Many newly created wallets are buying $EDEL!

On February 28, 147-year-old Japanese firm Datong Limited announced it will purchase up to 1 billion yen (≈$6.4 million) in Bitcoin as an inflation and yen depreciation hedge.

February 28: Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) announced yesterday it will back a cryptocurrency anti-money laundering (AML) proof-of-concept experiment. Proposed by Hitachi, the initiative involves 13 firms—including GMO Coin, Chainalysis Japan, NEC, JPYC and BitBank—scheduled to run from March to May 2026. Its goal: verify the effectiveness of sharing suspicious wallet address data across multiple crypto exchanges and stablecoin issuers to build a more efficient industry-wide AML system.

On February 28, YZi Labs accused BNB Treasury’s U.S.-listed CEA Industries Inc. (BNC) of a material disclosure violation. 10X Capital Asset Management LLC—controlled by BNC board member Hans Thomas—and its affiliates likely hold more than 5% of the company’s common stock but failed to file required disclosures with the SEC, potentially violating Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. YZi Labs is calling on relevant parties to clarify the shareholding status promptly and disclose whether an “affiliate ownership group” requiring statutory disclosure exists.

On February 28, data from GMGN (via https://gmgn.ai/bsc/token/i_m4TE56o8_0x3e17ee3b1895dd1a7cf993a89769c5e029584444) shows that the BSC memecoin *Freedom of Money* has reached a market capitalization of over $8.8 million. It is currently trading at approximately $0.003, up more than 80x in the past 24 hours, with a 24-hour trading volume of $7.4 million. Earlier, CZ stated his autobiography *Freedom of Money* is set for imminent release. The title remains a draft and is subject to change. The current planned Chinese title is *Binance Life*, which is also open to modification. BlockBeats reminds users that memecoins often lack practical use cases, carry significant price volatility, and investments should be approached with caution.

On February 28, data from the Coinbob Popular Address Monitor (https://t.me/Coinbob_track_CN) shows: The "Strategy Whales" address (0x94d) opened a new 40x leveraged short position on BTC near ~$65,270 in early trading today, then added to the position again at 6:00 AM local time. As of now, its BTC short position totals $34.3 million, with an average entry price of $65,300, a liquidation price of $84,200, and a floating loss of ~$230,000 (-27%). Additionally, this address is currently the largest short seller of both on-chain BTC and DASH. Its DASH short position has recently been cut by over half; the remaining position still holds a floating profit of $4.1 million (581%), with an average entry price of $71.3. Notably, the address is known for building large short positions on major coins during periods when December-listed MicroStrategy (ticker: MSTR) was aggressively accumulating BTC. It favors contrarian trading over chasing rallies or selling into dips, profiting from sw