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Bybit expressed its gratitude to Lily Liu, Chairman of the Solana Foundation, and the Pumpfun team for taking swift action to block and remove a Solana-based token whose creator may be affiliated with hacker groups, ensuring the security of the crypto ecosystem.

Bybit $ETH hacker is laundering money by creating memecoins on PumpFun. 🥸 Inflating their value, and trading them to legitimize stolen assets. Bybit Ethereum hacker still holds 458,451 ETH ($1.29B) out of the 499,395 ETH ($1.4B) stolen. So far, they have swapped 37,900 ETH (~$106M) into BTC and other assets via Chainflip, THORChain, LiFi, DLN, and eXch. They recently moved 1.08M USDC from Ethereum to Solana, then to BSC, splitting it into two wallets.

On February 20th, Vitalik Buterin took an Ask Me Anything (AMA) where he responded to the serious question as to whether Ethereum should embrace the casino industry. There has been widespread criticism amongst certain sectors that Ethereum is not doing enough to support blockchain casinos. Buterin responded that he would leave the crypto space if such a “moral reversal” occurred and that the very notion of a crypto casino goes against his fundamental beliefs. “Perhaps the most disappointing thing for me recently,” says Buterin, “was when someone said that Ethereum is bad and intolerant because we don’t respect the ‘casinos’ on the blockchain enough, and other chains are happy to accept any application, so they are better.” This comes at a critical time for the Ethereum Foundation. Buterin has suggested neutrality for the application layer and only limited support for specific projects. Financial concerns have consumed many discussions about the Foundation. Pure neutrality at the application layer would allow for more gambling. A more limited approach, conversely, would allow the Ethereum Foundation to uphold their own ethical standards, while making calculated and frugal decisions regarding funds. Buterin expressed disappointment at the online meetings, noticing an over-focus on issues such as crypto gambling. But he conceded that when he meets people in person they often express similar views to him, having a moral focus on the issue of casinos, rather than a purely financial concern. There may be other issues that Buterin is addressing by targeting online casinos. He may be taking a swipe at other tokens like Solana that have promoted meme coins without restraint. There may be other so-called ‘Ethereum killer’ tokens that Buterin is taking a swipe at. Perhaps the ‘ethical approach’, according to this perspective at least, is a case of sour grapes. The Ethereum price, after all, has been struggling in comparison to other tokens. This all comes as the Ethereum Foundation changes its strategy concerning funding, responding to concerns of the community that the foundation should fund projects with decentralized finance instead of merely selling Ethereum tokens. The foundation responded to this request by allocating 45,000 ETH, valued at $120 million, to defi solutions. This would involve funding platforms like Compound. The community agreed to the measures proposed.

The NFT market has rebounded despite crypto price weakness, with Bitcoin dipping to $96,000 and Ethereum unable to break past $2,700, hovering around $2,600. As per the latest CoinMarketCap, the global crypto market cap has dropped to $3.18 trillion from last week’s $3.24 trillion. According to CryptoSlam data, NFT sales volume has grown to $152.9 million, marking a 19.60% increase from the previous week. The market has seen expanded participation across all metrics. The weekly data reveals growing market activity: Ethereum ( ETH ) NFT sales jumped 42.71% to $79.1 million, with buyers up 36.09% to 41,619. Wash trading increased 44.66% to $37.5 million. Bitcoin ( BTC ) took second place with $20.6 million despite a 26.59% drop. However, buyer numbers rose 40.65% to 23,097. Mythos Chain held third with $15.4 million, up 4.25%. Solana ( SOL ) followed with $10.9 million, rising 13.86%, while Polygon ( POL ) rounded out the top five with $9.2 million, growing 23.35%. DMarket maintained its lead with $10.2 million in sales, up 6.59%. The platform kept strong volume with 344,394 transactions and 24,012 buyers. Doodles claimed second place with $9.9 million, rising 32.80%. Pudgy Penguins moved to third with $8.8 million, bouncing back with an 83.01% increase and seeing transaction volume more than double. Courtyard held fourth with $8.2 million, up 23.52%, while LilPudgys entered the top five with $6.3 million, posting a 133.39% surge. Notable sales this week included:

Figures from cryptoslam.io indicate $148.18 million in NFT exchanges during this period, alongside a 64.49% expansion in NFT buyer participation and a 49.42% rise in seller engagement. Ethereum maintained its supremacy, securing $74.61 million in sales—a 25.24% elevation—while Bitcoin claimed second place with $20.75 million, despite a 26.95% contraction. Polkadot’s Mythos captured third position at $15.37 million, succeeded by Solana’s $11.04 million (reflecting a 14.66% gain) and Polygon’s $9.25 million, which soared 24.03%. Leading the week’s collections was Mythos’ Dmarket, amassing $10.17 million, while Ethereum’s Doodles followed closely with $9.18 million. Polygon’s Courtyard secured third among collections at $8.28 million, with Pudgy Penguins, Azuki, Milady Maker, and Lil Pudgys also demonstrating vigorous activity. The period’s most extravagant purchase—a “f(x) wstETH position #425”—commanded $435,486, outpacing Bitcoin’s WZRD BRC20 ($77,120) and Cardano’s Earthnode 551 ($65,379). The week’s figures reflect a market recalibrating around Ethereum’s enduring clout and emergent challengers like Mythos, Bitcoin and Solana. While Bitcoin’s NFT foothold wobbled, buyer-seller growth hints at broadening participation beyond speculative flurries. Collections like Doodles are still absorbing positivity from their recent token airdrop announcement. 免责声明：本文章仅代表作者个人观点，不代表本平台的立场和观点。本文章仅供信息分享，不构成对任何人的任何投资建议。用户与作者之间的任何争议，与本平台无关。如网页中刊载的文章或图片涉及侵权，请提供相关的权利证明和身份证明发送邮件到[email protected]，本平台相关工作人员将会进行核查。