On March 18, Garrett Jin posted a warning on X platform about incorrect direction focus regarding oil prices, pointing out that although Brent crude and WTI appear manageable, actual market pressure is mainly in Dubai and Oman, with oil prices approaching $155, reflecting tight supply globally, especially in Asia.

Artificial intelligence company Sahara AI has partnered with Microsoft to launch the open-source benchmark MATHVISTA, designed to test the reasoning capabilities of various models. The benchmark has attracted over 270,000 downloads, with high-quality annotated data being crucial for AI Agent performance. Multiple renowned institutions have already adopted its services.

Gate News reports that on March 18, WhiteForest, former co-founder of Foresight Ventures, disclosed his startup direction for the first time half a year after leaving the firm. He is currently building a proprietary trading firm. WhiteForest stated that the market has mistakenly equated proprietary trading with "fully autonomous trading." The core concept is to build an intelligent investment exoskeleton system where AI handles execution and discipline, amplifying rather than replacing investor capabilities.

Visa Chief Product and Strategy Officer Jack Forestell stated that AI-powered intelligent networks represent a major opportunity for the payments industry, with AI agents expected to handle 15% to 25% of U.S. e-commerce transactions by 2030. AI will improve payment success rates, facilitate microtransactions, and advance digitalization of B2B payments, while Visa has launched the "Trusted Agent Protocol" to enhance security. Competition is intensifying, with market focus shifting toward underlying infrastructure and technical standards development.

Gate News reported that on March 18, MiniMax released the next-generation Agent flagship large model M2.7, showcasing for the first time a "model self-evolution" pathway. M2.7 can independently construct complex Agent Harness and based on Agent Teams, complex Skills, Tool Search

Hangzhou Alibaba Cloud Apsara Information Technology Co., Ltd. recently applied to register the "HICLAW" trademark, involving website services and scientific instruments. The current status is pending review. HiClaw is an open-source multi-agent collaboration system developed by Alibaba Cloud that enables AI Agents to work together to complete complex tasks.

Volcano Engine launched Agent Skill Plaza Find Skill on March 18, aggregating skill mirrors from multiple platforms for developers to download, which enhances the availability of Agent skill packages. Meanwhile, Tencent Cloud also released a similar SkillHub, achieving localized support for OpenClaw by domestic cloud vendors.

SlowMist and a certain CEX released an AI Agent security report indicating that security threats from AI Agents in the Web3 ecosystem are increasing, including prompt injection, supply chain risks, and task tampering. The report recommends protective measures such as enabling two-factor authentication and risk monitoring, and establishing a five-layer security governance framework.

Starchild platform launched the Skills Hub feature on March 18, enabling users to browse and install community skills, support custom skill publishing, integrate mainstream crypto data sources, and achieve modular workflow sharing. Currently available in beta version with free trial.