Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement on March 11, 2026 Gate launches "Crazy Wednesday" event, running from 14:00 on March 11, 2026, to 16:00 on March 15, 2026(UTC+8). Users can unlock blind boxes by completing multiple tasks such as flash swaps, spot trading, and futures trading, with a chance to win XPIN tokens, Airbnb gift cards, and other prizes. The blind boxes guarantee a win. During the event, Gate introduces USDT financial products with a 14-day fixed-term annualized yield of 8%. New users participating in 3-day fixed-term financial products can achieve an annualized yield of up to 100%. Additionally, cryptocurrencies like 0G, APT, AZTEC, IDOS, and others offer annualized yields of up to 300%. There are also staking activities for BTC, ETH, and SOL mining, offering a 5% bonus interest rate. Staking BTC can yield a maximum annualized return of 9.99%, staking ETH up to 9.75%, and staking SOL up to 16%.

Unitas Protocol launched its native governance token UP on March 11. The tokenomics show that 45% of the total distribution goes to the ecosystem and community. UP holders can stake to earn rewards and participate in governance voting, with diverse sources of income.

American Bitcoin mining company ABTC board member Richard Busch increased his stake by 68,000 shares, demonstrating confidence in the company's long-term strategy. ABTC focuses on Bitcoin self-mining and reserves, currently holding approximately 6,500 Bitcoins. Despite the stock price declining due to market volatility, analysts believe the increased holdings could have a positive impact on investor sentiment.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin announced that the Ethereum Foundation is utilizing DVT-lite technology to stake 72,000 ETH, aiming to simplify institutional distributed staking processes. He hopes to achieve node auto-configuration with a one-click operation, breaking the traditional notion of infrastructure as complex. He plans to adopt this method as soon as possible to encourage more institutions to participate in staking.

Gate News reports that on March 9, asset management firm Bitwise announced that the Ethereum Foundation is using its open-source software Dirk and Vouch, developed by its on-chain staking division, for treasury staking. The Ethereum Foundation has completed its first deposit of 2,016 ETH and plans to ultimately stake approximately 70,000 ETH, worth about $140 million. This staking aims to ensure network security and client diversity through Dirk's distributed signer and Vouch's multi-client verification tools.

UK Reform Party leader Nigel Farage invests in London Bitcoin company Stack BTC, acquiring a 6.31% stake. This funding round also attracted Blockchain.com to participate, with plans to jointly establish a Bitcoin reserve. Farage believes London should become a global cryptocurrency hub.

According to Polymarket data, two high-probability addresses are betting that the U.S. military will enter Iran in March, with a wager of $73,800 and a current probability of 43%. The United States is discussing deploying special forces into Iran, while Iran's foreign minister stated that they are prepared for a possible U.S. ground invasion and are strengthening their defenses.

Deployer announced on March 9th that the BNKR new staking mechanism will go live. Users who stake BNKR can earn reasoning points daily and enjoy discounts on large language model usage. This mechanism is funded by token revenue, emphasizing real profit distribution with no token inflation.

MicroStrategy, a Bitcoin treasury company, disclosed the holdings of the top ten asset management companies worldwide. Vanguard Group has the largest stake at 8.12%, with a market value of over $3.1 billion. Other major shareholders include Capital Research and BlackRock.

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement on March 6, 2026 Gate Launchpool will launch its 361st campaign, offering an IDOS (IDOS) token airdrop. Users can stake BTC, GUSD, or IDOS tokens to share in 1,000,000 IDOS tokens. The mining period is from March 6, 2026, 20:00 to March 13, 2026, 20:00 (UTC+8). Airdrop rewards are automatically distributed to spot accounts every hour, with 100% immediate unlock. The lock-up cap for the BTC staking pool and GUSD staking pool will be determined based on users' trading volume within the past 60 days, calculated as 40% of the spot trading volume, plus 5% of the options trading volume over the same period. Users whose total trading volume in the past 60 days does not meet the minimum requirement of $60,000 will be ineligible for hourly airdrop distributions from the BTC or GUSD staking pools. Additionally, users staking GUSD can enjoy an extra 3.4% minting yield, automatically distributed daily. IDoS is a Layer 1 network supporting private and autonomous data storage, allowing users to share access permissions to their encrypted data with applications and enterprises over the internet. The economic network is built on Arbitrum One, implementing a flexible data economy model through smart contracts.