the crypto KOL Ansem posted on social media, stating, "If the market does indeed enter a prolonged downturn, this may be the best period for cryptocurrency builders ever: upcoming favorable regulatory environment, easier access to early liquidity from retail and venture capital funds with excess capital, and almost no competition from existing projects other than DeFi."

Binance CEO Richard Teng stated in a post on X that according to Triple-A data, currently over 562 million people worldwide own cryptocurrency.

President Trump of the United States stated that he has no intention of exempting steel and aluminum tariffs, and indicated that equivalent tariffs and industry tariffs will be implemented on April 2. Trump told reporters on Air Force One that equivalent tariffs on U.S. trading partners will be implemented together with automobile tariffs. 

Arif Amiri, CEO of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), stated that Ripple has obtained full regulatory approval from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to provide cross-border cryptocurrency payment services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

According to Cloverpool data, the Bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment occurred at block height 887,040 (Beijing time 03-09 23:58:46), with a difficulty increase of 1.43% to 112.15T, nearing the historical high point (114.17). Currently, the average network hash rate in the past seven days is 794.85EH/s, predicting the next difficulty adjustment to be at 114.16T.

 Lookonchain monitoring shows that a trader bought 46.5 million AGiXT for $1,756 but sold it prematurely for $6,284, only making a profit of $4,529 and missing out on potential gains worth over $4.4 million. Currently, the value of this batch of AGiXT has exceeded $4.4 million.

On March 24th, according to DeFiLlama data, the total trading volume of BNBChain's ecosystem DEX reached $14.336 billion last week, ranking first among all chains. In the past 24 hours, the protocol that generated the most fees on BNBChain was PancakeSwap, with fees reaching $3.43 million and protocol revenue reaching $709,000; four.meme had fees of $747,000 and protocol revenue of $711,000.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong recently wrote on the X platform that Coinbase is currently cooperating with 145 government agencies in the United States and 29 government agencies overseas; with the launch of the US strategic Bitcoin reserve, we are seeing more and more governments interested in this.

traders in the futures and options markets are betting that the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts this year will exceed expectations due to the Trump administration's aggressive policy agenda.

the overnight index swap on Friday showed that the probability of the Bank of Japan taking action at the January 23-24 meeting was as high as 99%, a significant increase from Wednesday's 71%. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda reinforced market expectations on Wednesday, and his comments pushed the yen higher. He said that the central bank will make a decision on raising interest rates next week and expressed confidence in wage growth.

according to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin breaks through $85,000, the cumulative liquidation intensity of mainstream CEX short positions will reach 7.44 billion. Conversely, if Bitcoin falls below $82,000, the cumulative liquidation intensity of mainstream CEX long positions will reach 4.14 billion.

according to @tier10k's latest statement, the previous reports about Trump Meme coin were false news, and their account was suspected to have been hacked. Investors are advised to carefully discern information and avoid being misled.

Crypto developer Michael Lewellen, a member of Coin Center, has filed a lawsuit against US Attorney General Merrick Garland, seeking a ruling that his non-custodial crypto software, Pharos, is legal and to prevent any future prosecution. Lewellen's lawyers argue that the Department of Justice's interpretation of money-transmitting laws extends beyond the limits of the Constitution, violating the First and Fifth Amendments. Coin Center is supporting the suit, which comes amid heightened concern in the crypto industry over the prosecution of software developers. Lewellen has asked the court to declare that his business does not violate money-transmitting laws and to block the DOJ from using those laws to prosecute him.

On March 20th, NULS announced a brand upgrade to NULS AI. To match the new strategic direction, NULS will officially change the Ticker to NAI, focusing on decentralized AI Agent, AI smart contracts, AI empowerment of DeFi/NFT/DAO, and Web3 security monitoring.

 ai16z founder Shaw tweeted that ElizaOS v2 1.0.0 version is currently in development and will soon release a beta version for testing. There is still a lot of work to be done before the final release, and the new version will have an app.exe so that anyone can run the agent without needing any cumbersome programs.

according to on-chain data tracking service Whale Alert, around 13:48 Beijing time, USDC Treasury minted 50 million USDC on the Ethereum blockchain.

According to a report by Galaxy Digital, almost half of all venture capital funding in Q4 2024 went to cryptocurrency startups based in the US, with Hong Kong coming in second at 16%. The US also led in the number of venture capital deals, with 36% of all deals involving a US-based company. The report suggests that the incoming pro-crypto administration could further increase the dominance of the US in the crypto industry. Industry experts predict that the US government may become the most pro-crypto in history, leading to a potential surge in crypto venture capitalist activity.

this Wednesday, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) targeted a bill focused on stablecoins being considered by Congress, accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of using the bill to seek his own economic interests.

according to CryptoQuant data shared by on-chain analyst Ali, the total balance of addresses holding 1,000 to 10,000 Ethereum decreased from about 12.8736 million on March 11 to about 12.7467 million on March 15, a decrease of about 127,000 coins.