On Polymarket, the probability of "The Fed will end its quantitative tightening policy before May" has reached 100%.

On March 18th, as per informed sources, Nasdaq, which has long been associated with the prime location of Times Square, is going to open its first regional headquarters in Dallas, Texas. This is its latest step into Texas, which is aiming to replace the US Northeast as the country's business center. Nasdaq will set up a regional headquarters in Dallas later this year, and Dallas will be the place for the so-called Y'allStreet. According to informed sources, the focus of this office will not only be on successful listings (which is often regarded as the prestigious business of a stock exchange). It will also accommodate some of Nasdaq's technology and financial crime management businesses, assisting Nasdaq's clients in detecting fraud and money laundering. (Jinse)

March 18th, MEET48, the world's first AI-Agent and AIUGC fan economy community dedicated to the entertainment industry, announced the official launch of the 5th AI-Agent Meme Coin — OnlyOne. This launch was carried out through the community-based AI-Agent and Meme token launchpad Mars Protocol. This Meme Coin is associated with the decentralized film and television project "Unnamed" Season 2. Additionally, the official Instagram account (https://www.instagram.com/theonlyone_tw_series) and X account @TheOnlyOne_Mou of OnlyOne have been launched. It is reported that "Unnamed" is adapted from a popular youth campus romance novel IP. The first season premiered globally on major OTT platforms such as Netflix, iQIYI, Viki, WeTV, and GagaOOLala in 2024 and received a tremendous response. The second season of "Unnamed" will be operated as a decentralized film and television project with Web3 innovative approaches. Based on the milestones achieved in the $OnlyOne market value, the script for t

On March 18th, according to CoinGecko data, in the previous 24 hours, Upbit's trading volume reached $1.923 billion. The XRP/KRW trading pair accounted for 18.35% of the volume and ranked first in the Korean won market. The rest of the top five in terms of volume are: UXLINK, AUCTION, BTC, and LOOM.

March 18: Based on market data, in the pre-market trading of the U.S. stock market, the S&P 500 index decreased by 0.29% and the Nasdaq dropped by 0.36%. Cryptocurrency stocks generally declined, including: Coinbase (COIN) with a decline of 1.23%; Tesla (TSLA) down by 1.72%; MicroStrategy (MSTR) decreasing by 1.62%; MARA Holdings (MARA) with a fall of 1.39%; Riot Blockchain (RIOT) down by 1.16%.

On March 18th, according to an official announcement, Binance Futures will make updates to the leverage and margin tiers of the AERGOUSDT, COMBOUSDT, LINAUSDT, and VIDTUSDTU coin-margined perpetual contracts at 22:00 (Beijing Time) on March 18, 2025. Existing positions prior to the update will be impacted, and users are advised to make necessary preparations before the adjustment.

On March 18th, as per official information, the full-stack application Inertia constructed based on Initia has been initiated on the incentive testnet. Inertia is a novel comprehensive DeFi platform that merges various assets from different mainnets onto one single platform. By linking a diverse blockchain ecosystem and assets, Inertia offers a variety of functions on a unified platform, such as modular lending, the issuance and utilization of LRT and LST (Liquidity Staking Tokens), and yield farming, enabling users to effortlessly access and leverage diversified opportunities that are difficult to obtain in a fragmented ecosystem. The Inertia testnet will operate until April 8th. Users can participate by using the official testnet link and offer feedback in their Telegram and Discord communities.