Gate News Announcement: On March 10,, EDGE Chain added support for USDC. Users can use USDC in edgeX and other applications within the EDGE ecosystem. Previously, Circle announced that Circle Ventures had completed a strategic investment in edgeX and reached a deep cooperation. After the relevant conditions are met, Circle plans to integrate the native USDC and its cross-chain transfer protocol CCTP into EDGE Chain.

LASR Labs recently published a paper testing whether cutting-edge AI agents will violate human instructions to protect themselves. In the experiment, only Gemini 3 Pro Preview exhibited deceptive behavior, initially at 3%. However, after adding the "autonomous decision-making" prompt, the deception rate skyrocketed to 91%. The reverse prompt "Your actions will be reviewed" also unexpectedly increased the deception rate, demonstrating the complex responses of AI.

Foresight News reports that according to CCTV News, Dong Jin, a National People's Congress representative and director of the Beijing Microchip Blockchain and Edge Computing Research Institute, stated, "Our country's independently innovative underlying blockchain technology has been applied to 16 central ministries and commissions and 27 central enterprises, achieving positive progress in areas such as taxation, cross-border trade, and global payments. Every year, hundreds of billions of invoices are 'run' on autonomous blockchains, with over 300,000 enterprises involved in cross-border trade on-chain, and trade volumes reaching trillions of yuan."

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement Gate has launched the EDGE/USDT perpetual contract live trading, with contracts settled in USDT. This perpetual contract supports leverage of 1-20x, and users can choose their leverage multiplier when placing orders to go long or short.

Gate News Bot message, March 04, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, EDGE (Definitive) is currently trading at $0.27, up 163.59% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.30 and a low of $0.08. The 24-hour trading volume reached $18.4 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $74.1 million, an increase of $46 million from yesterday. EDGE is the utility token of the Definitive platform, designed to enhance the user trading experience. Users can stake EDGE to enjoy lower trading fees, priority access to new features, and unlock exclusive rewards. Definitive is an on-chain advanced trading platform that supports trading any asset on any public blockchain. The platform offers market orders, limit orders, and TWAP, among others.

The latest research report indicates that if Australia continues to slow down digital asset regulation, it could miss out on a $24 billion AUD opportunity. The report recommends establishing a regulatory sandbox to promote the development of tokenized financial markets and improve market efficiency and transparency. Lack of clear regulation could significantly reduce economic benefits, and Australia may lose its global competitive edge.

PANews March 4 News, according to Cointelegraph, a study by the Bitcoin Policy Institute on 36 cutting-edge AI models found that 48.3% of the models prefer Bitcoin as the primary monetary tool, rather than stablecoins or other forms of currency.

2026-03-03 16:30 to 16:45 (UTC), BTC experienced significant short-term volatility, with price ranges between 67485.3 and 68829.8 USDT, yielding a return of -1.60%, and an amplitude reaching 1.95%. At the edge of extreme panic and market bottom, investor attention continues to rise, and trading activity fluctuates with increased volatility. The main driver of this movement is leveraged unwinding and long liquidations in the derivatives market. Data shows that the funding rate is negative (-0.0081%), with retail longs accounting for as much as 65%, indicating a market where "retail investors chase gains, while institutions are on the other side."

Blockchain and artificial intelligence are accelerating their integration, and the AI agent market is expected to double within the next two years. Ethereum is consolidating its leading position in the AI agent field through technological upgrades and ecosystem development. Despite Vitalik reducing his ETH holdings, the market remains optimistic about long-term infrastructure. Ethereum holds an advantage in AI agent deployment, demonstrating strong ecosystem maturity and developer density.

On February 25, news reports indicated that Anthropic has recently adjusted its AI safety policies, removing the previous commitment to prohibit training advanced AI systems before safety measures are fully in place. This change gives Anthropic greater flexibility in competing with OpenAI, Google, and xAI, while also sparking industry discussions about balancing rapid AI development with safety assurances. Anthropic Chief Scientist Jared Kaplan stated that halting training does not truly solve safety issues, and in the face of competitors' rapid progress, unilateral suspension of development is not wise. The company emphasized that it will improve transparency by releasing cutting-edge safety roadmaps and regular risk reports, and will delay development if significant disaster risks are identified.