Abound, a remittance app spun out of Times Internet in 2023, has raised $14 million in its first external funding round. The seed round was all equity-funded and was led by NEAR Foundation, with participation from Circle Ventures, Times Internet, and other investors. The company plans to use the new funds to expand its business scope, increase its product offerings, and improve its technical infrastructure.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, USDC Treasury minted 50 million new USDC on the Ethereum chain.

Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett tweeted that Paul Atkins, President Trump’s nominee for SEC Chairman, plans to abandon the previous administration’s heavy-handed enforcement approach: “It takes industry experience and focused application to ensure that customers and investors benefit from efficient, effective, and well-designed regulation. Our mission at the SEC should be to facilitate these efforts and, when necessary, use enforcement powers to correct and rectify wayward behavior.” On digital assets: “My first priority as Chairman will be to work with my fellow Commissioners and Congress to provide a solid regulatory foundation for digital assets through a reasonable, coherent, and principled approach.”

Ethereum core developer Terence tweeted that the Ethereum testnet Pectra is tentatively scheduled to be launched on the mainnet on April 30. Waiting for the next core developer to solve some unresolved minor issues and conduct a comprehensive confirmation.

According to The Data Nerd, an investor exchanged $1,140 for 10.4 million GHIBLI on SOL yesterday. The investor did not sell any tokens and added 7.28 million tokens on Meteora to add liquidity. The investor's unrealized profit is currently about $224,000, with a return on investment of 196 times (this profit does not include the cost of providing liquidity).

Corn, an Ethereum L2 network focusing on Bitcoin DeFi, has launched an airdrop query page, with a total of 2.1 billion tokens and an initial circulation supply of 525 million (25%). Early supporters and core contributors will be locked for at least 1 year, and locked tokens are not eligible for staking rewards.

According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will launch the WALUSDT perpetual contract at 23:30 (ET8) on March 27, with a maximum leverage of 25 times.

Just weeks after FTX’s former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried conducted an unsanctioned remote video interview with Tucker Carlson at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center, he was transferred to a transit center in Oklahoma City. His release date is set for November 17, 2044.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, 5 minutes ago, the MOVE repurchase address again withdrew 10 million tokens from Binance, worth $4.94 million. So far, the MOVE repurchase address has withdrawn a total of 20 million tokens, with a total value of $10.37 million, and the repurchase progress has been updated to 27.3%.

According to the official announcement, Binance Launchpool has launched the 66th project GUNZ (GUN), a L1 public chain for AAA games developed by Gunzilla Games. Users can invest BNB, FDUSD and USDC into the GUN reward pool on the Launchpool website after 8:00 (ET on March 28) to get GUN, and the activity will last for a total of 3 days. Binance will list GUNZ (GUN) at 21:00 (ET on March 31) and open GUN/USDT, GUN/BNB, GUN/FDUSD and GUN/TRY trading markets.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, 99,999,800 USDT (100,119,799 USD) was transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance.

On-chain order processing company Warlock Labs has completed $8 million in financing. Polychain Capital led the investment, with participation from Greenfield Capital, Reciprocal ventures, Symbolic Capital, Ambush Capital and TRGC. The company aims to prove that the submitted order flow has not been tampered with to ensure fair trading.

CZ tweeted: "I created a lot of work for myself. The fees were so low that I had to go through about 200 messages today and responded to most of the messages I could. Overall, I like this system and I believe it can be a useful tool for many KOLs or professionals. Thanks to the SlowMist team for finding a way to send messages for less than the specified amount."

The final annual rate of the core PCE price index in the fourth quarter of the United States was 2.8%, the previous value was 2.8%. The final annual rate of real GDP in the fourth quarter of the United States was 2.4%, the previous value was 2.30%, and the expected value was 2.3%. The number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending March 22 was 224,000, and the expected value was 225,000. The final annual rate of the core PCE price index in the fourth quarter of the United States was 2.6%, the previous value was 2.70%, and the expected value was 2.7%.

The exclusive TGE event of KiloEx (KILO) launched on Binance Wallet has ended, raising a total of 442,985 BNB, with a fundraising target of 1,213.94 BNB, which was oversubscribed by nearly 365 times.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire tweeted that Circle announced an agreement with global exchange ICE to explore the integration of USDC and USYC into a wide range of traditional financial markets, exchanges and clearing houses.

According to data tracked by blockchain analysis company Glassnode, the 30-day change in whale holdings shows that Bitcoin whales have increased their holdings by more than 129,000 BTC since March 11, with momentum increasing sharply in the past two days. This is the largest increase since late August 2024, indicating the growing confidence of large players.

Paul Atkins, President Trump’s nominee for SEC Chairman, holds up to $6 million in crypto-related assets, including a combined $1 million stake in crypto custodian Anchorage Digital and tokenization firm Securitize. Atkins reported having up to $5 million in crypto investment firm Off the Chain Capital, where he is a limited partner. Off the Chain’s investments include private stakes in major crypto companies such as Digital Currency Group (DCG) and Kraken.