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4E: The US stock and cryptocurrency markets are recovering, with a focus this week on the US February PCE price index

ChainCatcher news reports that, according to 4E monitoring, last week the Federal Reserve's dovish remarks and Trump's statements about flexibility in the reciprocal tariff plan alternately boosted confidence in the U.S. stock market. After significant fluctuations, the three major indices collectively closed higher for the week: the Dow Jones increased by 1.2%, marking the largest weekly gain in over two months; the S&P 500 rose by 0.51%, ending a four-week losing streak; the Nasdaq slightly increased by 0.17%, halting a previous four-week decline. However, large tech stocks generally closed lower for the week, with Nvidia down 3.26%, Tesla down 0.53%, marking its ninth consecutive week of decline.The cryptocurrency market experienced fluctuations but overall showed a mild upward trend. Bitcoin rebounded after dipping near $81,000 on Tuesday, and on Thursday, driven by the Federal Reserve's dovish remarks, it surged above $87,000, reaching a new high in half a month, before oscillating mainly in the $84,000 range. This morning saw another wave of rapid increases, reporting $85,721 before the deadline, up 3.18% over the past seven days. Other major tokens mostly showed slight increases, with Ethereum striving to stabilize above $2,000, and the meme craze on the BNB chain continuing to attract attention. Signs of market recovery are gradually emerging, and investor sentiment has improved.In the forex and commodities sector, the dollar index rose by 0.34% for the week, marking its first weekly increase this month. The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the situation in the Middle East continue to escalate, with crude oil rising over 2% for two consecutive weeks. Spot gold increased by 1.31% last week, marking three consecutive weeks of gains.Last week, the Federal Reserve maintained interest rates, in line with market expectations, with guidance for two rate cuts remaining for the year, and Powell's remarks provided some comfort to the market. This week, attention will focus on the PCE price index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation indicator, to be released on Friday. Additionally, as the "tariff deadline" on April 2 approaches, uncertainty keeps the market cautious. However, once the tariff outlook becomes clearer, the prolonged market turbulence may subside.

Hibit announced the completion of a new round of financing of 5 million dollars

ChainCatcher news, Hibit announced the completion of a new round of financing of $5 million. The investors in this round include Bochsler Finance, Nvidia, Distributed Shenbo, Waterdrop Capital, Web3 Venture, Betterverse DAO, Hitters, and several well-known traditional entrepreneurs. The funds raised will be used to further improve the Hibit ecosystem, including Layer2 infrastructure, Hibit DEX, cross-chain interoperability technology, and in-depth layout of the AI Agent economy.As an independent Layer2 that seamlessly connects all chains, Hibit currently covers multiple public chains and their ecological projects, including TON, Kaspa, Solana, ETH, BTC, BNB, and ICP, providing the safest cross-chain solutions (not cross-chain bridges). In addition, Hibit DEX, as the first core landing product of the Hibit Layer2 ecosystem, integrates the advantages of CEX and DEX, achieving a smooth trading experience at the level of millions of TPS, and supports permissionless token listing and deep integration of the AI agent economy with the Meme community. The Hibit team comes from MIT and has experience in establishing one of the world's top ten centralized exchanges from 2013 to 2017.The success of this round of financing further consolidates Hibit's technological position in decentralized trading, cross-chain interoperability, and the AI economy, and will become a trusted interactive infrastructure and payment infrastructure for AI agents in the future world. Hibit will soon launch an airdrop and node sales plan, and will complete the TGE within the year.
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