Initia officially announced that Initia will close its wallet extension service at 3:00 am on March 18th (UTC). Initia wallet users must complete the migration before this date, otherwise they will not be able to access data on the test network, including test network Jennie and related data. Users can migrate their wallets through migration.initia.xyz.

 according to Arkham monitoring data, approximately 18 hours ago, the Ethereum Foundation once again transferred 1,000 ETH (approximately $3.83 million) to its internal address (address: 0xbC9a...fbC3), which currently holds 13,531 ETH, worth approximately $36,101,347.

according to on-chain analyst OnchainLens (@OnchainLens), a whale withdrew 3,711 ETH from Binance, worth $14.58 million. The wallet had been dormant for 5 months.

On June 20th, Apple is considering using artificial intelligence to accelerate the design of its custom core chips. Apple's senior vice president of hardware technologies, Johny Srouji, said that a key lesson the company has learned is the need to use the most cutting-edge tools to design chips. "Electronic Design Automation (EDA) companies are crucial in supporting the complexity of our chip design. Generative AI technology has great potential to complete more design work in a shorter amount of time, greatly improving productivity." However, according to Apple Insider, Apple has been using AI to some extent in its designs for years, relying on third-party EDA companies that utilize AI and machine learning in chip design.

 several analysts warned that the ETH/BTC exchange rate may further decline in the coming weeks. Cryptocurrency analyst Alessandro Ottaviani described the current situation as a "falling knife" scenario, indicating that the asset is experiencing a rapid and steep decline.

Matrixport released a chart today stating, "The current greed and fear index is approaching a high level, and the slow moving average is also showing a top signal. Looking back in history, whenever this indicator is in an upward phase, the price of Bitcoin usually performs strongly; but once it starts to fall, it often means that market sentiment is cooling down, and investors need to be more cautious.

NEAR Protocol officially stated that the community has initiated a proposal to vote to reduce the fixed annual inflation rate of the NEAR token from 5% to 2.5%, and plans to be able to adjust it flexibly in the future. This vote will end in one of the following two situations:

according to Binance data, 74% of the tokens have been claimed within 10 minutes after the second phase of MAT opening on Binance Alpha. MAT is currently trading at 1.46 USDT, a 70.77% decrease in the past 24 hours.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale is spending 15.7 million USDC to buy HYPE tokens. In the past two days, he has already purchased 563,238 HYPE tokens (worth 8.93 million US dollars) and set multiple limit orders between $12 and $14.63, preparing to continue buying with the remaining 6.49 million US dollars USDC.

according to OnchainLens monitoring, yesterday, a whale closed its ETH long position and made a profit of $6 million. The whale withdrew $12.68 million from Hyper Liquid and deposited it into Binance, and transferred out 2,000 ETH from Binance, worth $7.63 million.

On June 25th, British listed medical equipment company TruSpine Technologies plc (AQSE:TRUP) announced on Wednesday that it will implement a Bitcoin financial reserve policy as a supplement to traditional cash reserves. The company plans to strategically allocate funds from future financing activities to establish a Bitcoin position, which the company's directors see as a hedge against inflation and geopolitical events. TruSpine stated: "The company will continue to focus on its core business while increasing its Bitcoin reserves to provide financial support for the business in the medium term."

US Secretary of State Pompeo told French President Macron: We are ready to directly contact Iran at any time.

crypto analyst Matthew Hyland stated on social media that Bitcoin needs to close above $89,000 on the weekly chart to confirm that the short-term downtrend has ended. Hyland believes that $89,000 is a key level because it is the support area that Bitcoin ultimately "broke through." Hyland warned that if Bitcoin fails to close above this level, the price could drop to the range of $74,000 to $69,000, a level unseen since November last year. He said, "In the coming weeks or months, Bitcoin is likely to test this lower support area."

according to an official announcement, Coinsilium Group's subsidiary Forza increased its holdings by 12.4230 BTC, bringing the total holding to 124.4239 BTC.

according to a report by Economic Daily, Animoca Brands plans to establish a joint venture with Standard Chartered Bank and Hong Kong Telecom to prepare for the issuance of a stablecoin pegged to the Hong Kong dollar.The President of Animoca Brands stated in an interview that stablecoins will be widely used in the virtual asset trading, cross-border trade, and financial settlement within the gaming ecosystem, helping domestic asset trading move towards internationalization. He believes that Hong Kong needs to continue to strengthen its regulation of stablecoins, promote the development of the digital asset and asset tokenization industry, and hopes to cooperate with mainland institutions in the application of blockchain technology.

Grupo Salinas founder and chairman, Mexico's third richest man Salinas Ricardo Pliego said he has increased his holdings in Bitcoin again last week. Although he did not disclose specific purchase data, it is said that about 70% of his investment portfolio is in Bitcoin, and this proportion will increase after the most recent increase. Salinas Ricardo Pliego had previously stated that he is considering converting his entire investment portfolio to Bitcoin. (Bitcoinist)

On March 7th, according to community members' feedback, a deposit of 74 BTC was not recorded with the corresponding transaction hash on the mainnet yesterday. Currently, only 88 BTC of existing deposits remain on the Odin platform, indicating that the platform may have been hacked. In addition, crypto influencer Yuyue mentioned that the platform funds are temporarily unable to be withdrawn.

according to TraderT monitoring, the net inflow of $218.6 million into the US spot Ethereum ETF yesterday.

Morgan Stanley stated that it is expected that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates 7 times in 2026, starting from March, with the final rate dropping to 2.5% to 2.75%. 

according to Reuters, Apple is considering using artificial intelligence to accelerate the design of its custom core chips. Apple's senior vice president of hardware technology, Johny Srouji, said that a key lesson the company has learned is the need to use cutting-edge tools to design chips. "Electronic design automation (EDA) companies are crucial in supporting the complexity of our chip design. Generative AI technology has great potential to complete more design work in a shorter time, greatly increasing productivity." However, according to AppleInsider, Apple has been using AI to some extent in its designs for years, with the third-party EDA companies it relies on already using AI and machine learning in chip design.Meanwhile, software giant Microsoft plans to lay off thousands of employees, streamlining its workforce in the background of increased AI investment to keep up with competitors. Currently, Microsoft is integrating AI more into its products and services. This week, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also stated that the introduction of generative AI and agent AI in the coming years will reduce its workforce.