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MegaETH official announced on social media that ERC-8004 has been launched on the MegaETH mainnet.MegaETH has collaborated with the Ethereum dAI team to introduce a smart agent reputation system to MegaETH. Starting today, service providers can register directly on MegaETH, be discovered in the smart agent economy, and earn rewards through accumulated trust.

YZi Labs officially stated on social media that it has noticed some accounts impersonating YZi Labs investors on the X platform. To ensure user safety, please verify through the official website, where all social accounts of YZi Labs investors are listed.

According to observations from Gate Research Institute, the current implied volatility (IV) for BTC and ETH is approximately 50% and 70%, respectively. The BTC IV is at about the 81.7% percentile over the past year, reflecting a significant increase in the options market's expectations for short-term price volatility.In the past week, the 25-Delta Skew for BTC and ETH has remained in negative territory, with a noticeable steepening at the short end, indicating an increase in short-term hedging demand and greater sensitivity to downside volatility. However, the mid-to-long-term structure remains relatively stable, suggesting a cautious sentiment rather than a trend-based bearish outlook, with the market leaning towards short-term defense and waiting for directional clarity.In the last 24 hours, large options trades for BTC and ETH have primarily involved put spreads: the largest structure for BTC is buying 75k-P / selling 80k-P for 27MAR26, approximately 1,500 BTC, with a net premium received of $370,000; for ETH, it is buying 1800-P / selling 1500-P for 27FEB26, approximately 15,000 ETH, with a net premium paid of $320,000.Gate has comprehensively upgraded its options VIP fee structure, covering all options varieties, achieving substantial fee reductions from entry-level to professional. VIP0 can enjoy lower rates without asset or trading volume thresholds, giving beginners a cost advantage from the start; during the growth phase, upgrading to lower rates can be achieved with "hundred-thousand assets, million-level trades," with thresholds far below the billion-level trading or high asset requirements of mainstream platforms; professional and institutional users at VIP10+ can enjoy industry-low rates of Maker 0% and Taker 0.015%, truly designed with options traders at the core.

According to CoinDesk, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Bitcoin futures experienced a significant price gap during the weekend market closure, providing some optimistic expectations for market bulls. Data shows that the CME Bitcoin futures price closed at around $84,445 on Friday, while the opening price when trading resumed on Sunday night dropped to $77,385, corresponding to the spot market which had previously fallen to about $75,000, thus creating a noticeable gap.Note: The CME gap refers to the price discontinuity between the closing price of the futures market and the opening price of the next trading session. Since CME futures do not trade 24/7, price jumps occur during weekends or maintenance closures when the futures market does not align with the continuously trading spot market. Historical experience shows that although CME gaps are not an absolute rule and are usually filled within a few days or weeks, this phenomenon is still regarded by traders as one of the important technical reference indicators.

BNB Chain announced on platform X that the "AI Agent Economy" has launched on BNB Chain, and the ERC-8004 infrastructure has been deployed on the BSC mainnet and testnet.This standard aims to establish a trust layer for AI agents by introducing two core components: identity registration and reputation registration, providing verifiable on-chain identity and reputation systems for autonomously operating AI agents.

The Ministry of Public Security has announced that it has drafted the "Cyber Crime Prevention Law (Draft for Public Consultation)" and is now seeking public opinions. The content includes: no individual or organization shall knowingly harbor, transfer, acquire, sell on behalf of others, or conceal and disguise funds, data, or virtual property obtained from others' online illegal activities. No individual or organization shall knowingly use funds obtained from others' illegal activities to provide capital flow services using virtual currency or other online virtual properties.

The Ministry of Public Security has announced that it has drafted the "Cyber Crime Prevention Law (Draft for Comments)" and is now publicly soliciting opinions from society, with the deadline for feedback set for March 2, 2026. The content includes: no individual or organization shall knowingly harbor, transfer, acquire, sell on behalf of others, or conceal or disguise funds, data, or virtual property obtained from others' online illegal activities.No individual or organization shall knowingly use funds obtained from others' illegal activities to provide capital flow services using virtual currency or other online virtual property for others.

According to Jin Ten, Federal Reserve Governor Mester stated that the Federal Reserve needs to cut interest rates by about 1 percentage point this year.

According to Caixin, as the rotating chair of the BRICS countries, the Reserve Bank of India has officially proposed to promote the establishment of a "BRICS Digital Currency Connectivity" system, aimed at utilizing blockchain technology to create a cross-border settlement network that bypasses the dollar and directly connects the payment systems of BRICS nations.This proposal is not simply about creating a brand new "BRICS currency," but rather a more pragmatic and operational "connectivity platform" or "settlement bridge," likely to be built on a permissioned blockchain (consortium chain). Central banks of each country will act as jointly maintained verification nodes, recording cross-border transactions on a distributed ledger, balancing sovereign control with the transparency and efficiency characteristics of blockchain.

As the rotating chair of the BRICS nations, the Reserve Bank of India has officially proposed to promote the establishment of a "BRICS Digital Currency Interconnection" system, aiming to utilize blockchain technology to create a cross-border settlement network that can bypass the US dollar and directly connect the payment systems of BRICS countries.This plan is not about issuing a brand new "BRICS currency," but is closer to a practical interconnected platform/settlement bridge, potentially based on a permissioned blockchain (consortium chain) architecture, with central banks of various countries jointly acting as verification nodes to maintain a distributed ledger, enhancing the efficiency and transparency of cross-border settlements while ensuring sovereign control.

