CEX popular currencies
CEX top 10 trading volume and 24-hour rise and fall:
BNB: 0.49%
BTC: -0.90%
ETH: -1.05%
SOL: -5.62%
DOGE: -1.88%
CREAM: -1.31%
ATM: -1.19%
PDA: -0.27%
XRP: -1.95%
PIVX: -1.33%
24 H increase list (data source: OKX):
MAJOR: 11.90%
AR: 8.04%
LBR: 6.70%
BERA: 6.33%
J: 5.37%
LAMB: 5.00%
MDT: 4.77%
DOT: 4.77%
RIO: 4.58%
COMP: 4.46%
2. Top 5 popular memes on the chain (data source: GMGN ):
ITRUMP
YODA
PIPE
WORTI
PIKACHU
3. 24-hour hot search currencies
PIKACHU: PIKACHU is directly linked to Pikachu from Pokémon, and the icon fits this image. The story is mostly about lightning up the crypto world with lightning (Pikachus skill) or catching all the rich Pokémon. There are many such tokens based on anime IP in MEME coins, and the community may rely on Pika Pika shouting and funny videos to attract popularity.
Headlines
Odaily Planet Daily reported that after attacking Bybit, the North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group began to convert some of the stolen assets into Bitcoin. Data showed that the organization now owns 13,562 BTC, worth about US$1.14 billion. This has also caused North Koreas Bitcoin holdings to continue to rise. It has now surpassed El Salvador (6,117 BTC) and Bhutan (10,635 BTC) to become the third largest government entity in the world in terms of Bitcoin holdings, second only to the United States (198,109 BTC) and the United Kingdom (61,245 BTC).
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been allowed to leave France and is returning to Dubai
Odaily Planet Daily reported that sources revealed that Telegram founder Pavel Durov has obtained permission from the French court to temporarily leave France and is currently returning to Dubai.
The source also revealed that Durov left the country with the approval of the authorities. The specific terms of the courts decision are still unclear, and Durov and his legal team have not made a public statement on the matter. In addition, another source revealed that an investigative judge had approved Durov to leave France for several weeks. On August 24 last year, Durov was arrested at a French airport and accused of a series of violations related to Telegram. Durov was then banned from leaving the country for a long time.
Odaily Planet Daily News: US spot Bitcoin ETFs had only 5 days of net inflows in February and only 1 day of net inflows so far in March, and the total cumulative net inflows of spot Bitcoin ETFs since the beginning of 2025 have been basically wiped out. According to SoSoValue data, the current net inflow into the fund is $35.2 billion, only $200 million higher than the $35 billion on January 2, 2025 (the first trading day).
Industry News
According to CME Fed Observation data, there are only 3 days left until the next FOMC meeting (the interest rate decision will be announced at 2 a.m. Beijing time on March 20). The probability of the Fed cutting interest rates by 25 basis points in March is only 2%, and the probability of maintaining the same is 98%. The probability of the Fed cutting interest rates by 50 basis points by May is 0.5%, the probability of a cumulative 25 basis point cut is 27.7%, and the probability of maintaining the same is 71.8%.
Odaily Planet Daily News: Since entering 2025, gold prices have broken through the $3,000 per ounce mark for the first time this week as investors turn to traditional safe-haven assets. As a result, gold-related ETFs have surpassed Bitcoin-related ETFs in terms of asset management scale. In the past three months, Bitcoin prices have fallen by more than 19%, while gold prices have risen by 12.5%.
According to Farside Investors, Bitcoin ETFs have experienced a large outflow of funds since February 24 this year, with an outflow of approximately US$3.8 billion; in contrast, according to data from the World Gold Council, gold ETFs recorded their highest monthly inflows since March 2022 last month. Previously, Bitcoin ETFs surpassed gold ETFs in terms of asset management for the first time in December 2024, thanks to the surge in cryptocurrency market value after Trump was elected as the US President.
Project News
Odaily Planet Daily reported that according to Dune data, pump.funs fee income yesterday was only 118,250 US dollars, and the overall fee income has gradually decreased to the level before September 2024.
