The outlook for U.S. monetary policy has attracted market attention, with Kevin Warsh potentially taking over as Federal Reserve Chair in May, but the Senate faces political resistance. The current slowdown in inflation and employment is intertwined, and the new chair will face complex decisions, especially regarding the risks of raising or lowering interest rates. At the same time, Powell's unresolved investigations and leadership uncertainty also impact market expectations.

Russia has recently intensified its crackdown on illegal cryptocurrency mining, uncovering a case of electricity theft using the power grid, involving approximately $9,000 worth of electricity. Nevertheless, the Russian government has not completely banned the mining industry and plans to support compliant mining through regulations to curb the impact of underground mining on the power system.

Gate News Announcement, March 11 — 23pds, Chief Information Security Officer of SlowMist Technology, posted on the X platform that OpenClaw is a filter. Companies with computing power and security capabilities will turn it into productivity, while teams lacking technical foundation will only turn it into new risks. 23pds reminds enterprises trying to fish in troubled waters and individuals riding the hype to first assess their true needs. If their original business systems and security capabilities are a mess, there’s no need to follow the trend blindly. He emphasizes that real opportunities always belong to those who understand the industry, not speculators.

Nexthop AI was founded in 2024, focusing on providing network hardware and software for AI data centers. It recently completed a $500 million funding round, with a valuation of $4.2 billion. The company is dedicated to low-power, high-efficiency network solutions and is collaborating with large data centers to develop technology.

Gate News Announcement, March 10 — Hefei High-tech Zone officially released the "Hefei High-tech Zone Action Plan for Building an Artificial Intelligence OPC Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Demonstration Zone (Draft for Comments)," introducing 15 support measures to comprehensively promote the development of open-source AI projects like OpenClaw. The initiative aims to establish a new industry benchmark for "AI + super individuals/one-person companies (OPC)." The policy offers support across five key dimensions: "space + talent + computing power + scenarios + capital," with funding support of up to 10 million yuan.

During the interview, Trump issued a tough statement on Iran's new Supreme Leader, saying that without U.S. approval, the leader "won't stay in power for long," and emphasized the need to prevent another crisis, especially avoiding Iran acquiring nuclear weapons.

Gate News Report, March 8 — Circle Global Market Head Peter Schroeder cited Enterprise Onchain data showing that over the past nine months, AI agents have completed 140 million payments with a total transaction volume of $43 million. Among these, 98.6% of transactions were settled in USDC, with an average transaction amount of $0.31. Currently, the number of AI agents with purchasing power has exceeded 400,000.

Gate News Report, March 8 — On Saturday, U.S. President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he is not interested in negotiations with Iran and proposed a possible end to the Iran war: only when Tehran no longer has operational military forces or any remaining leadership in power. Trump said, "At some point, there may be no one left in Iran to say 'surrender'."

Gate News bot message, the Pentagon designated Anthropic as a national security risk, with OpenAI replacing it within hours. As AI power consolidates among a narrowing group of corporations, an alternative stack is being constructed on-chain to counter corporate consolidation.

Rumble disclosed in its latest financial report that it holds 210.82 Bitcoin and $237.9 million in cash, with total liquidity of approximately $256.4 million. The company will collaborate with Tether to secure $100 million in advertising spending and $150 million in GPU service procurement commitments to enhance AI infrastructure and computing power.