according to Yonhap News Agency, Kim Sik-hwan, representing Wemix Foundation, a blockchain subsidiary of Wemade, admitted at an emergency meeting that they lost approximately 8.65 million WEMIX tokens (valued at about $6.22 million) due to a hacker attack.

Kevin Weil, Chief Product Officer of OpenAI, said in an interview that ChatGPT-5 will be released soon. I won't give you a specific time, but GPT-5 will appear soon. We are already working on this seriously. In addition, he also said that AI will achieve 99% code automation within this year, and will not be delayed until 2027.

according to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale continues to short the ETH/BTC trading pair. The whale withdrew 3,644 cbBTC (worth $304 million) from Coinbase and deposited 3,034 cbBTC (worth $253 million) into Aave. Then borrowed 79,638 ETH (worth $152 million) from Aave and deposited it into Coinbase.

Algorand raised $ 10M on Feb 15, 2018

On March 17th, OKX CEO Star stated that "OKX DEX is being upgraded, and aggregator trading services are temporarily suspended." OKX Web3 has implemented multiple control measures to combat abuse, including IP blocking and real-time blacklisting of addresses in restricted markets. In the future, OKX will continue to work with global partners to establish industry control standards. Star emphasized that OKX DEX aggregator does not touch or store user private keys, nor does it custody user funds. All user transactions require the use of personal private keys for signing and execution. OKX Web3 itself does not have the ability to execute any transactions or trades, playing a role in the blockchain industry similar to Chrome and Google in the internet industry, focusing on providing software and services. Many well-known companies also provide similar aggregator services, but OKX Web3 has greater influence in the industry due to community support.

On March 17th, according to 4E monitoring, under the continuous impact of Trump's tariff policy, the three major indexes of the US stock market collectively fell last week after experiencing significant volatility. The Dow fell by about 3.1%, marking its worst weekly performance since March 2023. The S&P 500 fell by 2.27% and the Nasdaq fell by 2.43%, both marking the fourth consecutive week of decline. Large-cap tech stocks, except for Nvidia rebounding by nearly 8%, all closed lower for the week.

On March 17th, according to official sources, due to service upgrades, OKX DEX has temporarily suspended aggregator trading services, and related limit orders and cross-chain orders will be automatically cancelled. The specific time for resumption will depend on the progress of the upgrade, and we will announce it as soon as the service is restored. During this period, users can still trade through third-party protocols, and other services of OKX Web3 wallet can still be used normally. Please rest assured that your funds are not affected in any way.

according to Cointelegraph, recently many cryptocurrency users have received a large number of scam emails impersonating exchanges Coinbase and Gemini. These emails claim that users must transfer their assets to a self-hosted wallet before April 1st and provide a pre-generated mnemonic phrase.

according to Spot On Chain monitoring, new whales are accumulating DeFi tokens - AUCTION, UNI, and MKR from Binance!

according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a "whale hunting operation" targeting the Hyperliquid 50x leverage whale has begun.

Atom Limbs raised 0 on Apr 22, 2021

according to the on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, after the "Hyperliquid 50x leverage whale" increased their position, the price of Bitcoin dropped by $1000, and they are currently making a profit of approximately $5.78 million.

James Howells, who is trying to recover 8000 bitcoins private key hard drives from a landfill in the UK, has had his appeal rejected again. He stated that he will seek final remedy through international human rights laws. "The Royal Court of Appeals has rejected my request. The unfair system in the UK is at play again," said the early bitcoin holder, announcing that the next step will be to appeal to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the Hyperliquid 50x whale has closed the BTC short position for profit through the TWAP strategy. Currently, in the past one and a half hours, 108 BTC short positions have been closed. Currently still holding 5500 BTC short positions, worth 455 million US dollars. PS: The TWAP (Time Weighted Average Price) strategy splits large trading orders into several small orders and executes them at fixed time intervals, reducing the impact of large orders on the market and making the average transaction price closer to the actual market price.

On March 17, news came that last Sunday, Marla Maples, the second wife of US President Donald Trump, posted on the social media platform X, calling on Trump and his team to drop the lawsuit against early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver. Videos related to the charitable work done by Roger Ver have been widely circulated on the internet, with disseminators including "Students for Trump" co-founder Ryan Fournier and many other freedom advocates.

according to a post by SlowMist YuXian, multiple users mistakenly transferred funds to the contract address of the Magma project on the Monad test network due to not switching to the correct network environment. YuXian confirmed through analysis of transaction data and smart contract code that these fund transfers occurred because users did not switch to the Monad test network when executing functions such as depositMon() and withdrawMon() for the Magma project on multiple blockchains such as Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain. This issue may have originated from the wallet application or project frontend's incomplete network switching mechanism. YuXian stated that the project team can implement a fund return mechanism by creating corresponding contracts on the relevant blockchains, and affected users should directly contact the Magma project team for assistance.

Sony's L2 network Soneium has stated that it has fixed a critical op-node error affecting L1 blob base fee calculation. All Soneium Minato node operators must upgrade their node settings by March 20 to remain compatible with the network. This upgrade will not immediately affect Soneium developers or end users.

QTV Capital is a California-based investment company specialized in funding software, data storage services, and console platforms.

James, the founder of DFG, responded to the news that the address of the suspected founder of DFG had accumulated 18.68 million US dollars worth of UNI and MKR: The address is one of Jsquare's own fund holdings, unrelated to DFG. He also stated that Jsquare recently completed a new round of fundraising of 50 million US dollars for its first-tier fund, and will invest heavily in projects in the coming months.

 Francois Villeroy de Galhau, a member of the European Central Bank's management committee, said that the US support for cryptocurrencies and non-bank finance could trigger the next financial emergency. In an interview with the French weekly "Sunday Forum", he said: "The US may commit crimes due to negligence. Financial crises often originate in the US and spread to other parts of the world. By encouraging crypto assets and non-bank finance, the US government is sowing the seeds of future unrest." Galhau added that European regulation is more secure and stated that there is no risk of a banking crisis in the EU.