Western Union has partnered with Crossmint to launch the USDPT stablecoin on the Solana blockchain for fast, low-cost international money transfers, ChainCatcher reports. The partnership integrates Western Union's digital assets network with Crossmint's services, enabling users to convert digital dollars into local fiat currencies at over 360,000 physical locations across more than 200 countries and regions. Malcolm Clarke, Vice President of Digital Assets at Western Union, said the collaboration aims to connect global wallets and digital platforms with Western Union's payment infrastructure.

BlackRock purchased $41.9M worth of Ethereum on March 3, 2026, as ETH traded back above $2,000, data shared on X show. The purchase came despite $10.8M in short-term ETF outflows, including $66.7M from Fidelity and $4.7M from Grayscale's ETHE, offset by an $18.7M inflow into its Ethereum fund. By March 4, Ethereum's daily active addresses reached 837.2k, up 82%, while new addresses climbed to 284.8k per day, a 64% increase, Santiment data show. At press time, Ethereum traded at $2,075 near local resistance, with TradingView chart patterns and indicators pointing to bullish momentum; analysts cited in the data suggested a potential move toward $2,400 if ETH breaks above $2,150, though downside risk remains if ascending support fails.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs posted a combined net inflow of $169.4 million on March 4, Farside data show. BlackRock's ETHA registered a net inflow of $39.3 million, while Fidelity's FETH reported a net inflow of $30.3 million.

Ethereum spot exchange-traded funds recorded a combined net inflow of $169 million on March 4, Trader T data show. Grayscale's mini ETH product led with a $59.51 million net inflow, followed by BlackRock's ETHA at $39.01 million and Fidelity's FETH at $30.29 million. Grayscale's ETHE saw a $21.91 million net inflow, while VanEck's ETHV and Bitwise's ETHW posted net inflows of $9.52 million and $8.85 million, respectively.

Trader Maji Huang Licheng increased his ETH long position to $14.4 million, raising his average entry from $2,023 to $2,066 and bringing unrealized profit to about $350,000 with a 60% return, Coinbob Hot Address Monitoring data show on March 5. The address shows a liquidation price of $2,035 and a take-profit setup between $2,130 and $2,202 to partially close 10% of the position. Within two days, the twentieth ETH long grew a $250,000 principal to $860,000 and moved the liquidation threshold from $1,949 to $2,066. ChainThink reports the trader previously gained in blue-chip NFT trading, but his account balance has fallen sharply from over $100 million amid significant drawdowns since becoming more active from October last year.

PancakeSwap announced the full launch of PancakeSwap AI, a suite of AI-powered tools enabling agents to plan DeFi activities and processes. The tooling covers three core areas: swaps, liquidity and farming. PancakeSwap AI supports multiple networks including BNB Chain, Ethereum, Monad, Arbitrum and Coinbase's Base.

Aave Labs said the Aave V4 protocol completed a 345-day security review costing $1.5 million, with no high-severity vulnerabilities reported by auditors including ChainSecurity, Trail of Bits and Blackthorn. The review combined manual audits, formal verification, invariant testing, fuzz testing and a six-week public security contest that drew over 900 participants submitting more than 950 reports. Aave V4's new hub-and-spoke modular design reduced the codebase versus V3 and improved audit efficiency, while Aave Labs said it will maintain its formal verification framework and run an ongoing bug bounty program.

Solana processed over 3.4 billion transactions in February, an 11% increase from January, DeFi Dev Corp data show. The transaction volume was roughly eight times higher than BNB Chain's 424 million transactions and exceeded the combined activity of Ethereum Layer 2 networks including Base and Arbitrum. The Solana ecosystem concentrated 53% of USDC stablecoin supply, reinforcing its role as a liquidity hub amid broader market uncertainty. Spot Solana ETFs recorded $950 million in net inflows despite SOL's 12% monthly price drop, while Santiment data indicated realized losses of about $1.3 billion early in the month and suggested selling pressure may be easing as the asset trades around $90.

U.S. SOL spot ETFs logged a combined net inflow of $19.06 million in a single day, SoSoValue data cited by ChainCatcher show. Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) was the only product to record inflows, posting a $19.06 million daily net increase and bringing its total historical net inflow to $35.08 million. The aggregate net asset value of SOL spot ETFs stands at $900 million, with SOL accounting for 1.7% of total net assets and cumulative historical net inflows reaching $971 million.