According to The Block, Filecoin's largest DeFi protocol GLIF released GLF governance tokens and airdropped 94 million tokens, accounting for 9.4% of the total supply. GLF will expand to new features such as loyalty rewards in the future. GLIF is expanding to the decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN), beyond the Filecoin ecosystem. At present, GLIF has locked more than $102 million on Filecoin and will support more DePIN networks in the future. The specific list has not yet been announced.

Crossmint provides API tools to help developers easily integrate encryption functions without having to deeply understand blockchain technology. Its current customers include 40,000 companies and developers such as Adidas, Red Bull, and Coinbase.

Halliday is committed to simplifying the process of creating smart contracts. Its infrastructure allows developers to delegate workflows to automated systems to shorten development time.

Despite market challenges, the event demonstrated a resilient Web3 ecosystem with builders focused on sustainable, real-world applications in the areas of AI, interoperability, and next-generation dApps.

From BTC's consensus layer to the execution layer of smart contracts, and then to today's AI-driven application layer, the crypto industry is likely to usher in a paradigm innovation of AI + Pay Fi + BTC Infra, and force Web2 to innovate itself to Web3 - the future of large-scale adoption is becoming a reality step by step.

Almost 100% of the monthly trading volume and fees of multiple "decentralized" protocols recently come from the DPRK, a North Korean hacker group. CEXs are slow to respond, and it only takes a few minutes for hackers to launder money, while some CEXs take hours to take action. ZachXBT also criticized the KYT (transaction monitoring) system for its serious flaws and easy circumvention, while the KYC (identity verification) mechanism is more like a data leakage risk for ordinary users due to account leaks and internal personnel problems, but it is almost ineffective in preventing the flow of illegal funds.

Binance will launch BMT/USDT, BMT/USDC, BMT/BNB, BMT/FDUSD, BMT/TRY trading pairs and mark them with Seed Tag at 23:00 (UTC+8) on March 18, 2025. The initial and maximum supply of BMT is 1 billion, of which 3% (30 million) is used for HODLer airdrops. The circulating supply at the time of listing is about 261.5 million (26.15%).

Japanese listed company Metaplanet announced that it would spend 1.879 billion yen (about 12.54 million US dollars) to increase its holdings of 150 bitcoins, with an average purchase price of 12,526,226 yen (83,583 US dollars) per bitcoin. The company's bitcoin holdings increased to 3,200 bitcoins.

Binance Alpha 2.0 expands the functionality of Binance Alpha by integrating it directly into the Binance exchange, while it remains available in the Binance wallet. This innovative solution bridges the gap between CEX and DEX trading, improving liquidity, capital efficiency, and accessibility for users. With Binance Alpha 2.0, users can explore and purchase on-chain tokens directly on the Binance exchange without having to withdraw assets to an external wallet or create an on-chain wallet. The product enables Binance exchange users to seamlessly leverage funds from their spot accounts, funding accounts, and other accounts supported by Binance Pay to purchase Alpha tokens. By leveraging CEX funds for DEX trading, Binance Alpha 2.0 eliminates unnecessary steps, reduces transaction costs, and simplifies the trading experience.

Tech giant Microsoft has discovered a new remote access Trojan (RAT) that specifically targets 20 cryptocurrency wallet extensions in Google Chrome browsers to steal crypto assets. Microsoft's incident response team revealed in a blog post on March 17 that they first detected the malware, called StilachiRAT, in November last year. The software is capable of stealing credentials, digital wallet information, and clipboard data stored in the browser. Once deployed, attackers can use StilachiRAT to scan the configuration information of 20 cryptocurrency wallet extensions to steal crypto wallet data, including Coinbase Wallet, Trust Wallet, MetaMask, and OKX Wallet.