DeFi data
1. Total market value of DeFi tokens: 91.085 billion US dollars


DeFi total market value data source: coingecko
2. The trading volume of decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours was US$6.549 billion


Top ten rankings of DeFi projects with locked assets and locked-in volume Data source: defillama
NFT data
1. Total market value of NFT: US$18.508 billion


NFT total market value, market value ranking of the top ten projects Data source: Coinmarketcap
2.24-hour NFT trading volume: 2.478 billionUS dollars



NFT total market value, market value ranking of the top ten projects Data source: Coinmarketcap
3. Top NFTs in 24 hours

Top ten NFTs with the highest sales growth in 24 hours Data source: NFTGO
Headline
Ripple CEO: XRP ETF is expected to be listed by the end of 2025
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said in an interview with Bloomberg that the XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) is expected to be launched by the end of 2025 after Ripple resolves its legal dispute with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Brad said: "I am confident in ETFs, and at the same time, Ripple Labs' IPO is not impossible."
DeFi hotspots
1. Binance Launchpool will launch Nillion (NIL)
Golden Finance reported that Binance announced that it will launch the 65th project Nillion (NIL) on the Launchpool platform. Nillion is a decentralized network that uses blind computing technology to achieve secure data processing and storage while protecting privacy.
According to the announcement, users can lock BNB, FDUSD and USDC to participate in the three-day mining, starting at 00:00 (UTC) on March 21, 2025, to receive the NIL token airdrop. The Launchpool webpage is expected to be online within 12 hours after the announcement.
The NIL token will be listed on Binance at 13:00 (UTC) on March 24, 2025, opening NIL/USDT, NIL/BNB, NIL/FDUSD, NIL/USDC and NIL/TRY trading pairs. The token will be marked as Seed Tag.
2. Starknet is about to launch STRK Staking V2 voting and plans to launch the test network in a few weeks
On March 20, Starknet announced that the official vote for STRK Staking V2 will start at 0:00 am on March 21. This upgrade aims to allow validators to expand from running full nodes and monitoring the network to sending block proofs to evaluate their activity, laying the foundation for the consensus role planned by the end of 2025. At the same time, the proposal also introduces a transparent commission adjustment function to optimize economic incentives.
This upgrade will be launched on the test network in the next few weeks and is scheduled to be launched on the main network in the second quarter of 2025.
Earlier news, Starknet: The second phase of STRK staking will be launched as early as Q2 2025.
3. Sahara AI data service test network season 3 has been launched, and the number of test registration users has exceeded 3.5 million
Golden Finance reported that according to the official announcement of Sahara AI, its data service platform announced that the third season (Season 3) is officially online, and currently 3.5 million people have queued up to register. This season, 75,000 new qualified users have been approved, and a total of 180,000 users have participated. This season's updates will ensure data quality, optimize the contributor experience, and promote the decentralized development of the AI ecosystem.
According to official data, Sahara AI has approved a total of 2.8 million+ data points in the first and second seasons, and distributed more than 27 million points to support the testing and application of AI native blockchain functions.
4. The Runes protocol will undergo an upgrade called "agents", which will allow the operation of Runes AMM on Bitcoin L1
On March 20, Bitcoin Ordinals browser Ord.io said on the X platform that Ordinals and Runes protocol founder Casey announced an upgrade to the Runes protocol called "agents", which will allow the operation of Runes AMM (automated market maker) on Bitcoin L1. Agents use the "interactive transaction construction" function to enable market makers to add liquidity to Runes AMM in a trustless manner. Runes AMM agents will solve the "batch splitting" and memory pool sniping user experience issues related to trading Runes on Bitcoin L1. The upgrade date of Agents has not yet been announced.
5. PancakeSwap completes Perpetual system upgrade
March 20 news, decentralized exchange PancakeSwap has completed the Perpetual system upgrade yesterday.
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