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⚖️SEC+CFTC 68-Page Joint Guidance Released: Digital Collectibles and Three Other Categories of Crypto Assets Do Not Constitute Securities
On March 18, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission jointly clarified how U.S. law applies to crypto assets, noting that most crypto assets are not securities, and introduced a token classification framework.

Iran Confirms Assassination of Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani
Iranian media has verified that Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and his son were assassinated by Israel. He is the highest-ranking Iranian official to be targeted since Khamenei. Israel's Defense Minister Katz publicly acknowledged the act and vowed to continue pursuing Iranian leaders.
As a moderate conservative, Larijani previously served as parliament speaker and participated in negotiations with the West.

Aster Chain mainnet officially launches! Derivatives trading enters the "Traceless Era" 🥷. As a mainnet designed specifically for derivatives trading, Aster Chain emphasizes default privacy protection: ZK-verifiable encrypted orders, stealth addresses, ensuring transactions are untraceable but can be selectively shared. Technical highlights include a 50ms block time, up to 100,000 TPS, zero gas fees, and support for BNB.

OpenAI and Amazon Reach Cooperation Agreement to Sell AI Products to U.S. Government ME News, March 17 — According to TheInformation, OpenAI has successfully reached a cooperation agreement with Amazon to sell artificial intelligence products to the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. government agencies through its platform, with the contract valued at several million dollars.

OpenClaw Silicon Valley Builder Meetup 🦞 As AI Agents evolve from tools into autonomously operating production units, the singularity of Web4.0 has arrived. Every individual can usher in the era of the one-person company (OPC) with intelligent systems.
This Meetup will bring together local Builders in Silicon Valley and frontline practitioners from the Asia-Pacific region to discuss the technical implementation of OpenClaw and Agentic AI

Israel Claims Airstrike Killed Iranian Senior Official Ali Larijani and Commander of Iran's Repressive Paramilitary Basij Militia
According to BBC reporting, March 17: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz and the Israeli Defense Forces claimed today that in a targeted airstrike on Tehran last night (March 16-17), they successfully killed:

From Earth to Orbit: NVIDIA to Officially Send AI Data Centers to Space 🛰
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced at GTC 2026: NVIDIA's Vera Rubin Space-1 module was showcased at the GTC conference. The module is designed specifically for orbital data centers with AI computing power reaching 25 times that of H100, supporting the landing of space AI computing applications.

Tencent Completes a "Reversal" in 5 Days: From Controversy to OpenClaw Top Sponsor 🐧 On March 12, Tencent bulk imported OpenClaw's ClawHub skill marketplace content into its self-built platform SkillHub, an action that quickly sparked controversy. OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger subsequently expressed dissatisfaction: 👉 pointing out that Tencent consumed a large amount of ClawHub's server resources without providing support Tencent AI

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NVIDIA Announces Launch of DLSS 5 Game Rendering Technology🎮 NVIDIA GeForce announced that DLSS 5 will be released in fall 2026, an AI-driven real-time neural rendering technology that injects realistic lighting and materials into game pixels, enhancing visual realism while maintaining developer control over game aesthetics. DLSS 5 works based on game frame colors and motion vectors, through end-to-end AI

Alibaba Establishes TokenHub Business Group, with CEO Wu Yongming Leading the Charge! 🇨🇳 According to a report from Southern Metropolis Daily, on March 16, Alibaba officially established the "Alibaba Token Hub (ATH) Business Group."
The business group aims to "create tokens, deliver tokens, and apply tokens" as its core objectives, with CEO Wu Yongming directly overseeing it and pushing forward the implementation of the AI strategy with full force.

Meta and Nebius Sign Major AI Infrastructure Agreement
Nebius and Meta have signed a new AI infrastructure agreement valued at up to $27 billion, in which Nebius provides $12 billion in dedicated compute capacity, and Meta commits to purchasing an additional $15 billion in capacity to accelerate the expansion of Nebius's AI cloud business, with deployment of the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform beginning in early 2027.
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The crypto market remains in the zone of extreme fear 🧭 According to Alternative data, the Cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index has risen from 8 last week to 23 today, still remaining in the zone of extreme fear, reflecting continued cautious market sentiment.

Venus Protocol Victim of THE Supply Cap Manipulation Attack, Loss of Approximately $3.7 Million! ⚠️ Allez Labs reported: The attacker was extremely patient, accumulating 84% of the supply cap over 9 months, then directly transferred to bypass the limit, creating a 53.2M THE position (3.67x the cap)! Used low liquidity recursive lending to push the TWAP oracle price to $0.53, and massively borrowed $CAKE, $BNB and other assets.

Trump Family WLFI Staking Proposal Passes with 99.12% High Vote 🦅
The World Liberty Financial (WLFI) governance staking proposal supported by the Trump family passed with a high support rate of 99.12%, requiring holders to stake tokens for at least 180 days to gain voting rights and providing USD1 stablecoin incentives.
Previously, the Trump family project locked supply + super nodes provided direct access to the team.

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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announced on X on March 15, 2026, that his AI team will release a "truly groundbreaking" achievement this week. The breakthrough may be related to Tether's QVAC framework, which focuses on on-device AI execution to protect privacy, such as health data and conversations. It has ranked in the top five on brain-computer text benchmarks and has received substantial company investment.