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# News Preview:
- "AI Super Bowl" GTC 2026 conference will be held in San Jose, California from March 16-19
- Stablecoin infrastructure project Noble will launch an EVM Layer 1 mainnet based on Commonware architecture on March 18, separating from the existing Cosmos SDK chain
- Federal Reserve FOMC to announce interest rate decision and economic projections summary
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority declines to comment on stablecoin license market rumors; official list may be released as early as next week
- LayerZero (ZRO) will unlock approximately 26 million tokens at 7 PM Beijing time on March 20, representing approximately 12.69% of current circulation, valued at approximately $51.8 million

Author: Zen, PANews
Less than a year after raising $4.6 billion for its growth fund, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund has nearly completed raising a new fund, "Growth IV," totaling approximately $6 billion. Reports indicate that about $1.5 billion of this new fund comes from the personal contributions of Founders Fund partners, and it has attracted a large number of institutional and individual investors, with external LP subscription demand surpassing the fund's capacity.
Beyond the capital logic where top-tier funds hold strong bargaining power, as one of Silicon Valley's most ideologically charged capital entities, Founders Fund's fundraising once again conveys a certain declaration: AI, defense technology, aerospace, and "national capabilities" have once again become the central themes for capital.
What makes Founders Fund distinctive is that it explicitly links technology with political implications.

Today's News Highlights:
1. Macro outlook for next week: Federal Reserve likely to maintain cautious stance; NVIDIA GTC 2026 conference to be held
2. Due to conflict impact, Dubai TOKEN2049 and multiple cryptocurrency events postponed or canceled
3. Ethereum Foundation sells 5,000 ETH for operational activities
4. Aave: to launch Aave Shield feature, which will default-block swaps with price impact exceeding 25%
5. L1 public chain Pharos receives "contingent" investment from Xinte New Energy, valued at nearly $1 billion
6. Galaxy Research Director: If CLARITY Act is not reviewed by committee by end of April, the likelihood of passage this year is extremely low
Regulation & Macro
Macro outlook for next week: Federal Reserve likely to maintain cautious stance; NVIDIA GTC 2026 conference to be held
According to Jin Shi Financial News, the conflict between the U.S., Iran, and Israel has entered its third week, with energy commodities

Oracle's Q3 FY2026 earnings report shows revenue of $17.2 billion, representing 22% year-over-year growth. Cloud business, particularly OCI, has become the primary growth driver. The company is undergoing strategic transformation, transitioning from a database software vendor to an AI compute infrastructure provider. Future orders are expected to increase significantly, with plans to invest $50 billion to meet AI compute demand. While this transformation carries risks, if successful, Oracle is positioned to become a key player in global AI infrastructure.

Vitalik recently proposed "ZK API Usage Credits" with the Ethereum Foundation, aimed at leveraging zero-knowledge proofs to enable anonymous calls to AI models and protect user privacy. While this proposal has faced scrutiny, it reflects rising privacy demands. He believes Ethereum can serve as an immutable data layer to meet the urgent needs for privacy and verification in the AI era.

Author: MyToken
In the crypto market, sentiment often emerges more easily than logic. When "volatility" becomes the norm for the broader market and "anxiety" becomes the prevailing mindset among retail investors, a discussion on how to "lose less money" carries more practical significance than any macro narrative presentation.
Recently, the renowned data aggregation platform MyToken hosted an AMA event themed "In the Current Market, How Can Retail Investors Lose Less Money? Capital Flow and Practical Guide." The event invited independent trader BTC Bull Demon King and KTX Exchange CMO Christine, who provided puzzled investors with a practical "survival guide" from the perspectives of independent traders and trading platforms respectively.
Below is a highlight recap of this AMA.
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Market Phase Consensus: Stop Fantasizing About a Bull Run, This is a "Consolidation Phase"
Market positioning is a relatively important issue, as it directly determines the next

