Trump Claims Iran 'Ready to Surrender' in G7 Call

March 13: Iran’s UN ambassador stated Iran “will not close the Strait of Hormuz,” per Golden Finance.

March 13 – Data from China’s National Internet and Information Security Information Center indicates global active OpenClaw internet assets have topped 200,000, with roughly 23,000 active in China. These assets are growing explosively, concentrated in internet-resource-dense regions like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Sichuan, and Jiangsu. A large number of internet-exposed OpenClaw assets face critical security risks and are likely prime targets for cyberattacks. Notably, the uncontrollable behavior of these intelligent agents presents major governance challenges. When executing instructions, OpenClaw agents are prone to permission breaches, leading to unauthorized task performance and disregard for user commands. This could cause severe economic losses, including user data deletion, information theft, and terminal device hijacking. (Source: Jinse)

On March 13, data from DefiLlama shows Ethereum block builder Titan Builder’s 24-hour revenue reached $34.5 million, surpassing Tether’s $16.43 million to claim the top spot. As previously reported, a user swapped roughly $50.43 million worth of aEthUSDT into AAVE via CoWSwap. Due to slippage exceeding 99%, the user only received around 327 aEthAAVE tokens—valued at approximately $36,000. Titan Builder netted roughly $34 million in profit from this transaction.

March 13th — Per Bloomberg, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has named the U.S. central to the firm’s expansion strategy, securing backing from allies of the Trump administration including banker Howard Lutnick (a long-time Tether supporter, whose family firm has also invested in the company). Tether rolled out a new token in the U.S. market this January and has ramped up lobbying efforts in Washington. Meanwhile, the company is courting global investors, targeting a $5 trillion valuation to become one of the world’s most valuable private firms. Ardoino noted Tether aims to wrap up a full audit by late 2026 and is in discussions with the Big Four accounting firms. Last year, the company reported over $10 billion in profit, holding roughly $122 billion in U.S. Treasury securities — making it the 17th largest global holder of such assets. Additionally, Tether is pushing its compliant token USAT in the U.S. market and has made 140+ investments across AI, energy, and brain-machine interfa

March 13th — According to monitoring from HyperInsight (via its Telegram channel: https://t.me/HyperInsight), on February 28th (the day the US-Iran war officially erupted in the form of airstrikes), a whale wallet with the prefix 0x45b opened a 20x leveraged short position on BTC. The initial entry price was $63,810, with a position size of 35 BTC (roughly $2.25 million at entry). Since then, the market has seen heavy volatility, though BTC has trended upward overall. Over this period, the wallet attempted to lower its average entry price by continuously adding to the position—growing the position size to $6.5 million while the average entry price rose to $65,672 (due to BTC’s upward momentum). As of press time, with BTC prices continuing to climb, this short position holds an unrealized loss of $580,000 (a 180% loss), and its liquidation price is set at $75,586.

On March 13, CoinGlass noted in a post: "Following recent liquidations, leverage is rebuilding again. Open interest has now climbed to roughly 88,000 BTC—though not yet at extreme levels, volatility 'fuel' is clearly making a comeback. The more leverage accumulates, the larger potential price swings could be."