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03-12

Hyperliquid TVL surpasses $4.5 billion, 24-hour annualized fees reach $747 million

ChainThink message, March 12: According to DefiLlama data, the Hyperliquid platform currently has assets (supporting USDC and USDT) totaling $4.507 billion. The platform's annualized fees over the past 24 hours have reached $747 million, and the total perpetual contract trading volume over the past ...

Coinbase Allegedly Lobbies Against Bitcoin Small Transaction Tax Exemption

ChainCatcher report, according to BitcoinNews, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been accused of secretly lobbying U.S. lawmakers to oppose a small-transaction tax exemption for Bitcoin, while advocating that such an exemption be limited exclusively to stablecoins. Previously, Bitcoin policy advo...

OpenClaw Founder Criticizes Tencent for Scraping ClawHub Data and Increasing Server Costs

ChainThink reports that on March 12, X platform user SnowShadow claimed that Tencent's AI Skills community, SkillHub, scraped all Skills from the official OpenClaw plugin center, ClawHub, and imported them onto its own platform.Peter Steinberger, founder of OpenClaw, responded: "I received an email ...

Kalshi Sues Iowa Attorney General and Racing and Gaming Commission

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the prediction market Kalshi has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Iowa against Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, citing a "significant risk" of enforcement action to block its event contracts.Kalshi stated that its repres...

SEC Chair Paul Atkins on Tokenized Securities and DLT Opportunities

Odaily Planet Daily reports: On March 12 in the U.S., SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, while appearing on the All-In Podcast, stated that, from his perspective, distributed ledger technology (DLT) offers numerous potential advantages to the financial services industry. The industry is currently at a critic...

Billions' AI Agent Identity Verification Ranks #1 on OpenClaw

ChainThink reports that on March 12, according to official announcements, Billions announced that its Verified Agent Identity (AI Agent Identity Verification) skill has topped the OpenClaw identity leaderboard, signifying that over 3,600 AI agents and their underlying 3,600 users have successfully o...

Billions' AI Identity Verification Outperforms OpenClaw; KYA System Enhances AI Trustworthiness

BlockBeats news, on March 12, according to official announcements, Billions revealed that its Verified Agent Identity (AI Agent Identity Verification) skill has risen to the top of OpenClaw's identity leaderboard, signifying that over 3,600 AI agents and their underlying 3,600 users have successfull...

Odaily Midday News: OP Labs Cuts 20% of Workforce, Bitcoin ETF Sees $115M in Inflows

1. OP Labs is laying off 20% of its staff to focus on core business operations—not due to financial pressures;2. The founder of OpenClaw questioned Tencent's scraping of Skills and called on it to provide support to avoid increasing server costs;3. Bloomberg: U.S. prosecutors argue that SBF's reques...

CoinFello Launches OpenClaw, an Open-Source Skill for Secure AI Agent Transactions on MetaMask

ChainCatcher report: AI agent developer CoinFello has released OpenClaw, an open-source skill that enables AI agents to securely connect to MetaMask and execute on-chain transactions without requiring access to user private keys. Built on MetaMask’s Smart Account Suite, OpenClaw leverages ERC-4337 ...

Bank of England Open to Alternative Stablecoin Holding Limits

According to Cointelegraph, Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, stated during a hearing before the UK House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee that regulators are open to a cap on stablecoin holdings and are willing to consider alternative approaches that achieve the...

IEA's Record Oil Reserve Release Signals Prolonged Middle East Conflict

BlockBeats news, on March 12, according to CNBC, the International Energy Agency's (IEA) plan to release the largest oil reserve in history sends a clear signal: energy markets believe the duration of a potential war with Iran could far exceed expectations.Andy Lipow, President of Lipow Oil Associat...

Optimism Developer OP Labs Announces 20% Workforce Reduction Amid Strategic Restructuring

ChainCatcher reports that OP Labs, the infrastructure developer behind Optimism, has laid off 20 employees, representing approximately 19.6% of its total team. Jing Wang, co-founder of Optimism and CEO of OP Labs, stated in an internal memo that the layoffs are not driven by financial pressure, as t...

USDC and Circle CCTP Launch on Morph, Enabling Standardized Cross-Chain USD Settlement

USDC via Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) is now live on Morph. USDC, as the USD-denominated settlement asset on the Morph network, is now issued by Circle’s regulated affiliates on Morph.

OP Labs Reduces Staff by 20% to Focus on Core Business

Odaily Planet Daily reports that OP Labs, the infrastructure developer behind Optimism, has laid off 20 employees, representing approximately 19.6% of the total team. Jing Wang, co-founder of Optimism and CEO of OP Labs, stated in an internal memo that the layoffs are not due to financial pressure, ...

Bridge Data Centres to Invest Up to SGD 500 Million in AI Development in Singapore

ChainThink reports that on March 12, according to Bloomberg, Bridge Data Centres (BDC) plans to invest up to S$5 billion (approximately $3.9 billion) in artificial intelligence development in its home market of Singapore to accelerate its business growth across Asia.BDC CEO Eric Fan said the private...

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