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According to The Block, Standard Chartered Bank believes that the recent sharp decline in ETH prices does not reflect the continuous improvement of internal indicators on the Ethereum network, comparing it to Amazon's phase after the tech bubble burst in 2001. The bank maintains its ETH price targets: $4,000 by the end of 2026 and $40,000 by the end of 2030, and expects the ETH/BTC exchange rate to rebound to about 0.08 by the end of this decade.The bank stated that Ethereum dominates the stablecoin and RWA (real-world asset tokenization) sectors, expecting the market value of both stablecoins and non-stablecoin RWAs to increase to about $2 trillion by 2028, which will drive Ethereum's trading volume and TVL to new highs, pushing ETH prices upward.

According to official news, Circle has released its vision for the development of the internet financial system in 2026, proposing to focus on building cross-chain interoperability infrastructure, liquidity orchestration capabilities, and an institutional-grade asset issuance system to promote the efficient flow of value in a multi-chain ecosystem.In terms of cross-chain infrastructure, Circle stated that it will launch features such as "Fast Transfer" in the future, achieving second-level settlement without waiting for final confirmation from the source chain, thus improving the efficiency of fund utilization. In the asset expansion layer, the CCTP plans to extend to more assets beyond USDC, including EURC, USYC, and cirBTC, and support the issuance and circulation of real-world assets (RWA) across multiple chains.In addition, Circle is advancing cross-chain process coordination, simplifying multi-chain operational processes through tools such as Bridge Kit, Deposit Kit, Fee Service, and Workflows, achieving "one-click" cross-chain interaction, reducing development complexity, and enhancing user experience.

The National Internet Information Office, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly announced the "Interim Measures for the Management of Humanized Interactive Services in Artificial Intelligence," which will take effect on July 15, 2026.The "Measures" implement the concept of people-oriented and benevolent intelligence, clarifying the principle that the country insists on balancing development and security, promoting innovation and legal governance, encouraging innovative development of humanized interactive services, and implementing inclusive, prudent, and classified regulatory measures for humanized interactive services; it proposes measures to promote humanized interactive services, clarifying support for technological research and development innovation, and encouraging orderly expansion of applications in related fields such as cultural dissemination and elderly companionship.It stipulates the basic requirements for providing humanized interactive services, clearly stating that activities that generate harm to national security, honor, and interests, incite subversion of state power, or overthrow the socialist system are prohibited, and specifies the safety management obligations of humanized interactive service providers; it improves the protection system for the rights and interests of internet users, stipulating the obligations of humanized interactive service providers regarding the protection of minors, the elderly, and personal information.In addition, the "Measures" also stipulate systems for safety assessments, algorithm filing, and guiding the promotion of the construction of safe service platforms for artificial intelligence sandboxes.

The National Internet Information Office has issued a notice soliciting public opinions on the "Management Measures for Digital Virtual Human Information Services (Draft for Comments)," aiming to strengthen the management of digital virtual human information services.It points out that from the start of digital virtual human services, digital virtual human service providers, service users, and service providers offering network information content dissemination services should continuously display a prominent indication containing the words "digital human" in the digital virtual human display area, in accordance with national regulations on labeling AI-generated synthetic content.

The Solana Foundation stated that it will position the Solana network as the core infrastructure of the emerging "agentic internet," where economic activities are initiated and executed by AI systems rather than humans.Vibhu Norby, Chief Product Officer of the Solana Foundation, stated at the New York Digital Assets Summit that AI is not a single vertical industry but a platform transformation that affects various sectors, including crypto. The strategic core of Solana is payment infrastructure, and the network has processed approximately 15 million on-chain payments initiated by agents, primarily for machine-to-machine commercial transactions. The programmatic nature of crypto payments is key to attracting agents, and stablecoins will become the default method for paying for any computational resources.Vibhu Norby believes this will fundamentally reshape internet business models, making micropayments and pay-per-use possible, which traditional payment channels cannot support. The Solana Foundation emphasizes that its high-performance design has advantages in this new paradigm: "Agents are calm, precise machines... If you ask agents how to use crypto payments, Solana often ranks as the preferred choice."Additionally, advancements in AI technology have lowered the development threshold, and Solana developers are directly building tools for AI systems, including machine-readable "skill" files and AI-first development platforms. Norby anticipates that in the future, user interactions with crypto will default to agents, with 95% to 99% of transactions initiated by large language models (LLMs).

The China National Supercomputing Internet has announced the launch of a new round of token giveaways. This event is open to all users of the platform, offering a limited-time free distribution of up to 30 million tokens per individual to lower the experience threshold for research-specific agents like "lobster" SClaw.In addition, supercomputing internet users will enjoy a special renewal price of 0.1 yuan per million tokens, which will be extended until April 6.

