Gate News reports that on March 19, according to monitoring by on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a certain whale address 0x65B...5Ce93 has purchased 10811.34 ETH on-chain through Cowswap since March 6, valued at $22.58 million, with an average cost of $2088.79. Notably, in the past 13 hours alone, it purchased 4583 ETH. It's worth noting that this address had not traded ETH for 5 months prior to this.
Gate News report shows that on March 19, Trader T monitoring data indicates that yesterday (March 18) BlackRock Staking ETH ETF ($ETHB) had net inflows of 515 ETH, equivalent to approximately $1.07 million. As of now, the ETF's total holdings are 116,793 ETH, of which 69,111 ETH are staked and 47,682 ETH are unstaked.
Gate News reported that on March 19, Polymarket announced the launch of an offline space called "The Situation Room" in Washington, D.C., positioning it as the world's first themed bar focused on "situation monitoring." The venue operates like an "intelligence-version sports bar," integrating real-time X information feeds, flight radar, Bloomberg terminals, and Polymarket data screens to continuously track global hotspot events and dynamics.
Gate News Report: On March 19, the custodial agent economic control layer ClawVault announced that AI agents can now automatically pay x402 API fees using USDC. This feature will execute automatically but requires user authorization. Each payment will be reviewed through more than 30 configurable rules, including spending caps, whitelists, rate limits, approvals, and other security mechanisms.
Gate News Report: On March 19, US President Trump issued a statement saying that Israel carried out a "violent attack" on an important facility, but the US was not informed in advance of this specific action. Trump simultaneously emphasized that unless Iran launches an attack on Qatar, Israel will not further strike the South Pars gas field, a critical energy facility. Trump stated that he does not wish to authorize larger-scale violence and destruction, but warned that if Qatar's liquefied natural gas project comes under attack, the US will "without hesitation" take action in response.
Gate News reported that on March 19, the European Commission's spokesperson for digital economy affairs, Thomas Rennier, confirmed that American social media platform X had paid a €120 million fine imposed by the EU last December before the deadline, and submitted a remedial plan regarding its "blue verification" feature. The spokesperson also stated that despite X's payment of the fine, the platform is still appealing this penalty.
Multiple large addresses are concentrating positions in HYPE tokens through the Hyperliquid platform, with three major whale addresses collectively investing over 9 million dollars, each purchasing substantial amounts of HYPE at different prices.
The 2025 Turing Award is presented to IBM Fellow Charles H. Bennett and University of Montreal Professor Gilles Brassard in recognition of their pioneering contributions to quantum information science, particularly the development of the BB84 quantum key distribution protocol, which laid the foundation for quantum cryptography.
Polymarket is seeking a Chief Risk Officer to expand its regulated business in the US, in compliance with CFTC requirements. The agency's rules restrict certain controversial contracts from being listed in the US, though these contracts remain available in its international operations. Polymarket has also expanded its legal team to enhance compliance capabilities.
