ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR/STRK) announced that it has completed the pricing of 10.00% Series A perpetual preferred stock (ticker: $STRF). The company will issue 8.5 million shares at a public offering price of $85.00 per share, increasing the offering size from the originally planned $500 million to $722.5 million.It is reported that this issuance is expected to complete settlement on March 25, 2025, and the company estimates a net fundraising amount of approximately $711.2 million (after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions, and the company's estimated offering expenses). Strategy stated that the funds raised will be used for general corporate purposes, including Bitcoin acquisitions and working capital.

ChainCatcher news, NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin attended the NVIDIA GTC conference and shared the latest research findings of NEAR AI in achieving confidential machine learning and decentralized AI computing.New cloud approaches can be used to train, fine-tune, and utilize AI models and agents, addressing several key challenges today: privacy (users can use AI models without disclosing personal data to the entity hosting the model), open source (models are open, transparent, and verifiable), sustainable economy (model creators can earn income from their work even in a decentralized environment), and community collaboration (groups can collaboratively develop AI models, sharing costs and profits without requiring absolute trust among participants).

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Mt. Gox founder and Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb recently disclosed the latest progress of his space station company Vast, aiming to push humanity to become a multi-planetary species. In an interview with Bloomberg, he stated that Vast plans to launch its still-under-construction commercial space station Haven-1 into orbit by May 2026 at the latest.If Vast succeeds, it is expected to win a lucrative contract from NASA to replace the International Space Station, which is anticipated to be awarded in mid-2026; if it fails, McCaleb could lose $1 billion, and its business prospects would be impacted. He stated, "Few are willing to take on such high resource investment and risk as I am."Vast is building spacecraft with the help of SpaceX technology, including docking adapters, a Starlink-based space WiFi system, and has booked SpaceX launch missions to transport equipment and astronauts (pending NASA approval). Currently, Vast is competing with companies such as Axiom Space, Voyager Space, Lockheed Martin, and Blue Origin, founded by Bezos, for NASA's next phase contract.

ChainCatcher message, based on Solana's decentralized exchange Meteora announced on the X platform that two proposals for the MET token have been released.The first proposal is called "LP Incentive Program," which aims to increase the MET allocation for liquidity providers from 10% to 15%.The second proposal suggests allocating 20% of the MET supply to the team as part of a long-term incentive structure, with this allocation vesting over 6 years from the TGE; additionally, 2% of the team's 20% MET allocation will be set aside for M3M3 stakeholders (i.e., M3M3 holders and M3M3 equity holders), with this allocation occurring after a 1-year cliff or one year after the TGE, and it is committed to excluding M3M3 bad actors from this allocation.

ChainCatcher news, according to a notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Nasdaq Stock Exchange has submitted a rule change proposal to list and trade shares of the 21Shares spot Polkadot ETF under Nasdaq Rule 5711(d) ("Commodity Trust Shares"). The SEC has officially accepted the application and is soliciting public comments.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Volatility Shares will launch two Solana (SOL) futures ETFs on March 20, namely the Volatility Shares Solana ETF (SOLZ) and the Volatility Shares 2X Solana ETF (SOLT).According to documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the management fee for the Volatility Shares Solana ETF (SOLZ) is 0.95% until June 30, 2026, after which the management fee will increase to 1.15%. The Volatility Shares 2X Solana ETF will offer investors 2x leverage, with a management fee of 1.85%.This application is the first ETF based on Solana in the U.S., following the launch of SOL futures contracts by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group.

ChainCatcher news, according to Sensor Tower data, as of March 18, 2025, Trust Wallet's download share in March is 35.09%, ranking first in the mainstream crypto wallet download list.It is reported that Trust Wallet has accumulated over 200 million downloads to date, with more than 15 million monthly active users, primarily distributed in regions such as Europe and the United States.

ChainCatcher news, according to the latest data from analyst @lz_web3 on the data platform Dune.com, on March 18, Binance wallet's on-chain transaction volume reached $90.56 million in a single day, accounting for 54.1% of the total transaction volume in the crypto wallet sector that day, ranking first in the market.The data shows that the second-ranked GMGN wallet had a transaction volume of $38.679 million that day, approximately 42.7% of Binance wallet's transaction volume. In terms of active trading users, Binance wallet leads with 28,103 users, accounting for 29.5% of the total active traders in the sector.Currently, Binance wallet supports 18 public chains, including BNB Smart Chain and Ethereum, with its daily transaction volume increasing more than 24 times compared to early March.

ChainCatcher news, Bitget launches the "24-Hour Flash Trading Competition," with the first project being Bubblemaps (BMT). The prize pool consists of all the transaction fees paid by users for BMT trading during the event.During the event, users who trade BMT with a volume of ≥ 500 USDT can participate in the BMT trading volume ranking. The user ranked 1st in trading volume will receive 50% of the event prize pool. Users ranked 2nd to 101st will share 50% of the event prize pool. The event runs from March 18, 23:00 to March 19, 23:00 (UTC+8).

ChainCatcher news, according to official documents, Nasdaq has submitted the 19b-4 form for 21Shares' Polkadot ETF application to the SEC.

ChainCatcher news, according to SEC filings, MicroStrategy Inc announced that it will issue an additional 5 million shares of Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock to raise funds to continue executing its Bitcoin reserve strategy.

