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EdgeX will open applications for EDGE token airdrop on March 19
The decentralized derivatives trading platform edgeX will launch a page for submitting EDGE airdrop applications. The window to receive tokens will be open from March 19 at 18:00 to April 1 at 7:59.

Alliance unveiled 18 projects for Demo Day ALL16
Alliance announced the lineup of participants for Demo Day ALL16, which included 18 projects from the fields of stablecoin banking, prediction markets, AI, and payments. Among them are Allod and Tradevu, banking services for businesses with stablecoins, Predexon and Ratio, solutions for prediction markets, as well as Hadron, an AMM-as-a-Service platform based on Solana, and PreStocks, providing liquidity for equity tokenization before IPO. The list also features Givance, Deconflict, Crebit, Couch, Freeport, Inflow, Worm, Graded, and Bluvo.

Algorand Foundation to Cut Approximately 25% of Staff Amid Economic Uncertainty and Crypto Market Downturn
The Algorand Foundation announced a workforce reduction of roughly 25% due to global macroeconomic uncertainty and a slowdown in the cryptocurrency market. The organization, which employs fewer than 200 people, explained the move as a reorganization aimed at more efficient resource allocation and the execution of long-term plans for protocol and ecosystem development. As part of a broader optimization trend, Messari and Block also reported staff reductions.

The tokenized stock market grew 40 times and surpassed $4 billion.
According to CoinDesk, the market capitalization of tokenized stocks surged 40 times: from less than $100 million at the beginning of 2025 to over $4 billion now.

29,598 ETH withdrawn from Coinbase to 5 new addresses for nearly $69.4M
Over the last 8 hours, 29,598 ETH worth $68.94M was transferred from Coinbase to five new addresses, according to blockchain analyst Ai. The recipients have not yet moved or sold these ETH, with an average withdrawal price of $2,329.

Bitcoin Core Released Test Build v31.0rc1
Bitcoin Core has unveiled test version v31.0rc1, which will become the next major release following v30.2. The build is now available for testing: developers can download binary files and review the release notes. The official release is expected after further checks are completed.

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Aave and CoW Swap Disagree on Causes of $50 Million Losses in Slippage Incident
Aave and CoW Swap have published conflicting reports on an incident they describe as a flash loan attack resulting in $50 million in losses. Aave believes the cause was insufficient market liquidity: user orders exceeded available volume, and CoW Swap offered a price 99.9% below expected, which users confirmed. CoW Swap, in turn, pointed to outdated gas limits, missing transactions from the winning solver, and possible transaction leakage from the private mempool, emphasizing that a single security flag is insuffic

$OPUL For the Messina bridge to support OPUL across multiple chains, 500M OPUL tokens were created on each supported chain. On each chain, the vast majority of these tokens are held in a bridge escrow vault — they are not in circulation. When you bridge OPUL from one chain to another, your tokens are locked in the escrow on the source chain, and an equal amount is released from the escrow on the destination chain. This ensures that the total circulating supply across all chains always stays at 500M.
The attacker exploited Messina's bridge relay contract on Arbitrum by forging bridge messages.

Tether Revealed Investments of at Least $1.6 Billion Over Several Months
Over the past several months, Tether reported investments of at least $1.6 billion, wrote Frank Chaparro, head of content at GSR, on X. Among the largest investments are Rumble ($785 million), Elemental Royalty ($250 million), Juventus ($150 million), Gold com ($150 million), Anchorage Digital ($100 million) and Gold Royalty (over $90 million). Tether also invested in Generative Bionics ($82 million) and Speed1 ($8 million), while the amounts for Parfin and Adecoagro are not disclosed.

$OPUL We are aware of a security incident involving the pool bridge on messina. Our team is actively investigating and working to secure all affected infrastructure.
We have identified the attacker's wallets and are coordinating with exchanges, forensics firms, and law enforcement.
More details shortly.
(from official X account)

Pump.fun Launches Tokenized Agents for Automatic Token Buyback and Burning
Pump.fun introduced the Tokenized Agents feature, which automatically buys back and burns tokens after their release. The company explained the launch by the growing number of AI agents on the blockchain and the need to accelerate the development of their economy on the platform. Users can set in advance the percentage of income for buyback, and the mechanism triggers when the accumulated sum reaches a minimum of $10.

CZ Calls for Blockchain Explorers to Hide Spam Transactions Amid Ethereum Address Attacks
CZ stated that amid rising "address poisoning" attacks on the Ethereum network, blockchain explorers should automatically filter out spam transactions and hide them from users. According to him, this is technically straightforward to implement, and Trust Wallet has already rolled out such a feature. Earlier, Etherscan warned that such attacks are becoming increasingly automated: scammers use similar addresses to trick users into sending funds to the wrong destination.

Titan Builder topped the daily revenue rankings, surpassing Tether. According to DefiLlama, the Ethereum block builder Titan Builder earned $34.5 million over the past 24 hours and took first place, ahead of Tether with $16.43 million. Earlier, a user exchanged approximately $50.43 million of aEthUSDT for AAVE via CoWSwap, but due to slippage exceeding 99%, received only about 327 aEthAAVE worth approximately 0.$36 000, while Titan Builder's profit was about 0.$34 million.

Solana Superteam USA Launched in the US to Support Entrepreneurs and Developers
Solana Superteam USA has announced the launch of an official team that will attract entrepreneurs from across the United States into the Solana ecosystem. The project was initiated by Nikki Skanz, founder of Layer33 and host of The Index Show podcast, who previously worked with NFT projects in the Solana community. He is now focused on developing the Solana developer community in the US.

Backpack will conduct TGE on March 23
Backpack announced that it will conduct TGE on March 23, the company reported on March 13.

Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum was envisioned as a "world computer," but the protocol and infrastructure still need improvement
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared that after participating in Real World Crypto, he gained a new perspective on key use cases for the network: beyond smart contracts and payments, he highlighted Ethereum's role as a common "public bulletin board" and global shared memory. According to him, the market has moved beyond the 2020–2022 phase: commissions are now very low, and the scaling plan should maintain them at this level even as the load increases. At the same ti

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🥇General Tensor raises $5 million in seed round led by Good Morning Holdings
The Bittensor infrastructure project, General Tensor, completed its initial funding round and re-closed a pre-seed round totaling $5 million. The seed round was led by Good Morning Holdings with support from Goldman Sachs, and the pre-seed round in December 2024 was led by Lvna Capital with participation from Digital Currency Group (DCG), X Ventures, Proof of Talk, and Outliers Fund. Founded in early 2024, General Tensor is developing infrastructure for mining, validation, and subnet operations within the decentral

Circle, Binance, and Gemini Join New Global Crypto Program by Mastercard
Mastercard Inc. has launched a global partnership program and invited over 85 companies from the digital assets, payments, and finance sectors to participate, including Circle, Binance, and Gemini. The initiative aims to integrate crypto payments with the Mastercard network and promote stablecoins as an alternative to traditional payment systems.