Gate News, on March 17, PayPal announced that it will expand the wallet holding scope of its stablecoin PYUSD to 68 additional countries and regions, bringing the total number of eligible markets to 70, a significant expansion from the previous limitation to only the United States and United Kingdom. The newly added markets include Uganda, Colombia, Peru, and others, covering more regions across South America, Africa, and Asia.

DeFi Education Fund and Beba have withdrawn their lawsuits against the SEC, reflecting that the SEC's cryptocurrency regulation is gradually becoming more relaxed under new leadership, particularly on airdrop policies. Industry insiders believe this will provide more legal certainty for DeFi projects, attract greater institutional participation, and will impact market sentiment and investment strategies in the crypto market.

On March 17, US Bitcoin ETFs achieved net inflows for six consecutive days, with total capital reaching $962.8 million, and Bitcoin price rose more than 12%. Analysts believe that geopolitical tensions and Bitcoin's safe-haven attributes have driven institutional demand, with the market maintaining attention on its future trajectory.

Hong Kong stock Xunce (03317.HK) surged more than 29% on the afternoon of March 17. Nvidia's Huang Renxun mentioned that larger models will reduce token generation speed, which will impact enterprise revenue. As a leading domestic provider of real-time data infrastructure, Xunce is regarded as Hong Kong stock's "token first stock."

Despite NVIDIA unveiling major AI and gaming technologies at the GTC conference, its stock price was unable to continue rising. Analysts believe this is due to market profit-taking following positive news. At the same time, investors are paying close attention to the actual profitability of AI investments and the sustainability of cloud computing expenditures, leading to cautious stock price movements. NVIDIA's industry leadership remains unchanged, but the market is now more cautious about the alignment between valuation and growth.

As AI tools are applied more deeply, traders are leveraging Claude models to build automated trading bots that generate returns in prediction markets. By identifying deviations between market pricing and model assessments, bots can execute trades automatically and conduct cross-market arbitrage. However, the sustainability of these strategies faces challenges, affected by data quality and market liquidity. Whether ordinary traders can maintain an edge in competition remains to be seen.

Strategy purchased 22,337 bitcoins at an average price of $70,194 between March 9-15, bringing its total holdings to 761,068 bitcoins and strengthening its position as the world's largest publicly listed bitcoin holder. This increase in holdings drove MSTR stock price up approximately 6%. Market sentiment toward bitcoin has turned more optimistic, with analysts pointing out that if bitcoin maintains above $72,500, it has the potential to challenge higher price levels, while macroeconomic factors will also impact the market.

On March 17, WTI crude oil futures surged more than 3% intraday, with daily gains expanding to 5.5%, and CL prices reaching $97.5, benefiting on-chain long positions. MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen's long positions saw unrealized gains of $310,000, while short whale positions exceeding $10 million in holdings faced unrealized losses.

On March 17, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced net inflows for the sixth consecutive trading day, driving Bitcoin prices up more than 12%. Total net inflows reached $962.8 million, primarily supported by BlackRock and Fidelity. Despite smaller inflow scales, the sustained momentum has improved investor sentiment. Analysts believe short-term price movements are influenced by capital inflows and macroeconomic changes.

Gate News: On March 17, data aggregation platform DefiLlama launched a new download center supporting rapid export of 50+ datasets. Users can download complete datasets and time series data, accessing multi-dimensional data across chains, protocols, categories, RWA, stablecoins, and more. It supports custom column functionality and allows dataset preview before subscription.