Gate News Report: On March 18, xStocks announced on the X platform that its points system xPoints now has the query function open. Users can automatically accumulate points through three ways: holding tokenized stocks in wallets, establishing positions in the lending market, and providing liquidity to decentralized exchanges (DEX). xStocks stated that it will announce more partnership information in the coming weeks.

Gate News bot message, according to Gate official announcement Gate announced the delisting of 27 tokens that do not meet trading standards. The involved tokens include FURY, SYLO, GEC, SLICE, NAOS, BITCAT, RENA, SAVM, TRG, CHER, TAPROOT, VALUE, SOP, NLC, MPT, NAM, MOONPIG, AA, GGG, SMOLE, MPH, GPUAI, ALPACA, ROOM, ZBU, TCT, CSKY, etc. The related spot trading pairs and quantitative grid trading will also be delisted simultaneously. Gate has suspended deposit services for the above tokens and will suspend trading services on 2026-03-24 11:00 (UTC+8). Users holding these tokens can withdraw them before the delisting or transfer assets to Gate Web3 wallet for permanent storage. Users with holdings of the relevant tokens still stored on Gate after 2026-04-07 can submit applications to participate in the buyback between 2026-04-07 and 2026-04-14, with a maximum individual compensation amount of 100 USDT.

Berita Gate News, pada 17 Maret, Bitcoin mencatat 8 hari perdagangan naik berturut-turut sejak 9 Maret, ini adalah pertama kalinya dalam 4 tahun terakhir. Menurut data glassnode, secara historis Bitcoin mengalami minimal 8 kali kenaikan berturut-turut sebanyak 15 kali, setelahnya dalam 30 hari terjadi 9 kali kenaikan dan 6 kali penurunan, dengan kenaikan median dalam 30 hari sekitar 19%.

Bitcoin early educator Andreas Antonopoulos announced a pause on all new content production and live streaming due to health reasons, though his Patreon page will be retained to maintain existing resources. He has long struggled with migraines, which have impacted his public content creation. As an influential figure in the Bitcoin space, Antonopoulos has advanced the popularization of Bitcoin knowledge and was once questioned for not profiting from his advocacy, ultimately receiving community support. His temporary departure has prompted industry reflection on dependence on knowledge disseminators.

British merchant Ping Fai Yuen is suing his ex-wife for stealing his Bitcoin seed phrase and transferring assets worth approximately $172 million. The case is currently being heard in court and involves legal issues of privacy surveillance and misappropriation of property. This incident reveals security vulnerabilities in the self-custody model of crypto assets.

Gate News reports that on March 17, as the crypto market warmed up, Korean investors showed a trend of capital flowing back from the stock market to the crypto circle. According to CoinGecko data, a South Korean CEX recorded a 24-hour trading volume of $25.43 billion, with a surge of 81.7% in a single day. Data shows that the most actively traded token on the exchange is XRP, accounting for 18.07% of trading volume. XRP has recently outperformed typical altcoins, with a weekly gain of 11%.

Lido is advancing a community staking module upgrade by introducing the "Identified DVT Cluster" (IDVTC) mechanism to optimize Ethereum staking structure, lower participation barriers, and enhance network security and stability. Each IDVTC comprises vetted stakers and leverages Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) to reduce systemic risk and improve decentralization. This feature will launch in 2026, demonstrating Lido's commitment to enhancing system resilience through architectural optimization and maintaining competitiveness.

Pendiri Liquid Capital Yi Lihua menyatakan sedang mempersiapkan dana baru, mengadopsi strategi posisi penuh untuk melihat pemulihan, percaya bahwa pemulihan BTC ke 85,000 dan 90,000 dolar AS adalah wajar. Dia berbagi pengalaman sepuluh tahun di industri kripto, menekankan pentingnya mentalitas yang baik dan integritas pribadi.

Startup AI visual memory Memories.ai announced on March 17 that it completed $16 million in financing and partnered with Nvidia to build visual memory infrastructure for wearable devices and robots using its visual language model. The company was founded by former Meta team members and plans to launch a large-scale visual memory model in 2025.

Gate News bot message, according to Gate official announcement Gate has launched CFG contract trading functionality, including CFG perpetual contracts live trading (USDT settlement), supporting 1-20x leverage. Meanwhile, in margin lending, Gate has added CFG unified account borrowing, isolated margin trading pairs, and launched CFG余币宝 financial services, current deposit collateral borrowing, and fixed-term collateral borrowing features. Additionally, Gate has introduced a Flash Swap feature for CFG, allowing users to exchange CFG for USDT or other tokens supported by Flash Swap. Regarding dollar-cost averaging, the platform has opened CFG DCA functionality, supporting multiple DCA cycles such as hourly and daily. The aforementioned perpetual contracts have enabled copy trading and trading bot services.