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Asia is the hardest-hit region as oil prices spike. 🇵🇭 Philippines: Govt offices shift to a 4-day work week from March 9 🇲🇲 Myanmar: The junta rolled out an odd-even driving ban from March 7 🇹🇭 Thailand: Civil servants were told to wfh, take the stairs instead of elevators, set AC to 26-27°C, and wear short-sleeved shirts 🇻🇳 Vietnam: Stations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City saw long queues, with some running out of fuel entirely. 🇲🇾 Malaysia: The government is discussing WFH arrangements for civil servants.

> 2021, Facebook became Meta > Metaverse was the hottest idea on the planet > Horizon Worlds launched > 2021-2025, lost over $90B > User numbers were never disclosed > Dec 2025, acquired Manus > Jan 2026, Reality Labs laid off 1000+ > Mar 17, 2026, announced shutting down of Horizon Worlds VR > Reuters reported plans to lay off 20% > $META stock jumped

Asia is the hardest-hit region as oil prices spike. 🇵🇭 Philippines: Govt offices shift to a 4-day work week from March 9 🇲🇲 Myanmar: The junta rolled out an odd-even driving ban from March 7 🇹🇭 Thailand: Civil servants were told to wfh, take the stairs instead of elevators, set AC to 26-27°C, and wear short-sleeved shirts 🇻🇳 Vietnam: Stations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City saw long queues, with some running out of fuel entirely. 🇲🇾 Malaysia: The government is discussing WFH arrangements for civil servants.

Short positions on US oil funds are surging: Short interest on the US Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF, $IEO, is up to 2.8%, near the highest in 4 years. Short interest has TRIPLED since the start of 2026. Over the same period, $IEO prices have risen +33% to an all-time high. Furthermore, short interest in the United States Oil ETF, $USO, has soared ~3 million shares, or 50%, over the last month, This means traders are increasingly betting against rising oil prices, even as the rally continues, a setup that often leads to extreme volatility. Brace for more volatility in the oil market.

Tempo Mainnet is live! Starting today, anyone can build on Tempo through our public RPC endpoints. Alongside mainnet, we’re introducing the Machine Payments Protocol, an open standard for machine payments.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said digital commodities, digital collectibles, digital tools, and stablecoins are not securities. > For years, regulatory uncertainty was crypto’s biggest overhang. > Under former SEC Chair Gary Gensler, the playbook was enforcement first, clarity never. > There were no clear rules, only lawsuits after the fact. That era is now over. We’ve put together a timeline showing how the SEC’s approach to crypto has shifted since Paul Atkins took over as chairman.