Gate News Announcement: On March 22, according to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett's post on X platform, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services plans to hold a hearing on tokenization next Wednesday at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger will attend the hearing as an invited witness.

OpenClaw is an open-source AI framework created by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger that rapidly rose to prominence within three months, becoming the focal point of Nvidia's GTC conference. Nvidia's CEO called it "the most popular open-source project" and launched the security service NemoClaw to promote its enterprise adoption.

Renaiss Protocol completed a $30,000 community rewards airdrop on March 21 to reward users who participated in the Omega and RenaCrypt gacha machines. This event included 20 specific Pokémon cards and a $10,000 prize pool. Renaiss also distributed $17,000 in rewards through its collaboration with BNB Chain. The platform's total trading volume has exceeded $6 million, with over 223,800 registered users. The liquidity incentive mechanism, SuperLiquid Beta 2.0, is expected to be launched next week.

Polymarket officials revealed that they will release major news on March 24, which is expected to be related to financing or token launch. Meanwhile, the platform is in talks with investors for a new round of financing, with a valuation target of $20 billion. Recently, it has completed financing exceeding $1 billion, with a valuation reaching $22 billion.

Gate News reported that on March 21, according to CloverPool data, Bitcoin mining difficulty completed adjustment at block height 941,472 at 05:54 today. Mining difficulty decreased to 133.79 T, with a downward adjustment of 7.76%, marking the second largest decline within 2026. The current network hashrate stands at 933.51 EH/s. Analysis shows that the next Bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment is expected to occur in 14 days, with a potential decline of 0.4%.

Dark Side of the Moon's official account congratulated Cursor on the release of Composer 2 and revealed an authorized collaboration with Kimi K2.5. Cursor's co-founder confirmed the use of Kimi's foundation model, emphasizing technical details and model composition. Both founders acknowledged that failing to properly credit the foundation model source was an oversight and will improve this in the next release. Elon Musk also participated in the discussion, increasing topic visibility.

Gate News reports that on March 20, Ethereum Layer 2 network Starknet announced on the X platform that the STRK20 testnet will launch next week, with mainnet planned for late April. STRK20 aims to provide token-level privacy for assets on Starknet, supporting the issuance of privacy stablecoins and other privacy assets while balancing compliance requirements. The standard keeps transaction amounts and account balances confidential and is compatible with

Gate News reports that on March 20, cryptocurrency wallet researcher Lacie Zhang wrote an article exploring Agentic Wallets and wallet development trends over the next decade. The article points out that in 1984, Apple Macintosh replaced command-line interfaces with the mouse; in 2026, Agents are replacing the mouse and becoming the new form of interaction. This technological evolution will profoundly impact the product form and user experience of crypto wallets.

Gate News reports that on March 20, Musk stated that the X platform will release a major artificial intelligence algorithm update next week and plans to open-source it simultaneously.

Middle East tensions escalating and surging energy prices have impacted global markets, with Bitcoin experiencing significant price volatility and briefly breaking below $69,000. Federal Reserve policy has intensified market pressure, with analysts believing that rising energy prices will constrain asset performance, particularly Bitcoin. Currently, Bitcoin's trajectory depends on the macroeconomic environment, with $69,000 serving as a key short-term support level.