ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, two Republican candidates supported by the U.S. crypto industry's super PAC Fairshake, Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis, have both won in the Florida congressional special election, solidifying the Republican Party's slim majority in the House.Both have publicly supported digital assets and innovation policies, with Fairshake's affiliated organization investing over $1.5 million in advertising support for them.

ChainCatcher news, the Taiwan Financial Supervisory Commission yesterday released the draft "Virtual Asset Service Act," which will undergo a 60-day public consultation.The main contents of the draft include clarifying the licensing system for virtual asset service providers, regulating the operational management requirements for service providers, establishing a framework for stablecoin issuance management, setting up anti-fraud and market manipulation regulations, and formulating illegal penalty regulations.The public consultation period is 60 days after the announcement, and it is expected to be submitted to the Executive Yuan for review by the end of June 2025.

ChainCatcher news, according to Binance's official announcement, Binance has launched the seventh collaborative project on the BNSOL Super Staking Platform, Solv Protocol (SOLV). Solv Protocol is a staking platform based on Bitcoin, supported by its innovative Staking Abstraction Layer (SAL).From March 27, 2025, 08:00 (Beijing Time) to April 11, 2025, 07:59 (Beijing Time), users holding BNSOL in their Binance account or Binance wallet or staking SOL to BNSOL will receive SOLV APR boost airdrop rewards. These rewards are additional to the base annual percentage rate (APR) of Binance SOL staking, providing users with an extra boost to their earnings.

ChainCatcher news, according to Politico, a super political action committee (Super PAC) network funded by the crypto industry will support two Republican candidates in Florida for the U.S. House special election on April 1.The network includes Fairshake, Defend American Jobs, and others. Among them, Defend American Jobs will spend $1.2 million on ads supporting Florida Senator Randy Fine.Fine previously posted on the X platform stating, "Floridians want to see crypto innovation," and called for "clear regulatory rules." This Super PAC will also invest $345,000 to support Jimmy Patronis, who plans to run for the seat of former Congressman Matt Gaetz.Patronis had previously written to the Florida Management Council, requesting a study on whether part of the state pension could be invested in digital assets.Currently, there are 4 vacant seats in the U.S. House, two of which are in Florida. If the Democrats win all the seats, the Republican majority in the House will be reduced to just one vote.

ChainCatcher news, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority of Germany announced that it has discovered serious deficiencies in the approval process of Ethena GmbH for the USDe token, and ordered immediate enforcement measures to prohibit Ethena GmbH from continuing to offer its USDe token to the public, instructing the company to have custodians freeze the corresponding asset reserves.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Bitget Wallet Swap has been fully upgraded to Super DEX, integrating smart trading, support for 130+ public chains and millions of tokens, and MEV protection, providing users with a more efficient, intelligent, and secure on-chain trading experience. Super DEX introduces smart trading tools, allowing MemeX to capture new coins on chains such as Solana, BNB, Base, and Ethereum within 60 seconds and push early signals.Super DEX aggregates liquidity from hundreds of DEXs including Uniswap, PancakeSwap, and Jupiter, ensuring optimal prices and minimal slippage. In addition, GetGas supports ETH, USDT, USDC, and BGB for gas fee payments, eliminating the need to hold multiple chain tokens and simplifying the cross-chain trading process.Super DEX has MEV protection enabled by default, preventing front-running and sandwich attacks, ensuring transaction security and stability, and integrating risk detection to automatically identify high-risk tokens. Bitget Wallet is an independent app, ensuring asset self-custody and avoiding centralized security risks.To celebrate the upgrade, Bitget Wallet will launch a trading rebate program, with the first phase being invitation-only, and plans to introduce trading activities soon to encourage more users to experience Super DEX. Additionally, a $90,000 reward event has now started, where users who recharge and trade from March 17 to 24 can share in the rewards.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the tokenized treasury products from BlackRock-Securitize, Superstate, and Centrifuge will receive funding allocations from Sky (formerly MakerDAO) as part of a $1 billion investment plan. This plan aims to accelerate the RWA tokenization applications on the DeFi lending platform Spark.According to the allocation scheme, BUIDL, issued by BlackRock and Securitize and backed by U.S. Treasuries and repurchase agreements, will receive a $500 million allocation; Superstate's USTB will receive $300 million; and Centrifuge's treasury fund JTRSY, in collaboration with asset management firms Anemoy and Janus Henderson, will receive $200 million.

