Gate News Bot Announcement: According to Gate's official announcement Gate has announced the delisting of 27 tokens that do not meet trading standards. The affected tokens include FURY, SYLO, GEC, SLICE, NAOS, BITCAT, RENA, SAVM, TRG, CHER, TAPROOT, VALUE, SOP, NLC, MPT, NAM, MOONPIG, AA, GGG, SMOLE, MPH, GPUAI, ALPACA, ROOM, ZBU, TCT, and CSKY. The related spot trading pairs and quantitative grid trading will also be delisted simultaneously. Gate has suspended deposit services for the above tokens and will suspend trading services on March 24, 2026 at 11:00 (UTC+8). Users holding these tokens can withdraw them before the delisting or transfer assets to Gate Web3 Wallet for permanent storage. Users with relevant token holdings still stored on Gate after April 7, 2026 can submit applications to participate in a buyback between April 7 and April 14, 2026, with a maximum compensation of 100 USDT per individual.

Gate News report: On March 17, Folks Finance announced that the Q1 FLOKS token unlock period has ended. Users who have not yet claimed their tokens must complete the claim by March 31 at 22:00. Any tokens not claimed by the deadline will be permanently forfeited.

Stripe and Paradigm's jointly developed new public chain Tempo is expected to launch mainnet by the end of March, adopting a dual-track model focused on payments and DeFi. The mainnet will not issue tokens, and the team will wait for better market conditions to design the token economic model.

On Polymarket, two accounts invested $23,800 betting that Kevin Warsh has no hope of being confirmed by the Federal Reserve, with the current probability at 94%. If not confirmed by the Senate, the bet will be settled otherwise. Powell faces investigation but is determined not to resign, and key senators have indicated they will reject new nominees.

Early Bitcoin educator Andreas Antonopoulos has announced a pause on all new content production and live streams due to health reasons, though his Patreon page will be retained to maintain existing resources. He has long suffered from migraines, which have impacted his public content creation. As an influential figure in the Bitcoin space, Antonopoulos has advanced Bitcoin knowledge dissemination and was once questioned for not profiting from his advocacy, ultimately gaining community support. His temporary withdrawal has prompted industry reflection on the dependence on knowledge disseminators.

Gate News Alert: On March 16, a certain address spent $1,163,753 on Polymarket to buy into the "Iran attacked Israel on March 10" event, which already had 100% probability at a unit price of 99.9¢, with current profits of $600. The event will be settled in approximately 13 hours. Additionally, Polymarket still does not charge fees for political events.

Gate News reported on March 16 that in response to community users' questions about why oil prices have recently declined while Bitcoin prices have surged parabolically, crypto analyst Willy Woo responded that current oil prices are reverting to their mean from a previous overbought state, while Bitcoin is experiencing mean reversion from a local oversold level. Willy Woo stated that this change is primarily a short-term technical adjustment and "should not be over-interpreted."

Ledger Asia-Pacific head Shibayama stated that if the US implements a stablecoin yield ban, international discussions would increase. Countries like Australia have already provided regulatory exemptions, and currently most stablecoins do not offer yields to users. US regulatory legislation is progressing slowly due to opposition to ban provisions supported by the banking industry. Asian financial institutions' focus has shifted toward financial product tokenization and stablecoin issuance, rather than crypto-native products such as DeFi.

Stablecoin regulation remains unclear, putting traditional banks in operational dilemmas while crypto companies continue to develop in gray areas. Banks, influenced by legal counsel's advice, are hesitant to invest heavily in stablecoin infrastructure, resulting in limited deployment. Although large-scale deposit outflows have not yet occurred, competitive pressure is intensifying.

Gate News Report: On March 15, according to Reuters, Meta is planning major layoffs that could affect 20% or more of its workforce. The move aims to offset cost pressures from artificial intelligence infrastructure investments and prepare for increased efficiency brought by AI-assisted employees. Currently, the specific date of layoffs has not been determined, and the final scale of layoffs has not been finalized.