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According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, during the US stock market, silver recovered from a drop, rising from $77 to above $81. The "Silver Iron Head Air Force" (0x61ce) on Hyperliquid saw a significant reduction in unrealized gains, and then in the early morning, completely closed its 20x leveraged SILVER short position at an average closing price of $79.2, previously around $7.8 million in size, ultimately recording an unrealized gain of about $140,000.This whale had previously become one of the largest short sellers of silver on-chain with a scale of $35 million. It currently also holds a multi-million dollar BTC long position and an ETH short position.

Silicon Valley-based industrial robotics company RoboForce announced the completion of a $52 million oversubscribed financing round, bringing the total funding amount to $67 million. This round of financing was led by YZi Labs, with participation from Yahoo co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang. Additionally, existing investors including Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes, Qiming Venture Partners founding partner Gary Rieschel, and Carnegie Mellon University also continued to participate. The new funds will be used to accelerate the development of the company's next-generation robotic foundational models, promote the scaling of general-purpose Physical AI robots, and advance manufacturing capabilities to prepare for commercial deployment.The industrial sector is currently facing a continuously expanding labor gap: many physically demanding, repetitive, and safety-risk jobs still rely on increasingly scarce human labor, leading to extended project cycles and increased safety risks. RoboForce's solution aims to take on these high-risk, monotonous jobs, with application scenarios including large solar power plants, data centers, mining, shipping, manufacturing, and logistics in various industrial environments.

After OpenClaw went viral, AI Agents once again became the focus of Web3------AI has evolved from a "chat tool" into an "executor" capable of automatically performing on-chain interactions, managing DeFi, claiming rewards, running strategies, and even participating in economic activities.As AI begins to replace human labor, how can ordinary people find new positions? On March 17 at 8 PM, this Space will hold a roundtable discussion on how Agents can become new infrastructure, the business opportunities of the Agent Economy, the participation paths for ordinary users, and the financialization of "Agent assets."Users are encouraged to follow the official accounts @sunpumpmeme and @Agent_SunGenX, retweet the post, and @ three friends. The official account will randomly select 5 lucky users from the participants to receive a reward of 10 USDT each.

According to Cointelegraph, a French couple in their home in Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, west of Paris, was invaded by three armed men posing as police officers. They were forced to transfer approximately 900,000 euros (about 1 million dollars) in Bitcoin, after which the couple was bound and injured. The assailants then fled in a white van. The case has been transferred to the anti-gang department for investigation by the Versailles prosecutor's office, and there have been no arrests reported so far.This case is the latest example of "ransom attacks" in the cryptocurrency sector in recent years (where violence or threats are used to force holders to hand over digital assets). According to data from the cybersecurity platform CertiK, such attacks globally increased by 75% to 72 cases in 2025, with France leading the world with 19 cases. Since the beginning of this year, there have been multiple incidents of kidnapping and home invasion targeting cryptocurrency professionals in France.

According to Cointelegraph, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes warned that the rise in Brent crude oil prices due to the US-Iran conflict could push up the 10-year US Treasury yield, thereby driving the MOVE index higher and triggering a round of relief measures implemented through money printing.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao commented on social media about "Predict.fun announcing a strategic acquisition of Probable," stating: "Congratulations, I am glad to see two strong projects joining forces."ChainCatcher previously reported that, according to official news, the BNB chain prediction market Predict.fun announced a strategic acquisition of Probable, which was originally an on-chain prediction platform incubated by PancakeSwap and YZi Labs.This acquisition will accelerate improvements in market architecture, execution efficiency, and capital utilization by enhancing its underlying technology stack, thereby further increasing the efficiency of the Predict.fun prediction market.

According to the official blog, Binance, in collaboration with INTERPOL, AFRIPOL, and law enforcement agencies from 16 African countries, launched the "Red Card 2.0" operation to combat high-yield investment scams, mobile payment fraud, and fraudulent loan applications.During the approximately 8-week operation, police arrested a total of 651 suspects, seized 1,442 malicious IPs/domains/servers and related equipment, and recovered over 4.3 million dollars in funds. The investigation revealed total associated losses exceeding 45 million dollars, confirming 1,247 victims.