According to a report by Jinshi Data, to help users safely use OpenClaw, the National Internet Emergency Center and the China Cybersecurity Association jointly released the OpenClaw Safe Use Practice Guidelines on March 22, aimed at ordinary users, enterprise users, cloud service providers, and technical developers, providing security protection recommendations. Among the suggestions for ordinary users are: using dedicated devices, virtual machines, or containers to install OpenClaw, ensuring environmental isolation, and not installing it on daily office computers; not running OpenClaw with administrator or superuser privileges; not storing or processing private data in the OpenClaw environment; and timely updating to the latest version of OpenClaw. Recommendations for cloud service providers include conducting security assessments and hardening of the basic security layer of cloud hosts; deploying and integrating security protection capabilities; and ensuring supply chain and data security protection.

According to a report by Jinshi citing CCTV, starting from the afternoon of the 18th local time, most areas of Iran, including the capital Tehran, entered a state of complete disconnection from the international internet, and communication between diplomatic missions in Iran and those outside of Iran was almost entirely interrupted. It is reported that there are still some networks available within Iran.

According to Jinshi reports, the China Internet Finance Association has warned that while the OpenClaw intelligent system can enhance work efficiency, its default high system permissions and weak security configurations can easily be exploited by attackers, becoming a breakthrough point for stealing sensitive data or illegally manipulating transactions, posing severe risk challenges to the industry.The China Internet Finance Association advises financial consumers to be extremely cautious when installing OpenClaw on terminals for online banking, securities trading, payments, and other personal financial services. If installation is necessary, it is recommended not to grant operational permissions to financial service systems, to promptly follow up on OpenClaw vulnerability fixes, to strictly control the installation of functional plugins, and not to input sensitive information such as ID numbers, bank card numbers, and payment passwords when not in use. Additionally, such applications continuously call large model interfaces during operation, which may incur high Token costs, so users are advised to pay close attention.

UPBIT will open trading for Internet Computer (ICP) on March 11, 2025, at 17:00, supporting KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs. Users are advised that the deposit service for ICP will be available 1 hour and 30 minutes after the announcement is made.

The National Internet Emergency Center has issued a security risk alert for the OpenClaw application. Previously, due to improper installation and use of the OpenClaw agent, some serious security risks have emerged. It is recommended that relevant organizations and individual users take the following security measures when deploying and using OpenClaw:Strengthen network control by not exposing the default management port of OpenClaw directly to the public internet. Implement security management for access services through identity authentication, access control, and other security measures. Strictly isolate the operating environment and use technologies such as containers to limit the excessive permissions of OpenClaw;Enhance credential management by avoiding storing keys in plaintext in environment variables; establish a complete operational log audit mechanism;Strictly manage the sources of plugins, disable the automatic update feature, and only install signed extensions from trusted channels;Continuously monitor patches and security updates, and promptly perform version updates and install security patches.

The National Supercomputing Internet announced that its OpenClaw service has integrated with Feishu and WeChat Work. Users can flexibly choose from various model API calling services based on task scale and access them through the Feishu and WeChat Work clients.Currently, the Supercomputing Internet's OpenClaw has pre-configured various large models (such as MinMax-M2.1, MinMax-M2.5, Qwen-235B, etc.) to provide high-performance, low-cost inference computing power.

According to official news, Tether announced an investment in Whop, the world's largest internet marketplace, to provide stablecoin payment support for the next generation of the internet economy.Whop will integrate Tether's wallet infrastructure WDK, allowing millions of creators and users to settle in dollars faster and more efficiently by accessing Whop's global network.

The DFINITY Foundation stated on platform X, "The economic model of the Internet Computer is changing: the old model rewarded node providers simply for running nodes. The new model allocates 80% of cloud engine revenue to nodes that provide computational support, with 20% used to burn ICP.Currently, the Node Provider Association has begun preparations to promote cloud engine services to businesses across Europe."

Huobi HTX Global Advisor Sun Yuchen announced on X that Huobi HTX will donate $100,000 to Punch, the macaque living in the Chiba Zoo in Japan, to improve its habitat and support its growth.It is reported that Punch was abandoned by its biological mother shortly after birth and was isolated by other monkeys in the zoo. It regards the gorilla doll given by the zoo staff as a manifestation of its mother, always keeping it close, and even tightly hugging "mom" when bullied by other monkeys. Punch's videos quickly went viral on the internet, and its tenacity has attracted global attention.Sun Yuchen stated, "This bravest little macaque, Punch, has conquered the hearts of the world. We are deeply moved by its resilience. To ensure it receives the best care at Chiba Zoo, Huobi HTX is committed to donating $100,000 to support its growth and habitat development."