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Argentina Blocks Polymarket Over Gambling Concerns

Argentina has ordered a nationwide block on Polymarket after authorities said the platform was operating without proper approval. A Buenos Aires court asked internet providers to restrict access and directed Apple and Google to remove the app from their stores.With this move, Argentina becomes the 3...

Sentry Co-founder Criticizes LLMs for Slowing Long-term Development

According to 1M AI News, David Cramer, co-founder of the error monitoring platform Sentry, posted today on X stating he is “completely confident” that large language models are not currently a net productivity boost. He believes that while LLMs lower the barrier to entry, they continuously generate ...

Citibank estimates the Hong Kong stablecoin market size at HKD 124.8 billion

ChainThink reports that, according to the South China Morning Post on March 17, Citibank’s research division expects the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to announce the first batch of stablecoin issuer licenses this month. Citing experience from mainland payment institutions, Citibank estimates that th...

Technical Analysts Turn Bullish as Crypto Market Rallies, Garrett Jin Remains Bearish

BlockBeats news: On March 17, starting Monday, the crypto market showed an accelerated rebound, with Bitcoin and Ethereum reaching their highest levels since February 5. Amid uncertain geopolitical developments in Iran and ambiguous macroeconomic liquidity conditions, this crypto asset rebound may b...

ChainThink Analyzes the Crypto Market's Technical Rally Amid Uncertainty

ChainThink reports that, starting Monday, March 17, the crypto market began a accelerated rebound, with Bitcoin and Ethereum reaching their highest levels since February 5. Amid uncertainty surrounding Iran’s situation and macroeconomic liquidity, this crypto rebound may be primarily technical. Chai...

Ray Dalio: Losing Control of the Hormuz Strait Would Signal a Major Geopolitical Shift

**Original Title:** It All Comes Down to Who Controls the Strait of Hormuz: The "Final Battle" **Original Author:** Ray Dalio **Original Translation:** Peggy, BlockBeats **Editor's Note:** In most wars, disagreements and uncertainties are the norm. However, in this conflict surro...

T. Rowe Price Updates S-1 Filing for Active Crypto ETF Featuring Shiba Inu

Asset manager T. Rowe Price has updated its S-1 filing for its Active Crypto ETF, a product that seeks to provide exposure to Shiba Inu and other major cryptos. In a notable development, the firm is moving closer to launching a product that could mark SHIB’s first entry into the U.S. ETF market.Key ...

Bitcoin Outperforms Gold Amid War-Driven Inflation and Market Volatility

Author: Ada, Deep Tide TechFlow On the early morning of February 28, the United States and Israel launched a joint military strike on Iran. The textbooks say: When war comes, buy gold. But this time, the textbooks seem to be wrong. Gold briefly surged from $5,296 to $5,423 before plu...

DeFi Group Drops SEC Lawsuit Over Airdrop Regulation, Citing Industry Shift

ChainCatcher report, according to Cointelegraph, the Texas-based apparel company Beba and the crypto lobbying group DeFi Education Fund have voluntarily dismissed their 2024 lawsuit against the U.S. SEC. The lawsuit challenged the SEC’s regulatory approach to airdrops, alleging that it implemented d...

Sui Launches New Virtual Machine and Vulnerability Bounty Program

ChainCatcher report: Sui Developers have announced on X that Sui’s new virtual machine (VM) is now publicly live, along with a bug bounty program aimed at gathering community feedback before mainnet launch. The bella-ciao branch is a complete rewrite of the execution layer, featuring faster performa...

DeFi Group Withdraws SEC Lawsuit Over Airdrop Regulation

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the Texas apparel company Beba and the crypto lobbying group DeFi Education Fund have voluntarily withdrawn their 2024 lawsuit against the U.S. SEC regarding airdrops. The lawsuit previously alleged that the SEC improperly regulated digital asset airdrops through enf...

Coinbase x402 Protocol Launches Updates Supporting All ERC-20 Tokens

According to the official announcement from the Coinbase Developer Platform (@CoinbaseDev), the x402 protocol has recently launched three key updates: First, it now supports payments in all ERC-20 tokens; developers can accept on-chain payments in USDC, EURC, and any ERC-20 token using EIP-3009 and ...

Playnance Launches GCOIN Staking, Community Locks 250M Tokens

[PRESS RELEASE – Tel Aviv, Israel, March 16th, 2026]Playnance, the Web3 infrastructure company behind the growing GCOIN ecosystem, has announced the launch of GCOIN Staking, a new mechanism designed to strengthen long-term participation in the platform’s expanding Web3 entertainment economy. The pro...

Coinbase x402 Protocol Adds Full ERC-20 Support and New Features

ChainCatcher report: Coinbase Developer Platform posted on X that the x402 protocol has rolled out several key updates: it now supports all ERC-20 tokens, enabling developers to accept on-chain payments for any ERC-20 token—including USDC, EURC, and even meme coins—via EIP-3009 and Permit2; a new “S...

Coinbase: x402 Protocol Launches Major Updates, Now Supports All ERC-20 Tokens

BlockBeats news, on March 17, Coinbase Developer Platform announced that the x402 protocol has rolled out several key updates:All ERC-20 tokens are now supported; developers can accept on-chain payments for any ERC-20 token, including USDC, EURC, and even meme coins, using EIP-3009 and Permit2.Added...

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