Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) announced that it is inviting companies to apply to join its tokenization regulatory sandbox, with the application deadline set for April 24, 2025. The DFSA is an independent regulatory authority responsible for overseeing the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). In its announcement on March 17, the DFSA stated that the sandbox initiative aims to attract companies looking to offer tokenized investment products and services. The sandbox provides a controlled environment for companies to test tokenized financial solutions under the supervision of regulatory authorities.

AI agent protocol Swarms announced the launch of Swarms API update version v4 on the X platform, which provides faster speed, higher throughput, and new endpoints. Through parallel operations, the inference time of multiple agents has been accelerated by 26%. In addition, Swarms will also release a brand new no-code multi-agent platform this week.

according to CoinDesk, BX Digital, a subsidiary of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange in Germany, has been approved by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) to operate a digital asset trading and settlement platform, becoming the first institution in Switzerland to receive such a license.

 according to Onchain Lens monitoring, after four months of silence, a whale unbonded 59,791.88 SOL tokens (7.37 million USD), and transferred 4,791.88 SOL tokens (592,000 USD) to Binance.

On March 19th, Austrian bank Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) invested millions of euros in Austrian startup Blockpit, which focuses on cryptocurrency tax. Blockpit, headquartered in Linz and led by CEO Florian Wimmer, recently announced its profitability by 2024, making it an attractive target for investors seeking to profit from the growing demand for compliant cryptocurrency services. The investment amount from RBI and Blockpit's valuation have not been disclosed.

An analyst at global asset management firm Bernstein has given an optimistic price prediction for Coinbase exchange's stock, with a target of over $310. The prediction is based on improving crypto regulatory clarity in the US, driven by President Donald Trump's administration. If Coinbase shares reach $310, it would represent a 64% increase from the current price of $188. The positive outlook comes after Trump hosted the first White House Crypto Summit and signed an executive order outlining a plan to create a Bitcoin reserve using cryptocurrency forfeited in government criminal cases. Coinbase is expected to benefit from the improving regulatory environment in the US and is described as a comprehensive platform for various crypto activities, resembling a universal bank in the world of blockchain-based financial services.

EVM transaction aggregator Enso announced that it has officially launched on the Sonic network. Enso Shortcuts is providing support for the Royco market to earn Sonic rewards. Sonic has launched the first season of Sonic Points, distributing a portion of the approximately 200 million S airdropped to its ecosystem. Royco makes earning and comparing rewards simple, while Enso handles protocol integration and deposit operations behind the scenes.

according to data monitored by Farside Investors, ARKB had a net outflow of $9 million yesterday, and Grayscale ETH had a net outflow of $9.3 million.

Fitch Ratings stated in its latest global economic outlook that it expects global economic growth to slow to 2.3% this year, well below trend levels and also below 2.9% in 2024. At the same time, Fitch Ratings lowered its forecast for US economic growth from 2.1% in December last year to 1.7%, and lowered its growth forecast for 2026 from 1.7% to 1.5%. Fitch Ratings stated that tariff increases will lead to higher prices for US consumers, lower real wages, increase business costs, and the sharp increase in policy uncertainty will impact business investment. It is estimated that the tariff impact will raise US inflation by 1% in the near term, and we believe that the Fed will delay further easing measures until the fourth quarter of 2025. We now expect the Fed to only cut interest rates once this year, but with the economy slowing and tariff levels stabilizing, we expect three more rate cuts in 2026. (FXStreet)

Ronin announced the expansion of its DeFi business and plans to gradually transform the gaming chain into a consumer chain. Ronin stated that its DeFi ecosystem will be designed in three layers, with the first layer providing infrastructure to support stablecoins, DEX, and currency markets; the second layer plans to introduce strategies such as yield opportunities, liquidity staking derivatives, perpetual contract trading, and automated liquidity management; the third layer will consist of DeFi dApps and support integration into gaming loops and consumer applications.

according to Trader T monitoring, the net inflow of the US spot Bitcoin ETF was $208.26 million yesterday.

according to Whale Alert monitoring, 134,607,656 USDC (approximately $134,590,292) was transferred from Binance to an unknown wallet at 16:17.

On March 17th, according to Lookonchain monitoring, several newly created wallets have recently withdrawn a large amount of LINK tokens from Binance. This phenomenon may be related to the recent unlocking of 14.875 million LINK tokens (approximately $216 million).

according to Mario Nawfal, social media hacking attacks in the UK have surged, with the number of related cases rising from 22,530 in 2023 to 35,434 in 2024. Hackers typically take over social media or email accounts, impersonate users, and deceive their friends into providing security codes.

Binance founder CZ posted on social media that he deleted a previously retweeted tweet because I didn't notice that it contained a token contract address (CA). Our security team has flagged it as very high risk, lacking ownership transparency, etc. We must be extra careful now.

March 17th news, according to official sources, Megabit will launch the ROAM/USDT perpetual contract with leverage of 1-75 on March 17th, 2025 at 18:00 (SGT TIME).

according to GMGN market data, only one token from pump.fun has a market value of over $1 million in the past 24 hours. According to DefiLlama data, pump.fun's protocol fee income was $791,000 yesterday, the lowest daily value since November 4, 2024.

according to the official announcement, Binance Wallet announced the launch of a 6-month fee-free trading activity.

market shows BERA breaking through $7, with the current price at $6.98, a 24-hour increase of 8.5%. The market is volatile, so please manage your risks.

Binance announced that StraitsX USD (XUSD) will be launched at 16:00 on March 19th Beijing time, and the XUSD/USDT spot trading pair will be opened.