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According to Odaily, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed an anti-gang bill this Tuesday, granting authorities new powers to freeze and confiscate assets during investigations and after convictions. The asset types involved include cryptocurrencies, stocks, and luxury goods. The legislation allows authorities to permanently seize the relevant assets and sell them, with the proceeds used for police equipment upgrades, training, and special operations. The bill also establishes a financial incentive mechanism for public assistance in law enforcement, offering informants who provide information and help recover assets up to 5% of the confiscated property as a reward. Assets confiscated in connection with drug trafficking will be included in the federal anti-drug policy fund rather than the security fund. In addition, the bill increases penalties for extremely violent criminal organizations, paramilitary groups, and private militias that use violence or serious threats to control territory, disrupt public services, attack infrastructure, or intimidate authorities and civilians.

The study evaluated the performance of the Watchman Flx™ left atrial appendage occluder as a first-line therapy for reducing stroke risk. Research data show that the Watchman Flx™ device met all predefined primary safety endpoints and primary efficacy endpoints. At the same time, all secondary safety and efficacy endpoints were also successfully achieved. These results indicate that, as a first-line therapy, the device demonstrates excellent safety and efficacy, offering an important new option for stroke prevention.

Foresight News reports that the World Foundation tweeted that its subsidiary, World Assets, Ltd., completed OTC sales totaling $65 million with four counterparties over the past week. The first transaction will settle on March 20, 2026. The average sale price was approximately $0.2719 per token, with $25 million worth of tokens subject to a six-month lock-up period. The proceeds from this sale will be used for core operations, research and development, Orb manufacturing, and ecosystem development. The relevant settlement transactions will be processed via the World Assets multisig address starting with 0xE797.