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Japan’s Metplanet has become the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin in Asia after its latest purchase. According to the company’s CEO, Simon Gerovich, Metaplanet grabbed another 497 BTC at around $88,448 per coin, investing nearly $44 million in the process on March 5. This latest buy bumps its total stash to 2,888 BTC, worth over $251 million, with Bitcoin hovering around $87,198 at press time. The Japanese firm bought the dip as Bitcoin dropped over 8% on March 4 as concerns regarding a potential trade war and fresh tariffs from the U.S. continued to rattle markets. Metaplanet has dethroned Chinese gaming firm Boyaa Interactive International, which currently holds 2410 BTC, as Asia’s largest corporate Bitcoin hoarder, according to data from BitBo. It’s also now the 12th-largest corporate Bitcoin holder globally. Investors are clearly liking the move—Metaplanet’s stock soared 20.93% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, reaching 4,045 yen by 3:16 PM local time on March 5. Despite some volatility last week as Bitcoin slumped, Metaplanet’s stock remains one of the best performers, boasting gains of over 1,700% on a yearly timeframe. This marks the Tokyo-headquartered firm’s second BTC buy for the week. As previously reported on March 3, Metaplanet snagged 156 BTC at an average price of $85,483 per coin, spending around $13.34 million. You might also like: OFAC designates Iranian administrator of darknet marketplace with Bitcoin and Monero addresses Since the start of the year, the company has acquired a total of 794.5 BTC, which is in line with its aggressive accumulation strategy inspired by Michael Saylor-led strategy, which currently holds the title of the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin. With its latest buys, Metaplanet’s year-to-date Bitcoin yield now stands at 45%, according to Gerovich. It hopes to stash 21,000 BTC by 2026. To fuel its Bitcoin acquisition spree, the firm has been actively raising capital through bond issuances, most recently selling 4 billion yen (roughly $26.4 million) in zero-coupon bonds in February, followed by another 2 billion yen ( roughly $13.2 million) bond issuance on Feb. 27 under its 7th Series of Ordinary Bonds, set to mature in August 2025. Read more: Bitcoin ETFs see net outflows double as optimism fades over Trump’s crypto reserve plan

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The White House Crypto Summit, an event aiming to shape cryptocurrency policy in America, will occur this Friday, March 7. It will give the president and his crypto advisory group direct contact with key people in the crypto community. The summit is in line with Trump’s executive order which aims to “support the responsible growth and use of digital assets, blockchain technology, and related technologies across all sectors of the economy”. Trump aims to make America the crypto capital of the world, further embracing his crypto project, including many of his family members such as Eric Trump, who attended Bitcoin Mena 2024 in Abu Dhabi. The summit will be an opportunity for Trump to promote his own approach to innovation. He will remind the audience that the previous administration stifled crypto projects, introducing regulation that not only limited the crypto industry but further limited American innovation on the world stage. Trump has described the Biden administration as waging a war on crypto. In the first months of the new presidency, Trump established a working group for digital currencies, providing a platform for proposing regulatory frameworks. One of the main things that people in the crypto industry wanted from Trump was regulatory clarity so that the rules were clear and easy to abide by. Trump gave David Sacks, a cryptocurrency advocate, the job as leader of the new working group. “They just want to know what the rules of the road are”, said David Sacks, “so they can abide by them. We’re coming off frankly four years of arbitrary prosecution and persecution of crypto companies where the SEC wouldn’t tell founders what the rules were and then they would prosecute them”. Sacks recounts how many industry leaders were “debunked personally just because they had founded a crypto company.” He is looking forward to the crypto summit so that he can work with politicians and entrepreneurs to ” create a golden age for digital assets.” Needless to say, regulation will be a key focus of the crypto summit. Sacks will focus on forward-thinking regulation for stable coins and other digital assets. The White House Crypto Summit is rumoured to replace the previously named Crypto Advisory Council. The focus is expected to be more on cross-agency regulation, with added input from the private sector. The Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, the addition of Bitcoin to America’s gold reserves, may also feature prominently in the summit, having received extensive media coverage leading up to it. The summit will be succeeded by many new summits in the future, each focused on a separate piece of regulation and bringing in the appropriate crypto leaders when they have expertise on that regulation. The White House summit comes just days after Circle co-founder Jeremy Allaire stated that customers would be required to register with U.S. authorities. Circle is the company behind the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency. Allaire argued that stable coin providers should abide by the law and provide necessary consumer protections so that they do not ignore U.S. law and do whatever they want with crypto. “Whether you are an offshore company”, said Allaire, “or based in Hong Kong, if you want to offer your US dollar stablecoin in the US, you should need to register in the US just like we have to go register everywhere else.” The upcoming summit, focusing on regulation, may clarify how legislation will affect stable coins. David Sacks, head of the new group for working with digital currencies, has stated that stable coins could be used to spread the dominance of the U.S. dollar worldwide. Trump, who once described crypto as a scam, campaigned to stockpile Bitcoin reserves, regulate stablecoins, promote friendly crypto leaders, and create reasonable regulations that promote innovation rather than stifle American industries. Crypto leaders responded by funding Trump’s inaugural committee on cryptocurrencies with millions of dollars. This new approach offers a very large departure from the previous administration, which had a very hostile take on cryptocurrencies. Having dealt with the FTX exchange and many other crises that gave crypto a bad reputation, Trump has introduced his own meme coin, and his family members have helped create a crypto project called World Liberty Financial.

