Kairos Labs completed a $2.4 million seed round funding and launched a permissionless, non-custodial interest rate swap protocol based on EVM, planning to go live on Ethereum mainnet and Base. The protocol will optimize interest rate risk management in the DeFi market and promote the development of fixed income products.

Ethereum Ecosystem Rate Swap Protocol Kairos Labs Completes $2.4M Seed Round Funding on March 25, Led by 6th Man Ventures with Participation from Lattice and Others. The Project Has Graduated from Alliance Accelerator and is Expected to Launch on Ethereum Mainnet and Base Network in the Near Term.

Gate News bot message, according to Gate official announcement on March 25, 2026 Gate will launch Perle (PRL) perpetual futures real trading on March 25, 2026 at 19:10 (UTC+8), supporting USDT settlement and 1-20x leverage. Meanwhile, Gate will add PRL unified account lending and cross-margin leverage trading pairs, and introduce PRL savings, flexible staking lending, and fixed-term collateral lending features. Within 1 hour of PRL futures launch, copy trading and trading bot services will be available. Additionally, Gate plans to launch PRL flash swap 1 hour after PRL spot goes live, supporting swaps to USDT and other supported tokens, as well as PRL auto-invest features supporting multiple investment cycles including hourly and daily options.

Gate News bot message, according to Gate's official announcement on March 25, 2026 Gate will launch Perle (PRL) on the Flash Swap platform at 20:00 UTC+8 on March 25, 2026. Users can exchange PRL through Gate's Flash Swap platform, which supports one-click exchange of over 2,200 cryptocurrency assets without any fees.

Gate DEX launched a global partnership recruitment program on March 25, inviting KOLs, communities, and trading users to participate. Users can apply to become partners and earn rebates by guiding others to trade through exclusive links. The program covers multiple trading scenarios, with real-time rebate settlement and a data backend dashboard.

The rise in US Treasury yields may influence the Trump administration's decision-making in conflict with Iran and indirectly impact Bitcoin's trajectory. Changes in key yields and swap spreads will determine market sentiment and policy adjustments, requiring investors to monitor macroeconomic risks.

Gate News: On March 23, according to Gate market data, as of press time, TRIA (Tria) rose 33.5% in 24 hours, now trading at $0.04949; reaching a high of $0.0508 and a low of $0.0358, with 24-hour trading volume reaching $35.9272 million. Tria is a cross-chain routing engine with a self-custodial crypto neobank at its core. The platform enables users to spend, stake, and swap across 200+ chains—no gas, no seed phrases, no stress. One app, every chain, zero complexity. Tria provides multiple core features: users can spend digital assets through the Tria card in 150+ countries, supporting top-ups with over 1,000 tokens, with no custodial intermediaries.

Gate News Reports: On March 22, the total liquidation volume in the cryptocurrency market over the past 24 hours reached $359 million, with long liquidations at $293 million and short liquidations at $65.428 million. BTC liquidations reached $139 million, and ETH liquidations reached $108 million. A total of 119,490 traders were liquidated over the past 24 hours. The largest single liquidation occurred on a certain CEX's BTC-USDT-SWAP trading pair, valued at $10.0182 million.

An Ethereum user mistakenly exchanged 50 million USD in stablecoins for only 37,000 USD worth of Aave tokens in a token swap, sparking widespread discussion due to insufficient liquidity and extreme slippage. The incident exposed flaws in DeFi trading mechanisms, prompting Aave and CoW Swap to propose improvement measures. Responsibility disputes continue, with experts calling for optimized system design to better protect users.

This article summarizes cryptocurrency news for March 16, 2026, focusing on the latest Bitcoin updates, Ethereum upgrades, Dogecoin trends, real-time cryptocurrency prices, and price predictions. Today's major Web3 sector events include: 1. Bitcoin breaks through $74,000 to reach a six-week high, driven by short squeeze liquidations and ETF capital inflows; 2. Aave Shield security mechanism debuts: automatically blocks high-risk swap transactions, DeFi security upgrades further; 3. SEC withdraws lawsuit against BitClout founder and bars further prosecution, signaling a shift in crypto regulatory direction.