Bitrefill on March 1st suffered a cyberattack that resulted in the leak of approximately 18,500 customer records. The attack originated from a compromised employee laptop, employing tactics similar to those of North Korean hacker groups. The company has isolated systems and is working with experts to restore operations, while simultaneously strengthening cybersecurity measures.

AI-native trading platform Derivio announced on March 17 the completion of a $6 million financing round, with investors including several renowned institutions. Derivio plans to build infrastructure around "agentic trading," leveraging AI agents to enhance automation in trading strategy execution and decision-making.

Rakuten Group launched Rakuten AI 3.0, a large language model specialized for Japanese, on March 17, claiming to surpass GPT-4o in multiple Japanese language tests. However, netizens discovered that the model may be based on DeepSeek development, raising doubts about its pro-China stance and the authenticity of its independent research and development technology, sparking discussions.

Gate News report: On March 17, over the past 24 hours, liquidations occurred across the entire network's derivatives market, with a total amount of $341 million. Among these, short position liquidations accounted for the majority.

Gate News report: On March 17, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy and Representative Greg Casar introduced a new bill called the BETS OFF Act, which aims to prohibit government officials from participating in prediction market bets while in possession of insider information. The bill specifically targets suspected insider trading activities in events related to U.S. operations in Venezuela, Iran, and other locations, aiming to restrict officials from profiting through sensitive policy and military information.

Gate News 消息，3 月 17 日，某 CEX 旗下風投基金近期完成兩筆私募市場投資，合計規模約 3500 萬美元。其中，向支付公司 Stripe 投資約 1460 萬美元，向 AI 音頻初創公司 ElevenLabs 投資約 2000 萬美元。Stripe 目前估值約 1590 億美元，擁有穩定幣平台 Bridge。

Gate News reported that on March 17, tokenization platform Theo announced the launch of thUSD, a yield-bearing stablecoin linked to gold, and opened a liquidity pool with a maximum allocation of $100 million. The stablecoin is backed by thGOLD, the gold token it issued, and generates yield through a cash-and-carry arbitrage strategy by holding spot gold exposure while shorting gold futures. Previously, Theo raised $15.5 million in funding led by Hack VC and Anthos Capital.

Gate News Report: On March 17th, Polymarket prediction market data shows that the market odds of the Federal Reserve cutting rates once by 25 basis points this year stands at 30%, with a 23% probability of no rate cuts, and a 23% probability of two rate cuts totaling 50 basis points. The prediction market has currently exceeded $10.25 million in trading volume.

Gate TradFi announced on March 17 that it completed a product upgrade and launched a multi-leverage trading system with leverage up to 500x, covering gold, silver, and multiple stock indices and forex pairs to meet different risk preferences and trading strategy needs.