Important news from last night and this morning (March 9th - March 10th)

Zhao Changpeng jokingly commented on OpenClaw: It claims that after installation you "don't need to do anything," but in reality, it takes a lot of time to debug.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao posted on the X platform: "They claim that after installing OpenClaw, you don't need to do anything. But all the time after that was spent adjusting that OpenClaw that couldn't do anything."

Trump: If Iran blocks oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, the US will launch a strike twenty times stronger than it currently would.

According to Jinshi News, US President Trump stated that if Iran does anything to obstruct oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz, they will face a strike from the US twenty times greater than it currently does. Furthermore, we will destroy those highly vulnerable targets, making it virtually impossible for Iran to rebuild as a nation.

Sky co-founder Rune Christensen's long positions in CL are currently showing a paper loss of over $500,000.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the situation has quickly reversed. Sky co-founder Rune Christensen's long position in crude oil-related crude oil futures (CL) is currently showing a floating loss of over $500,000, while Hypurrfun founder Loracle's short position in CL is currently showing a floating profit of $500,000. Previously, yesterday's news indicated that Sky co-founder Rune Christensen had a floating profit of over $1 million on his long crude oil position.

Trump pressures Congress with voter identity bill, creating uncertainty for the crypto CLARITY bill.

According to CoinDesk, US President Trump has threatened not to sign any other bills until Congress passes his priority voter identity bill. This stance introduces uncertainty into the CLARITY bill, a crypto market structure bill currently awaiting Senate approval. Trump stated at a Republican convention in Florida that he was willing to wait until the CLARITY bill is passed before signing other laws. Trump's SAVE America bill aims to set new hurdles for US voting, including identity verification, citizenship verification requirements, and stricter restrictions on mail-in ballots. He claims the bill will secure a Republican advantage in the midterm elections. The bill has already passed the House of Representatives, but faces obstacles in the Senate. The CLARITY bill, a long-standing policy goal pushed by the crypto industry, is currently being negotiated by the Senate Banking Committee.

A wallet belonging to Bitmine transferred 5,300 ETH to Coinbase Prime 3 hours ago.

According to on-chain analyst Ember, a wallet labeled as belonging to Bitmine transferred 5,300 ETH ($10.75 million) to Coinbase Prime three hours ago. It's worth noting that Bitmine increased its ETH holdings by 61,000 ($123 million) last week. Ember believes the wallet in question may be incorrectly labeled, or Bitmine may be trying to stake directly through Coinbase Prime.

Daily trading volume for crude oil-related CL-USDC contracts on Hyperliquid has surpassed $1.2 billion, making it its second-largest trading market.

According to Bloomberg, as escalating conflict in the Middle East disrupts global supply chains, the CL-USDC contract, which tracks WTI crude oil perpetual contracts, saw trading volume surpass $1.2 billion in the past 24 hours on the cryptocurrency exchange Hyperliquid, becoming the platform's second-largest trading market after Bitcoin. This contract tracks West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices, which rose to $107 per barrel on Sunday, providing a real-time pricing signal for the escalating situation in Iran hours before Wall Street opened. Coinglass data shows that nearly $75 million in short positions were liquidated over the past day as prices rose. The contract's daily trading volume surged from approximately $21 million before the US-Israel strikes against Iran, with open interest reaching $183 million.

SlowMist: Attackers poison Bing AI search results, tricking users into downloading a fake OpenClaw to steal assets.

23pds, Chief Information Security Officer of SlowMist Technology, posted on the X platform that attackers poisoned Bing AI search results, inducing users to download and install fake OpenClaw programs, thereby stealing users' encrypted assets and sensitive information.

Nvidia plans to launch NemoClaw, an open-source AI agent platform.

According to WIRED, sources familiar with the matter revealed that Nvidia is planning to launch an open-source AI agent platform called NemoClaw. This platform will allow enterprise software companies to dispatch AI agents to perform tasks for employees, accessible regardless of whether their products run on Nvidia chips. Nvidia has approached companies such as Salesforce, Cisco, Google, Adobe, and CrowdStrike for collaboration and will provide security and privacy tools as part of the platform. This move comes amid growing industry interest in "claws"—open-source AI tools that run on a user's local machine and perform sequential tasks, capable of self-learning and automatically improving over time.