Ethereum researcher Malik672 has dropped a research post proposing a new algorithm using random allocation of transaction orders to address the growing problem of centralisation on the Ethereum network. Specifically, he used Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) to remove Maximal Extractable Value (MFV). BFT means the network continues to run despite a dishonest node polluting it with false information. MFV means a dishonest actor uses inside information about the Ethereum network to make money on the market. Toni Wahrstatter, an Ethereum Foundation researcher, found that in the first two weeks of October 2024, 89% of Ethereum blocks were handled by only two block builders, Beaverbuild and Titan Builder. Malik672 found that the figure has since dropped to 80%, but it still shows that Ethereum is far from decentralized. “Ethereum’s shift to PoS and adoption of PBS”, wrote Malik672, “separates block proposing (validators) from building (specialized builders) to address MEV disparities”. “Yet, centralization persists: as of February 2025, approximately 80% of Ethereum blocks are proposed by just two entities—large builder-relay coalitions like Flashbots and their peers—concentrating power and profits. This undermines Ethereum’s decentralized ethos”. For example, let’s assume a trader wants to make a huge transaction on a decentralized exchange (DEX). A trader with inside access, conducts an MEV trade by performing a sandwich attack. This means the trader buys the token before the large transaction and then sells after the price increases. The problem, referring back to Malik672’s research, is that a centralized blockchain allows bad actors to use inside information to have an unfair advantage on the market. The regular trader pays more, while the corrupt insider pays less. Malik672’s system would decentralize block building, using a random generator and distributing the building process to thousands of clients worldwide. The current system uses Prosper Builder Separation (PBS) to limit MEV. However, the new random distribution system could have added benefits, such as optimising mempool handling and faster transactions. “This proposal”, wrote Malik672, “introduces a decentralized random block proposal system. All Ethereum clients—not a handful of builders—construct blocks using a cryptographically random algorithm”. “Validators execute these blocks, achieving consensus via N ≥ 3T + 1 BFT. This eliminates block-level MEV, fully democratizes block proposing across Ethereum’s node network, and aligns with its trustless roots, while remaining compatible with Danksharding’s blob requirements”. However, this approach could have major drawbacks, requiring extensive testing before it is rolled out on the network. One possible drawback could be large overhead problems from distributing the block building process to thousands of clients. This may increase the amount of computation needed, thus making the network even slower. Another drawback could be the increased risk of Sybil Attacks, which means that one bad actor could generate multiple fake clients to gain more inside information and MEV. Further, Decision-Making Complexity may increase because so many block builders may disagree more on transactions, causing more problems for the Ethereum network. “PBS optimizes for rollup scalability”, wrote Malik672, “but this system prioritizes fairness and full democratization—crucial as centralization creeps in. It’s a trade-off: trustlessness over L2 precision”. “For an Ethereum valuing equity over efficiency, this wins; for one chasing scalability, PBS holds. Redesigning for rollup-specific optimization could bridge the gap, making it a versatile contender”.

XRP exploded to nearly $3 after President Trump sounded plans for a United States crypto reserve alongside Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA) and Solana (SOL). The payments-focused token has since retreated 50% to $2.31 at press time, and one crypto pundit observed that XRP whales are secretly making huge moves. XRP Whales Just Cashed Out Harder Than They Ever Have According to data from CryptoQuant, large XRP holders are cashing out. Crypto pundit Kate Young-Ju cited XRP’s volume bubble map which shows increased activity between the $2 and $3 levels over the past month. Although high-volume activity can also indicate buyers, Young-Ju asserted that XRP is presently in a distribution phase. $XRP is currently in a distribution phase. pic.twitter.com/3KJPHs42KC — Kate The Alt (@kate_young_ju) March 2, 2025 For the uninformed, a distribution period is defined as a phase of profit-taking by investors, which typically happens near the peak of a rally. On-chain analyst JA Maartunn shared a similar sentiment, claiming in a recent post on X that XRP is currently undergoing a distribution phase. Using whale flow analysis, Maartun identified that negative whale flows estimated with a 30-day moving average (30-DMA) reached an all-time low zone. He explained: “This metric shows the Whale Flow. They are offloading $XRP like never seen before.” Moreover, XRP reserves on the Binance exchange have spiked to 2.90 billion tokens from 2.72 billion. This increase suggests heightened selling pressure, which aligns with the aforementioned development of XRP’s distribution stage. Is XRP Set For More Losses? Popular crypto pundit Dami DeFi suggested that XRP’s high time frame chart implies high consolidation below key resistance and ascending trendline. “With Trump backing XRP for the U.S. reserve, once it flips this level, it’s game on for price discovery,” Dami Defi added. However, Bitcoin enthusiast Matt C doesn’t think XRP is bullish. He highlighted the formation of an inverse head and shoulder for the altcoin. With the relative strength index (RSI) creating lower highs in XRP’s 1-day chart, Matt believes the token’s recent rally was “exit liquidity”. “No $XRP ideologue will do it… But one should be cashing out & buying $BTC immediately.” One factor that could be dampening enthusiasm among XRP traders is the protracted US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suit against Ripple. While the SEC has already dropped enforcement cases against Coinbase, OpenSea, Robinhood, Uniswap, and Kraken, Ripple remains conspicuously absent from the bevy of dismissals. This uncertainty weakens investor conviction. Nevertheless, a surprise positive resolution in the foreseeable future could spark a meteoric surge in XRP.