Gate News reported that on March 15, according to Circle's official website data, during the week ending March 12 local time, USDC issued approximately 5.2 billion tokens and redeemed approximately 3.6 billion tokens, with a net increase in circulation of approximately 1.7 billion tokens. As of March 13 local time, the total circulating supply of USDC was approximately 78.7 billion tokens, with reserve assets valued at approximately $78.9 billion.

Argentina's President Milei is allegedly suspected of accepting a $5 million bribe in connection with promoting the LIBRA token. The evidence comes from digital forensics of the phone of cryptocurrency lobbyist Mauricio Novelli. Documents show the bribe was paid in three installments and included plans to have Milei deny statements related to the money.

Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer of Bitwise Asset Management, points out that Bitcoin could reach $1 million if it captures a larger share of the global store of value market. This target reflects Bitcoin's maturation and the impact of long-term institutional adoption, but achieving it could take a decade or longer.

Gate News: On March 15, according to monitoring by on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), a whale address accumulated 3.667 million THE tokens one month ago at an average price of $0.2693. After an attacker launched a flash loan attack on Venus causing THE's price to surge, the address transferred all THE tokens to a certain CEX, which would yield a profit of $729,000 if sold.

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy expressed more criticism than celebration of the Ethereum Foundation's mission statement, believing it can sustain the cypherpunk dream. He noted that the impact on ETH price in the short term is limited, with long-term results depending on goal achievement. He will continue to hold ETH for cultural and meme reasons.

BlackRock's staking Ethereum ETF attracted approximately $46 million in funding within two days of its launch, holding spot ETH and staking 70%-95% of ETH through CEX. Investors can receive approximately 82% of staking rewards monthly, with remaining rewards going to BlackRock and service providers. The fund's non-compounding design attracts large investors, and BlackRock chose to launch the staking ETF independently to mitigate risks.

On March 15th, 10x Research's quantitative model issued a strong altcoin buy signal, with Bittensor (TAO) standing out, maintaining prices above moving averages with gains of 38.6%. Meanwhile, NVIDIA launched an open-source AI platform, General Tensor secured $5 million in funding, and AI token trading volumes surged.

Gate News, on March 15th, according to the latest data from rwa.xyz, Circle's tokenized US Treasury fund USYC surged over 41% within this month, with its total value breaking through 2.2 billion dollars, successfully surpassing BlackRock's BUIDL fund to become the world's largest tokenized US Treasury product.

Gate News reported on March 15 that according to Coinglass data, Bitcoin's weekly return rate is currently at 8.55%, with a historical average return rate of -1.03%. Despite the escalating Iran-Israel conflict and prevailing risk-averse sentiment in the market, Bitcoin is poised to record its largest single-week gain since September 2025. During the same period, the S&P 500 index (the benchmark index for the U.S. stock market) declined by 1.60%, with BTC's performance significantly outperforming the U.S. stock market.

The cryptocurrency project World Liberty Financial, involving the Trump family, announced that investors who lock up $5 million in WLFI tokens for 6 months will become "Super Nodes" and gain communication opportunities and governance voting rights. The project's support team includes Trump family members, but the current president will not participate in communications.