The first wave of Bitcoin-backed fixed income has shown the demand is real. The global opportunity is many multiples larger. Japan is a particularly compelling case. Japanese households hold roughly $7 trillion in cash and deposits earning nothing. Decades of zero-yield conditioning, a generation of conservative savers, and a regulatory framework that increasingly accommodates digital assets. The fit is hard to ignore.

"It is the kind of yield that should not exist." 11.5% in monthly cash. Backed by Bitcoin. Sitting in plain sight on a public exchange. @jameslavish, CFA (Bitcoin Opportunity Fund, Strive board) walks through $STRC and $SATA. The structure. Who it's built for. Where the risks actually live. Now on @TNorth:

American Bitcoin, the Trump family-backed miner launched last year just before the largest digital asset plunged from record highs, posted a second consecutive quarterly loss after a drop in the value of its holdings

NOTICE: Wallet Migration bug present in Bitcoin Core wallet 30.0 & 30.1. Under rare circumstances, migrating a legacy (BDB) wallet can delete all wallet files on the same node. If those wallets aren’t backed up, this can result in a loss of funds. A fix will become available in Bitcoin Core 30.2. Until that is released, do not migrate legacy wallets using 30.0 or 30.1. Only the legacy wallet migration process is affected. All other uses are unaffected. You can continue using Bitcoin Core normally, including existing wallets and running a node without wallets.

Apyx Power User of the Day 🔴 0x36…d195 🔴 Over the past 24 hours, wallet 0x36…d195 deployed ~$11M into Apyx by using ~$17M worth of $BTC as collateral to participate in a sophisticated onchain strategy. 🤯 Rather than minting $apxUSD with $USDC, this user: • Deposited $WBTC on Ethereum • Borrowed against their bitcoin position • Minted ~$11M of apxUSD • Swapped it for apyUSD • Deployed into @pendle_fi PT + YT markets For the first time ever, we’re witnessing bitcoin holders do something that was never before possible: Maintain ownership of their digital capital, borrow against it onchain, and redeploy that liquidity into onchain digital credit yield backed by dividend-paying assets like $STRC and $SATA. No selling. No giving up $BTC exposure. Just bitcoin as collateral and onchain digital credit yield as cash flow. This is what the next era of DeFi looks like, and it’s only getting started. 🚀 The user 👇

What a month! Groundbreaking developments across the board. Check out this month's highlights 👇 📈 Token Momentum New listing → $PRL (Perle @PerleLabs) was listed on Binance Alpha, Bybit Futures. Secondary listing → $CYS (Cysic @cysic_xyz) was listed on Bithumb, having been previously listed on Binance Alpha and Futures. 💰 Funding & Acquisitions → @StartaleGroup announced second close of its Series A round, securing $50mn from SBI. → @MyriadMarkets announced its seed round with investors including Verda Ventures, Auros, and EVG, Tom Lee, and others. → @animocabrands announced a strategic investment in Ava Labs. 🚀 Product Launches → @babylonlabs_io launched the private alpha testnet for Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV), enabling users to post and borrow against BTC via Aave v4 spoke while keeping BTC on Bitcoin. → @perpltrade’s private mainnet on Monad demonstrated strong initial traction, accounting for 13% of gas usage post-launch. → @animocabrands launched Animoca Minds, a no-code platform for creating and deploying AI agents for commerce on the blockchain. → @KaitoAI launched its beta, focusing on ambassador and creator matching. → @pendle_fi shared new features for its 2026 launch, including direct access to Pendle on CEX Earn and one-click auto-leverage, and looping etc. → @cysic_xyz launched which allows users to set up their own AI agents. → @brevis_zk was selected as one of four teams for the Ethereum Foundation’s On-Prem Proving Initiative through ETH Proofs. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 Ecosystem Expansion / Partnership → @plumenetwork partnered with @ether_fi to integrate RWA yields through Nest vaults; their head of legal appeared in the Senate to advocate for tokenised stocks. → @babylonlabs_io integrated into @Ledger wallets, providing native Ledger signer support to Babylon Trustless Bitcoin Vaults. → @peaq partnered with OKX wallet @wallet to manage a tokenized robo-farm in Hong Kong using AI agents. → @CIMG_IMG, a NASDAQ-listed company, signed an MOU with @izumi_Finance to explore a strategic partnership in digital asset infrastructure. 💼 Business/Financials → A Messari report on @HumaFinance stated it processed $2.2bn in transaction volume in Q4, a 27% increase QoQ from $1.7bn. → @Sign and @PerleLabs were both added to Coinbase’s listing roadmap. → @Sign reported strong interest from Middle East OTC desks and South Korean CEXes. They have been building stablecoin-backed payment rails and CBDC for nations in the Middle East and Central Asia. → @animocabrands successfully secured a Dubai VARA VASP license. → @OPLabsPBC announced a round of layoffs. → @plumenetwork appointed a former FINRA examiner as its new Head of Compliance. 📥 Call for Partnerships → @BlockdaemonHQ is an institutional gateway to crypto and calls for chains, RWA projects for partnership. → @Bgin_Blockchain looks to acquire small BTC mining farms in northern Europe. 📰 HashKey News Flash → @HashKeyGroup released 2025 annual results on March 27, reporting total revenue of HK$723mn. Hong Kong operations saw a 72.3% yoy increase in trading volume, reaching HK$530bn. → @HashKeyGroup was named to the Financial Times' 2026 Asia-Pacific High-Growth Companies List. → @CantonNetwork was officially listed on HashKey Exchange on March 24, 2026. → @HashKey_Capital released a full report "Future of Institutional Digital Asset Trading" on three structural opportunities in the orchestration layer (OEMS/PMS/RMS) for 2026. → @HashKey_Capital released HashStack #030# and #031#. → @HSKChain calls on projects in DeFi and RWA to build on its compliant, institution-grade infrastructure, offering grants, branding support, and access to a network of regulated distribution partners across Asia. → @HashKeyCloud, a leading global Web3 infrastructure provider and core member of the HashKey Group, is looking to support emerging networks with its professional, secure staking and validation services, backed by experience across 80+ blue-chip chains and protocols. Please reach out to Portfolio Management team on telegram @ a79206 if you are interested in connecting with the above PortCos. The ecosystem is thriving! Follow @HashKey_Capital for April's update.

