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According to market news, there will be $2.3 billion worth of Bitcoin options and $380 million worth of Ethereum options expiring tomorrow. The Bitcoin options Put Call Ratio is 1.69, with the maximum pain point at $69,000; the Ethereum options Put Call Ratio is 0.85, with the maximum pain point at $1,950.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), the Binance Launchpool project OPN is about to conduct its TGE. Jump Crypto and Manifold Trading appear to serve as both project investors and market makers, receiving 2.5 million and 1.5 million OPN tokens, respectively.The total number of tokens obtained by the two market makers accounts for 2% of the initial circulating supply, and some of the tokens have already been deposited to the exchange.

According to Gate market data, the S&P 500 index opened up 23.59 points on March 4 (Wednesday), an increase of 0.35%, at 6,840.22 points; the Nasdaq Composite index opened up 142.44 points, an increase of 0.63%, at 22,659.13 points; the Dow Jones index opened up 122.06 points, an increase of 0.25%, at 48,623.33 points.

Hyperbot data shows that as ETH drops below 1950 USDT, approaching the liquidation price of Brother Ma Ji, Brother Ma Ji has reduced his long position by 450 ETH in the last 10 minutes, with the current liquidation price at 1939 USD.His ETH long position is valued at 3.32 million USD, with an unrealized loss of 135,700 USD.

According to Businesswire, in response to the major shareholder's request to sell all Bitcoin and return cash to shareholders, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital officially issued a statement. It pointed out that although the company's stock price has consistently been below NAV, the management has always implemented a stock buyback plan with the interests of shareholders as the starting point. Meanwhile, major shareholder Tice P. Brown previously made false and malicious personal attacks on the management, and it clarified that ATG Capital has not communicated with any company directors or executives.Empery Digital further stated that the board and management team have conducted a comprehensive assessment of Tice P. Brown's request to liquidate all Bitcoin assets, determining that such action is not in the best interests of all shareholders and deprives them of the opportunity to gain more from future price increases. Therefore, there will be no immediate liquidation of all Bitcoin assets at this stage.According to previous news from ChainCatcher, shareholders of Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital publicly demanded the CEO's resignation and the liquidation of all BTC.

According to market news, Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed the class action lawsuit against Uniswap Labs and its founder Hayden Adams. This ruling ends a long-standing legal attempt to hold DEX developers accountable for "fraud tokens" traded on their platform.In her ruling, the judge stated that holding the creators of smart contract code responsible for third-party abuses of decentralized platforms is "illogical," and emphasized that merely providing a platform does not equate to substantial assistance in fraud. Since the plaintiffs failed to present valid legal claims even after multiple amendments to the complaint, the judge decided to "dismiss the case with prejudice," meaning the plaintiffs cannot sue again on the same grounds.Uniswap's General Counsel Brian Nistler stated that this ruling sets an important precedent for the DeFi industry, reaffirming that developers are not responsible for illegal activities conducted by third parties using open-source code.

A U.S. federal judge ruled to dismiss the remaining state law claims against Uniswap Labs and its founder Hayden Adams, ending a years-long class action lawsuit.The plaintiffs attempted to hold the platform liable for losses incurred from "scam tokens" traded on the Uniswap protocol. Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the Southern District of New York issued the ruling on Monday, dismissing the plaintiffs' second amended complaint "with prejudice," stating that the plaintiffs failed to present a viable legal claim. The court noted that the plaintiffs had multiple opportunities to amend their complaint but still could not demonstrate that Uniswap was responsible for the misconduct of unnamed third-party token issuers.The plaintiffs claimed to have suffered losses due to actions such as "rug pulls" and "pump-and-dump" schemes, arguing that Uniswap "aided fraud" by providing a platform for buyers and sellers to trade. However, the court clearly stated that merely providing a decentralized trading platform does not constitute "substantial assistance" to fraudulent activities. Judge Failla reiterated her previous view that holding developers of smart contract code responsible for the abusive actions of third parties on decentralized platforms is "logically difficult to sustain."The case was initially filed in 2022 and originally included federal securities law claims. The related securities claims were dismissed in 2023, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling, remanding the remaining state law claims to the district court for consideration. This ruling signifies the formal conclusion of the case and further tightens the boundaries of state law liability for DeFi platform developers.