According to the official blog, Binance, in collaboration with INTERPOL, AFRIPOL, and law enforcement agencies from 16 African countries, launched "Operation Red Card 2" to combat high-yield investment scams, mobile payment fraud, and fraudulent loan applications.During the approximately 8-week operation, police arrested a total of 651 suspects, seized 1,442 malicious IPs/domains/servers and related equipment, and recovered over 4.3 million dollars in funds. The investigation revealed total associated losses exceeding 45 million dollars, confirming 1,247 victims.

According to The Block, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig announced the appointment of David Miller as the head of the agency's enforcement division.Miller previously served as a federal prosecutor and has extensive experience in digital asset cases in the private sector. This appointment comes as the CFTC is preparing to play a more significant role in regulating the cryptocurrency industry. Miller stated, "I am honored to join the CFTC during this exciting time of transformation." Selig emphasized that Miller will focus on "combating fraud, abuse, and manipulation, rather than policy-making."

The CFTC Chairman has appointed former federal prosecutor and private practice attorney David Miller to lead the agency's enforcement division.David Miller previously served as a litigation partner at Greenberg Traurig and Morgan Lewis, focusing on commodities, securities, digital assets, and national security, and he has also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York. Michael Selig stated that David Miller will be dedicated to combating fraud, abuse, and manipulation, rather than formulating policy. Currently, Washington lawmakers are pushing to grant the CFTC broader jurisdiction over the cryptocurrency industry.

According to Reuters, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on Monday that former prosecutor David Miller will become the agency's chief enforcement officer. This move comes as the CFTC is preparing to strengthen its oversight of cryptocurrency and prediction markets.As the new enforcement chief of the CFTC, Miller will be responsible for leading the agency's regulatory enforcement efforts in the digital asset space.

According to CCTV News, the Public Relations Department of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement saying that Iran launched a fierce attack using "Khaibar" missiles on the location of the Israeli Prime Minister's office and the Air Force Commander.The statement indicated that Iran's tenth round of missile strikes against Israel primarily targeted Israeli government buildings, and the results of the military operation and more information will be announced later.

According to Jinshi reports, Japan's top foreign exchange official, Jun Mimura, stated that the surge of dollar-denominated stablecoins is highly likely to reinforce the dollar's status as a key currency.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes published an analysis stating that since 1985, every U.S. president has initiated military actions against Middle Eastern countries, and Trump has continued this tradition. He uses simple logic to judge Bitcoin's trend: the longer the U.S. is involved in the Iran situation, the more likely the Federal Reserve is to cut interest rates or print money to support war expenditures, which will drive up Bitcoin prices.Regarding trading strategies, Hayes stated: "Currently, we are unclear how long Trump can maintain his involvement, spending billions or even trillions of dollars to reshape Iranian politics according to his wishes, nor do we know how much geopolitical and financial market shock he can withstand before retreating. The wise approach is to wait and see. The real opportunity to buy Bitcoin and quality altcoins like HYPE is after the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates or increases money supply to support the Iranian government’s objectives."

According to the annual report from the Argentine cryptocurrency exchange Lemon, the growth rate of monthly active users in Latin America in 2025 is three times that of the United States, with the total regional digital asset inflow exceeding $730 billion for the year, a year-on-year increase of over 60%, accounting for 10% of the global total.There is a clear differentiation within the region: Brazil leads in capital scale with an inflow of over $318.8 billion, with an annual growth rate of nearly 250%, primarily driven by institutional trading and the integration of local payment systems; Argentina, on the other hand, ranks first in terms of per capita monthly active user ratio, with a penetration rate of 12% of the total population, accounting for over a quarter of the region's activity.The report points out that users in high-inflation economies such as Argentina and Venezuela tend to use crypto assets as a store of value, with USDT widely adopted in daily transactions in Venezuela; more stable markets like Peru and Colombia focus more on financial returns. Stablecoins are seen as the most critical factor driving regional adoption, continuing to grow rapidly in 2025.

