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OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger posted on the X platform that the Discrawl 0.2.0 version has been released, with significant optimizations in data synchronization speed.Currently, he has been using this tool daily to analyze the core pain points and user feedback in the OpenClaw Discord community.

According to PRNewswire, Nasdaq-listed digital asset management operator OceanPal released its annual financial report, disclosing that its balance sheet holds approximately 51.3 million NEAR tokens, in addition to 2.85 million NEAR tokens as collateral for derivative positions. OceanPal announced a partnership with NEAR Foundation for a $120 million PIPE investment last October and established a wholly-owned subsidiary, SovereignAI Services, which has total assets of approximately $85.5 million as of December 31, 2025.

Bitcoin mining company MARA announced on platform X that it will repurchase $1 billion of convertible senior notes, with the repurchase of the 2030 notes and 2031 notes expected to be completed on March 30, 2026, and March 31, 2026, respectively, depending on the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The note repurchase transaction is expected to bring approximately $88.1 million in value to the company through cash savings.MARA also announced that the company sold 15,133 bitcoins between March 4, 2026, and March 25, 2026, for a total transaction price of approximately $1.1 billion, and it is expected that the proceeds from the bitcoin sales will be used for the note repurchase transaction, with the remaining funds used for general corporate purposes.

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According to a report by Bloomberg, Kimi's parent company, Moon's Dark Side, is in the preliminary stages of considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong and has begun discussions with China International Capital Corporation and Goldman Sachs regarding the listing cooperation. The specific timing has not yet been determined, and the planning is still underway, with the possibility that it may not proceed. Both Moon's Dark Side and Goldman Sachs declined to comment, and China International Capital Corporation did not respond.After completing over $700 million in financing earlier this year, Moon's Dark Side is negotiating a new round of financing, with a scale of up to $1 billion, which would bring its valuation to approximately $18 billion after this round of funding. Its C round valuation was about $4.3 billion at the end of last year, and the valuation has since risen rapidly. Founder Yang Zhilin stated in an internal letter at the end of last year that the company has 10 billion RMB in cash and is "not in a hurry to go public in the short term." There were also rumors of a "backdoor listing" last December, which the company denied.Competitors in the same sector, Zhiyu and MiniMax (Xiyu Technology), have already gone public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and taking advantage of the investor enthusiasm generated by peers going public, Moon's Dark Side has been accelerating its financing in the private equity market.

According to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin financial services company Swan Bitcoin filed an ex parte application in the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday, seeking to issue subpoenas to Cantor Fitzgerald and its former CEO Howard Lutnick for key documents related to its failed mining joint venture project.Swan Bitcoin sued several former employees in 2024, accusing them of stealing confidential documents after collectively leaving the company to establish a competing firm, Proton Management, and allegedly persuading Tether to terminate its partnership with Swan in favor of supporting the new company. Swan claims this plan was internally referred to by former employees as the "Rain and Hellfire" plan, primarily orchestrated by former Head of Business Development Michael Holmes and former Chief Investment Officer Raphael Zagury. Swan believes that Cantor Fitzgerald, as Tether's investment banking advisor, may hold key documents related to the low-priced sale of Swan's mining joint venture project 2040 Energy assets to a Tether subsidiary.

According to Cointelegraph, a court in Texas, USA, dismissed a lawsuit filed by crypto developer Michael Lewellen. Lewellen sought a declaratory judgment from the court, stating that his developed software Pharos (used for donating to charitable crowdfunding activities) would not be prosecuted for violating money transmission laws. U.S. Chief District Judge Reed O'Connor dismissed the case on Wednesday, stating that Lewellen failed to demonstrate a credible and imminent threat of prosecution.Lewellen expressed his disappointment on the X platform, saying, "I am disappointed that the court dismissed my lawsuit today." The court's dismissal opinion also referenced a memorandum from the U.S. Department of Justice, which stated that the department would no longer prosecute virtual currency exchanges, mixing services, or offline wallets for actions or inadvertent violations by their end users. Lewellen added, "The non-binding memorandum from the Department of Justice cannot replace true legal certainty."

