Anthropic has applied to the U.S. Federal Election Commission to form a member-funded political action committee, AnthroPAC, a move tied to its dispute with the Trump administration over the use of AI for military purposes. The company previously refused the Pentagon’s request and sued the government; a court has temporarily stayed the finding that it poses a risk to the national security supply chain.

Anchorage Digital and Chainlink Labs jointly funded the "Blockchain Leadership Fund" with the goal of supporting candidates in the midterm elections who promote digital asset policy, and it will also conduct voter education. With the current U.S. crypto legislative process stalled, the relevant organizations are also campaigning for the 2026 election.

Gnosis co-founder and Zisk’s founder announced the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) initiative at the EthCC conference, aiming to provide a framework for Rollups, improve the composability of smart contracts, and address Ethereum’s fragmentation problem. The project received funding from the Ethereum Foundation, and all software will be released as open source to minimize governance and prevent upgrades.

Figure co-founder Mike Cagney announced the launch of the Figure Forge service, which aims to turn blockchain-native loans and other RWAs into participation tokens. The service will be used in the Democratized Prime DeFi market and will offer additional yields through the Hastra protocol, with the liquidity limit order book funded by Figure.

Gate News reports that on March 17, according to Nansen monitoring, 9 wallet addresses collectively accumulated a total of 24.5 million ZRO tokens, valued at $47.5 million. These purchases represent 2.6% of ZRO's circulating supply, with an average entry price of $1.94. All wallets were funded by a certain CEX, and these 9 wallets hold no other tokens, only ZRO.

Deployer announced on March 9th that the BNKR new staking mechanism will go live. Users who stake BNKR can earn reasoning points daily and enjoy discounts on large language model usage. This mechanism is funded by token revenue, emphasizing real profit distribution with no token inflation.

Digital asset investment firm Bitwise Asset Management announces a donation of $233,000 to support Bitcoin open-source developers. The funds come from profits of its spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund and will be distributed to three non-profit organizations to promote Bitcoin project development.

South Korean police are investigating a series of revenge attacks funded by cryptocurrency, with suspects accepting payments from employers via Telegram to carry out sabotage and defamation. Authorities suspect a group claiming to be a private revenge organization is involved, a phenomenon also seen in Russia.

The largest long address for BTC (0xdf1) was liquidated 24 times in the past 24 hours, with a total value of approximately $3.9 million. The account balance dropped from $2.66 million to $140,000, a decline of over 94.7%. This address previously held a leveraged position with 40x leverage on long BTC, funded by unrealized gains from SOL longs, significantly increasing the risk of liquidation.

The number of Bitcoin whale wallets is approaching 20,000, reaching a high level for this phase, indicating that well-funded investors are increasing their holdings during the price adjustment period. This behavior typically signals reduced short-term selling pressure and potential for future price increases. Although the market is still influenced by macro factors, the whale holding trend is seen as a forward-looking indicator, reflecting high-net-worth investors' recognition of Bitcoin's scarcity.