BlockBeats News, March 16th, according to Token Unlocks data, this week ARB, ZRO, KAITO, and others will undergo a one-time significant token unlock, including:

ARB will unlock tokens on March 16th, worth approximately $9.65 million, accounting for 1.78% of the circulating supply;

ZK will unlock tokens on March 17th, worth approximately $3.4 million, accounting for 2.97% of the circulating supply;

BARD will unlock tokens on March 17th, worth approximately $32.43 million, accounting for 11.09% of the circulating supply;

ZRO will unlock tokens on March 20th, worth approximately $55.53 million, accounting for 5.64% of the circulating supply;

YZY will unlock tokens on March 19th, worth approximately $6.8 million, accounting for 4.90% of the circulating supply;

BR will unlock tokens on March 19th, worth approximately $4.15 million, accounting for 68.45% of the circulating supply;

LISTA will unlock tokens on March 20th, worth approximately $2.9 million, accounting for 6.17% of the circulating supply;

PIXEL will unlock tokens on March 19th, worth approximately $1.05 million, accounting for 3.57% of the circulating supply;

KAITO will unlock around 18 million tokens on March 20th, worth approximately $6.3 million, accounting for 5.19% of the circulating supply.

BlockBeats News, March 16th, Trump posted on Truth Social stating that Iran has long been known for its media manipulation and PR prowess. Despite its weak military power, it is very good at "feeding" false information to those news media that are willing to accept its fake news. Nowadays, artificial intelligence has become another weapon of false information used by Iran, and they have used it quite well, even as they are in decline. They displayed footage of the fake "Kamikaze Drone Squadron" attacking various ships at sea, looking grand and ferocious, but these ships do not exist — all to showcase how "powerful" their long-defeated army is with fabricated false information!

According to The Wall Street Journal and other media's false reports, five allegedly shot-down and severely damaged U.S. tankers, except for one, are all in service, and this new plane will soon be back in the sky. The buildings and ships shown on fire are also not actually on fire — all generated by artificial intelligence fake news. For example, Iran closely collaborated with fake news media to spread rumors, saying our great "USS Abraham Lincoln" aircraft carrier — one of the world's largest and most prestigious warships — was raging in flames at sea. In fact, it not only did not burn, it was not even attacked — Iran certainly wouldn't do that! This news is a deliberate lie, and to some extent, the media that concocted this news should be charged with treason because they spread false information!

The fact is, Iran is suffering heavy losses, and the only "victories" they have achieved are those created using artificial intelligence and spread by corrupt media. The radical left-wing media are well aware of this but continue to spread fake news and lies. This is why their approval ratings are so low, even though I only received 5% positive media coverage, I still won the presidential election by an overwhelming margin — they have no credibility!

BlockBeats News, March 16th, according to Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD) Monthly Operations Report, in February, the platform's funded accounts reached 27.4 million, a 7% year-on-year increase; platform total assets were $314 billion, a 68% year-on-year increase; net deposits were $5.6 billion, with an annualized growth rate of 21%. In terms of trading volume, stock trading volume was $194.4 billion (up 36% year-on-year), options contracts were 180.3 million (up 9% year-on-year), and cryptocurrency trading volume was $25 billion (up 74% year-on-year). Furthermore, the margin balance was $17.2 billion, a 98% year-on-year increase; securities lending revenue was $25 million, a 14% year-on-year increase.

BlockBeats News, March 16th, according to The Wall Street Journal, U.S. officials said the Trump administration plans to announce as early as this week that multiple countries have agreed to form an alliance to provide escort for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. However, parties are still discussing whether these actions should be taken before or after the end of Iran's hostile activities. The White House declined to comment on this. Given the related risks, many countries have adopted a wait-and-see attitude towards participating in escort missions until the U.S.-Iran conflict is resolved.

According to PolyBeats monitoring, the probability on the prediction market Polymarket for "Will the U.S. escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz before March 31st?" is currently 39%.

The U.S. Navy's escort of the Strait of Hormuz faces multiple constraints, repeatedly making statements but hesitating to take action, reflecting its lack of capability on this issue. The strait is less than 40 kilometers wide at its narrowest point, with the near-shore water depth generally less than 25 meters. The narrow waterway would weaken the U.S. military's technological advantage. At the same time, Iran still has various near-shore harassment and attack capabilities, including drones and missiles. A cheap drone costs only $35,000, but it would cost the U.S. military between $5 to $40 million to intercept one. Iran has the upper hand in the Strait of Hormuz, and the U.S. does not have good options.