ChainCatcher News: Former President Trump announced on Truth Social the appointment of current Federal Reserve Board member Michelle Bowman as the new Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve.

ChainCatcher news reports that, according to 4E monitoring, under the continuous impact of Trump's tariff policy, the three major U.S. stock indices experienced significant fluctuations last week and collectively closed lower. The Dow Jones fell about 3.1%, marking its worst weekly performance since March 2023. The S&P 500 dropped 2.27%, and the Nasdaq fell 2.43%, both marking the fourth consecutive week of decline. Large tech stocks, except for Nvidia which rebounded nearly 8%, all closed lower for the week.The cryptocurrency market was highly volatile, with Bitcoin rebounding after dipping to a recent low on Tuesday, oscillating around $83,000. U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, driving Bitcoin above $85,000, but the upward momentum could not be sustained over the weekend due to a lack of liquidity, closing at $83,144, up nearly 1.5% over the past week. Other major tokens saw slight increases, with Ethereum striving to hold above $1,900, and BNB boosted by a $2 billion investment in Abu Dhabi and a revival in on-chain memes, rising nearly 10% over the past week.In the forex commodities sector, the U.S. dollar index fell about 0.1% last week; the oil market rebounded on Friday, reversing the downward trend for the week, with U.S. oil seeing its first weekly increase in nearly two months. The shadow of the trade war triggered a rush to safe-haven assets, with spot gold reaching a high of $3,004.94 on Friday, marking the first time it has surpassed the psychological threshold of $3,000, with a cumulative increase of 2.65% for the week.U.S. inflation data for February, both CPI and PPI, came in below expectations, easing concerns about economic stagflation. However, the latest University of Michigan consumer confidence index hit its lowest level in nearly three years, indicating extreme pessimism among consumers regarding the economic outlook. This week marks the "Super Central Bank Week," with over 20 central banks set to announce their latest policy rates, with a focus on the Federal Reserve and Japan, where the market currently expects both the Fed and the Bank of Japan to maintain their interest rates.

ChainCatcher news, The Wall Street Journal quoted sources saying that President Trump’s advisory team tends to recommend Federal Reserve Governor Bowman for the position of Vice Chairman in charge of bank supervision.After Trump took office in January, Barr resigned from the position of Vice Chairman in charge of bank supervision at the Federal Reserve, retaining only the role of Governor. Trump has not nominated a successor, and the position has remained vacant. Some Republican lawmakers have been recommending the Republican Bowman for the role, and Trump’s advisors also support this idea. Trump stated in an interview on Sunday that he would announce the relevant nominee in the near future.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptonews citing BusinessKorea, the Bank of Korea plans to collaborate with the Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service to launch a pilot program involving actual transactions of central bank digital currency (CBDC) with 100,000 consumers.The pilot will involve seven major commercial banks, including Kookmin Bank, Shinhan Bank, Hana Bank, Woori Bank, NongHyup Bank, Industrial Bank of Korea, and Busan Bank. These banks will issue deposit tokens backed by CBDC for retail transactions at specific merchants, including 7-Eleven convenience stores, Kyobo Bookstore, and the delivery platform Ddaenggyeoyo.Participants will use electronic wallets to generate QR codes for transactions, with a spending limit of 1 million won (approximately 688 USD).This pilot will test the effectiveness of CBDC-backed deposit tokens in a retail environment, and its results will provide important references for other economies exploring digital currencies globally.

ChainCatcher news, according to RootData market data, the SuperRare token (RARE) has increased by 54.62% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $0.072.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, SuperRare is a marketplace for collecting and trading unique digital artworks.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, U.S. President Trump stated that he will appoint a vice chairman for Federal Reserve supervision in the near future.

ChainCatcher message, the official X account of the White House stated, "The United States will become the Bitcoin superpower in the world. America's golden age has begun!"

ChainCatcher news, according to Caixin, OpenAI has released the latest large model GPT-4.5. According to the provided documentation, the "highly emotional" GPT-4.5 performs exceptionally well in donation scams.In a test, GPT-4.5 had a much higher success rate in attempting to manipulate another model (GPT-4o) to "donate" virtual currency compared to other available models from OpenAI, including reasoning models like o1 and o3-mini.Research found that GPT-4.5 seems to have developed a concept of "small-scale scams" in adversarial situations, resulting in the amount of money scammed per instance being half that of deep research models.