On March 8th, U.S. Congressman Michael Cloud, along with 28 other members of Congress, sent a letter to the Capitol demanding a permanent ban on the issuance of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). They believe the current temporary ban is insufficient, warning that CBDCs could threaten financial surveillance and citizens' freedoms, and calling for the reinstatement of stricter ban provisions.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announced that, among the total USDT sent over the past 12 months, the largest individual sender accounts for 4.97%, significantly lower than the 23.34% seen in other stablecoins. He pointed out that USDT primarily serves populations overlooked by traditional finance, with over 550 million users in emerging markets worldwide currently relying on USDT.

The U.S. Department of Defense sent a letter to a certain AI company, threatening to sue. The company provides technological assistance for military decision-making but has disagreements with the Department of Defense over usage. The Secretary of Defense has listed it as a national security risk and restricted business with the military. Meanwhile, other AI companies have signed supply agreements and added security clauses.

ChainCatcher message: According to Arkham data, at 15:56, 300.1 BTC (worth approximately $20,817,900) was transferred from an anonymous address (starting with bc1qfq0u...) to another anonymous address (starting with bc1qtve0...).

ChainCatcher reports that, according to Arkham data, at 11:02, 220 BTC (worth approximately $15.06 million) was transferred from an anonymous address (starting with 1HQciJ...) to another anonymous address (starting with bc1qk0ukg...).

Gate News bot message, the Trump Meme Token team has transferred tokens to centralized exchanges. Over the past 9 hours, 5 million $TRUMP tokens valued at $17.3 million were sent to CEX. The BitGo wallet received the $TRUMP from the team. The team is selling and depositing more tokens through this

PUMP ecosystem recently saw a large transfer, with 11.2 billion tokens (approximately $21.22 million) moved from the core treasury to an external address, attracting market attention. This move is seen as a phased implementation of the ecosystem partnership plan, aimed at controlling supply and promoting ecosystem expansion. The clear record of the transfer reduces information asymmetry, decreases market selling pressure risk, and future attention should be paid to the release pace and the sustainability of collaborations.

X Developers releases an update restricting the automated reply feature, which is only allowed when users are mentioned or quoted; replies to tweets are not subject to this restriction. This policy applies to all free and basic account types but does not affect enterprise and public utility versions. The move aims to reduce AI-generated spam.

Gate News bot message, wallet "77DsB" linked to @Pumpfun has sold all 3.75B $PUMP for $8.02M $USDC at a price of $0.0021. Additionally, wallet "GpCfm" linked to @Pumpfun sent 1.21B $PUMP ($2.57M) into CEX and the wallet still holds 3.54B $PUMP ($7.4M). According to Onchain Lens, wallet "77DsB" had p

PANews February 18 News, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the Trump Meme coin team distributed a wallet that sent 9,089,000 TRUMP tokens to a BitGo custody wallet, valued at 31.45 million USD.