OpenClaw maintainer Onur Solmaz announced that the platform will now support both the ACP and Codex App Server protocols simultaneously, improving interoperability. Users can directly invoke programming Agents within OpenClaw to perform tasks, offering a more flexible programming experience and marking the platform's progression toward a unified multi-protocol layer.

Ethereum will introduce the "Fast Confirmation Rules" (FCR) on March 18, enhancing the efficiency of asset transfers from Layer 1 to Layer 2, with confirmation times reduced to approximately 13 seconds. This mechanism is implemented through "fast confirmation blocks," which enhance network throughput and user experience without compromising security, and is expected to drive the adoption of L2 solutions. No hard fork is required, simplifying the deployment process.

Decentralized derivatives platform Aster launched Aster Chain on March 18, a high-performance privacy blockchain designed specifically for perpetual futures, supporting cross-chain asset deposits and emphasizing account-level privacy protection. Although the mainnet launch drove a brief surge in ASTER price, trading volume and total locked value declined significantly. Whether it can attract liquidity in the future will be key to its growth.

SlowMist and a certain CEX released an AI Agent security report indicating that security threats from AI Agents in the Web3 ecosystem are increasing, including prompt injection, supply chain risks, and task tampering. The report recommends protective measures such as enabling two-factor authentication and risk monitoring, and establishing a five-layer security governance framework.

Bitcoin Layer 2 network Stacks implemented SIP-034 upgrade on March 17, enhancing network processing capacity for certain DeFi applications by 30 times. By optimizing transaction processing limits, the upgrade significantly impacts complex DeFi applications and is expected to indirectly increase transactions and fees.

Gate News, on March 17th, payment infrastructure Pieverse launched an AI Agent Skill Shop. The shop allows users to select desired Skills, and developers can monetize their works through it. The first batch of Skills launched covers multiple platforms including PancakeSwap, Aster, and Four.Meme. Additionally, Pieverse's full-stack infrastructure layer Purr-Fect

AI visual memory startup Memories.ai announced on March 17 that it has completed a $16 million funding round and is partnering with Nvidia to leverage its vision language model to build visual memory infrastructure for wearable devices and robots. The company, founded by former Meta team members, plans to launch a large-scale visual memory model in 2025.

Gate News Report: On March 16, according to Gate's market data, as of press time, G (Gravity (by Galxe)) is trading at $0.00441016, up 29.18% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $0.00450987 and a low of $0.00317546. The 24-hour trading volume reached $32.6 million. The current market cap is approximately $46.7 million, up $10.6 million compared to yesterday. Gravity is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain built by Galxe, designed for mass adoption. The network achieves throughput exceeding 1 gigagas per second and sub-second finality through a pipelined AptosBFT consensus engine and Grevm (Gravity EVM) parallel EVM runtime.

Gate News: On March 13th, Tempo, a stablecoin public chain, added built-in account abstraction functionality at the protocol layer. This feature brings three major conveniences to users: no need for seed phrases, no need for Gas tokens, and no need for repeated transaction confirmations. For developers, account abstraction can be implemented without relying on workarounds such as middleware or smart contracts.

Gate News reports that on March 13, KiiChain, a on-chain forex trading layer, completed a $22 million financing round on January 14, led by Nimbus Capital, with participation from Super Cycle Capital, WTG Ventures, and other institutions. KiiChain is dedicated to providing global payments, 24/7 forex trading, and financial infrastructure services to enterprises and users in emerging markets.