Bitnomial has officially launched CFTC-regulated XRP Futures.

On March 21st, according to CoinGecko data, within the past 24 hours, Upbit's trading volume reached $18.48 billion. The XRP/KRW trading pair accounted for 26.5% of the volume, leading the Korean won trading market. The remaining top five in terms of volume are AUCTION, BTC, VANA, and LAYER.

March 21st. As per an official announcement, Gate.io is set to list Nillion (NIL) for spot trading on March 24th, 2025, at 21:00 (UTC + 8).

On March 21st, based on a relevant page, BANANAS31 (Banana For Scale) is currently in the lead in the Binance listing vote, holding a 19.8% share of the votes;
The other tokens with leading votes are: Mubarak with 14.2% of the votes; SIREN with 13.6% of the votes; TUT with 10.6% of the votes; Broccoli (CZ's Dog) with 10.4% of the votes.

On March 21st, the BNB Chain successfully completed the Pascal hard fork. This fork introduced the EIP-7702 Smart Contract Wallet. The purpose of this upgrade is to enhance EVM compatibility and developer support. It involves optimizations such as gas fee abstraction, smart payment interface, and batch transactions. The official roadmap for future improvements has been announced. The Lorentz upgrade scheduled for April 2025 aims to reduce the block time to 1.5 seconds, thereby enhancing transaction speed and network efficiency. Subsequently, the Maxwell upgrade planned for June 2025 will further accelerate the block time to 0.75 seconds.

On March 21st, based on DefiLlama's data, the current total market capitalization of stablecoins amounts to $230.45 billion, with an increase of $2.3 billion over the past seven days. Compared to the same period last year, the market capitalization of stablecoins has witnessed a 56% growth. Within the overall market capitalization, Tether's USDT stablecoin holds the dominant position with a market capitalization of nearly $144 billion, accounting for 62.6%. Next comes Circle's USDC, with a market capitalization of $59 billion.

On March 21st, the Meme application chain Embr.fun, which is built on Initia, is about to launch a public test version. Join the waitlist to obtain early access and exclusive rewards. Embr.fun is developed by Embr Labs and is supported in its development by the Initia Interwoven Stack. This project is specifically designed for the next-generation Meme economy, aiming to bring more innovative and fun gameplay to Memes and become the premier platform driving the development of the next generation of Memes.