1. The Japanese Financial Services Agency plans to treat crypto assets as financial products similar to securities, and implement tax cuts and approve ETFs;
2. Arweave computing platform AO: The first batch of services using AO payment will be launched this week;
3. The Financial Supervisory Service of South Korea plans to establish a self-regulatory mechanism for the crypto industry this year;
4. Matrixport: The market generally believes that the Ethereum upgrade in March is unlikely to drive a big market;
5. Analysis: Ethereum short positions increased by 40% in a week, and increased by 500% since November last year;
6. Founder of IBC Group: The adoption of cryptocurrencies is 43% faster than mobile phones and 20% faster than the Internet;
7. Report: It is expected that the crypto field will usher in a wave of mergers this year, and VCs are particularly concerned about stablecoins and AI;
8. Kaito founder: A shadow ban mechanism will be introduced as a punishment mechanism for low-quality content;
9. Slow Mist Yuxian: The Central African presidential token CAR has a high risk, beware of the problem of virus on the official website;
10. Former South Korean lawmaker Kim Nam-guk, who was suspected of concealing crypto holdings, was acquitted in the first instance;
11. Electric Capital partner: The future will be an era of small, efficient teams, and AI-first companies will dominate the market;
12. KyberSwap will stop Polygon zkEVM on-chain transactions starting this week;
13. Analysis: If the US government puts its spending on-chain, it can save more than $10 billion in audit costs in ten years.