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The Web3 asset data platform RootData has outlined 78 business partners of Anchorage, including over 30 DeFi protocols, more than 20 blockchain infrastructure projects, as well as various stablecoins and payment settlement networks, covering the complete path from asset issuance to on-chain operations.Represented by institutions like BlackRock, products such as ETFs bring funds into the crypto market, after which Anchorage assumes custody and compliance responsibilities. These assets are then deployed on-chain, participating in liquidity operations and yield generation through DeFi protocols, stablecoin systems, and infrastructure networks. Ultimately, they flow back into the traditional financial system through OTC, trading, and clearing paths.In this process, Anchorage's role is not just "custody," but a key node throughout the entire lifecycle of funds, with its upstream and downstream including crypto-native institutions such as A16z, Blockchain Capital, Electric Capital, and Defiance, as well as DeFi protocols, L1/L2 networks, stablecoins, and clearing and settlement systems, along with fintech companies like AngelList and Series Financial, as well as payment companies and core banking systems.Anchorage's partner strategy emphasizes "key path coverage," ensuring that funds have corresponding infrastructure at every stage. As compliant entry points like ETFs gradually open up, the crypto market shifts towards asset allocation-driven strategies, and bridge-type institutions like Anchorage are moving from the background to the core. Related compilation: Anchorage Web3 Partner Network Compilation (continuously updated)Crypto projects actively showcasing their partner networks have become a key way to enhance transparency and market trust. It is reported that RootData welcomes Web3 project parties to claim data and continues to track and open more project business relationship disclosure channels. The platform has continuously released multiple editions of crypto project ecological maps, nominating Web3 ecological partners for upstream clients such as Visa, Mastercard, and Coinbase.If you wish to nominate your project in future ecological maps, please fill out the RootData 2026 Industry Ecosystem Mapping form to supplement your important clients and partners.

According to CoinDesk, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has been selected for TIME magazine's 2026 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

According to the official announcement, Gate DEX will launch the 13th Anniversary New Frontier Exploration Program from April 15 to May 27, with a total prize pool of 69,300 USDT. The event revolves around multi-dimensional on-chain behaviors such as trading, interaction, and invitations. After creating and binding a Gate Wallet, users can "board" by completing trading tasks, engaging in on-chain interactions, or inviting friends, unlocking different exploration footprints and participating in reward sharing.This event features five main sections, including the 13th Anniversary Trading Explorer Tasks, Contract Trading Leaderboard, Newcomer Boost On-Chain Interaction Carnival, Invite Top 13 Leaderboard, and 13th Anniversary Social Easter Eggs.Among them, the prize pool for the 13th Anniversary Trading Explorer event reaches up to 45,000 USDT, and users can share rewards based on the number of exploration footprints completed, with a maximum of 300 USDT per individual; the total prize pool for the Contract Trading Leaderboard is 13,000 USDT, with a maximum of 3,130 USDT available; additionally, there are multiple reward incentives for the invitation leaderboard and newcomer activities.

Trump stated that the whole world is relying on the United States for oil due to Iran's actions in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said, "Tomorrow at 10 o'clock we will implement blockade measures... Other countries are also working to ensure that Iran cannot sell oil, and this will work very well! Many ships are heading to our country, they will refuel and then leave to transport this oil, so they will not pass through the Strait of Hormuz, and this issue will ultimately be resolved.The whole world is relying on the United States. Due to the 'Drill, Baby, Drill' campaign, our oil reserves have increased, and our oil reserves are greater than the total of Russia and Saudi Arabia combined. The situation now is that ships are coming in, refueling, and no longer needing to pass through the Strait of Hormuz!"

According to Jinshi reports, the president of the World Bank stated that the war is expected to lead to an increase in inflation of up to 300 basis points, but if the conflict continues, inflation could be "much higher."

According to Cointelegraph, TokenPocket's cross-chain aggregation swap Transit Swap ranks first with 269,000 weekly active trading users, followed by Binance Wallet's DEX (94,000) in second place, and OKX Wallet and MetaMask's DEX closely behind.

According to Bloomberg, Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited plans to raise up to HKD 12 billion (USD 1.5 billion) through its first issuance of digital bonds, which could become the largest issuance of such bonds in history. Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation is a financial services provider owned by the Hong Kong government, with total assets of approximately HKD 221.8 billion.Insiders revealed that Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation is expected to start marketing multi-currency digital bonds denominated in Hong Kong dollars and offshore renminbi as early as next month. This debt instrument, which utilizes blockchain technology in the issuance, trading, and settlement phases, not only shortens settlement times and reduces costs but also accelerates scalability.

Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital) founder Yi Lihua stated on Twitter that wherever there are people, there are grievances, and wherever there are grievances, there is a community. He has heard these community stories from the parties involved multiple times, but we can only be bystanders.Yi Lihua called for the parties involved (CZ, Xu Mingxing, Li Lin, Sun Yuchen, He Yi) to resolve this historical grievance and work together to build the industry and prices. He mentioned that gossip and grievances sound exciting, but wallets are more important to everyone.It is reported that CZ mentioned past interactions with Li Lin, Xu Mingxing, and others in his new book, and discussions about the related events are currently trending on platform X.

According to CoinGlass data, in terms of net inflow of exchange reserve assets over the past 7 days, Binance ranked first with $327 million, while Gate ranked second globally with a net inflow of over $103 million, showing robust performance in platform capital inflow.

