Perusahaan Kulipa mengumumkan pada 1 April telah menyelesaikan pendanaan seed sebesar 6,2 juta dolar AS, dengan Flourish Ventures dan 1kx sebagai investor utama, yang bertujuan menyediakan layanan kartu pembayaran stablecoin white-label untuk perusahaan fintech. Pendanaan menggunakan model Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), dan detail spesifiknya belum diungkapkan.

Bitcoin mining is undergoing a structural transformation, with the average mining cost for mining companies expected to reach $80,000 by the end of 2025, while the price of Bitcoin is only around $70,000. Mining companies are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, with total contracts exceeding $70 billion. The funding for this transformation mainly comes from leveraged financing and the sale of Bitcoin reserves. Although there is a significant divergence in the valuations of mining companies, whether the price of Bitcoin can rebound to $100,000 will affect the future development of the mining industry.

A certain CEX once again indicated to the U.S. Senate that it cannot support the latest draft of the Clarity Act, citing core disagreements over stablecoin yield provisions. The CEX expressed "serious concerns" about the new proposal and pointed out that this regulatory direction will have significant financial implications for its future.

Platform aset digital Gate akan menyelenggarakan pameran khusus "Racing the Future: Berkompetisi dengan Masa Depan" bersama tim Red Bull F1 di Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, dari 18-24 April. Pameran seluas 238 meter persegi akan menampilkan mobil balap baru Red Bull 2026 dan pengalaman interaktif immersive, terbuka untuk umum.

Circle Internet Group stock price plummeted 20%, losing $4.6 billion in market value, due to a draft of the Digital Asset Market Transparency Act that prohibits providing passive income to stablecoin holders. Despite near-term impact on application restrictions, analysts believe the act will build a regulatory moat for Circle, optimizing its business model. Additionally, Tether committed to accepting audits to enhance transparency. USDC's future performance will influence market trends.

Bank swasta Swiss Geneva Banque Syz SA mengalami perpecahan generasi dalam keluarga karena perbedaan signifikan antara pendiri Eric Syz dan putranya Marc Syz mengenai strategi cryptocurrency. Marc beserta mitra bisnis Richard Byworth mengundurkan diri dan berencana untuk menjalankan dual listing perusahaan Bitcoin treasury Future Holdings AG.

Komisi Sekuritas dan Bursa Amerika Serikat (SEC) menyelesaikan investigasinya terhadap Faraday Future pada 23 Maret dan tidak akan mengambil tindakan apa pun terhadap perusahaan dan personel terkait. Jia Yueting menyatakan bahwa perusahaan akan sepenuhnya fokus pada eksekusi strategis dan penciptaan nilai bisnis inti.

Gate News reports that on March 19, the Bank of England will announce its interest rate decision (the central bank's policy decision on whether to adjust the benchmark interest rate) and meeting minutes at 20:00 Beijing time tonight, while the European Central Bank will announce its interest rate decision at 21:15. Due to the impact of the Middle East conflict, the monetary policies of both major central banks face uncertainty. The market expects this meeting to maintain a wait-and-see stance, but bets on future rate hikes are continuously increasing.

Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham shared a conversation with an OpenAI employee on the X platform, mentioning that purchasing rare items can hedge against AI risk, and pointing out that items from before 2028 will be more valuable, hinting that AI in the future will be able to replicate most items created by humans.

Vitalik Buterin recently pointed out that the concept of zero-knowledge proofs has misled many people, and he believes that running nodes remains crucial. Users need to read the blockchain in a privacy-preserving and censorship-resistant manner, and existing remote procedure calls cannot meet this requirement. He emphasized that Ethereum's future lies in going beyond the processing capacity of individual nodes, truly achieving a permissionless and bottleneck-free network.