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The trading platform Bybit announced that its partnership with the Tomorrowland Brasil music festival will officially be renewed until 2027.It is reported that the 2027 Tomorrowland Brasil music festival will be held from April 30 to May 2, with the theme "Consciencia." As part of the partnership, Bybit cardholders will receive several exclusive benefits, including early ticket purchase rights, limited edition merchandise, discounts on official merchandise, and on-site drink perks.Bybit officials stated that the platform previously served as the exclusive payment partner for the festival in 2025, and future collaborations will focus on further integrating crypto finance with real-life lifestyles through seamless payment solutions. In addition, the pre-registration activities for the 2027 music festival will officially start on April 30, 2026.

According to The Block, investment firm Benchmark has initiated coverage on Securitize for the first time, giving it a buy rating with a target price of $16. Analyst Mark Palmer compared it to the "shovels and picks" of the tokenization field, believing that Securitize can benefit regardless of which type of tokenized product or issuer ultimately prevails.The report points out that tokenization is one of the most profound transformations in the capital markets since the introduction of electronic trading, and Securitize is at the core of this transformation. Currently, the company holds about 70% of the U.S. tokenization market and has partnered with leading asset management firms such as BlackRock. Securitize plans to go public on Nasdaq through a merger with Cantor Equity Partners II, with the stock ticker SECZ.

The space computing startup Starcloud announced the completion of a $170 million Series A financing round at a valuation of $1.1 billion, led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures, bringing the total financing amount to $200 million so far.It is reported that Starcloud will launch Starcloud 2 later this year, which will be equipped with multiple GPUs, including Nvidia Blackwell chips, AWS server blades, and a Bitcoin mining machine. Its CEO Philip Johnston claimed that Starcloud 2 will be the first space Bitcoin mining satellite and stated that space mining is the direction of the future.In addition, the company will also develop a data center spacecraft named Starcloud 3, which is expected to be launched by SpaceX's heavy-lift rocket "Starship."

ARK Invest's Director of Digital Asset Research, Lorenzo Valente, stated, "The importance of Musk recruiting Benji Taylor to join the X platform as Chief Designer may be underestimated by many. Benji Taylor founded the self-custody crypto wallet Family, which was later acquired by Aave, where he served as CPO, and joined Base in 2024 as Head of Design. If you only consider the basic fintech user experience, then this type of talent may not be suitable for you. It is increasingly likely that wallets, on-chain payments, and eventually DeFi will become part of X's development roadmap."

Former Base design director Benji Taylor stated that he has joined the X platform and will lead the design team, "looking forward to working closely with Elon Musk, Nikita Bier, and other team members."

Arthur Hayes posted on social media that there are a lot of fantasies about a positive outlook for the future in the current market. Personally, he certainly hopes the slaughter can stop, but he will not buy risk assets here.

CoinDesk columnist Jordan Knecht stated that some traditional financial institutions believe that staking carries risks such as penalties, outages, operational failures, and unpredictable returns, and therefore only hold spot ETH or avoid related assets.Jordan Knecht mentioned that a new generation of insurance-backed staking products is benchmarked against the Composite Ether Staking Rate (CESR) and is underwritten by regulated insurance institutions, making staked ETH closer to institutional yield products rather than a crypto experiment. He disclosed that CESR is a daily standardized benchmark interest rate developed by CoinDesk Indices and CoinFund, used to measure the average annualized return of ETH validators' staking; Chainproof collaborates with IMA Financial Group to provide policies that supplement returns when validator returns fall below CESR and provide compensation in the event of penalties, with related arrangements also used to support collateral, rebalancing, and structured strategy design based on staked ETH.

Bitget has launched the first phase of its stock trading event. During the event, both new and existing users can complete designated stock contracts, on-chain transactions, friend invitation trades, and other tasks to earn specific chances to enter a lottery, with a maximum of 26 entries. The prize pool includes popular stock airdrops, USDT, and lifetime zero-fee trading on stock contracts, among other benefits. Detailed rules have been published on the Bitget official platform, and users must click the "Join Now" button to complete registration in order to participate in the event.

On March 24th at 8 PM, a Space live broadcast focusing on "AI Agent Value Distribution Rights" will be held. As major companies deepen their model capabilities and leading public chains execute and settle, AI is transitioning from a "tool" to "self-generating revenue," sparking in-depth discussions about human roles, investment opportunities, and asset risks. This Space will invite industry guests to engage in dialogue around core topics such as how ordinary people can face the "AI profit-making" wave, the irreplaceability of transactions and operations executed by Agents, and the efficiency and risks of AI managing assets.Users are encouraged to follow the official accounts @sunpumpmeme and @Agent_SunGenX, retweet the post, and @ three friends. The official account will randomly select 5 lucky users from participants to receive a reward of 10 USDT each.

