During the week ending on March 15, initial jobless claims in the United States were 223,000, slightly below the expected 224,000.

On March 21st, according to HTX market data, BANANA has exceeded $23 and is currently trading at $23.56, with a 24-hour price increase of 23.4%. Since reaching a short-term bottom of $10.2 on March 11th, the price has more than doubled.

On March 21, Christine Kim, the vice president of Galaxy Research, posted a summary of the 153rd Ethereum Core Developer Call (ACDC). This week, the developers once more confirmed the Pectra testnet plan and were scheduled to upgrade the newly launched Hoodi testnet on March 26. The developers agreed to postpone the mainnet date for Pectra until they could observe the upgrade status of Hoodi and conduct further testing of Pectra functionality on Hoodi. In addition, the developers also discussed the inclusion of EIP 7688 in the Fusaka upgrade.

On March 21st, Andre Cronje stated on the X platform, "The team is highly confident that we have cracked the algorithmic stablecoin today. However, the previous cycle has left me with an excessive amount of post-traumatic stress disorder, and I am uncertain whether we should move forward."

On March 21st, according to GMGN market data, the market value of the BUBB meme coin in the BSC ecosystem is currently reported to be $20.44 million, showing a nearly 1051% increase in the past 24 hours. This morning, He Yi interacted with the official account of this meme coin on Platform X and started following their official account. BlockBeats reminds users that meme coins have no actual value, their prices are highly volatile, and users should invest with caution.

On March 21st, the Hong Kong-listed company EDA Group Holdings issued a voluntary announcement. It was disclosed that the company's board of directors proposed a voluntary announcement to reveal a cryptocurrency purchase plan with a total amount not exceeding $5 million. At present, the company is exploring how blockchain technology can empower the cross-border e-commerce logistics industry to facilitate the end-to-end traceability of cross-border goods and the B2B settlement of cryptocurrency. Furthermore, EDA Group Holdings announced that they will set up a department specifically dedicated to managing and supervising virtual asset business and conducting risk control.

On March 21st, David Sacks, who is the US lead in cryptocurrency and AI, had a meeting with Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is the chairman of the board of MGX (an institution that previously invested 2 billion USD in Binance), and the UAE national security advisor. During the meeting, they discussed the transformative influence of AI in various sectors, the increasingly important role of digital currencies in reshaping the financial system, and the investment opportunities emerging from their integration.