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03-25

Polymarket odds for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security shutdown ending on March 31 drop to 54%

Odaily Seer monitoring shows that the U.S. Senate has voted to confirm Senator Marlin as Secretary of Homeland Security; the probability of the event "U.S. Department of Homeland Security shuts down by March 31" on Polymarket has dropped to 54%, down 26% in the past hour, with trading volume nearing...

OpenAI Shuts Down Sora, Ending $100 Million Disney Partnership

ChainCatcher report: OpenAI has announced the shutdown of its AI video generation platform, Sora, along with its application and API, citing a strategic shift toward world simulation research to advance robotics. Launched in February 2024 as a text-to-video tool, Sora later evolved into a standalone...

Hyperliquid BTC: Top Whale Shorts Bitcoin and Goes Long on Crude Oil

BlockBeats news, on March 25, according to on-chain analyst Aunt Ai (@ai_9684xtpa), the address 0x94d…33814 last night through early morning took a short position on BTC while going long on crude oil, with a total position value of $89.79 million, becoming the top BTC position on Hyperliquid.BTC 40x...

Tether Pauses $2 Billion Funding Plan Amid First Comprehensive Audit

ChainThink reports that on March 25, according to Bloomberg, sources revealed that stablecoin issuer Tether Holdings SA has paused its $20 billion funding plan. The company is awaiting the results of its first comprehensive financial audit and may restart fundraising after the audit is completed.Dur...

Hyperliquid BTC: Top Whale Shorts Bitcoin While Going Long on Crude Oil

ChainThink reports that on March 25, according to on-chain analyst Aunt Ai (@ai_9684xtpa), the address 0x94d…33814 took a short position on BTC while going long on crude oil between last night and early this morning, with a total position value of $89.79 million, making it the largest BTC position o...

One address holds $89.79M in BTC short and crude oil long positions on Hyperliquid.

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to AI Aunt monitoring, the address 0x94d...33814 opened positions on Hyperliquid last night through early morning, shorting BTC while going long on crude oil, with a total position value of $89.79 million, currently ranking as the top BTC position on Hyperliqui...

Circle (CRCL) Drops Over 20% as Two Whales Each Buy $1 Million

BlockBeats report, on March 25, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, U.S. listed cryptocurrency-related stocks collectively declined, with Circle (CRCL) closing down 20.1%, and the contract price for this asset on Hyperliquid currently at $102.70.During the sharp decline, two major whales on-chain ...

Stablecoin Payment Compliance Gaps and Merchant Choices

Written by: Will A WangReceive payments in USDT, with funds arriving in ten seconds and chargebacks eliminated—that’s the real experience many digital entertainment merchants have when first using stablecoin payment processing. But getting the money is just the simplest part of it.In traditional pay...

GENIUS Bill Seen as Strengthening Dollar Dominance; Non-U.S. Economies Face Dilemma

ChainCatcher reports that the South China Morning Post published a debate. Gary Liu, co-founder of Terminal 3, argued that the GENIUS Act would convert 99% of the $3 trillion stablecoin market into a tool to reinforce U.S. dollar dominance, rapidly closing the window for countries worldwide to estab...

Bernstein: Bitcoin May Have Bottomed Out and Could Rise to $150,000 by Year-End

According to ChainCatcher, citing Bloomberg, Bernstein Research believes Bitcoin may have bottomed out and could reach $150,000 by the end of 2026. The firm argues that the cryptocurrency market is transitioning from retail speculation to institutional ownership and financing, leading to a more matu...

Tether Pauses $20 Billion Fundraising Amid First Full Financial Audit

ChainCatcher report, according to Bloomberg, Tether’s planned fundraising of up to $20 billion has been put on hold pending the results of its first comprehensive financial audit. Tether announced on March 24 that it had engaged one of the Big Four accounting firms to conduct the audit, describing ...

SlowMist CISO Warns of DarkSword Attack Tool Leak, Urges iOS Users to Update

23pds, Chief Information Security Officer of SlowMist, posted on social media: "All users should update their iOS systems immediately. The DarkSword attack tool has been leaked; its core capability is extracting forensic-grade data from iOS devices via HTTP interfaces. In real-world attacks, att...

Bitcoin CEX balances reach two-year low amid whale accumulation

BlockBeats news, on March 25, according to Coinglass data, Strategy and on-chain whales have significantly accelerated their accumulation of Bitcoin. Bitcoin balances on CEX wallets have reached a two-year low of 2.4633 million BTC.Over the past 24 hours, CEXs experienced a net outflow of 8,323.72 B...

Bitcoin CEX balances reach two-year low as whale accumulation accelerates.

ChainCatcher report, according to Coinglass data, recent accumulation by strategy funds and on-chain whales has accelerated significantly. Bitcoin balances on CEX wallets have reached their lowest level in nearly two years, at 2.4633 million BTC. Over the past 24 hours, there was a net outflow of 8...

DarkSword Attack Program Leaked; iOS Users Urged to Update Their Systems

ChainCatcher report: 23pds, Chief Information Security Officer at SlowMist, posted on X urging all users to update their iOS systems immediately, as the DarkSword attack tool has been leaked. Its core capability is extracting forensic-grade data from iOS devices via HTTP interfaces. In real-world at...

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