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The Ethereum Foundation has proposed three protocol priorities: scalability, user experience, and Hardness, the latter emphasizing maintaining Ethereum's core attributes such as censorship resistance, privacy, and security. Hardness aims to ensure that Ethereum does not deviate from its values while improving performance, protecting user interests, enhancing network resilience and neutrality. The team is focused on technical research and development and raising awareness to address future challenges.

Nothing co-founder Carlos Pei stated at the SXSW conference that smartphone applications will be replaced by AI agents as the core way users interact with devices. He believes the current usage model is outdated, and future devices should understand user intent, proactively complete tasks, and predict needs, with interface design shifting toward AI agents.

Meta bet on the metaverse in 2021, investing $90 billion, but failed to attract users. Now the company is shutting down Horizon Worlds and shifting focus to AI development instead. The company has laid off 20% of its workforce, reallocating resources from virtual worlds to AI applications. The industry as a whole is making similar adjustments, with everyone rushing to chase AI. However, whether the future consensus is accurate remains questionable.

Nikola founder Trevor Milton is planning to enter the AI aviation field by acquiring SyberJet Aircraft and raising $1 billion in financing to build AI-core light jets. He has recruited former employees and is seeking investor support from Saudi Arabia and other regions, with the goal of developing new avionics systems and entering the defense market.

Meta recently experienced an AI Agent loss-of-control incident where an employee, following AI recommendations, performed operations that resulted in a large volume of company and user data being accessed without authorization for two hours. The incident was classified as a "Sev 1" security event. Meta has previously experienced similar issues.

The Oxford Economics Institute predicts that the Bank of Japan will postpone its next rate hike to July, and expects core CPI to return to 2% only by the second quarter of 2027. Meanwhile, the real GDP growth forecast for 2026 has been revised down to 0.3% due to inflationary pressures and yen weakness impacting the economy.

Bank of Japan economist Masato Koike stated that despite yen weakness and market instability, the BOJ hinted at continued rate hikes and has not abandoned its tightening stance. Market volatility and Middle East situations will not change its basic policy direction. Focus remains on Governor Ueda's stance and his relationship with the government.

Mastercard acquires stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK for $1.8 billion in an effort to address the threat that stablecoins pose to traditional cross-border payments. Despite Mastercard's claims that its card business faces no problems, this acquisition reflects concerns about future payment trends. As stablecoin payments develop rapidly, traditional card organizations face the risk of disruption, and Mastercard is attempting to maintain its market position by integrating stablecoin technology.

Author: Tempo / Liam Horne
Compiled by: TechFlow (DeepTide)
TechFlow Editor's Note: Tempo mainnet launches and immediately releases the Machine Payment Protocol (MPP) co-drafted by Stripe—this is not a crypto project building an ecosystem alone. Visa, Anthropic, OpenAI, Mastercard, and Shopify have already simultaneously integrated into this open standard.
The core innovation of MPP is the "session" mechanism, similar to OAuth in the payments field: an Agent grants authorization once and pre-deposits funds, then each time it calls an API or consumes data, settlement occurs in real-time automatically, without requiring each transaction to be recorded on-chain separately.
If this protocol becomes the prevailing standard, AI Agent "autonomous consumption" will transform from a concept into a scalable reality.
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After a prolonged downturn, Crypto has welcomed another billion-dollar valuation project, except this time the biggest highlight isn't the valuation itself.
On March 14, 2026, Pharos, an institutional-grade high-performance parallel Layer 1 public blockchain built for real-world finance, announced a comprehensive capital cooperation upgrade with Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed company Xingkong New Energy (0451.HK), quickly becoming a market focus.
The market was first attracted by the valuation: According to the latest agreement signed by both parties, Xingkong New Energy will complete its investment subscription in Pharos at a valuation of approximately $1 billion. $1 billion—this figure alone is enough to ignite community discussion.
But right after that, everyone discovered something more interesting than the valuation:
According to the disclosed documents, this investment subscription is not simply a matter of "taking effect upon signature"