Gate News: On March 13, according to CoinGecko data, Lobster (LOBSTER) rose approximately 18.1% in the past 24 hours, currently trading at 0.02288 USD, with a 24-hour global trading volume of approximately 26.6356 million USD. Data shows that Lobster spot trading volume on the Gate platform is approximately 4.4885 million USD, ranking second among centralized exchanges.

The OpenClaw project has over 300,000 stars on GitHub, ranking 9th, second only to some learning resource projects. The project was open-sourced by Peter Steinberger in 2025 and has experienced rapid growth, surpassing numerous notable projects in just two months, becoming the only active software project in the top ten.

On March 12, the latest data shows that XRP Ledger (XRPL) accounts for over 15% of the global on-chain tokenized commodities market, ranking second globally. Despite the overall poor price performance of cryptocurrencies this year, the practical applications of tokenized commodities continue to grow, with XRPL benefiting significantly.

As the 2026 U.S. midterm elections approach, the market is paying attention to their impact on Bitcoin's price movement. Historical data shows that midterm election years are usually accompanied by market weakness, with Bitcoin experiencing an average decline of 56%. However, the market tends to recover significantly after the elections, with both the S&P 500 and Bitcoin rebounding. Analysts believe that the second half of 2026 could become a key milestone for the Bitcoin market, but caution is advised regarding new impacts brought by changes in market structure.

Bitcoin Core, the Bitcoin client, merged the Cluster Mempool update on March 12th, which is expected to be included in the upcoming 31.0 version. This update will redesign the way nodes handle unconfirmed transactions to improve block packing efficiency and optimize fee calculation. Version 31.0 is expected to be released in the second half of 2026.

Gate News Announcement, March 12, Avantis announced on the X platform the launch of the AVNT token buyback and burn plan. According to the plan, Avantis will use 30% of the daily trading revenue (including opening fees, closing fees, and profit fees) to buy back and burn AVNT tokens on the open market. This mechanism is now officially in effect. Additionally, the official statement indicates that after future protocol efficiency upgrades, the buyback ratio is expected to increase to over 50%, with an expected implementation before the end of the second quarter of 2026.

Gate News Report, March 12 — Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy stated that the cryptocurrency industry may evolve into three possible futures: the first is traditional finance adopting crypto technology; the second is everything migrating to DeFi; the third is traditional finance and crypto coexisting in parallel, forming a parallel economic system. Evgeny Gaevoy also pointed out that most of these paths would "stifle" the ideals of Cypherpunk.

Gate News Report, March 11: According to Blockworks data, Solana has surpassed all L1 and L2 blockchains in network revenue for the second consecutive month.

Gate News Report, on March 11, the stock of AI large model company MiniMax closed up more than 22% on March 10, with a total market capitalization of HKD 382.64 billion, surpassing Baidu's HKD 332.22 billion. MiniMax founder and CEO Yan Junjie previously interned at Baidu and received the second Baidu Scholarship.