Gate News bot message, according to Gate's official announcement Gate is about to launch R2 Protocol (R2) spot trading and flash swaps trading. Spot trading will begin on 2026-03-30 18:00 (UTC+8), flash swaps trading will start at 19:00 (UTC+8) on the same day, and withdrawals are expected to open at 2026-03-31 18:00 (UTC+8). The trading pair is R2/USDT. R2 Protocol is an on-chain asset management platform, committed to providing institutional-grade real returns for crypto-native users and traditional users alike. The R2 contract address is 0x223A20E1B83AA3832E78D4B7B132dF022e739222 (BSC chain).

Gate News bot message, according to Gate official announcement on March 25, 2026 Gate will launch Perle (PRL) perpetual futures real trading on March 25, 2026 at 19:10 (UTC+8), supporting USDT settlement and 1-20x leverage. Meanwhile, Gate will add PRL unified account lending and cross-margin leverage trading pairs, and introduce PRL savings, flexible staking lending, and fixed-term collateral lending features. Within 1 hour of PRL futures launch, copy trading and trading bot services will be available. Additionally, Gate plans to launch PRL flash swap 1 hour after PRL spot goes live, supporting swaps to USDT and other supported tokens, as well as PRL auto-invest features supporting multiple investment cycles including hourly and daily options.

Gate News bot message, according to Gate's official announcement on March 25, 2026 Gate will launch Perle (PRL) on the Flash Swap platform at 20:00 UTC+8 on March 25, 2026. Users can exchange PRL through Gate's Flash Swap platform, which supports one-click exchange of over 2,200 cryptocurrency assets without any fees.

Trump Announces "Productive Dialogue" with Iran; Iran Says It Never Happened. But $1.5 Billion in Futures Trades Were Already Placed 15 Minutes Before the Announcement. 1｜Trump Calls for Peace, but $1.5 Billion Was Already Bet 15 Minutes Before He Spoke ------------------------------ On the morning of March 23 at 6:49 AM, $1.5 billion in S&P 500 futures contracts and $650 million in crude oil futures flooded into the New York futures market. Sixteen minutes later, Trump posted on Truth Social announcing a 5-day pause on bombing Iran's energy infrastructure, claiming both sides had engaged in "very good and productive dialogue." Oil prices flash-crashed 15%, while the S&P surged by $1.7 trillion. Iran's response was three words: it never happened. Iran's Revolutionary Guards stated

According to analyst monitoring, the flash loan attacker on the Venus platform transferred 1743 ETH, with the address holdings reaching 7450 ETH, and funds being used for Aave yield farming. Venus has experienced multiple security incidents since 2021, with losses exceeding $270 million.

Meituan's LongCat team open-sourced LongCat-Flash-Prover on March 21st, a 560 billion parameter MoE model focused on Lean4 formal theorem proving. The model comprises three capabilities: automatic formalization, sketch generation, and complete proof generation, combined with reasoning tools and the Lean4 compiler to achieve real-time verification. Training utilizes the Hybrid-Experts Iteration Framework and HisPO algorithm to prevent reward hacking. Benchmark results show that the model sets new records for open-source weight models in automatic formalization and theorem proving.

Gemini CLI will implement three policy adjustments starting March 25: free users will no longer have access to Pro models, traffic distribution priority will be adjusted, and the abuse detection mechanism will be upgraded. Developers can obtain paid API keys through AI Studio or Vertex AI.

Gate News bot message, according to Gate official announcement on March 18, 2026 Gate will launch Katana (KAT) on the Flash Exchange platform on March 18, 2026 at 22:00 (UTC+8). Users can exchange KAT with other cryptocurrency assets through the Flash Exchange platform, supporting one-click exchange for over 2200 cryptocurrency assets. The Flash Exchange platform does not charge any fees for KAT exchange transactions.

Gate News bot message: According to Gate's official announcement on March 18, 2026 Gate launches the "Crazy Wednesday" activity, running from March 18, 2026 at 14:00 to March 22 at 16:00 (UTC+8). Users can unlock blind boxes by completing multiple tasks including flash swaps, spot trading, contract trading, and deposits. Prizes include FOGO tokens, lucky bags, and Leica cameras, with a 100% win rate. During the event, the platform offers a USDT 14-day fixed wealth management product with 8% annualized yield. New users can enjoy a 3-day 100% annualized yield bonus. Additionally, surplus asset wealth management products are available including 0G, APT, AZTEC, and IDOS, with maximum annualized yields reaching 300%. Users who stake BTC, ETH, and SOL can enjoy up to 16% annualized yield, with SOL staking of 0-1 eligible for 16% annualized returns. All rewards will be distributed within 14 business days after the event concludes.

Gate News bot message, according to Gate's official announcement Gate has launched CFG contract trading features, including CFG perpetual contracts live trading (USDT settlement), supporting 1-20x leverage. Meanwhile, in margin lending, Gate has added CFG unified account lending, isolated margin trading pairs, and launched CFG savings products, active collateralized loans, and fixed-term collateralized loans. Additionally, Gate has introduced a flash conversion feature for CFG, allowing users to convert CFG to USDT or other tokens supported by flash conversion. For dollar-cost averaging, the platform has opened CFG DCA functionality, supporting multiple DCA cycles such as hourly and daily. The aforementioned perpetual contracts have opened copy trading and trading bot services.