Due to the Middle East war driving up oil prices and triggering inflation concerns, the currency markets reduced bets on interest rate cuts in the U.S., U.K., and Eurozone on Monday. According to swap trades linked to policy meeting dates, the likelihood of the Federal Reserve cutting rates three times in 2026 has dropped from nearly 50% last week to 20%. Traders no longer expect the Bank of England to cut rates three times this year, lowering the probability of a rate cut in March from over 80% to 60%.They also halved the probability of the European Central Bank cutting rates this year, pricing in only a 5 basis point rate cut. The rise in two-year yields in the U.S., U.K., and Germany, which are most sensitive to changes in monetary policy, has exceeded that of longer-term yields. This reflects a significant jump in inflation indicators driven by Brent crude oil prices posting their largest increase in four years.Laura Cooper, global investment strategist and head of macro credit at Newven Investment, stated, "The sustained rise in oil prices will have significant spillover effects on the global economy and inflation trajectory. A more persistent energy pulse could complicate the disinflation process and delay further rate cuts."

According to BlockSec monitoring, Inverse Finance is suspected of suffering a loss of approximately $240,000 due to an attack. YAM Finance responded in a post on platform X, stating that this incident is not a vulnerability in the Inverse contract, but rather related to the LlamaLend mechanism.According to their explanation, the attacker initiated a "donation attack" on sDOLA on LlamaLend, driving the price from about 1.188 sDOLA = 1 DOLA up to about 1.358 sDOLA = 1 DOLA, and subsequently liquidated almost all user positions that had crvUSD borrowed against sDOLA as collateral. It is still unclear why the increase in collateral value triggered liquidations, as it should logically keep users away from the liquidation line rather than bring them closer.It is worth noting that the "secondary effects" of this price anomaly are still ongoing. As a result, users who did not engage in leveraged operations on LlamaLend and only held sDOLA have seen their paper profits increase by about 14%. Additionally, DOLA is currently trading at about a 1% discount in the secondary market compared to its pegged value, and some community members suggest that borrowing users consider repaying their DOLA debts during this discount phase.

According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market has fallen across the board, with Bitcoin (BTC) down 2.21% in the last 24 hours, dropping below $67,000; Ethereum (ETH) down 3.92%, falling below $2,000.The SocialFi sector led the decline with a drop of 6.25%. Within this sector, Toncoin (TON) fell by 6.97%, and Chiliz (CHZ) decreased by 4.16%. In other sectors, the CeFi sector dropped 1.16% in 24 hours, with Cronos (CRO) down 3.47%; the DeFi sector fell 1.74%, but Hyperliquid (HYPE) rose 3.51%; the Layer1 sector decreased by 2.28%, with Zcash (ZEC) down 5.13%; the Layer2 sector fell 2.71%, with Starknet (STRK) down 6.06%; the PayFi sector dropped 3.38%, with Dash (DASH) down 5.94%; the Meme sector decreased by 3.6%, while BUILDon (B) remained relatively strong, rising 1.97%.The cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical performance show that the ssiSocialFi, ssiAI, and ssiDePIN indices increased by 6.70%, 5.22%, and 4.72%, respectively.

According to Coinglass data, in the history of Bitcoin, out of 13 "March" trends since 2013, there were 6 instances of price increases and 7 instances of price decreases. The largest increase occurred in March 2013, with a monthly increase of 172.76%; the largest decrease happened in March 2018, with a monthly decrease of 32.85%. From 2013 to the present, the average return rate of Bitcoin's "March" trend is 11.28%, with a median return rate of -1.55%.In the history of Ethereum, out of 11 "March" trends since 2016, there were 8 instances of price increases and 3 instances of price decreases. The largest increase occurred in March 2017, with a monthly increase of 214.11%; the largest decrease happened in March 2018, with a monthly decrease of 53.79%. From 2016 to the present, the average return rate of Ethereum's "March" trend is 17.07%, with a median return rate of -9.33%.