According to China News Service, Hong Kong hosted the annual meeting of the International Criminal Police Organization's Cybercrime Expert Group for the first time. The meeting covered various topics including online extortion, artificial intelligence, and virtual asset tracking. Chief Superintendent Chow Man-ming of the Hong Kong Police Force noted the emerging trends in crimes related to virtual assets and established a virtual asset intelligence task force last year as a public-private partnership to jointly address technological challenges.The Hong Kong police have also developed a virtual asset tracking system that visualizes the virtual asset investigation process and fully supports investigators.

Ethereum Foundation AI lead Davide Crapis announced that ERC-8004 has been launched on the Ethereum mainnet. The team will deploy the singleton to all major L2s in the coming weeks.The ERC-8004 standard enables a discovery mechanism and portable reputation, allowing AI agents to interact across different organizations, ensuring that reputation circulates everywhere, thus unlocking a global AI service interoperability market.

The Optimism governance layer has passed a proposal to more closely tie the OP token to the economic performance of Superchain. This marks a significant shift in how token value and revenue usage are approached in one of Ethereum's largest Layer 2 ecosystems.According to the proposal, the Optimism Foundation will use 50% of the net revenue from the Superchain sequencer for regular buybacks of OP tokens during a 12-month pilot period starting in February. The remaining revenue will continue to support the ecosystem fund, finance projects, and operations.According to data from the Optimism on-chain governance portal, the proposal was approved with an 84.4% support rate after several days of discussion among representatives and token holders.This initiative is Optimism's first formal attempt to link the demand for OP tokens with the activities of the Superchain full network. Superchain is an ever-expanding collection of chains built on the OP Stack, including the OP mainnet, Base, Unichain, World Chain, Soneium, Ink, and more.

Regarding the upcoming AI agent new standard ERC-8004 for Ethereum, BitMine Chairman Tom Lee stated that AI agents will bring security issues in the future, and the agent system will operate outside the "walled garden" of its existing systems.How do real-world systems determine if commands are genuine? Smart contract blockchains can serve as a place to prove the origin of commands and record payment behaviors and conduct final settlements, which seems to be a powerful use case for Ethereum. Ethereum has been the only smart contract platform with 100% uptime since its inception, and 100% uptime is crucial.Earlier today, Ethereum officially announced that the ERC-8004 standard will soon be launched on the mainnet. By enabling discovery mechanisms and portable reputations, ERC-8004 allows AI agents to interact across different organizations, ensuring that reputations circulate everywhere, thereby unlocking a global AI service interoperability market.

WORLD3 has officially submitted the ERC-8118 (Agent Authorization) proposal to the Ethereum Foundation. This standard aims to provide a secure and controllable authorization mechanism for autonomous AI Agents to perform on-chain operations. ERC-8118 introduces time-limited authorizations with automatic expiration mechanisms, usage and transaction limits, as well as fine-grained permission control at the function level, allowing users to revoke authorizations at any time, thus bridging the gap between the high risks of unlimited authorizations and the cumbersome nature of one-time signature operations.Currently, ERC-8118 has undergone production-level validation on the WORLD3 platform, covering over 1 million wallets and 5.7 million transactions, and has completed peer review at the IEEE International Blockchain Conference (BRAINS 2025). This standard is compatible with all EVM-based blockchains and has entered the community public discussion phase on the Ethereum Magicians forum.

A smart contract standard for trustless AI Agent communication on Ethereum, ERC-8004, is set to be officially deployed to the Ethereum mainnet this Thursday. Marco De Rossi, head of MetaMask AI, stated in a developer Telegram group that further development of ERC-8004 has been "frozen," with plans to launch on the mainnet mid-week. The official Ethereum X account later confirmed that the protocol will be "live soon" on the mainnet.ERC-8004 (Ethereum Request for Comment) proposes a standardized way to register and verify AI Agents on-chain, allowing developers to integrate it directly into smart contracts without needing to upgrade the Ethereum network itself. The standard aims to address two core issues in the AI Agent economy: first, how to discover AI Agents in an open environment, and second, how to assess their trustworthiness. By introducing portable reputation and discovery mechanisms, ERC-8004 enables cross-organizational AI Agents to interact without the need for prior trust, thus supporting an open Agent economy.Davide Crapis, head of AI at the Ethereum Foundation, stated that Ethereum has unique platform conditions to "secure and settle AI-to-AI interactions." Developers also revealed that the standard will support Ethereum Layer 2 networks like Base in the future. With the launch of ERC-8004, AI Agents are expected to evolve from isolated tools into on-chain participants with autonomous economic behavior, laying the foundation for a decentralized AI service market.

PayPal and the National Cryptocurrency Association (NCA) survey shows that 39% of U.S. merchants have accepted cryptocurrency payments, and 84% expect it to become the norm within five years.Strong consumer demand: 88% of merchants have received inquiries from customers about cryptocurrency payments, with the highest demand from millennials (77%) and Generation Z (73%); the hospitality industry (81%) and digital goods and luxury retail (76%) lead the way. 90% of merchants stated they would accept cryptocurrency payments if the process were as simple as credit cards.Additionally, among the top 25 U.S. banks by assets, 15 have launched or announced Bitcoin custody trading services, including JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. Analysts believe that 2026 could be a turning point for cryptocurrency payments.