Japanese game studio Gumi has approved a $6.6 million Bitcoin purchase to double down on blockchain staking. Gumi Inc., a Japanese mobile game studio, is looking to strengthen its crypto presence with a major Bitcoin (BTC) purchase. In a Feb.…

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”Everything is Computer” the meme that exploded on X, formerly Twitter, after 
President Donald Trump&#8217;s comment on Tuesday, has spawned a new memecoin. 
Everything is Computer, the new memecoin that has its origin in a wild meme 
swirling on social…

‘Everything is Computer’ meme spawns new memecoin

Robinhood has listed memecoins Pengu (PENGU), Pnut (PNUT) and Popcat (POPCAT) 
as the online brokerage doubles down on cryptocurrency trading, it said on 
March 13.
The listings mark Robinhood&#8217;s latest effort to expand its crypto offerings and 
compete with incumbent exchange Coinbase.
Memecoin trading has become a key battleground as rival exchanges &#8212; including 
Coinbase and Binance.US &#8212; accelerate new coin listings after US President 
Donald Trump&#8217;s November election win.
_Robinhood listed new memecoins. Source:__Robinhood_
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## Strong demand
In February, Robinhood Crypto said its customers had shown strong demand for 
more memecoin trading options.
In addition to its newly launched coins, Robinhood lists Dogecoin (DOGE), the 
largest memecoin by market capitalization. It also launched crypto futures 
trading in January.
&#8220;We don&#8217;t want to make decisions for the customer but if customers are asking 
for something and we feel like we have a way to offer it safely, we will do 
it,&#8221; Johann Kerbrat, Robinhood Crypto&#8217;s vice president and general manager, 
reportedly told Bloomberg.
Robinhood, best known as a stock trading platform, has been investing heavily 
in crypto products since last year.
In February, the online brokerage reported a 700% year-over-year jump in 
crypto revenues.
Trump&#8217;s election win and rising market prices fueled across-the-board 
increases in crypto trading in the fourth quarter of 2024.
_Robinhood &#8216;s change in trading volumes for equities, options contracts and 
crypto. Source: __Robinhood_
## **Regulatory reversal**
Trump &#8212; who has promised to make America the &#8220;world&#8217;s crypto capital&#8221; &#8212; has 
appointed industry-friendly leadership to key regulatory positions.
In February, the US Securities and Exchange Commission said most memecoins do 
not qualify as securities and thus do not fall under the regulators&#8217; 
jurisdiction.
This was a stark reversal from its stance under Joe Biden&#8217;s administration 
when former SEC Chair Gary Gensler said he thought most cryptocurrencies 
constituted securities.
The same month, the agency dropped an enforcement action against Robinhood for 
alleged securities law violations tied to its crypto trading platform.
_**X Hall of Flame:**__**Memecoins will die and DeFi will rise again &#8212; Sasha 
Ivanov**_

Robinhood lists PENGU, POPCAT amid crypto ramp-up

The burn was conducted after the conclusion of Venice’s airdrop, which began 
at the end of January and ended on Wednesday. Crypto AI Startup Venice Burns 
$100M in Tokens Bitcoin and crypto entrepreneur Erik Voorhees’s Privacy- 
focused AI startup Venice concluded its airdrop on Wednesday after 
distributing 17.4 million Venice tokens (VVV) to more than 40,000 […]

Venice Burns One Third of Total Token Supply

On Mar. 11, 2025, Washington, D.C., saw a gathering of top-tier Bitcoin 
enthusiasts organized by the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Michael Saylor gave a 
strong speech about Bitcoin in America. On X, the video of the speech sparked 
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Coinbase Ventures has joined Echo.xyz, an on-chain private investment 
platform, as a &#8220;Group Lead&#8221; to expand funding opportunities for startups 
building on Base. This move is part of the next phase of the Base Ecosystem 
Fund, which was created to…