OpenAI founder Sam Altman released a content summary after the latest AMA. In response to what would happen if the U.S. government attempted to nationalize OpenAI or other AI projects, Sam Altman stated that he could not predict the outcome. While it may be more appropriate for the government to lead the development of AGI in the long term, nationalization does not seem highly likely given the current trajectory of development.However, he emphasized that establishing a close collaborative relationship between the government and AI companies is "extremely important." People often take the "assurances" regarding safety for granted, but they tend to underestimate the significant investment and effort required behind them. He believes this is generally a good thing, but more respect and understanding are still needed.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale opened 40x leveraged long positions on BTC and 20x leveraged long positions on SOL, which have faced partial liquidation. The liquidation price for the Bitcoin long position is $66,204.07, and the liquidation price for the SOL long position is $81.9.

According to NBC News: U.S. President Trump (regarding the reports of the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei) stated that we believe this is a credible report, and most of those who make all the decisions are no longer there.

According to Iranian media reports on February 28, the Supreme National Security Council of Iran issued Announcement No. 1 stating that the Iranian armed forces have firmly responded to the military actions of the United States and Israel.

Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad posted on the X platform in response to "the White House's agreement goals may fall short." He stated that Coinbase and the company's CEO Brian Armstrong have been involved in negotiations for months and have committed to several potential compromise solutions. Coinbase's core goal has always been to protect the interests of the GENIUS Act and the general American public. He also thanked Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the President's Digital Asset Advisory Council, for his efforts in pushing for problem resolution and looks forward to the smooth implementation of the President's crypto agenda.According to senior journalist Sander Lutz from crypto media Decrypt, the White House originally hoped to reach an agreement on stablecoin yield issues before the weekend, but a banking industry insider directly involved in the negotiations stated that this goal would not be achieved. The current divide between the crypto industry and banking lobbyists regarding whether stablecoins should generate yield remains significant. This controversy has become a major obstacle to advancing the crypto market structure bill and directly points to Coinbase CEO's insistence that stablecoins should be able to generate yield for users.According to previous reports from ChainCatcher, David Sacks, the White House's crypto and AI director, stated that the crypto industry has made significant concessions regarding stablecoin yields, and banks should respond accordingly.

White House Crypto and AI Director David Sacks stated, "White House Cryptocurrency Council Executive Director Patrick Witt has done an outstanding job mediating compromises between banks and the crypto industry. No one has worked harder than him to push for the passage of crypto market structure legislation.By the way, the crypto industry has made significant concessions on stablecoin yields, and now it's time for banks to respond accordingly."

White House AI and Crypto Affairs Director David Sacks stated on social media that Patrick Witt is advancing the compromise between the banking industry and the crypto sector, actively facilitating the implementation of market structure legislation.Sacks noted that the crypto industry has made significant concessions on the stablecoin yield issue and called for a corresponding response from the banking side.

Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party representative Erin Koegel recently introduced bill HF 3642, aimed at banning the placement and operation of cryptocurrency kiosks statewide. The proposal stems from multiple reports of scams targeting the elderly by local law enforcement, with some victims facing severe financial difficulties as a result. The Minnesota Department of Commerce has stated it "strongly supports" the bill and plans to introduce a broader consumer protection proposal in the coming days.Reportedly, there are currently about 350 cryptocurrency ATMs operated by 8 to 10 companies in Minnesota. Last year, the state received 70 related complaints, reporting total losses of $540,000. The bill would repeal the existing regulatory framework established in 2024, including disclosure requirements and transaction limits.