On March 18, Ripple Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz shared the first email he received in 2013 mentioning XRP, showcasing XRP's early development. In the email, Vinnie Falco requested an XRP transfer, revealing the preliminary state of the crypto market at that time and the spirit of technical exploration. Falco later joined Ripple and made significant contributions to system development. This email reflects the early culture of the XRP community and technical accumulation, highlighting XRP's evolution from its inception to the present day.

Gate News report: On March 18, according to Santiment data, the top 100 wallets holding USDC on Ethereum reached an all-time high, with a combined total of $32.71 billion.

Gate News report, on March 18, Hong Kong stock market data showed that MINIMAX-W(00100.HK) rose more than 27%, currently trading at 1311 Hong Kong dollars; Zhipu(02513.HK) rose more than 20%, currently trading at 746 Hong Kong dollars, hitting an all-time high.

Gate News reported that on March 18, MiniMax released the next-generation Agent flagship large model M2.7, showcasing for the first time a "model self-evolution" pathway. M2.7 can independently construct complex Agent Harness and based on Agent Teams, complex Skills, Tool Search

Gate has launched GateRouter, an AI model aggregation platform that provides a unified calling interface for multiple AI Agents and is running a limited-time trial activity. Users can obtain 3 million Tokens of AI calling quota through authorized login, and have a chance to win 1,000 USDT rewards by participating in sharing activities. GateRouter supports 20+ mainstream large language models and automatically selects the optimal model to reduce inference costs.

Ethereum will introduce the "Fast Confirmation Rules" (FCR) on March 18, enhancing the efficiency of asset transfers from Layer 1 to Layer 2, with confirmation times reduced to approximately 13 seconds. This mechanism is implemented through "fast confirmation blocks," which enhance network throughput and user experience without compromising security, and is expected to drive the adoption of L2 solutions. No hard fork is required, simplifying the deployment process.

Gate News bot message, according to Gate official announcement on March 20, 2026 Gate announced that it will delist the perpetual futures trading markets for RNBW, TAI, AIOZ, BGSC, and OWL on March 20, 2026. According to the schedule, the above contracts will enter position-closing-only mode at 15:30 (UTC+8) on March 20, followed by trading suspension at 16:00 (UTC+8). At the time of trading suspension, Gate will settle and liquidate open positions based on the average index price over the last 30 minutes before delisting. Any unfilled pending orders will be automatically canceled. If the price fluctuates significantly during the last 30 minutes, the platform will select a larger range of average index prices for settlement.

Gate News reports that on March 18, CZ posted on the X platform stating that the clear information provided by the SEC is a significant advancement for the cryptocurrency industry. He will participate online in the DC Blockchain Summit at 9:25 AM Eastern Time on March 18, where he will share his insights on the US crypto industry, the future direction of the sector, and his personal behind-the-scenes development experience.

Gate News: On March 18, ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees made public comments regarding the SEC's explanatory guidance on crypto assets, believing the significance of this guidance lies in the SEC acknowledging its own power boundaries. Erik Voorhees contrasted Gensler's tenure's large-scale enforcement actions against utility tokens, pointing out that these actions significantly decreased entrepreneurs' willingness to design utility tokens at that time, instead catalyzing the emergence of a large number of

Gate News: On March 18, Tencent Cloud AI Agent Security Center launched the Credential Sandbox product, implementing a security mechanism of "Agent never holds keys." Through this product, Agents can complete all cloud API calls without holding any keys. Every operation is fully auditable throughout the entire process. Administrators can adjust the ability boundaries of Agents at any time, adopting an authorization model of "granting permissions, not keys."