Aave DAO is currently voting on a significant proposal that would allocate up to $42 million to Aave Labs, including $25 million for ongoing product development and a $17.5 million milestone bonus. As of Friday evening, the support votes are leading with a narrow margin of 52%, and the voting will conclude on Saturday.The controversy centers around Aave Labs' original plan to compress the development space for v3 and force users to migrate to the yet-to-be-launched v4 version. This move has sparked strong backlash, with the main contractor Bored Ghosts Developing announcing they would not renew their contract and criticizing the proposal as nearly absurd. This week, Aave Labs made concessions, promising not to enforce migration, and v3 will continue to operate.Critics, represented by Marc Zeller, argue that the requested funds are too high, accounting for 31% of the DAO's reserves, and demand that the proposal be split into multiple independent votes, but Aave Labs insists on pushing for an overall vote. Currently, Aave v3 has deposits exceeding $26.3 billion, accounting for over 97% of the total deposits in the protocol.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that former Chainlink Labs Deputy General Counsel Taylor Lindman has joined the SEC as the Chief Legal Counsel for the Crypto Task Force, succeeding Michael Selig, who was recently promoted to Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).Lindman worked at Chainlink for over five years, primarily responsible for legal matters related to the oracle network and smart contract data infrastructure. The SEC's Crypto Task Force was established last year, focusing on regulatory discussions around tokenization and decentralized finance, aiming to advance the development of a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency in the U.S.

According to HyperInsight monitoring, the Silver Iron Head Air Force (0x61cee) has once again entered the market to short 5,000 ETH (9.88 million USD) at an entry price of 1,968.97 USD, currently facing an unrealized loss of 36,000 USD, and shorted 50 BTC (3.4 million USD) at an entry price of 67,727.5 USD, currently facing an unrealized loss of 16,000 USD. This address is firmly shorting silver, having previously closed a silver short position held for several days, realizing a loss of 4,790,000 USD.

According to a report by Hong Kong media Orange News, the President of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Professionals Association, Chen Zhi-hua, disclosed that the Hong Kong virtual asset industry is facing a sudden "compliance storm." Practitioners in related businesses have reported encountering bewildering regulatory requirements during the application process for virtual asset-related business qualifications. The existing written policy requires an additional 5 hours of Continuing Professional Training (CPT).However, the latest requirements were not issued through formal written documents or public guidelines, but were communicated "quietly" to license upgrade applicants in the form of verbal notifications or individual emails, stating that all responsible officers (RO) for relevant license upgrades, including those who have already obtained upgrade qualifications, must pass a virtual asset regulation exam conducted by a designated single institution. This nearly "invisible" directive undermines the transparency and fairness that regulatory agencies should uphold.Chen Zhi-hua suggested maintaining the original requirement of an additional 5 hours of Continuing Professional Training (CPT) and urged regulatory agencies to immediately suspend the enforcement of exam requirements through invisible policies.

Binance co-founder He Yi responded on platform X to the news that "Binance employees were fired for discovering transactions related to Iran," stating that compliance staff need to handle various types of cases in their actual work. In recent years, Binance has proactively initiated multiple investigations related to potential crimes and has handed over the results to law enforcement agencies, while also assisting users in avoiding potential fraud and financial losses through risk control and compliance measures.In the face of a constantly changing regulatory environment and new types of financial crime, the company's compliance system still needs to be continuously upgraded and optimized. He also expressed gratitude to former employees who participated in the company's compliance efforts and emphasized that as the company continues to promote higher standards of compliance, it may not be possible to satisfy everyone during the execution process. However, Binance will continue to invest resources and bring in more compliance professionals with specialized backgrounds and law enforcement collaboration experience to enhance overall risk identification, investigation, and resolution capabilities.