Trump press conference: Military action against Iran will end soon; oil price increase less than expected.

According to Jinshi News, US President Trump stated at a press conference in Miami, Florida, that the US military action against Iran would end "soon." Trump also claimed he knew oil and gas prices would rise, but the increase was less than he expected (overnight crude oil prices fell sharply); he expressed "disappointment" with the new Iranian leader; and that if Iran disrupts oil supplies, the US would retaliate more severely, lifting some sanctions to lower oil prices. Notably, Trump claimed that Iran also possesses Tomahawk missiles, citing the attack on a girls' school in Iran. Regarding the situation in the Americas, Trump again threatened Cuba at the press conference and announced that he would remove another 100 million barrels of oil from Venezuela. Previously, market reports indicated that US President Trump hinted at support for striking Iran's new Supreme Leader.

The Bhutanese government transferred 175 bitcoins, worth approximately US$11.85 million, last night.

According to The Block, Arkham data shows that around 7:56 PM Beijing time on March 9th, the Bhutanese government transferred 175 bitcoins, worth approximately $11.85 million. This is the latest move following a transfer of $6.8 million last month, bringing the total amount of bitcoin transferred by the country since 2026 to approximately $42.5 million. The Bhutanese government currently holds approximately 5,400 bitcoins, worth approximately $374 million, managed by the sovereign wealth fund Druk Holding & Investments. Arkham notes that Bhutan regularly sells some of its bitcoins in increments of $5 million to $10 million. This recent transfer is smaller compared to the over $60 million transferred in four days last July.

Vitalik: The Ethereum Foundation is staking 72,000 ETH using DVT-lite technology.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin announced on the X platform that the Ethereum Foundation is staking 72,000 ETH using DVT-lite technology. Vitalik stated that he hopes this project will greatly simplify and streamline institutional distributed staking for organizations—users select the computer running the node, create a configuration file containing the same key, and then everything is automated. Vitalik emphasized that the idea of ​​viewing infrastructure operation as complex and requiring "professional" operation is anti-decentralized and must be directly challenged. The ideal model would be a Docker container or NIX image where each node enters the same key with a single click or via command line; nodes automatically discover each other, complete network configuration, distributed key generation, and begin staking.

Aon is testing with Coinbase and Paxos the use of USDC and PYUSD to pay insurance premiums.

According to CoinDesk, global insurance brokerage giant Aon, in collaboration with Coinbase and Paxos, has completed a proof-of-concept test of stablecoin premium payments, using USDC (Ethereum) and PayPal USD (PYUSD, Solana) to settle insurance premiums. Aon states that this is the first time a major global insurance brokerage has experimented with stablecoins for premium settlement. Currently, cross-border premium settlements largely rely on bank clearing, which can take several days. This test aims to evaluate the potential advantages of on-chain payments in terms of settlement efficiency, cost, and transparency, and to prepare for the future introduction of stablecoins into the existing financial system, against the backdrop of the US passing the Genius Act, which establishes a federal regulatory framework for stablecoin issuers.

G7 statement: "Ready at any time" to release oil reserves if necessary.

The G7 finance ministers stated that they are prepared to take all necessary measures to support global energy supplies, including releasing strategic oil reserves. In a statement, the organization said, "We will continue to closely monitor the situation and developments in energy markets, and will meet as needed to exchange information and coordinate within the G7 and with international partners. We stand ready to take necessary measures, including releasing reserves, to support global energy supplies." The G7 finance ministers held a video conference on Monday to discuss the Middle East conflict, its impact on regional stability, the global economic situation and financial markets, and the importance of securing trade routes. Officials from the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the International Energy Agency also participated in the discussion.

Anthropic sued the U.S. government, demanding the removal of the blacklist and the restoration of its federal contracts.

