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Aptos released an update on its token economics. The main adjustments include: the annualized staking reward rate decreased from 5.19% to 2.6%; Gas fees increased tenfold (the cost of stablecoin transfers remains as low as approximately $0.00014); after the launch of Decibel DEX, on-chain trading volume and Gas fee burning will significantly increase, with an expected annual burn of over 32 million APT; setting a hard cap total supply of 2.1 billion APT at the protocol layer; the Aptos Foundation will permanently lock and stake 210 million APT; future incentives will be converted to milestone triggers; exploring a programmatic buyback plan.

According to CoinDesk, Flare has announced a governance proposal to capture Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) at the protocol layer, with a newly established entity, FIRE, responsible for revenue reinvestment and the buyback and burn of FLR tokens.The plan includes a three-phase block construction overhaul: first, block builders will be designated by the Flare Entity, then Flare Confidential Compute will be introduced for public auditing, and finally, builders will be merged with proposers, with original validators transitioning to a verification role. The proposal also reduces the annual inflation rate of FLR from 5% to 3%, lowers the annual hard cap from 5 billion to 3 billion tokens, increases the base gas fee to 1,200 gwei, and is expected to raise the annual burn amount to 300 million tokens. These measures aim to optimize the network's economic model and enhance the transparency and security of the protocol.

The new crypto bank and non-custodial financial operating system Tria announced that its global trading engine has officially integrated with the Aptos network. Through this integration, over 500,000 users across more than 150 countries can now directly access and trade Aptos assets. Users can complete cross-chain exchanges and asset interactions within a single application without the need for cross-chain bridges.The official statement indicated that this collaboration aims to leverage Aptos's sub-second confirmation and parallel execution technology to provide users with a congestion-free trading experience and further connect traditional finance, Web2, and on-chain infrastructure.

The AI Agent trading platform Mentis recently detected abnormal fluctuations in information flow and market sentiment signals related to the United States, Israel, and Iran. Subsequently, the situation in the Middle East quickly entered a ceasefire negotiation phase, with multiple geopolitical developments being released, attracting market attention.The platform's trading interface shows that in the early stages of the event's escalation, the Mentis AI Signal had already indicated continuous buying and trend confirmation signals, with the multi-model consensus system (MTS-GPT, MTS-DS, MTS-Q Flash) simultaneously identifying a strengthening market structure. Following this, the BTC price rapidly rose and broke through a key range, validating the market trend with the direction of the AI signals.Trading records indicate that the AI Agent completed automated trade execution and position management after the signal formation, with account profits increasing in tandem with the market rise, demonstrating the forward-looking judgment capability of event-driven signals in the early stages.Mentis stated that its AI Agent continuously tracks cross-market information sources, sentiment changes, and event data, constructing a trading closed loop from information discovery → signal analysis → decision support → automated execution, to enhance response efficiency in sudden macro and geopolitical events.

According to token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Aptos (APT) will unlock approximately 10.94 million tokens on April 12 at 8:00 AM Beijing time, worth about 9.27 million USD.

Binance leverage will add full margin trading pairs APT/U, ENA/U, FET/U, NIGHT/U, TRUMP/U, WLD/U, and TRUMP/USD1 on March 31, 2026, at 23:00. Users are advised to pay attention to the volatility of the newly listed trading pairs and to adopt appropriate risk management strategies.

Binance will launch the APT/U, ENA/U, FET/U, NIGHT/U, TRUMP/U, WLD/U, and TRUMP/USD1 spot trading pairs on March 31, 2026, at 16:00, and will open trading bot services for these trading pairs.In addition, Binance will offer zero Maker fee discounts for eligible users on the above trading pairs, starting from March 31, 2026, at 16:00, until further notice. Users can pay attention to subsequent announcements for more information.

Zhou Xiaochuan, former governor of the People's Bank of China, stated yesterday at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2026 that a good payment system is not a champion of a single technology or performance. Just like instant payment is not necessarily good, the most important thing is "adaptation." He pointed out that regulation needs to combat money laundering and prevent drug trafficking, cross-border gambling, telecom fraud, etc. Several central bank governors mentioned at the forum that digital currencies are now used in payment systems, but fraud also uses digital currencies, and "it is quite severe." Zhou Xiaochuan believes that the ability to combat fraud still needs to be continuously improved.When discussing the topic of regulatory adaptation, Zhou Xiaochuan mentioned stablecoins again. He said that now, as soon as the proceeds from telecom fraud arrive, they are immediately split into hundreds or thousands of accounts to evade compliance checks, which means it is quite difficult to recover losses afterward. "Stablecoins fundamentally bypass compliance checks; everyone needs to think clearly and not follow the trend." Zhou Xiaochuan also emphasized that cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology can be explored, but it does not mean that "peer-to-peer" and "decentralization" are all positive. One cannot hastily conclude that using correspondent banks and SWIFT messages in the original backend systems is outdated; the key is to adapt to the user's experience.

