Gate News reports that on March 9, asset management firm Bitwise announced that the Ethereum Foundation is using its open-source software Dirk and Vouch, developed by its on-chain staking division, for treasury staking. The Ethereum Foundation has completed its first deposit of 2,016 ETH and plans to ultimately stake approximately 70,000 ETH, worth about $140 million. This staking aims to ensure network security and client diversity through Dirk's distributed signer and Vouch's multi-client verification tools.

Post-2000s senior student BaiFu received a 30 million yuan investment from Shengda Group founder Chen Tianqiao and became the CEO of AI startup MiroFish. BaiFu's public opinion analysis tool BettaFish quickly gained popularity after launch and attracted investment. MiroFish is a multi-agent prediction engine that has completed various application simulations.

Gate News Report, March 8 — Canton co-founder Yuval Rooz stated that most smart contract networks lack sufficient activity and revenue to support their multi-billion dollar valuations. Rooz believes that stablecoins can only truly achieve product-market fit when more than half of their usage is unrelated to cryptocurrency trading.

Gate News Announcement: On March 8th, Jupiter Global announced the launch of multi-chain deposit functionality. Users can now deposit USDC via four networks: Solana, Base, Arbitrum, and Sui, with all assets consolidated into a single account.

Gate News Announcement: On March 8, the decentralized protocol OmniPact announced the completion of a $50 million private funding round, with investors including an anonymous institutional investor and a consortium of family offices. OmniPact is dedicated to building a trust layer for peer-to-peer transactions of physical and digital assets, utilizing smart contracts as on-chain guarantees to address trust issues in peer-to-peer trading. The new funds will be used to develop core contracts, multi-chain infrastructure, and related security audits. The protocol plans to launch its testnet in the first quarter of 2026.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Yan's monitoring, the lending platform Spark transferred 570,000 USDS to a new multi-signature wallet on March 5th, initiating the SPK token buyback. They have already repurchased 1.84 million SPK tokens, worth approximately $36,000. This buyback plan is expected to last 12 months, with 10% of funds each month allocated for repurchasing.

Goldman Sachs Multi-Asset Fixed Income Investment Director Lindsay Rosner stated that the Federal Reserve should be cautious about delaying interest rate cuts in the face of a weak labor market. Meanwhile, the Middle East conflict influences policy directions, and the complex interplay between inflation and U.S. employment makes the timing of rate cuts uncertain. Goldman Sachs expects to complete two rate cuts to return to a neutral interest rate.

ChainCatcher reports that since the outbreak of war in the Middle East, the US stock market has turned the tide for international investors and has performed comfortably better than the global markets this week. Traders point out that the United States' energy independence and the dollar's status as a safe-haven asset are key factors. Adam Hetts, Head of Multi-Asset Global at Janus Henderson, stated that stocks outside the US are more sensitive to geopolitical risks and oil price fluctuations, and the longer the conflict lasts, the greater the room for US stocks to outperform other markets.

ANKR (Ankr) recently increased by 17.66%, currently trading at $0.01, with a market cap of approximately $50.1 million. As a leading Web3 infrastructure provider, Ankr offers multi-chain RPC services, liquid staking, and more, handling over 8 billion RPC requests daily. Recently, it has expanded its business into the Bitcoin ecosystem and AI sector to drive long-term growth.

Aave Labs has released the security framework for Aave V4, adopting a "security-first" development approach, with security verification conducted during the architecture design phase. The plan took approximately one year, combining multi-layer audits and long-term security measures to ensure the safety of the protocol.