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Mastercard hires "Cryptocurrency Fund Flow Director"! Stablecoins threaten credit card revenue

Mastercard hired a "Director of Crypto Money Flows" on February 24, with responsibilities covering stablecoin-linked card issuance, DeFi payment expansion, and Web3 network protocol upgrades. Citrini Research's AI doomsday report warns that AI agents will bypass credit card transactions through stablecoins.

Yesterday, the US Ethereum spot ETF had a net inflow of $9.23 million.

ChainCatcher reports that, according to crypto analyst Trader T, the US Ethereum spot ETF has a net inflow of $9.23 million. FETH (Fidelity): net outflow of $1.85 million; ETH (Grayscale mini): net inflow of $11.08 million.

Data: Yesterday, the US Bitcoin spot ETF experienced a net inflow of $257.29 million.

According to crypto analyst Trader T's monitoring, US Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a net inflow of $257.29 million yesterday, primarily driven by institutions like BlackRock and Fidelity.

Japan launches stablecoin payment experiment! Shibuya PARCO allows testing of USDC self-custody payments

Japanese digital transformation company Digital Garage, credit card giant JCB, and financial holding company Resona jointly announced that from February 24 to March 2, 2026, they will conduct a stablecoin physical payment experiment at PARCO in Shibuya, Tokyo. The test will involve self-custody wallets for USDC (Base chain) and JPYC (Polygon chain), with merchants settling payments in Japanese Yen.

China's silver premium reaches $8.71, with domestic spot prices 10% higher than international prices.

Domestic Chinese silver spot prices are trading at a significant premium, currently about $8.71 above the international benchmark price, with a premium of nearly 9.86%. This price difference is driven by structural factors such as strong physical demand from the industrial sector, import logistics bottlenecks, and capital controls, reflecting the ongoing tight supply and demand situation in China's silver market. Global silver traders are closely monitoring related inventory movements and arbitrage opportunities.

MicroStrategy holds 717,722 Bitcoins, with an unrealized loss of $9.5 billion.

MicroStrategy (MSTR), an institutional holder of corporate Bitcoin, announced in its latest filing that the company owns 717,722 Bitcoins, with a total acquisition cost of approximately $54.56 billion, averaging about $76,020 per Bitcoin. Bitcoin's recent trading price is around $63,000, corresponding to an unrealized paper loss of approximately $9.5 billion.