BlockBeats News, March 16th, Aave and CoW Swap released contrasting incident analysis reports on the "50 Million Dollar Slippage Incident". Aave's key statement is that the event was caused by insufficient market liquidity, not slippage. User orders far exceeded available market liquidity, CoW Swap's quote was 99.9% lower than the expected market clearing price, and users confirmed acceptance of that quote.

CoW Swap, on the other hand, pointed out that our gas limit was actually outdated, the optimal solver won two auctions but never submitted any transaction on-chain, and the transactions may have leaked from a private mempool. Checkboxes should not be the sole security measure.

It is worth noting that neither report mentioned the MEV bot that extracted approximately 44 million USD from this transaction.

BlockBeats News, March 16th, according to HTX market data, the crypto market saw a morning rebound, with Bitcoin breaking through $73,000, Ethereum breaking through $2,200, and SOL breaking through $90. The total market capitalization of cryptocurrency exceeded $2.555 trillion, with a 24-hour increase of 1.8%. The top-performing altcoins in terms of price movement are:

REZ 24-hour increase by 31.2%, currently trading at $0.0042;
SHELL 24-hour increase by 17.7%, currently trading at $0.036;
TAO 24-hour increase by 14.22%, currently trading at $284;
NEO 24-hour increase by 12.48%, currently trading at $2.87;
EIGEN 24-hour increase by 10.4%, currently trading at $0.22;

THE 24-hour decrease by 23.2%, currently trading at $0.214;
COS 24-hour decrease by 19.8%, currently trading at $0.0018;

MBOX 24-hour decrease by 11.2%, currently trading at $0.0176;

DEGO 24-hour decrease by 10.38%, currently trading at $0.86.

BlockBeats News, March 16th, Venus Protocol released THE Fund Pool Exceptional Activity Update following the incident. In addition to the previous suspension of THE borrowing and withdrawal, the Collateral Factor (CF) of 7 markets has now been reduced to 0 as a precautionary measure against a single user holding an excessively high collateral ratio in the market. The 7 markets are BCH, LTC, UNI, AAVE, FIL, TWT, and lisUSD. All other markets remain unaffected and continue to operate normally.

The preliminary assessment of the attack method indicates that the attacker started accumulating THE tokens slowly through normal deposit processes since June 2025, eventually holding 84% of the total supply (approximately 12.2 million THE). Yesterday, the hacker directly transferred THE tokens to the protocol contract, instantly boosting the supply and creating a huge amount of collateral. The attacker then engaged in recursive price manipulation, exploiting the protocol's low on-chain liquidity combined with TWAP oracle delay. The hacker initiated a loop: deposit THE, borrow other assets, use the borrowed assets to buy more THE on-chain, wait for the TWAP oracle update to raise the price.

Venus stated that they are always committed to transparency and will release a full report after the investigation is concluded.

BlockBeats News, March 16th, according to the Financial Times, reported that Trump warned that if US allies do not assist in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, NATO will face a "very bad" future. "Those who benefit from the strait should help ensure that nothing bad happens there. Europe is highly dependent on oil from the Gulf region, unlike the United States. If there is no response, or the response is negative, I think the future of NATO will be very bad."

When asked what kind of help he needed, Trump replied, "Any necessary help." He added that allies should send minesweepers, and Europe has far more minesweepers than the US. He hoped Europe would send commandos or other military forces to eliminate Iranians who cause "trouble" in the Gulf using drones and mines. Trump also warned that the US is prepared to launch new strikes against Iran's oil export hub, Kharg Island, and may target its oil infrastructure.

BlockBeats News, March 16th, according to Coinglass data, the past 7-day net inflow of BTC on CEX totaled 4300.25 BTC, with the top three outflow volumes on CEX as follows:

Coinbase Pro, inflow of 24,964.19 BTC;

Bitfinex, inflow of 22,672.72 BTC;

OKX, inflow of 4,096.39 BTC.

Additionally, Binance saw an outflow of 24,185.82 ETH, ranking first in outflows.

BlockBeats News, March 15th, local time March 15th, Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi stated that Iran has never requested a ceasefire, nor has it even requested negotiations. Araghchi also stated that Iran is prepared to engage in dialogue with those willing to discuss the safe passage of its vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, and several countries have already contacted Iran requesting assurance of safe passage for vessels, with the ultimate decision resting with Iran's military forces. (CCTV News)