Gate News reported that on March 20, WLFI announced the launch of AgentPay SDK, an open-source payment toolkit for AI agents. The SDK is built on USD1, integrating self-hosted key management features and policy-based transaction authorization mechanisms, and can be integrated with popular AI development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and OpenClaw.

Gate News alert: On March 20th, VanEck's latest Bitcoin on-chain report shows that Bitcoin options traders' bearish sentiment has reached the highest level in five years. Data indicates that last month's put/call ratio peaked at 0.84 with an average of 0.77, placing it in the most bearish 9% range since mid-2019. Open interest in options contracts has surpassed $33 billion, with put option premiums reaching historic highs, indicating that institutional investors are making large-scale purchases of downside protection.

Gate News reported that on March 19, the X platform (formerly Twitter) plans to release a major update to its AI recommendation algorithm next week and will simultaneously open-source the algorithm. This move aims to enhance algorithm transparency and promote community collaboration to improve the algorithm's performance and reliability.

Gate News report: On March 19, Meta announced that it will continue operating its Horizon Worlds platform, reversing its previous decision to shut down the platform. This policy change resulted from strong user opposition, with many users expressing their desire to continue using the virtual reality platform for gaming. Horizon Worlds will remain open to users, allowing them to retain their virtual experiences and communities.

Recently, trading volumes across Perp DEX platforms have rebounded, with Hyperliquid's trading volume surging 25.9%, and open interest breaking through $7 billion, exceeding the combined total of the top ten Perp DEXs. Platforms such as EdgeX, Aster, and Lighter have also demonstrated varying degrees of trading volume growth.

ZCash (ZEC) recently surged 15% to $266, with a market cap reaching $4.5 billion, driven by a recovery in the altcoin market and Zcash Open Development Lab securing $25 million in funding. ZEC trading volume increased by 73%, indicating heightened trader participation. Total liquidations in the crypto market reached $500 million.

Gate News report: On March 19, Wells Fargo released an analysis of the Federal Reserve's March FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting decision. Wells Fargo pointed out that the Federal Reserve preserved policy optionality (Optionality preserved) in this meeting, while still projecting future rate cuts (cuts still projected). Detailed analysis content has not yet been disclosed.

Gate News reports that on March 19, Trade.xyz deployed the S&P500/USDC (S&P 500, U.S. stock market benchmark index) trading pair on the Hyperliquid platform through the HIP-3 protocol, supporting up to 50x leverage. The contract officially launched last night (March 18), and as of press time, cumulative trading volume has reached 31.5 million USD, with open interest rapidly climbing to 19.6 million USD.

Gate News Report: On March 18, the Federal Reserve's FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) released a statement on March 19, with Governor Miran dissenting on this interest rate decision. Committee members approved this rate decision with an 11-1 vote ratio, compared to a 10-2 vote ratio in the previous meeting.

The Linux Foundation's Alpha-Omega project and OpenSSF have launched a new initiative with $12.5 million in funding aimed at helping open source project maintainers cope with the pressure of AI-generated security vulnerability reports and feedback. The program will collaborate with the community to provide tools and strategies, with specific details yet to be announced.