AI Agent Protocol Virtuals Protocol launched the Embodied Intelligent Robot project Eastworlds, aiming to help prototype robots in laboratories quickly transition to real-world applications.The core functions of Eastworlds include building a community of robotic engineers to collaboratively solve complex problems; providing ready-to-deploy robotic hardware; and creating an Embodied AI Data Lake to capture real-world chaotic data for training autonomy.

The World Gold Council released the February central bank gold purchase report this week, showing that central banks net bought 19 tons of gold in February 2026. Although this is still below the monthly average of 26 tons reported for 2025, it represents an increase compared to the net purchase of 5 tons in January 2026.The World Gold Council stated that the situation in February seems to indicate a rebound in central bank gold purchases after a quiet January, highlighting the recognition and commitment of central banks to gold as a reserve asset. Additionally, the report shows that some central banks have maintained a record of continuous net gold purchases, accumulating 44 tons from November 2024 to February 2026, with the Czech Republic reporting net purchases for the 36th consecutive month. China has increased its gold holdings for the 16th consecutive month.Goldman Sachs' research report at the end of March pointed out that supported by the ongoing gold purchases by central banks and the expectation that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates twice this year, the medium-term outlook for gold remains solid, with gold prices expected to rise to $5,400 per ounce by the end of the year. UBS also projected at the end of March that the target price for gold in early 2027 will be $5,900 per ounce.

According to Decrypt, FIFA announced a multi-year partnership with ADI Predictstreet, which will become the official prediction market partner for the 2026 World Cup. This is also the first time FIFA has introduced a prediction market mechanism to enhance fan interaction.Under the partnership, fans can use the platform to predict match results, event data, player performance, and key events. The platform will operate on the ADI Chain and will use official historical data to support analysis, while also launching free prediction games.The 2026 World Cup will be jointly hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, expanding to 48 teams and a total of 104 matches. FIFA President Gianni Infantino stated that this move aims to enhance global fan engagement through innovative methods.It is noteworthy that FIFA did not choose established platforms like Polymarket or Kalshi, but instead partnered with the yet-to-be-launched ADI Predictstreet. Officials stated that the platform will adhere to regulatory and compliance frameworks and introduce real-time monitoring mechanisms to prevent abnormal trading behavior.Boosted by the news, the price of ADI tokens reached an all-time high, peaking at $4.54, with an increase of about 12% over the past week. Market analysts believe this move marks a new phase in the integration of prediction markets with sports events, and it may also trigger further regulatory scrutiny of related trading models.

The crypto risk rating agency CORE3, founded by Dyma Budorin, CEO of HAI Group, a blockchain security company, officially launched on Thursday and has rated 1,426 crypto projects and 253 exchanges. World Liberty Financial, owned by the Trump family, received a D rating, with a loss probability score of 68.01, ranking among the top 50 highest-risk projects on the platform.CORE3 pointed out that the main risks of the project include: lack of continuous on-chain monitoring, failure to establish a structured bug bounty program, and the centralization issue of insiders holding the majority of tokens. CORE3 aims to promote the security of DeFi protocols and exchanges through a publicly transparent scoring method. Budorin expressed welcome for industry feedback and improvement suggestions on the rating methodology.

According to DefiLlama data, Gate had a net capital inflow of over 95.19 million USD in 7 days, ranking first in the world.

Due to the repeated fluctuations in the Middle East situation and supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, international crude oil prices remain high and volatile. XBRUSDT (Brent crude oil) reached a high of $106.36 in the last 24 hours and is currently around $105.58.According to data from the CoinGlass platform, the total contract trading volume for XBR in the last 24 hours reached $20.9817 million, with a contract open interest of $6.3943 million; among them, the Gate platform had a contract open interest of $4.38 million and a contract trading volume of $19.4 million, both ranking first globally.Gate contracts have taken the lead in crude oil, pioneering the commodity contract sector, covering XBRUSDT (Brent crude oil) and WTIUSDT (WTI crude oil) perpetual contract trading, providing 24/7 trading, USDT settlement, and up to 100 times leverage, helping users with cross-market asset allocation and strategy layout in volatile markets.

The artificial intelligence industry is transitioning from generative AI and model inference acceleration to the era of intelligent agents, entering a new phase of rapid development. Landscape Fund officially announced a multi-million dollar strategic investment in Zhihui Cloud World, firmly optimistic about the continuous growth of Token consumption in the intelligent agent scenarios in mainland China, with a focus on laying out the intelligent agent computing power scheduling and cloud service track.Zhihui Cloud World focuses on the artificial intelligence infrastructure platform, cloud computing services, and computing power scheduling technology, providing stable and efficient computing power support and technical solutions for large model training, inference, and the commercialization of AI intelligent agents. With the collaborative efforts of multiple intelligent agents and the large-scale implementation of enterprise-level intelligent agents, the demand for Token invocation and computing power is experiencing explosive growth, indicating clear growth potential for the company's business.Landscape Fund stated that this round of financing will help Zhihui Cloud World solidify its technological foundation, expand computing power scale, optimize intelligent agent service efficiency, further seize the dividends of the industrialization of intelligent agents, and promote the upgrade of China's AI intelligent agent infrastructure.