BAD NEWS: History has ARRIVED. 1974 was a future changing year. 1974 marked two massive changes in our world’s future. Our problem is….in 2026, our future is here. The two 1974 future changing events were: 1974 the US dollar became the Petro dollar. Rather than backed by gold, the US dollar was backed by oil. Today, in 2026 the world stands on the edge of world war over oil. Inflation is going through the roof. In 1974 ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Acr) was passed. Up until 1974 most employees had guaranteed retirements income for life. After ERISSA millions of employees went on to 401k, RRSPs, IRA which guaranteed nothing. Millions of baby-boomers will soon find out they have no income once they stop working. Adding to the mess, social security and Medicare are broke. Millions of Boomers will be homeless or living in RVs as rising oil prices cause the price of food and fuel to rise. This is occuring simultaneously as the world, whole countries and people are deeply in debt. America is today one of the biggest debtor nations in world history. Again I ask, as I have been asking for years since writing Rich Dad Poor Dad in 1997, “Why do our schools not teach the subject of money to students? Don’t we all use money?” I continue to recommend saving real money….gold, silver, and Bitcoin….and keep investing in your personal financial education. There are many great teachers on YouTube….as well as flakes and conmen…. So be aware. THE FUTURE created in 1974….has arrived. Do not allow losers to determine your financial future. Only you can determine your future. Make your future a rich future. Please take care.

Bitlight Labs Technical Update – February 21, 2026 We are pleased to announce significant updates to our RGB Lightning Network (RLN) infrastructure and the release of a new developer sandbox. 1. RLN Node & CLI Enhancements Repository: We have refactored payment logic to a resource-oriented architecture. Key updates include: - Expanded Payment Controls: Added specific subcommands for pay invoice, offer, refund, and keysend. - BOLT12 Support: Integrated BOLT12 capabilities along with wait and abandon payment states in the API and TypeScript SDK. - Documentation: Updated all examples and docs to reflect the new node topology. 2. New Developer Sandbox Repository: We have released a React + TypeScript web frontend for the Bitlight LN Hub to facilitate testing and development. Features include: - RPC Proxy: A backend implementation (in src/app/api) to securely proxy RPC calls and resolve cross-domain restrictions. - Dockerized Environment: Includes a pre-configured Bitcoin regtest container (bitcoind) with scripts for wallet creation and rln-ldk-node server initialization. Developers are encouraged to review the repositories and update their local environments accordingly. Make Bitcoin Smart