The European Central Bank announced the Appia roadmap on March 12, aiming to build a tokenized wholesale financial market anchored to central bank money. The plan will go live in 2026, with an open consultation launched and feedback welcomed to support the advancement of the digital euro project.

Gate News Announcement: On March 12, Polymarket is now live with weather prediction events in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The specific events are "Highest temperature in Shanghai on March 13" and "Highest temperature in Hong Kong on March 13." Users can participate in predictions and trade.

Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante announced during a Twitch live stream on March 11 that the token TGE is expected around March 23, with the exact date to be announced on March 12. Polymarket data shows a 100% probability that Backpack TGE will occur before the end of December and a 93% probability before the end of March.

USDC and the cross-chain transfer protocol CCTP are now live on the Ethereum L2 network Morph, supporting payments, remittances, and DeFi transactions. CCTP enables cross-chain transfer of USDC between Morph and other blockchains. The first batch of integrated partners includes a CEX, Bulba, and Stargate.

Gate News bot message, according to Gate official announcement The Gate Contract Stock Zone has launched perpetual contracts for EWJ (iShares MSCI Japan ETF) and EWY (iShares MSCI South Korea ETF) for live trading. The trading pairs are EWJ/USDT and EWY/USDT, both supporting USDT settlement. Both contract types support long and short positions with leverage from 1x to 20x, which can be selected at the time of order placement. EWJ is the iShares MSCI Japan ETF, designed to track the investment performance of an index composed of Japanese stocks, providing investors with opportunities to invest in the Japanese stock market. EWY is the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF, aimed at tracking the performance of the South Korean stock index, offering investors exposure to the South Korean stock market.

The European Central Bank released the Appia strategic roadmap on March 11, aiming to build a European tokenized financial market anchored by central bank currency. The core component, Pontes, is scheduled to go live in 2026, facilitating interconnection with TARGET payment services. Public consultation runs until April 22, and the digital euro pilot is expected to launch in 2027.

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement Gate has decided to delist trading markets for 30 tokens. After re-evaluation by the platform, these tokens were found not to meet the standards for trading. The delisted tokens include DFYN, ADIX, BOTIFY, BBLAST, UNITE, JUICE, SNIFT, THINK, DRX, JOYSTREAM, WWY, IONX, ITGR, FOR, BUZ, ANI, MOTHER, LIVE, APP, MINT, RAGE, PORK, SAY, HOUSE, 1DOLLAR, DRAC, METAL, HAPPY, TXT, UPC. Gate will suspend trading services for these tokens at 11:00 (UTC+8) on March 18, 2026, including spot trading pairs and quantitative grid trading. Deposit services have been suspended. After the market is offline, users with holdings can choose to withdraw tokens or transfer them to Gate Web3 wallets for storage. The platform will accept user buyback requests from April 1 to April 8, 2026, at the announced prices, with a maximum individual compensation of 100 USDT. After delisting, users can still use Gate as a wallet to store assets for these tokens. The specific delisting time for wallet functions will be announced separately.

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement on March 11, 2026 Gate launches "Crazy Wednesday" event, running from 14:00 on March 11, 2026, to 16:00 on March 15, 2026(UTC+8). Users can unlock blind boxes by completing multiple tasks such as flash swaps, spot trading, and futures trading, with a chance to win XPIN tokens, Airbnb gift cards, and other prizes. The blind boxes guarantee a win. During the event, Gate introduces USDT financial products with a 14-day fixed-term annualized yield of 8%. New users participating in 3-day fixed-term financial products can achieve an annualized yield of up to 100%. Additionally, cryptocurrencies like 0G, APT, AZTEC, IDOS, and others offer annualized yields of up to 300%. There are also staking activities for BTC, ETH, and SOL mining, offering a 5% bonus interest rate. Staking BTC can yield a maximum annualized return of 9.99%, staking ETH up to 9.75%, and staking SOL up to 16%.

Gate News Announcement, March 11 — According to official sources, stablecoin issuer Circle (CRCL) announced that starting March 9, the native USDC and its cross-chain transfer protocol (CCTP) are officially live on EDGE Chain. This integration will bring fully regulated, USD-backed stablecoins directly into the EDGE Chain ecosystem, offering seamless cross-chain functionality and eliminating the need for wrapped or bridged assets.

Gate News Announcement, March 10th, Elon Musk stated that the early public access version of X Money will be launched next month.