A co-founder of mobile advertising company AppLovin, Furqan Rydhan, pointed out in an article titled "The Age of Abundance" that AI Agents have surpassed the utility threshold, and humanity has entered an era of abundance. He emphasized that improvements in AI quality, declining costs, and digitalization of infrastructure have doubled productivity, and believes that the rarest capability in the future will be the ability to make directional judgments.

Gate News bot message, according to Gate official announcement of March 18, 2026 Gate Contract Equity Zone will launch BMNR (BitMine) perpetual contract live trading at 2026 March 18 18:00 (UTC+8), settled in USDT, supporting 1-20x long and short operations, users can select leverage ratio when placing orders. BMNR is the stock code of BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc., the company mainly holds cryptocurrency assets such as Ethereum (ETH).

Polymarket predictions show that a certain address invested $4,500 with a 77% win rate to purchase the "yes" option for the Strait of Hormuz returning to normal, with current probability at 25%. Iraq and Iran are negotiating tanker passage safety and considering restarting pipelines, while the UAE may participate in international operations to ensure strait security.

Korea's Krafton CEO Changhan Kim lost a lawsuit in Delaware after attempting to evade a $250 million contract payment by relying on ChatGPT to devise strategies. The judge ruled to restore the fired developer's position, revealing the controversy and risks resulting from trust in AI decision-making.

O Esboço do Plano Quinquenal de Desenvolvimento Económico e Social da República Popular da China (15.º Plano Quinquenal), publicado em 17 de março, propõe o desenvolvimento de infraestruturas modernas, o reforço das indústrias principais da economia digital, a participação activa na governação internacional, bem como o avanço gradual da construção do yuan digital e do centro financeiro internacional de Xangai.

A 16 de março, a stablecoin USDG, lançada conjuntamente pela Global Dollar Network e Paxos, foi listada na plataforma Pendle, ultrapassando um valor total bloqueado de 46 milhões de dólares em pouco tempo. USDG tornou-se um dos primeiros ativos a participar do programa experimental de recompensas de ordens limitadas do Pendle, permitindo que os utilizadores obtenham rendimentos de até 8,90% através do fornecimento de liquidez.

A cofundadora da Gnosis, Friederike Ernst, apontou que a Lei CLARITY pode conceder às instituições financeiras um maior controlo no mercado de criptografia, enfatizando que a dependência de intermediários centralizados pode enfraquecer o papel dos utilizadores de blockchain, enquanto a lei esclarece os limites regulatórios entre a SEC e a CFTC, e protege as transações ponto a ponto e autocustódia.

Bitcoin rebounded recently to near $73,000, driven by institutional capital inflows and geopolitical factors. Mainstream crypto assets like Ethereum and XRP also rallied in tandem. Research indicates Bitcoin's rise is primarily attributed to ETF capital inflows and increased institutional holdings, with market sentiment recovering. Technical analysis shows $70,000 to $71,000 as support levels, with a breakthrough above $75,000 potentially triggering stronger gains.

Gate News relata que, em 15 de março, Clément Delangue, diretor executivo da famosa comunidade de inteligência artificial Huggingface, declarou recentemente na plataforma X que o entusiasmo por OpenClaw desaparecerá em seis semanas. No entanto, alguns utilizadores acreditam que OpenClaw está longe de estar extinto, mantendo vitalidade nas comunidades de programadores e nos mercados asiáticos, evidenciando as diferenças geográficas e as características de iteração rápida das tendências de IA.

Gate News, on March 13th, Coinglass data shows that the entire network liquidated $95.9816 million in the past hour. Among them, short position liquidations were $92.4061 million, and long position liquidations were $3.5756 million. By cryptocurrency, BTC liquidations were $40.96 million, ETH liquidations were $40.16 million, with the two combined accounting for 84.4% of total liquidations.