Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy expressed more criticism than celebration regarding the Ethereum Foundation's mission statement, believing it can maintain the cypherpunk dream. He noted that the short-term impact on Ethereum's price is limited, while the long-term focus should be on goal achievement. He will continue to hold ETH for cultural and Meme reasons.
BlackRock's staking Ethereum ETF attracted approximately $46 million in funds within two days of launch, holding spot ETH and staking 70%-95% of ETH through CEX. Investors can receive approximately 82% of staking rewards monthly, with remaining rewards going to BlackRock and service providers. The fund's non-compounding design attracts large investors, and BlackRock chose to launch the staking ETF independently to mitigate risks.
March 15, multiple tokens will unlock according to Token Unlocks data, including LayerZero (ZRO) unlocking approximately 26 million tokens, Lombard (BARD) unlocking approximately 30 million tokens, River (RIVER) unlocking approximately 1.1 million tokens, etc., involving a total amount exceeding $90 million.
MoonPay announced on March 15 the introduction of hardware signing support for its AI agent tools, enabling transaction strategy execution across multiple blockchains. Users must confirm transactions through Ledger devices to ensure private key security.
Gate News Report: On March 15, according to Lookonchain monitoring, ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees has resumed buying ETH after a year of inactivity. Over the past 5 days, he has spent 17.75 million USDT to purchase 8576 ETH. Currently, Erik Voorhees still holds 26.77 million USDT and may continue to purchase more ETH.
On March 15, stock markets in the Gulf region generally declined slightly, with indices in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman all experiencing downturns. The US-Israel-Iran conflict continues, with Trump threatening to escalate strikes against Iran and rejecting diplomatic negotiation efforts from Middle East allies.