Review of the major events in the cryptocurrency world this week 3.1

In terms of regulation and institutions last week, the New York Attorney General's Office reached a settlement with Bitfinex and Tether, bringing the nearly three-year lawsuit to an end; U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen expressed a negative view on Bitcoin. In terms of projects, Vitalik Buterin proposed a new proposal for EIP-3298, and EIP-1559 may be implemented in July, but there is a lot of opposition; Polkadot's tentative goal is to complete the release of parachains by the end of this quarter. DeFi aggregation platform Furucombo was attacked and lost about $15 million.

#Regulatory/Agency#

1. The New York Attorney General's Office reached a settlement with Bitfinex and Tether, the latter of which will pay $18.5 million and not conduct business in New York.
2. U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen: Bitcoin is highly speculative and is often used for illegal financing.
3. MicroStrategy purchased another $1.026 billion worth of BTC, with an average price of $52,765 per coin.
4. Coinbase has been approved by the SEC to be listed on the Nasdaq, and the listing plan has been supported by four major groups including Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.
5. Bill Gates: He will not pursue Bitcoin because it consumes a lot of energy; Musk is not short of money, but other investors should be careful about Bitcoin.
6. Huobi co-founder Du Jun: Huobi will change the rules for listing coins and make all the details clear.
#project#
1. Vitalik initiated the EIP-3298 proposal, which is to remove the rule of "executing SELFDESTRUCT to obtain gas fee reduction rewards" in the London upgrade.
2. Ethereum developers: The Ethereum EIP-1559 proposal is likely to be implemented in July this year.
3. NEM’s new chain Symbol mainnet will be launched on March 15.
4. Ethereum’s scaling solution Optimism will launch its mainnet in March.
5. Polkadot founder Gavin Wood: The tentative goal is to complete the launch of the parachain by the end of this quarter.
#DeFi#
1. The DeFi aggregation platform Furucombo was attacked, and funds worth approximately US$15 million were affected.
2.SushiSwap lending solution BentoBox is now online.