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🤑 The Federal Reserve's balance sheet increased by $15,097,000,000 in one week!
▪️Gulsby, Federal Reserve Chair:
- The employment report was a serious disappointment.
- If weak data repeats for several months in a row, it will become a problem.
- Stagflation is the worst-case scenario for central banks.
- Overall, the economy and labor market remain stable for now.
▪️Kashkari, Federal Reserve Chair:
- The war in Iran could impact the Fed's monetary policy, but it's too early to draw conclusions.
- Inflation is still too high, although it is moving downward.
- Two rate cuts are possible later

The U.S. Court of International Trade has suspended its March 5 order directing U.S. Customs to immediately comply with tariff refund requirements.

Tether invests in Utexo for native settlements in $USDT on the Bitcoin network – Release
Utexo plans to provide:
➤ Transactions in less than 1 second via Bitcoin and Lightning Network.
➤ Fixed fees that do not depend on network congestion.
➤ Private payments — only encrypted data is recorded on the blockchain.
➤ Easy integration via API for exchanges, wallets, and payment services.

Mastercard and Google are developing infrastructure for shopping through AI agents
The payment giant is launching "Verifiable Intent" – a system that creates cryptographic proof of what exactly the user authorized when an AI agent makes a transaction.
This allows:
• To verify that the agent is truly authorized by the user.
• To record instructions and purchase conditions.
• To prevent fraud and resolve disputes more quickly.
The technology is being developed in collaboration with Google and will be integrated into the Mastercard Agent Pay payment system.

IS JANE STREET PLANNING TO MANIPULATE BITCOIN AGAIN?
Just now, wallets linked to Jane Street have deposited $19,000,000 in $BTC to institutional-focused exchanges.
These are the platforms used for high-frequency trading, which has been responsible for the 10am slam in the past.

Short fund Culper Research has taken a position against Ethereum and related companies like BitMine (BMNR)
According to them, after the latest network upgrade, the Ethereum economy has worsened, and activity and key metrics have started to decline.