根據 Cointelegraph，前 FTX 高層執行長 Ryan Salame 的妻子 Michelle Bond 被指控涉嫌使用 FTX 資金為其 2022 年國會競選提供資助，因而面臨四項刑事指控。一名曼哈頓聯邦法官已駁回她撤銷指控的動議，允許案件繼續進行。 檢方指稱，Bond 透過與 FTX 的顧問合約取得 40 萬美元，並從 Salame 另外收受數十萬美元，用於非法資助競選活動，同時隱瞞資金來源並向聯邦選舉委員會作出不實陳述。每項指控的最高刑期為五年徒刑。

Etherfi 與 Plume 今（今日）宣布推出 Liquid RWA，這是一款新的金庫，為符合資格的用戶提供接觸機構級收益策略的機會。該金庫以 2500 萬美元的上限作為第一階段，作為預計在 Etherfi 60 億美元平台上推行 1 億美元規模計畫的首波。 該金庫提供存取 Blackrock 的 iShares AAA CLOA、Fidelity 的 Total Bond ETF（FBND）以及 FalconX 信用策略。Plume 以百慕達金融管理局的牌照運作，並持有美國 SEC 的過戶代理人（transfer-agent）核准，為代幣化資產產品提供監管基礎設施。

根據 Bloomberg，AI 音樂新創 Suno 在 6 月 3 日的一輪融資中籌集了 4 億美元，估值 54 億美元；該輪由 Bond Capital 領投。這輪融資也包含投資方 IVP、Forerunner Ventures 以及 Union Square Ventures，原有投資者 Lightspeed 和 Menlo Ventures 也有參與。公司計劃將資金用於徵才、產品開發與擴張。這輪融資相較於 Suno 在七個月前的 B 里程碑（Series C）募資 2.5 億美元、估值 24.5 億美元，代表了顯著成長。

March 26: Japan's two-year government bond yield rose to its highest level since 1996, driven by market expectations of central bank rate hikes. The ten-year JGB yield also increased, with rising oil prices fueling inflation expectations and reinforcing market expectations of monetary policy tightening by the central bank. Markets are pricing in a 64% probability of a rate hike in April.

Marshall Islands-based basic income project company M1X Global completed a $3 million fundraising round, with investors primarily being executives from the cryptocurrency and financial sectors. The funds will be used to develop the USDM1 digital sovereign bond, which will support local residents' participation in the UBI program. The bond is scheduled to launch on the Stellar blockchain in December 2025.

On March 23rd, gold prices fell 2%, approaching $4,400, marking a new low since the end of 2025, with selling wiping out nearly all gains from early 2026. The Iran war and oil crisis are impacting gold price movements, with rising crude oil prices exacerbating inflation, central banks maintaining interest rates or even hiking them, and rising bond yields weakening gold's appeal, while a stronger dollar suppresses demand. Insufficient speculative momentum is accelerating the selloff, with the market showing clear disagreement on the outlook. $4,300 serves as a key support level; a break below could trigger accelerated selling. Analysts predict gold could potentially return above $5,000, but market risks and external impacts warrant caution.

On March 23, the gold market experienced a sharp selloff, marking the worst weekly performance since 1983, prompting investors to reassess safe-haven assets. Analysis indicates that the gold price decline stemmed from concentrated liquidations, with market drivers shifting toward liquidity prioritization. Rising bond yields also triggered cross-asset selloffs, as institutional investors began rotating toward private markets and digital assets. The gold decline reflects changing asset pricing mechanisms in a liquidity-dominated environment.

Gate News, on March 19, gold prices recently broke below the $4,600 mark. Market analysts believe that the surge in U.S. Treasury yields (an indicator measuring bond investment returns) and the Federal Reserve's (the U.S. central bank) delayed interest rate cut expectations are the main factors putting pressure on precious metals prices.

Gate News report: On March 18, CoinShares announced a strategic partnership with Kiln to launch the first on-chain asset management strategy utilizing its Railnet protocol. The strategy combines DeFi protocol yields with tokenized real-world asset (RWA) yields, expanding to six different yield sources covering returns from DeFi lending protocols, institutional collateralized loans, tokenized bond funds and bond ETFs, as well as neutral basis strategies.