Bo Shen, the founder of Distributed Capital, posted on social media to publicly solicit clues related to the theft of his personal wallet and established a bounty mechanism.Bo Shen stated that his personal wallet was hacked in 2022, resulting in a loss of approximately $42 million. In the three years since the incident, his team has continued tracking efforts and has now gathered more key clues and evidence, with the on-chain flow path of the stolen assets gradually becoming clearer. This bounty program is open to all individuals and institutions, with no restrictions on identity, background, or form. Anyone who makes a substantial contribution to the recovery of the assets will receive a reward of 10% to 20% of the final recovered amount, with the specific percentage determined based on the actual contribution level.

This week, a compromise proposal regarding the yield section of the Clarity Act by U.S. Senators has sparked mixed reactions within the crypto industry. Coinbase has expressed dissatisfaction with the latest compromise text to the senator's staff but has not publicly stated opposition.The proposal was presented to stakeholders in the crypto industry on Monday, with some expressing dissatisfaction while others felt the outcome was better than expected. The proposal will instruct certain regulatory agencies to formulate rules to clarify the regulatory approach to yield-generating activities, but there are concerns that regulators may set subjective standards. Additionally, the text may limit companies' ability to tie rewards to the scale of stablecoin transactions.During this week's industry conference call, Coinbase had disagreements with other parties, with some companies believing that giving up certain stablecoin rewards is too costly, while others felt that losing the Clarity Act poses a greater risk to the overall legislative framework for the crypto industry. Previously, news related to this compromise proposal had impacted the market, with Circle's stock price dropping 20% on Tuesday and slightly rebounding on Wednesday.White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt criticized the related predictions on the X platform as "uninformed" and stated that "everything will be resolved." The final text is expected to be released this weekend or early next week.

According to Cointelegraph, cryptocurrency derivatives company STS Digital has announced the launch of a structured products platform for digital assets, with Kraken as its first distribution partner.The platform allows clients to use pre-defined yield structures and employs options-based strategies. Kraken has integrated the platform via API and utilizes it to support its dual investment products, which offer qualified clients fixed returns on Bitcoin.It is reported that on February 26, STS Digital completed a strategic financing round of $30 million, led by CMT Digital, with Kraken's parent company Payward also participating in this round of financing. The company stated that the funds will be used to expand its crypto options trading platform and institutional market access.

According to CoinDesk, Cipher Digital (CIFR) stock price rose about 9% in pre-market trading after the company announced a 15-year data center leasing agreement with an investment-grade hyperscale client and secured a revolving credit facility of up to $200 million.According to the announcement, Cipher will develop and deliver high-performance computing (HPC) facilities at its existing site in the third data center campus, further strengthening its position as a partner for AI infrastructure for large tech companies. In terms of financing, the company has secured a revolving credit facility supported by a syndicate of global banks, with a total size of up to $200 million, along with a $50 million additional expansion option, providing non-dilutive funding support for its expansion, liquidity management, and future growth.

According to official social media news, Huobi HTX will hold a live broadcast today at 20:00 (UTC+8) on the theme "Institutional Acceleration: Is the Macro Pricing Power of BTC and ETH Shifting?" At that time, crypto KOLs such as Crypto.0824, DaDa, Xiao Jinbao, and Da Lin will be invited to attend and discuss popular topics such as the pricing logic of Bitcoin and Ethereum against the backdrop of continuous inflow of institutional funds, on-chain capital flows, ETFs, and the reshaping of the valuation system of crypto assets by macro liquidity.

OpenAI announced the closure of the AI video generation platform Sora's application and API, citing that the company will shift its focus to world simulation research to advance robotics technology. Sora debuted in February 2024 as a text-to-video tool, later expanding into an independent social video platform, and added a "cameos" feature for users to embed AI scenes, but the daily operating costs reached approximately $15 million.The closure decision simultaneously terminated a major collaboration—Disney had originally planned to invest $1 billion to license OpenAI to use over 250 Disney characters to create AI videos. Disney stated that it respects OpenAI's decision and will continue to explore other AI collaboration opportunities. OpenAI emphasized that the AI image generation feature within ChatGPT will not be affected and will announce the timeline for the closure of the application and API, as well as the user data retention plan.

