Gate News Alert: On March 18, according to BitcoinTreasuries.NET monitoring, UK Prime Minister candidate Nigel Farage increased his holdings in bitcoin treasury company Stack BTC Plc (STAK) by 606,500 shares, valued at $783,000. After the increase, Nigel Farage currently holds 4.9 million shares of the company, with a total value of $638,000.

Recently, rumors about the health status of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu have drawn attention, with multiple users betting on prediction markets that he will step down before March 31st. Netanyahu attempted to clarify through a new video, but still faced skepticism, with concerns that the video may be AI-generated, failing to dispel the controversy.

Gate News reports that on March 15, Eric Trump, Donald Trump's second son, posted on the X platform expressing his disagreement with former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's claim that "Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme." Previously, Boris Johnson stated that he has always suspected Bitcoin to be a Ponzi scheme and claimed that he became more confident in this judgment after hearing about multiple related cases.

Gate News reported that on March 12, according to Arkham monitoring, Grayscale transferred approximately 296 Bitcoin through its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust to a CEX Prime address, valued at about $20.86 million. Additionally, Grayscale's Avalanche Trust fund transferred 27,731 Bitcoin to a certain independent address.

As prediction markets develop, several major US prime brokers are pushing funds into the space, with Clear Street and Marex Group planning to enable clients to participate in Kalshi's event trading. Institutional demand for prediction markets is increasing, but regulatory challenges remain. Once the regulatory framework is in place, prediction markets are expected to become a new growth area on Wall Street.

Gate News bot message, Two Prime deposited 3,946 BTC (valued at $274 million) to Ceffu over the past week. During the same period, Two Prime also withdrew $173 million from Ceffu. The transaction activity shows Two Prime moving large amounts of Bitcoin.

On March 9th, a prediction market platform showed that investors are betting that the US and Iran will not cease fire in April. Trump stated that he will jointly decide on military action with the Israeli Prime Minister, while Iran's Foreign Minister emphasized that there is no intention to cease fire at the moment and expressed distrust towards the US side.

Digital asset prime broker FalconX announces support for OpenEden's yield-bearing stablecoin OpenDollar (USDO), which is fully collateralized by short-term U.S. Treasury bonds and regulated. Institutional clients can use USDO to earn yields and as collateral for lending transactions, enhancing capital efficiency.

Recent claims that "DTCC's $4 trillion in annual transactions will migrate to the XRP Ledger" are based on a misinterpretation. In fact, Ripple Prime is only authorized to operate as a broker and clearing agent in the U.S. securities market with Pershing, unrelated to XRPL settlement. The future applications of XRPL still need to be observed.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that stablecoin infrastructure Cyclops has announced the completion of an $8 million funding round, with Castle Island Ventures, F-Prime, and Shift4 Payments participating. The specific valuation data has not been disclosed yet. (Fortune)