Lawsuit documents show that Anthropic is asking the court to issue an order to overturn the U.S. Department of Defense's blacklisting of the company and reinstate its federal contracts. Anthropic argues that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right to set ethical boundaries for one's technology without retaliation. Anthropic sued the U.S. government after being designated a "supply chain risk" company for refusing to remove security barriers.

The USDC Treasury issued 250 million new USDC tokens on Solana.

According to Whale Alert, the USDC Treasury has just issued 250 million USDC on the Solana chain, worth approximately $250 million.

Zcash development lab ZODL raises over $25 million in seed funding.

Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL) has announced the completion of a seed funding round exceeding $25 million. Investors include Paradigm, a16z crypto, Winklevoss Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and numerous industry investors. Founded by Josh Swihart, former head of Electric Coin Company (ECC), ZODL's Zcash wallet, Zodl (formerly Zashi), launched in 2024, has driven over 400% growth in Zcash privacy pool size and facilitated over $600 million in ZEC exchanges since October of last year.

The 20 millionth Bitcoin has been mined, with less than 5% remaining available for mining.

According to CloverPool data, the Bitcoin block height has reached 940,000, and the 20 millionth BTC has been mined, accounting for approximately 95.2% of the total supply of 21 million Bitcoins. This means that only about 1 million Bitcoins will be available for mining in the next 114 years.

Bitmine disclosed that it holds 4.5346 million ETH, with total crypto assets and cash reaching $10.3 billion.

Bitmine (BMNR) purchased 60,976 ETH last week, amounting to approximately $131 million. As of March 8, the company currently holds 4.5346 million ETH, representing approximately 3.76% of the total ETH supply, along with $1.2 billion in cash and some Bitcoin and equity investments, bringing its total assets to $10.3 billion. Of these, 3.0405 million ETH are currently staked, generating approximately $174 million in annualized staking income at the current price.

Sharplink's annual financial report: Ethereum holdings increased to 868,699, with staking rewards reaching 14,516 ETH.

According to Globenewswire, Nasdaq-listed Ethereum treasury company Sharplink released its full-year 2025 financial report, disclosing that its Ethereum holdings have increased to 868,699, including 604,618 native ETH, 208,893 ETH redeemed from LsETH, and 55,188 ETH redeemed from WeETH. It also received 14,516 ETH staking rewards, making it the second-largest publicly traded company globally in terms of ETH holdings. Furthermore, the company disclosed holding $28.5 million in cash and $1.9 million in USDC, and plans to continue increasing its ETH holdings and expanding its staking activities.

Strategy purchased another 17,994 bitcoins, bringing its total holdings to 738,731 bitcoins.

According to Michael Saylor, Strategy purchased 17,994 Bitcoins for approximately $1.28 billion between March 2 and March 8, at an average price of approximately $70,946. As of March 8, the company held a total of 738,731 Bitcoins, with a total purchase cost of approximately $56.04 billion and an average holding price of approximately $75,862.

Polymarket will launch S&P 500 binary options products.

According to Bloomberg, Polymarket, an on-chain prediction market platform, plans to add binary options to the S&P 500 index, allowing users to bet on whether the index price will "go up" or "go down".

South Korean regulators plan to impose a six-month partial suspension on Bithumb.

According to News1, South Korea's Financial Institutional Investor (FIU) has issued a preliminary notice of a "partial suspension of operations for six months" and accountability measures for Bithumb, which is suspected of violating the Special Financial Assets Act, engaging in transactions with undeclared overseas virtual asset service providers, and having lax KYC verification. The restrictions primarily target new users transferring virtual assets; existing users' deposits, withdrawals, and transactions of Korean won and crypto assets are temporarily unaffected.

Binance Alpha will launch Nebula 3 (SN3) on March 11th.

Binance Alpha will launch Nebula3 (SN3) trading on March 11. Eligible users can redeem SN3 airdrops using Binance Alpha Points through the Alpha Events page after trading begins.

Nasdaq partners with Kraken to advance security tokenization

According to The Wall Street Journal, Nasdaq has partnered with crypto trading platform Kraken to promote trading based on stock tokenization.

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba will address the Iranian people for the first time in a few hours.

According to Xinhua News Agency, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba will address the Iranian people for the first time in a few hours.