Odaily Planet Daily News: Aave co-founder Stani posted on the X platform that the overall consensus of Aave DAO is that it is not interested in other tokens. The consensus will be respected and Aave DAO is a real DAO. Once the right method is found, RWA exploration will continue, and only AAVE will exist now.
Earlier news, Aave Labs announced the launch of a new program called Horizon, which aims to develop RWA products (such as tokenized securities) to achieve institutional adoption of DeFi. Its goal is to use the Aave ecosystem as a foundation to bridge the gap between traditional finance and DeFi. It is reported that Horizons first product will be a structured real-world asset solution that allows institutions to use tokenized money market funds as collateral to obtain stablecoin liquidity, and the stablecoin GHO will serve as the main source of liquidity.
Bankless Co-Creation: More information about the on-chain MCP plug-in will be announced later
Odaily Planet Daily News: In response to the Bankless on-chain data check MCP plug-in built on Claude recently discovered by community member KryptoShrimp.eth, Bankless co-founder David Hoffman posted on the X platform: More details will be revealed soon.
Ethereum Foundation extends application deadline for 2025 academic grant program to March 23
Odaily Planet Daily reported that the updated information on the Ethereum Foundation website shows that the application submission date for the 2025 academic funding program has been extended to 23:59 AoE time on March 23. It is reported that a total of US$2 million in funds are available in this round of funding to support academic work related to Ethereum.
Regulatory trends
Odaily Planet Daily reported that Francois Villeroy de Galhau, a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, said that the United States support for cryptocurrencies and non-bank finance could trigger the next financial emergency. In an interview with the French weekly Sunday Tribune, he said: The United States is at risk of committing a crime by negligence. Financial crises often originate in the United States and spread to other parts of the world. By encouraging crypto assets and non-bank finance, the US government is sowing the seeds of future turmoil. Galhau added that European regulation is more secure and said there is no risk of a banking crisis in the European Union.
Odaily Planet Daily reported that Luiz Phillipe of Orleans-Braganza, a former federal congressman in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has submitted a bill to the Brazilian Congress seeking to legalize Bitcoin salary payments. The politician proposed legislation to allow Brazilian workers to receive wages and labor rights in the form of cryptocurrency.
The bill aims to allow workers to receive up to 50% of their wages and benefits in the form of digital assets. It is worth noting that the bill does not require the acceptance of Bitcoin, but provides a legal basis for residents who want to access emerging technologies. With the consent of the employer, employees can choose to obtain labor rights in the form of Bitcoin and can terminate this payment method at any time. The bill also stipulates that 50% of the salary must still be paid in Brazilian reals to ensure the practicality of the currency. However, this provision does not apply to freelancers, foreigners and self-employed persons, and related matters are regulated by the Central Bank of Brazil. The proposal must be passed by the plenary session of the House of Representatives and a majority vote before it can enter the Federal Senate for final review.
Investment and Financing
Mini game platform PlaysOut completes $7 million seed round of financing, led by OKX Ventures
Odaily Planet Daily News According to Financial Tech Times, mini game platform PlaysOut has completed a $7 million seed round of financing. OKX Ventures, KBW Ventures and Pacific Century Group participated in the investment. The financing will be used to expand its mini game ecosystem, secure strategic partnerships and expand the market.
It is reported that PlaysOut is a mini-game platform that helps developers publish mini-games on platforms such as Telegram, Discord and YouTube by embedding infrastructure such as blockchain functions. PlaysOut is preparing to launch its embedded SDK in May.
Character Voice
Odaily Planet Daily News: In response to community members questions about the Bybit Launchpool project OIK tokens, Bybit co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou responded on the X platform: The launchpool activity budget of this project has allocated us a total of 10 million tokens, 3.3 million of which have been issued, and more than 90,000 users have participated in the activity. The launchpool is still ongoing and will be completed on March 19. There are still 5.7 million to be issued. Bybit will never sell off the activity budget for profit. This market manipulation behavior has serious legal consequences and the budget is in the hot wallet, which can be audited by any regulatory department. At present, OIK is indeed sold by large investors in the market, and we are investigating the specific details in compliance. In the future, considering allowing the community to see our budget more intuitively, we will use an independent wallet to accept the project partys budget so that the community can see the budget usage openly and transparently.