ChainCatcher message, according to official news, MEXC has launched an airdrop+ event sharing 420,000 BMT and 50,000 USDT. The event is ongoing and will end on March 21, 2025, at 15:00 (UTC+8).MEXC first launched the innovation zone on March 11 at 19:10 (UTC+8). On March 12 at 18:00 (UTC+8), it introduced flash swaps. Since its launch, the price of BMT has rapidly increased, with a peak price exceeding $0.348. According to CMC data, MEXC ranks first in 24-hour BMT spot trading among centralized exchanges.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinShares' latest weekly report, digital asset investment products have experienced fund outflows for the fifth consecutive week, with a total outflow of $1.7 billion last week, bringing the total outflow during this negative trend to $6.4 billion. This also marks the 17th consecutive day of outflows, setting a record for the longest negative streak since records began in 2015.The report notes that despite the continued negative market sentiment, year-to-date inflows remain positive at $912 million. After this round of price adjustments and ongoing outflows, total assets under management (AuM) have decreased by $48 billion. Bitcoin saw an additional outflow of $978 million, bringing the total outflow over the past five weeks to $5.4 billion. Ethereum and Solana experienced outflows of $175 million and $2.2 million, respectively.

ChainCatcher news, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao retweeted a video released by BNB Chain last year on how to issue BEP20 tokens, stating, "These should now directly become a prompt for AI robots. I remember there are already several such AI robots on BNB Chain."

ChainCatcher news, according to Coindesk, cryptocurrency asset management company 21Shares plans to liquidate two actively managed exchange-traded funds linked to Bitcoin and Ethereum futures amid a general market downturn: ARK 21Shares Active On-Chain Bitcoin Strategy ETF (ARKC) and ARK 21Shares Active Bitcoin Ethereum Strategy ETF (ARKY). Investors can trade shares before the market closes on March 27, with liquidation expected to occur around March 28.It is reported that this decision was made after $1.66 billion flowed out of the U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs this month.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Goldman Sachs mentioned cryptocurrencies in its annual shareholder letter, acknowledging their increasingly important role in financial markets and competition.Goldman Sachs stated in the letter: "The growth of electronic trading and the introduction of new products and technologies, including trading and distributed ledger technology (such as cryptocurrencies) as well as artificial intelligence technology, have intensified competition." "In some cases, our competitors may offer financial products that we do not provide, which our clients may prefer, including cryptocurrencies and other digital assets that we cannot or may choose not to offer."While emphasizing the growing popularity of blockchain and digital assets, the company warned of potential risks, including cybersecurity vulnerabilities and market volatility. "Although the prevalence and application of distributed ledger technology, cryptocurrencies, and similar technologies are continuously expanding, these technologies are still in their infancy and may be susceptible to cyberattacks or have other inherent weaknesses."The letter also warned that the company faces risks in assisting clients with activities involving blockchain financial products, investing in related companies, and accepting digital assets as collateral.

ChainCatcher news, according to Globenewswire, 21Shares US LLC announced plans to liquidate two Bitcoin futures and Ethereum futures ETFs, namely the ARK 21Shares Active Bitcoin Ethereum Strategy ETF (Cboe BZX: ARKY) and the ARK 21Shares Active On-Chain Bitcoin Strategy ETF (Cboe BZX: ARKC). Shareholders may sell their holdings in the funds before the end of the trading day on Thursday, March 27, 2025, and such transactions may incur regular brokerage fees. The last trading day for both funds is March 27, 2025. The funds will be liquidated around March 28, 2025. Shareholders who continue to hold fund shares on the liquidation date will receive a liquidation distribution, the value of which equals their proportionate interest in the fund on that date. Shareholders receiving liquidation distributions will typically realize capital gains or losses equivalent to the net asset value of their shares.Additionally, 21Shares stated that this move is based on a routine review of the company's product lineup to ensure it aligns with market dynamics, customer demands, and the mature digital asset landscape. 21Shares and the fund's investment sub-advisor ARK Invest remain loyal partners and look forward to advancing regulated cryptocurrency products in the U.S. market.

According to ChainCatcher news and the official announcement, the 5th phase of Huobi HTX's staking borrowing "Lending is Mining" activity will officially start from March 14, 10:00 to March 31, 23:59 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to 5,000,000,000 $HTX. During the event, users participating in the USDT lending product can share the prize pool based on the proportion of interest expenses, with higher cumulative interest expenses leading to more rewards. Rewards will be distributed to spot accounts within 7 working days after the event ends.It is reported that Huobi HTX's USDT lending product has added 19 mainstream stakable cryptocurrencies, including LTC, TRX, DOGE, XRP, SOL, etc. At the same time, it supports users to enjoy ultra-low interest rates for large-scale borrowing, with flexible operations allowing for on-demand borrowing and repayment, meeting users' diverse lending needs.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal cited by CoinDesk on Thursday, a representative of the Trump family has been in negotiations to acquire a stake in Binance's U.S. subsidiary. The report cites sources familiar with the matter, stating that the stake may be acquired through World Liberty Financial, a crypto project supported by the Trump family.Steve Witkoff, a friend of the U.S. president, is involved in the transaction negotiations. The talks began last year when Binance reached out to Trump's allies, proposing an agreement with the family to allow the cryptocurrency exchange to return to the U.S. Binance.US did not respond to a request for comment at the time of publication.