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Mars Finance reported on March 16 that according to Axios, President Trump is considering dispatching ground troops to seize Kish Island from Iran. The report states that the key decision depends on whether tankers continue to be stranded in the Persian Gulf. It is understood that Trump is working to assemble a coalition of nations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and hopes to announce this later this week. Currently, no country has publicly committed to joining Trump's coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Previous reports indicated that Kish Island accounts for 90% of Iran's oil production.

Last week, XRP spot ETFs experienced net outflows of $28.07 million, with Franklin ETF XRPZ and Bitwise ETF XRP recording net outflows of $7.4488 million and $7.4002 million respectively. Currently, the total net asset value of XRP spot ETFs is $984 million, with a total cumulative net inflow of $1.21 billion.

Last week, Bitcoin spot ETFs saw net inflows of $767 million, with BlackRock's ETF IBIT recording net inflows of $601 million and Fidelity's ETF FBTC recording net inflows of $148 million; Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust GBTC saw net outflows of $25.8498 million. Bitcoin spot ETFs have total assets under management of $9.183 billion.

The article discusses Ethereum's renewed emphasis on privacy and the "new cypherpunk" ideology, noting that the crypto industry has gradually deviated from its original ideals amid financialization. By exploring the intellectual origins of cypherpunk and the collaborative systems of the Web3 era, it highlights the development of core principles including censorship resistance, open source, privacy, and security, as well as how technological progress is making privacy an important future issue, suggesting a potential shift in industry narrative.

Japanese optical fiber cable manufacturer Fujikura plans to invest up to 300 billion yen in Japan and the United States to triple its optical fiber cable production capacity to meet artificial intelligence data center demand. This is in response to the Japan-US Economic Cooperation Agreement, with other Japanese companies also increasing their AI infrastructure investments.

Author | Gonka.ai
Foreword: Against the backdrop of escalating global AI discussions, industry focus tends to concentrate on model capabilities, technological breakthroughs, and regulatory frameworks. But beneath these discussions, a more fundamental question is gradually emerging: who ultimately controls the compute infrastructure that underpins AI? In a conversation at Unlockit Conference, Daniil and David Liberman, co-creators of the Gonka protocol, futurists, entrepreneurs, and investors, put forward a core argument: artificial intelligence has never been a neutral technology, and compute infrastructure determines who AI ultimately serves. In their view, the future of AI is not merely a technological race, but rather a prolonged competition centered on control of foundational infrastructure.
The True Foundation of AI: Not Models, But Compute Power
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# Google's Largest Acquisition in History: What Makes Wiz Worth It?
**Original Title:** Google's Largest Acquisition in History, What Makes Wiz Worth It?
**Original Author:** Beating Observation
**Original Source:**
**Reposted by:** Mars Finance
Cloud wars are incredibly expensive. This is Google's largest acquisition in history.
Last week, Google officially completed its acquisition of cloud security company Wiz for $32 billion. This surpassed Google's 2012 acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion and became the highest-value exit in Israeli high-tech history.
A Deal That Doesn't Seem Worthwhile
From any traditional financial model perspective, this transaction appears somewhat absurd.
Wiz was founded in 2020. Initially just an ordinary cybersecurity startup, it rapidly pivoted its direction a year later to focus on providing cloud security platforms for large enterprises. At the time of acquisition, its annual revenue was approximately $700 million. However, Google paid for this...

Mars Finance News: On March 16, U.S. President Trump stated that the most important decision for me is tariffs. The courts know I am firm in my stance and how much I desire to win this victory for our nation, but they decided that they may potentially hand over trillions of dollars to those countries and companies that have been exploiting America for decades. Our Supreme Court has made these countries very happy, but as the court pointed out, I have absolute authority to impose tariffs in another form, and I have already begun doing so. On February 20, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Trump's trade tax policy is unlawful.

Mars Finance reports that Lisk Chief Researcher Leon Waidmann posted on the X platform stating that on-chain payment settlements for AI agents are mainly concentrated on Base and Solana, which together account for 97% of all agent-to-agent transactions. Among these, Base accounts for 59%, with a transaction volume of 70.9 million; Solana accounts for 38%, with a transaction volume of 45.3 million; and all other networks combined account for only 3%, with a transaction volume of 3.9 million.

BlockFills filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the Delaware bankruptcy court on March 16, with estimated assets of $50 million to $100 million and liabilities of $100 million to $500 million. The company stated that this move aims to conduct an orderly restructuring and protect customer interests while seeking additional liquidity and strategic transactions.

Mars Finance reported that on March 16, monitoring showed that an address took concentrated profit-taking on WTI crude oil short positions, reducing holdings by 51,025 contracts and realizing profits of approximately $473,000. CL short position holdings have now decreased to $2.5 million. The address primarily holds cryptocurrencies and U.S. stocks, with overall trading profits exceeding $50 million.

According to Mars Finance, the "ETH Swing Master" address has accumulated unrealized gains of 1.6 million USD across its long positions, with a total position size of 203 million USD. This address is simultaneously the largest long position holder for both BTC and ETH on the Hyperliquid platform, holding approximately 70,000 ETH and 700 BTC, both with significant unrealized gains. The whale previously established 100 million-level ETH long positions last year, and has reopened positions this year while receiving funds from Matrixport.

Mars Finance News: The Digital Yuan Operations Management Center officially announced three types of "scam schemes": Scheme One involves using "digital yuan promotion" as a cover for pyramid scheme fraud. The digital yuan has never conducted activities such as "recruiting promotion agents," "promotion agent exams," "code downloading," or "developing downlines," and has never charged 400 yuan/unit installation service fees. Any recruitment of "civilian promotion agents" through building chat groups or offline/online meetings is fraud; Scheme Two involves deceiving transfers under the guise of "brush orders and rebates"; Scheme Three involves tricking users into downloading counterfeit apps to steal information or funds.

Mars Finance News: On March 15, U.S. Energy Secretary Wright stated that the Iran conflict will end "in the coming weeks," after which oil supply will recover and energy prices will decline. (ABC News interview)

Mars Finance News: Community messages show that BNB Chain lending protocol Venus Protocol apparently suffered a flash loan attack, with related token THE experiencing massive liquidations. According to KOL Tuao Dashi Xiong's disclosure, the attacker's wallet currently holds assets worth approximately 3.6 million USD, having obtained approximately 20 BTC, 15 million CAKE, and approximately 200 BNB. Meanwhile, THE liquidations continue, with approximately 42 million THE still awaiting liquidation, valued at approximately 14 million USD.