialized advocates focused on single ecosystems, each playing different roles in promoting regulatory clarity.

In February 2026, the Hyperliquid Policy Center was officially established as the latest member; prior to that, the Solana Policy Institute debuted in 2025.

Let’s delve into which institutions are voicing their opinions in the power center of Washington's crypto policy.