According to The Block, analysts from the research and brokerage firm Bernstein pointed out that Circle and Coinbase are the main tools for gaining exposure to the growth of stablecoins, due to the partnership between the two companies around USDC and the emerging role of stablecoins in smart agent payments, which could become an important driver of their future growth.In a report released on Monday, analysts led by Gautam Chhugani wrote, "We believe that smart agent payments provide an upside optionality for stablecoins. This is not a factor that currently has a substantial impact on the demand for stablecoins, but in the future smart agent economy, stablecoins may play a certain role." The analysts noted that so-called machine payments refer to transactions initiated, authorized, and completed by software or autonomous devices, rather than by human operation. These payments differ from automatic bill payments or subscription models; they are essentially programmatic, enabling real-time decision-making, price negotiation, and instant settlement without human intervention.Bernstein believes that stablecoins have a natural advantage in this environment because of their programmability, instant settlement capabilities, support for micropayments, and global reach. Payment logic such as escrow, conditional payments, or revenue distribution can be directly embedded in stablecoins, allowing smart agents to complete transactions without connecting to banks or waiting for confirmations.The report also pointed out that transactions can be settled in seconds, allowing AI agents to pay for computing power or data in real-time; high-throughput blockchains and state channels make large-scale micropayments economically viable; at the same time, stablecoins have cross-border attributes, eliminating the need to rely on SWIFT, correspondent banking systems, or foreign exchange conversions, thereby further reducing transaction costs.

According to Jinshi reports, the number of people continuing to claim unemployment benefits in the U.S. for the week ending March 7 was 1.857 million, slightly higher than the market expectation of 1.85 million, with the previous value revised from 1.85 million to 1.847 million.

According to Jinshi reports, Ameriprise Financial Chief Market Strategist Anthony Saglimbene stated that the Federal Reserve's policy statement and interest rate decision were in line with expectations, and the economic outlook summary and statement were slightly dovish. He pointed out that although PCE and core PCE expectations have risen, the statement still emphasizes that the economic conditions are good, with moderate job growth and a stable unemployment rate.

According to Jinshi reports, the Federal Reserve has kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.5%-3.75%, marking the second consecutive time it has held steady, in line with market expectations.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor stated, "If AI compresses terminal value and makes all moats temporary, capital will flow to assets that are not at risk of disruption. Bitcoin is digital capital, scarce, neutral, and not affected by AI disruption. In this transition, BTC should become the main beneficiary."

The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Paul Atkins, stated during his appearance on the All-In Podcast, "From my perspective, distributed ledger technology (DLT) has many potential benefits for the financial services industry, and we are at a tipping point where T+0 settlement—almost instantaneous delivery and payment, even through on-chain digital assets—could be realized. This is very exciting. To prevent issues like fraud, we may even need to set up some speed bumps. However, there are also challenges, such as liquidity issues. What does the concept of best bid and ask mean in this new system? This is one of the problems we need to solve.Our principle is: if an asset is essentially a security, even if it is tokenized, it is still a security, and federal securities laws still apply. But regulators have the responsibility to ensure that our rules truly apply to new practical uses. As the purposes of trading and methods of delivery change, we also need to make corresponding adjustments. We need to adjust the system to make it truly applicable to the new technological environment.This is exactly what we are currently working on—reviewing our regulatory rules line by line to ensure they can adapt to the development of emerging technologies. The SEC is coordinating regulation with the CFTC. For example, if an asset is a tokenized security, it falls under the SEC's regulatory framework; whereas if it is a digital currency, digital token, digital tool, or digital collectible, it falls under the CFTC's regulatory scope."

Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihua posted on platform X: "The biggest problem in the crypto industry in recent years is the decline of innovation, which stems from two aspects. First, the previous U.S. government's tightening of crypto policies, which should be resolved with the passage of the recent crypto infrastructure bill. Second, Binance's requirement for projects to adhere to a 1+3 year lock-up mechanism for crypto VCs.I believe Binance's original intention is good, fostering a long-term investment mindset. However, the consequence of this mechanism is that project parties, market makers, and exchanges run away with liquidity first, while VCs face a long unlocking period that leads to zero. VCs originally bore the greatest risks in the primary market, yet they also have to bear the risk of exiting last, which is clearly contrary to traditional investment markets. The result of this is the collective demise of crypto VCs, making it difficult for quality entrepreneurs to secure funding and reducing industry innovation.I suggest giving Zhao Changpeng a better exit mechanism for crypto VCs to activate VC capital, which will benefit industry innovation and also be more favorable for exchanges to list quality assets."

Macro strategist Mark Connors stated that if the conflict between the United States and Iran continues for months, the increase in fiscal spending, debt expansion, and declining interest rates brought about by the war could create a favorable environment for Bitcoin.Connors pointed out that wars typically require financing through the issuance of more government bonds, which will increase the supply of dollars in the financial system, thereby weakening the value of existing currencies and benefiting non-dollar assets like Bitcoin. Since mid-2025, the annualized growth rate of U.S. federal debt has been about 14%, and if this trend continues, the debt size may continue to grow by about 15% year-on-year. He believes that this ongoing debt expansion is essentially a form of "monetary dilution," which has historically been beneficial for Bitcoin's performance. Since the U.S. first launched strikes against Iran, the price of Bitcoin has risen by about 3.6%. As U.S. government debt increases and relies more on short-term bond financing, policymakers may be more inclined to lower interest rates in the future to reduce interest burdens. In an environment of "declining interest rates + ongoing debt expansion," liquidity typically improves, which is precisely the macro backdrop in which Bitcoin has historically performed strongly.