Circle has minted 1 billion USDC on Solana in the last 10 hours

March 4th — Per data from Coinbob Popular Address Monitoring, two highly correlated addresses on Hyperliquid simultaneously liquidated their long positions in xyz:CL (WTI Crude Oil Futures Mapping Contract) last night, with an average exit price of ~$74. Previously, the pair held positions worth over $3.2 million, with an average entry price of ~$70. Using 2-3x leverage, they yielded ~12% returns. These two whale addresses (0x1de and 0xb58) share similar holding patterns and on-chain transfer histories, and had accurately positioned for long trades well ahead of Iran’s announcement banning ships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz—a key crude oil shipping lane.

On March 4th, Binance Alpha has listed stock tokens for Alibaba and Palantir, per information from relevant pages.

March 4: Aave founder Stani Kulechov took to X to recognize Aave Chan Initiative (ACI) founder Marc Zeller’s seven-year contributions to the Aave ecosystem. Kulechov highlighted Zeller’s work shaping incentive programs via ACI, driving protocol growth, and participating in the DAO’s evolution. He noted the protocol will continue operating as usual, with incentive programs unaffected. Aave Labs will partner with other DAO service providers to ensure a smooth community transition. Previous news: Aave’s key service provider ACI plans to exit DAO governance in July.

On March 4, per Bitget market data, spot gold surged to $5,180 an ounce—up 1.80% intraday—while spot silver soared 4.00% intraday, last trading at $85.30 an ounce.

March 4 — Binance’s Asia Pacific Head SB Seker told Nikkei Asia in a Tokyo interview that the exchange plans to add five new regulatory licenses in Asia this year, pushing its total number of globally licensed jurisdictions above 20. Currently, Binance has regulatory approvals in six Asia Pacific markets: Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, and Thailand. Once its acquisition of South Korean crypto exchange Gopax closes, South Korea will soon join its licensed list. Seker didn’t name specific target markets for the new licenses, only noting that some are “in the final stretch.” He joined Binance last year. Previously, he worked at Singapore-based Crypto.com Group, held senior legal roles at Ant Group and Rothschild, and served at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)—Singapore’s central bank and financial regulator.

**March 4 Crypto Alert** Per data from Coinbob Popular Address Monitor (Telegram: https://t.me/Coinbob_track_CN), the "pension-usdt.eth" address (0x0ddf...) fully closed the 3x leveraged BTC long position it opened yesterday this morning, locking in a profit of roughly $346,000. The address then reversed course to short BTC: it currently holds a 3x leveraged BTC short position of 1,000 coins—valued at approximately $68.2 million—with an average entry price of $68,182. Known for consistent swing trading gains, the address uses a strategy centered on low leverage, short holding periods (average ~20 hours), and large positions primarily in BTC and ETH. Since last October, its cumulative profit has topped $25.4 million.