According to market news, Circle recently froze the USDC balances in 16 hot wallets belonging to multiple companies.This freeze stems from a civil lawsuit in the United States, the details of which have not been made public. The relevant information was confirmed directly to ZachXBT by one of the affected companies. ZachXBT believes that these wallets, which are involved in exchanges, casinos, foreign exchange, and other businesses, do not have obvious connections to each other, questioning whether Circle adequately reviewed the freeze request, and stated that the relevant wallets are operational hot wallets used by businesses to handle a large number of user transactions, and the freeze has impacted their daily operations.

According to Jiemian News, OpenAI plans to discontinue the Sora standalone application six months after its high-profile launch to streamline its artificial intelligence product line. The company launched the Sora application at the end of September last year, promising users a more convenient way to generate and share realistic AI videos in a quasi-social network.This free application quickly topped the Apple App Store rankings but has since fallen in rank. In addition to shutting down this standalone application, OpenAI will also close the application programming interface (API) for developers using Sora.

Bybit announced that it will co-host an online live broadcast today on the Bybit official website and X platform with DefiLlama Research (DL Research), reviewing the "2025 World Cryptocurrency Application Index Report" previously released by both parties.It is reported that this live broadcast will be participated by Bybit's Chief Market Analyst Han Tan and the DL Research research team members Seb and Stan. The core topics will focus on the recent dramatic changes in the global situation and the trends in the cryptocurrency market, with a particular emphasis on the performance and resilience of cryptocurrencies in geopolitical conflicts, the current development status of the stablecoin ecosystem, new trends in RWA and tokenization applications, as well as the specific performance of the Middle Eastern market, represented by the UAE, under the current geopolitical "stress test."

Aave DAO has officially initiated the community discussion process for the deployment of Aave V4 through the Aave Request for Comment (ARFC) proposal vote. This proposal received 100% support on the governance platform, marking a key step for the protocol towards a new round of significant upgrades.The ARFC is a non-binding phase aimed at collecting community feedback and optimizing the proposal, after which it will enter the formal on-chain Aave Improvement Proposal (AIP) voting and mainnet launch process. Aave V4 is expected to be deployed this year. This upgrade will introduce a brand new Hub and Spoke architecture, integrating liquidity through a unified Liquidity Hub, with multiple Spoke modules defining different lending rules, risk parameters, and collateral strategies, thereby enhancing capital efficiency and achieving more refined risk isolation.In addition, V4 will address the issue of liquidity fragmentation in the existing protocol, support a richer market structure, strengthen the integration of the native stablecoin GHO, and upgrade the liquidation mechanism. Aave stated that this architecture will evolve the protocol from a single lending model to a more flexible on-chain financial infrastructure, enhancing liquidity depth and risk pricing capabilities.

According to official news, the AI-based cryptocurrency distribution operating system PeakAI has completed a $2 million seed round financing, with investments from Cogitent Ventures, Covey, CatcherVC, 10K Ventures, MARBLEX, PAKA, and ViaBTC Capital.It is reported that since its launch, PeakAI has attracted over 100,000 creators, generating more than 200 million views on TikTok and X platforms, and driving real growth for partner projects.

According to Bloomberg, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has submitted two proposed rules to the Office of Management and Budget at the White House, concerning the digital asset industry and the disclosure requirements for hedge funds and private equity funds. Among them, the digital asset proposal includes an "innovation exemption" mechanism that allows relevant companies to be exempt from registering as regulated entities such as brokers or exchanges for a certain period.The other rule adjusts Form PF, which is used for disclosing fund performance and risks. In addition, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins had previously postponed the effective date of the new Form PF regulations to October 1 and stated that he would explore ways to reduce the disclosure burden.