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Ethereum block builder Eureka Labs completes $6.7 million seed round funding, focusing on "programmable blocks" technology aimed at enhancing block building capabilities and applications. Despite holding only 1.5% market share, the company plans to expand its technology and drive innovation through this funding round.

Iran has begun collecting passage fees of up to $2 million from commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, demonstrating its control over this critical maritime energy corridor. Despite official denials from Iran, some vessels have already paid the fees. This move is impacting global energy supplies.

Jinse Finance reports that as of March 24, US stock index futures continued their downward trend, with S&P 500 E-mini futures declining 0.5%, while Nasdaq-100 index futures and Dow Jones index futures both fell 0.6%.

Filecoin Foundation and the GSR Foundation are backing five projects that use decentralized storage for things most crypto funding rounds don’t go near. War crime evidence. Refugee oral histories. Experimental art is at risk of disappearing. Geospatial data that researchers can’t reliably access.

March 24 – According to CNBC, Gap Inc. is partnering with Google's Gemini to allow consumers to complete checkout directly within the artificial intelligence platform. This makes Gap the first major fashion company to deeply collaborate with the tech company in advancing "agentic commerce." As an increasing number of consumers shift from traditional search to AI platforms for product discovery, retailers are forced to rethink their marketing strategies to ensure they remain competitive and don't lose customer demand.

_MSTRStrategy holds about $53.5B in Bitcoin, equal to 3.6% of total supply after a 50% market decline in recent months._ _Bernstein keeps a $150K Bitcoin price target for 2026 while noting BTC may have reached a market bottom._ _Strategy raised $7.3B in 2026 to expand Bitcoin holdings,

Jinse Finance reports that on March 24, Tether has hired one of the Big Four accounting firms to complete its first comprehensive audit.

Jinse Finance reported that on March 24, Canadian-listed fintech company Delphx Capital Markets Inc (ticker: $DELX) just announced plans to launch a Bitcoin treasury strategy and will purchase 50 million dollars worth of Bitcoin.

Jinse Finance reported that on March 24, according to Fortune, OpenAI plans to nearly double its staff by the end of 2026 to compete with companies such as Anthropic PBC and Google under Alphabet Inc.

Circle is expanding the use of its USD Coin (USDC) across Africa through a strategic partnership with Sasai Fintech. The collaboration aims to weave USDC into Sasai’s payments fabric, covering cross-border transfers, enterprise payments, and consumer wallets, with the goal of lowering costs and

Crypto asset manager 21shares sees actively managed exchange-traded products as the next phase of crypto investing, as the market matures beyond simple price-tracking funds. Duncan Moir, president of 21shares, told Cointelegraph in an exclusive interview that because crypto is a nascent and

_Ripple Custody operates in 20+ jurisdictions enabling XRP and RLUSD for digital asset management and settlement across institutions._ _DZ Bank deployed Ripple Custody in under 10 months to launch crypto securities custody services within a regulated framework._ _Ripple Custody lets