According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will automatically liquidate the APTUSD and OPUSD coin-margined perpetual contracts on March 25 at 17:00, and the aforementioned trading pairs will be delisted after the liquidation is completed.

According to Aptos officials, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially recognized APT as a digital commodity, rather than a security.This recognition stems from a joint statement issued by the SEC and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), with both regulatory agencies making the above statement with full authoritative explanation.

The "contract whale" "set 10 big goals first" (@jasonleo) posted a screenshot of a contract order on X, with the caption "retreat." The screenshot shows that he went long on BTC and ETH at $67,900 and $1,935, respectively, and also went long on BNB. The total profit from the three orders is $14.66 million.

According to CoinDesk, Bitwise Asset Management Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan stated that if Bitcoin can capture a larger share of the global value storage market currently dominated by gold and government bonds, Bitcoin could eventually reach $1 million per coin. Geopolitical tensions, potential crises in traditional "safe" assets, and Bitcoin's fixed supply could accelerate its rise, but most believe this will take a decade or longer, rather than being an imminent event.Analysts say that the $1 million target is less of an exact prediction and more of a shorthand for Bitcoin maturing into a major global currency asset, with the outcome depending on long-term institutional adoption and the expansion of the value storage market.

Vitalik Buterin recently provided feedback on the summary report of the GG23 "Predictive Funding Challenge" at the Gitcoin governance forum. He suggested that the project lead @devanshmehta continue to refine this mechanism, but it is essential to ensure that the design details and funding sources can adapt to the needs of the "tumultuous times" described.Vitalik pointed out that Deep Funding currently has two significant advantages: first, it aligns with the principle of "elite management," avoiding foolish excessive egalitarianism; second, it benefits from AI in a way that is compatible with human subjectivity.However, he believes that the current framework still carries a flavor of the "stable era," attempting to construct a large social tool crystallizing principles of justice and hoping for societal consensus to inject funding. He emphasized that, in the current tumultuous global situation, funding mechanisms need to consider how to operate effectively in an environment lacking such consensus.

Gate announces the official launch of the open AI Agent platform "Blue Lobster," built on the OpenClaw framework. It is now available for free, allowing users to enable it with one click, without the need for deployment or complex configuration. Through the intelligent Agent, users can gain market insights, platform product usage guidance, and industry information analysis, enabling them to understand market dynamics and carry out related operations more efficiently.Blue Lobster integrates market data, industry news, and platform service capabilities to provide users with multi-dimensional intelligent assistance, and supports continuous expansion of capability boundaries through a skill store, expert assistants, and third-party skill extensions. Users can also create and optimize automated trading strategies within the platform.Gate stated that it will continue to promote the integration of AI technology with digital asset services in the future, further optimizing product capabilities and ecosystem development to provide global users with a more intelligent and efficient digital asset service experience.

According to token unlock data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Aptos (APT) will unlock approximately 10.94 million tokens on March 12 at 8:00 AM Beijing time, worth about 11.03 million USD.

On March 1, the Aptos community passed the tokenomics reform proposal with an overwhelming majority, setting the total supply cap of APT tokens at 2.1 billion, shifting from an unlimited supply to a deflationary model. The voting results showed 335.2 million APT in favor, with only 1,500 APT against, and a voter turnout of 39%, slightly above the required 35% threshold.The proposal is currently awaiting execution. The reforms include cutting staking rewards, increasing gas fees, and using transaction fees for token buybacks, aiming to reduce inflation and enhance the value for long-term holders. The APT token has been under pressure recently, with a decline of over 85% year-to-date, dropping as low as $0.79 on February 23. However, driven by a recent recovery in the crypto market, APT has rebounded 17% in the past week.

Due to the全面升级 of the US-Iran conflict, on-chain gold prices represented by PAXG and XAUT have surged dramatically. Among them, PAXG reached a high of $5,600, with a daily trading volume exceeding $1 billion, fully reflecting investors' demand for gold trading during black swan events. In contrast, the gold market under the traditional financial system remains closed.

According to CoinDesk, Decibel, a fully on-chain perpetual contract exchange incubated by Aptos Labs, has launched on the Aptos mainnet.The previous public testnet attracted over 700,000 independent accounts and 132,000 daily active users, with an average daily trading volume exceeding 1 million transactions. Before the mainnet launch, the pre-deposit activity promised over $58 million in funds, with about 40% coming from Ethereum and Solana users. Decibel adopts a centralized limit order book model, with order placement, matching, settlement, and risk management all executed on-chain. The protocol's default collateral is the US dollar stablecoin usDCBL issued by Bridge, a subsidiary of Stripe. Decibel plans to gradually increase spot markets, multi-collateral accounts, and tokenized real-world assets.