Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave Labs, clarified on Sunday that they will not create a new token for the product Horizon proposed by Aave. The company recently introduced Horizon, aimed at integrating real-world assets into decentralized finance, sparking debate within the Aave community. A temperature check was conducted inviting the community to provide feedback on the release of Horizon's RWA products for institutions. The controversial part of the proposal indicated that if a token were to be created, the Aave DAO might receive a 15% allocation and revenue-sharing arrangement. This raised concerns that the new token could dilute the value of existing AAVE tokens and undermine AAVE's focus as the sole governance and utility token. The opposition was so strong that Marc Zeller of the Aave Chan Initiative publicly stated that he would not support the current form of the proposal. Kulechov clarified the situation to X, stating that the Aave DAO is not interested in introducing additional tokens, and developers will respect this consensus. With the token plan canceled, it is currently unclear whether Aave Labs will continue with the deployment of Horizon.

according to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), the SolayerLabs team transferred 6.9 million LAYER tokens to the Binance exchange in the past hour, worth approximately $8 million.

according to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin breaks through $85,000, the cumulative liquidation intensity of mainstream CEX short positions will reach 7.44 billion. Conversely, if Bitcoin falls below $82,000, the cumulative liquidation intensity of mainstream CEX long positions will reach 4.14 billion.

according to CryptoQuant data shared by on-chain analyst Ali, the total balance of addresses holding 1,000 to 10,000 Ethereum decreased from about 12.8736 million on March 11 to about 12.7467 million on March 15, a decrease of about 127,000 coins.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong recently wrote on the X platform that Coinbase is currently cooperating with 145 government agencies in the United States and 29 government agencies overseas; with the launch of the US strategic Bitcoin reserve, we are seeing more and more governments interested in this.

 ai16z founder Shaw tweeted that ElizaOS v2 1.0.0 version is currently in development and will soon release a beta version for testing. There is still a lot of work to be done before the final release, and the new version will have an app.exe so that anyone can run the agent without needing any cumbersome programs.

survey of institutions showed that analysts interviewed expect the European Central Bank to cut interest rates twice again this year, and no longer expect the bank's rates to fall below 2%. The monthly survey shows that after six rate cuts so far, the European Central Bank may still cut rates in April and June. However, unlike the previous survey, respondents expect the deposit rate (currently at 2.5%) to remain at 2% by the end of the survey period. In mid-February, a slight majority had expected rates to eventually drop to 1.75% by March 2026. European governments plan to significantly increase defense spending, which could boost sluggish economic growth and exacerbate inflation.

President Trump of the United States stated that he has no intention of exempting steel and aluminum tariffs, and indicated that equivalent tariffs and industry tariffs will be implemented on April 2. Trump told reporters on Air Force One that equivalent tariffs on U.S. trading partners will be implemented together with automobile tariffs. 

according to Arkham data, a wallet that has been dormant for 3 years sold all of its 1014.67 ETH (worth $1.92 million) for a profit of only $126,000. The wallet purchased ETH at an average price of $1771, with a peak unrealized profit of $2.3 million.

according to Cobo co-founder and CEO Shenyu's analysis, Strategy (MSTR) cleverly amplifies Bitcoin's high volatility by 2.5 times and transmits it to the US stock market. Professional institutions use this high volatility for arbitrage to gain short-term profits; MSTR obtains cash for hoarding a large amount of Bitcoin through issuing convertible bonds and ATM issuance; ordinary shareholders bear the risk of severe stock price fluctuations and short-term declines, but passively receive "Bitcoin income" with more Bitcoin per share; Bitcoin holders benefit from continuous market capital inflows and rising Bitcoin prices.

according to Coinglass data, the top net inflows of cryptocurrency spot funds in the past 24 hours are as follows:

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!