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03-14

Middle East Tensions Boost Stablecoin Startups' Investment Amid Geopolitical Risks

Venture capitalists will re-evaluate opportunities due to heightened geopolitical risk, analysts say. The escalating war in the Middle East will force investors to rethink “asset security, liquidity, and stability in an increasingly multipolar world,” Tim Sun, senior researcher at Hong-Kong asset m...

SBI Holdings Expands XRP Shareholder Rewards to Mortgage Subsidiary SBI ARUHI

SBI Holdings has expanded its initiative to reward shareholders with XRP by adding another group company, SBI ARUHI, to the program. The initiative, unveiled recently, implies that shareholders of SBI ARUHI can now receive XRP as part of their shareholder benefits. Key PointsSBI Holdings has added S...

Pharos Secures Strategic Investment from GCL New Energy, Valuation Approaching $1 Billion

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the Layer 1 blockchain project Pharos has received a strategic investment from GCL New Energy, with the project valued at nearly $1 billion. The investment was previously announced on January 8, 2026, and has now been finalized following completion of the relevant di...

DeepSeek V4 and Tencent's Huan Yuan new model are expected to launch in April.

According to Baijing Lab, both DeepSeek V4, led by Yao Shunyu, and the new Hunyuan model are expected to be released in April. The leak suggests that DeepSeek-V4, a multimodal large model refined by Liang Wenfeng for a long time, will not only see significant improvements in coding capabilities bu...

Baidu sponsors the OpenClaw open-source project, becoming the first major Chinese tech company to support the 'Lobster' ecosystem.

BlockBeats news: On March 14, Baidu's Open Source Office announced on GitHub that it is sponsoring the open-source project OpenClaw, becoming the first large Chinese tech company to provide financial support to the project.The previous day, OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger extended a collaboration...

DeepSeek V4 and Tencent's new Hunyuan model are expected to launch in April.

BlockBeats news: On March 14, according to a report by WhaleLab, DeepSeek V4, led by Liang Wenfeng, is expected to be officially released in April 2026. The model is positioned as a multimodal large model, with enhanced code capabilities and a strong focus on improving long-term memory, potentially ...

CZ Calls for Blockchain Browsers to Filter Spam Transactions to Mitigate Address Poisoning Risks

BlockBeats news, on March 14, in response to the recent increase in Ethereum address poisoning attacks, CZ posted that block explorers should directly filter out such spam transactions rather than displaying them to users. He noted that these transactions can be easily completely filtered out techni...

Chair of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee: The CLARITY Act Aims to Address Gaps in the GENIUS Act Regulation

PANews, March 14: French Hill, Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, stated that the CLARITY Act has the potential to address certain regulatory issues not covered by the GENIUS Act. Hill noted in an interview that the banking industry still has concerns regarding the proposed ...

CZ Urges Blockchain Browsers to Filter Spam Transactions to Prevent Address Poisoning Attacks

PANews, March 14: CZ posted on X that block explorers should directly filter out spam transactions rather than displaying them to users, to reduce the risk of address poisoning attacks. He noted that such transactions can be easily eliminated entirely from a technical standpoint, and some wallet app...

CZ Calls for Filtering of Spam Transactions to Reduce Address Poisoning Risks

ChainThink reports that on March 14, in response to the recent increase in Ethereum address poisoning attacks, CZ posted that block explorers should directly filter out such spam transactions rather than displaying them to users. He noted that these transactions can be easily and completely filtered...

Only 77 ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz since March 1.

Odaily Planet Daily report: The conflict between the U.S., Israel, and Iran has caused a blockage in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global energy transport route. Maritime data shows that only 77 vessels have passed through the Strait of Hormuz since March 1.In comparison, between March 1 and 11 last...

Trump-linked crypto project launches $5 million super node program

BlockBeats news, on March 14, according to Reuters, World Liberty Financial, a crypto project co-founded by U.S. President Trump, has launched a "Super Nodes" program: investors who lock up $5 million worth of WLFI tokens (approximately 50 million tokens) for 180 days will gain priority access to di...

Only 77 ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz since March 1.

BlockBeats news: On March 14, the conflict between the U.S., Israel, and Iran caused a blockage in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global energy transport route. Maritime data shows that only 77 vessels have passed through the Strait of Hormuz since March 1.In comparison, between March 1 and 11 last y...

Microsoft is testing OpenClaw integration for Teams, with a roadmap expected next week.

Odaily Planet Daily report: Peter Steinberger, founder of OpenClaw, reposted a tweet from Brad Groux, CEO of Digital Meld, stating that OpenClaw for Microsoft Teams will undergo significant improvements. A roadmap is expected to be released next week. OpenClaw has already engaged with over a dozen M...

Trump's Crypto Project Launches 'Super Nodes' Program Requiring a $5 Million Token Lock

ChainThink reports that on March 14, according to Reuters, World Liberty Financial, a crypto project co-founded by U.S. President Trump, has launched its "Super Nodes" program: investors who lock up $5 million worth of WLFI tokens (approximately 50 million tokens) for 180 days will gain priority acc...

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