OpenClaw climbed to the top of GitHub in four months, surpassing Linux and React, becoming the fastest-growing open-source project in history. But most people discovered after installation: API fees are burning through, and the lobster is sitting idle.
Who actually made money? Can on-chain trading be delegated to agents? What happens if you get attacked? How does domestic gameplay differ from overseas? Will it be a Lingfeng or WeChat a year from now? This episode invites 5 lobster farmers to find answers to these questions together.
Below is the content timeline directory for this episode. Feel free to jump to sections you need:
00:04:42 - Lobster farming experience sharing (self-introduction, shrimp experience, pitfalls)
00:28:46 - Money-making issues (whether OpenClaw helps users make money in crypto, AI+CRYPTO new scenarios)
00:53:58 - Security issues (permission boundaries, which operations can

The U.S. cryptocurrency industry has long faced regulatory confusion, primarily reflected in the determination of crypto asset classification and the division of regulatory authority. Divergences between the SEC and CFTC have created multiple regulatory challenges for enterprises. Recently, the two agencies signed a memorandum of understanding to begin coordinating efforts to resolve regulatory conflicts and promote the establishment of an adaptive regulatory framework, aimed at forming a comprehensive digital asset regulatory system. This marks a gradual clarification of rule-making in America's digital finance era.

Today's Key News:
Federal Reserve to Launch 90-Day Basel III Proposal Consultation Period
Three U.S. Democratic Senators Say They Will Oversee DOJ Investigation into Binance
Binance Adds ATA, GTC and Multiple Other Tokens to "Monitoring Label" List
Backpack to Conduct TGE on March 23
Binance to Launch EWYUSDT USDT-Margined Perpetual Contracts Tracking South Korean Stock Market ETF
Binance to List Katana (KAT) and Add Seed Label to It
Eightco Holdings Raises $125 Million in New Funding and Completes $50 Million Initial Investment in OpenAI
Crypto Accounting Platform Cryptio Completes $45 Million Series B Financing
Regulation & Macro
Federal Reserve to Launch 90-Day Basel III Proposal Consultation Period, Bitcoin Faces 1250% Risk Weight

The cryptocurrency options market is rapidly expanding, with Bitcoin options open interest expected to reach $65 billion by 2025, surpassing futures for the first time. The leading platform Deribit's acquisition by Coinbase is facilitating increased participation from institutional investors. On-chain options remain in early development stages, although the decentralized derivatives market share has risen to 10%. Increasing institutional demand and an improving regulatory environment are creating new opportunities for the crypto options market.

Author: Frank, PANews
Whenever the market enters a confusing phase of stagnation, someone attempts to predict the next trend using a "cutting the cord at the boat" style of historical retrospection method. In such circumstances, people often see from these theories and charts that history is repeating itself, and seem to automatically overlap and verify future market movements with a certain period in the past.
This coincidence appears to have a magical effect and is often verified. Some bloggers claim that the accuracy rate of this type of prediction can reach 75%~80%.
Does this "cutting the cord at the boat" style price prediction that repeatedly goes viral on social media actually help the market identify phases, or is it packaging noise as prophecy?
From "Tick Fractals" to "History Rhymes"
The peak operation regarding the prediction of a market top in October 2025 comes from an analyst named CryptoBullet, who created a method called "tick

Kyle Samani published a long post on X platform discussing Solana's PropAMM, emphasizing its potential to surpass traditional centralized trading models in efficiency. He pointed out that by directly hosting market-making algorithms on the blockchain, PropAMM can achieve lower-latency price updates. Despite facing some challenges, the upcoming Solana upgrade will significantly enhance PropAMM performance and is expected to become the dominant on-chain trading model.

Circle is dedicated to building blockchain payment infrastructure to enhance capital flow efficiency. It collaborates with partners such as Mastercard to promote the adoption of stablecoin USDC, emphasizing the transformative potential of blockchain technology for the financial system. Stablecoins are primarily used for trading, payments, and value storage, with expectations for broader mainstream acceptance in the future.

Author: Ishika Kumari, AMB Crypto
Compiled by: Peggy, BlockBeats
Editor's Note: Against the backdrop of increasing macroeconomic uncertainty and persistently low sentiment in the crypto market, an intriguing divergence is emerging: investor sentiment remains in the "extreme fear" zone, while some asset prices are gradually beginning to rise.
Recently, a decentralized derivatives trading platform