Former Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke said that if reality differs from forecasts, monetary policy should be adjusted accordingly.

traders are increasing their bets on the European Central Bank cutting interest rates, with the deposit rate expected to reach 1.84% by the end of the year, down from the previous week's expectation of 1.88%. 

On March 6th, according to Deribit data, nominal value of $23.6 billion BTC options will expire and settle tomorrow, with a Put/Call Ratio of 0.72 and a maximum pain point of $89,000. In addition, nominal value of $4.9 billion ETH options will expire and settle tomorrow, with a Put/Call Ratio of 0.73 and a maximum pain point of $2300.

 Korean exchange Bithumb announced that in order to support the Nervos (CKB) network upgrade, CKB deposit and withdrawal services will be suspended starting from 18:00 on June 30, 2025 (KST) until the network stabilizes. Bithumb's node servers are expected to complete the upgrade by 17:00 on July 1, 2025 (KST). Trading will not be affected during the suspension period.

Interchain Foundation (ICF) of Cosmos has funded the open source of Evmos (EVMOS -32.90%), which is the native EVM framework of its multi-chain ecosystem with over 200 application chains. The foundation stated that this framework was previously developed under the Evmos project and will now be maintained as "Cosmos EVM" in the official cross-chain software stack, including Cosmos SDK, which means that the Cosmos ecosystem now has a standardized version of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). This development enables the Cosmos blockchain to integrate Cosmos EVM for full EVM compatibility, including support for JSON-RPC and Ethereum wallet compatibility through lightweight EVM configuration, for native ERC-20 tokens. This integration strengthens the cross-chain interoperability between the wider EVM ecosystem and Cosmos through the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol.

Coinbase (COIN.O) said it has noticed that some users may experience delays or performance degradation when using cryptocurrency-backed loans.

Canadian agricultural company AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd. has launched a plan to power 120 Bitcoin mining machines using stranded natural gas, with the company stating plans to further expand the project. The project is located in the city of Beaverlodge in Alberta province, and was launched in partnership with energy supplier BlueFlare Energy. AgriFORCE stated on Tuesday that the site, powered by 425 kilowatts (kW) of electricity, can achieve a computing capacity of 32 petahashes per second (PH/s).

Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan, stated that if the economy and prices align with the Bank of Japan's forecasts, interest rates will be raised. 

Binance co-founder CZ disclosed the upgrade of Trust Wallet on X platform, mainly including: support for XRP Ledger and Snoic blockchain, upgrade of Bitcoin Swap, ETH hardware wallet, and CA search. In addition, CZ also revealed that the current download volume of Trust Wallet has reached 197 million times.

traders slightly reduced their bets on the Bank of England's interest rate cut, expecting a 41 basis point cut by the end of the year. 

decentralized identity management platform Via Science has completed a $28 million Series B financing round, led by Bosch Ventures, with participation from BMW i Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Sentinel Global, and Westly Group. It is reported that Via Science's decentralized, zero-trust architecture has been tested by the US Department of Defense and, unlike any other Web3 technology, its combination of end-to-end post-quantum encryption can ensure access and privacy for the authorizer.

Alchemy, a provider of cryptographic payment solutions, announced the launch of the Web3 fund Everyone Onchain Fund, with an initial size of $5 million, aimed at providing necessary resources for developers based on Alchemy Rollups and Account Kit to deploy Rollups and onboard users, currently mainly supporting projects built in the OP Stack and Arbitrum Orbit ecosystems.

in response to the Trump administration's policy of imposing tariffs on "Liberation Day", the three major Chinese Bitcoin mining machine manufacturers Bitmain, Canaan, and MicroBT have set up production lines in the United States, accounting for over 90% of the global mining machine market share. Canaan has already started trial production in the United States, while MicroBT is actively promoting localization strategies. Analysts warn that China's dominance in hardware supply poses a strategic risk to the United States, and US mining companies are pushing to restrict Chinese product imports to balance supply and demand. (Reuters)

according to the official announcement, Upbit NFT has opened new trading support for receiving transactions and deposit/withdrawal services, involving 2 NFT projects including CoolPets (PETS). Trading and deposit/withdrawal services will be open on March 19, 2025 at 18:00, and users can deposit and withdraw NFTs through Metamask registered on Upbit NFT.

 according to on-chain analyst Lookonchain (@lookonchain), a whale withdrew 59,406 SOL from the Kraken exchange, then sold it on a decentralized exchange (DEX) at an average price of $125.8, receiving approximately $7.47 million in stablecoin (USDT).

On March 3rd, according to the Financial Times, Deutsche Bank predicts that the surge in demand for cryptocurrency ETFs will surpass precious metal ETFs in North America, becoming the third largest asset class in the rapidly growing $15 trillion ETF industry, only behind stocks and bonds.

2025 Lujiazui Forum "Plenary Session II: Enhancing the Coordination of Global Monetary Policies", Zhou Xiaochuan, Vice Chairman of the Twelfth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former Governor of the People's Bank of China, stated that global monetary policies, including macroeconomic policies, were originally independent and did not require coordination, and could not be coordinated. However, since the beginning of this century, global economic cycles and macroeconomic conditions have converged, and the macroeconomic situation of major countries also has an impact on other countries. Major countries holding reserve currencies need to consider global impacts. Currently, there is no institution responsible for coordinating global macroeconomic policies, and it is in a "three noes" state, with no institution, no tools, and no consensus.

according to Invest360, China Taiping Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited has launched a tokenized US dollar money market fund "CPIC Estable MMF". The fund is a tokenized US dollar money market private equity fund under the open-end fund company framework regulated by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, realizing product tokenization on the public chain, with a first-day subscription scale of 100 million US dollars.

According to FOX Business, as the first White House cryptocurrency summit in history is set to take place later this week, investors are focusing on any policy developments regarding cryptocurrency reserves. Circle, the stablecoin issuer, co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire is confident about the future of digital currencies, believing it will become a "superpower" and bring "profound" impact. "The US dollar stablecoin can expand America's influence globally," Jeremy Allaire said.