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Welcome to the 122th edition of Sharding Weekly! If you’re in the Middle East, please stay safe 🙏 2026/3/9 - 2026/3/15 Some Highlights: 🔸TOKEN2049 Dubai has been postponed to April 21–22, 2027 after drone attacks in Dubai prompted crypto industry evacuations 🔸U.S. CPI came in as expected, with Core CPI at 0.2% MoM and CPI at 2.5% YoY 🔸Traders no longer fully price in a Fed rate cut for 2026 🔸Nasdaq plans to work with Kraken and issuers to launch tokenized stocks 🔸Brent crude oil hits $100 for the first time since 2022 🔸Trump tells Axios the Iran war will end soon: “Any time I want it to end, it will end 🔸Federal judge blocks Trump administration subpoenas targeting Fed Chair Jerome Powell 🔸Wells Fargo files trademark for “WFUSD,” signaling a possible stablecoin or crypto service --- 📰News $BTC •Bitcoin mined supply reaches 20M, with the final 1M to be issued over the next 114 years •@saylor acquired 17,994 BTC for ~$1.28B at an average price of ~$70,946 $ETH •Tom Lee’s BitMine bought 60,976 ETH worth $122M •Ethereum Foundation sold 5,000 ETH OTC at an average price of $2,042.96 to BitMNR Others •Nvidia reportedly plans to launch an open-source AI agent platform called NemoClaw •@Meta has acquired @moltbook •Mastercard launches global blockchain payments with Binance, Ripple, and PayPal •U.S. Department of Justice probes Iran’s alleged use of Binance to evade U.S. sanctions •Binance sues The Wall Street Journal for defamation •Trump team to host a gala luncheon for token holders on April 25, with Trump among 18 “superstars” attending --- 📖Good Reads •@CryptoHayes - $HYPE Man •@virtuals_io - Introducing ERC-8183: The Commerce Layer for AI Agents •@a16z - Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps: March 2026 •@JulienBek - Services: The New Software •@nvidia - AI Is a Five‑Layer Cake •@diegoxyz - We’re Entering the Agentic Era of Crypto •@KhalaResearch - X402 Ecosystem Map •@FredaDuan - Agentic Commerce Update | 1Q2026 •@covachong - The $18B niche market nobody in Web3 is talking about •@aleabitoreddit - America is losing the robotics race to China due to a hidden “kill switch” over U.S. robotics --- 💰Crypto Fundraising Blockchain Service •@KASTxyz - 80m Series A led by @QEDInvestors @leftlanecap •@zodl_app - 25m Seed •@immunefi - $TBD Strategic investment from @Anchorage •@cryptio_co - 45m Series B led by BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global •@VeryAI - 10m Seed led by @polychain Blockchain Infrastructure •@opnetbtc - 5m led by @further DeFi •@UnitasLabs - 13.33m Seed •@perptools - 3m Seed led by @DextForce and @OrderlyNetwork CeFi •@stackbtc_ - 347k Strategic Chain •@ArkLabsHQ - 5.2m Seed That’s all🥂 --- If you feel this thread is helpful, welcome to follow @ciaobelindazhou @cchungccc Thank you for all your support! Have a great day! Full content 👇 x.com/ShardingCapita…

Pokethon Winners Are Coming to the Trenches Two teams built at the CreatorBid Pokethon. Both won. Now they're launching on the Trenches. POKE - @poketradedotfun Prediction markets for Pokemon TCG tournaments. Call the winners, earn rewards. Already tested across 3 live tournaments (Merida, Birmingham, Toronto) with real data from LimitlessTCG. Hold $POKE to enter weekly, monthly, and seasonal tournaments. Built by @blaziken007, OG of the CreatorBid community. SONAR - @TCGSonar A price aggregator and autonomous arbitrage agent for TCG cards. It scans on-chain tokenized cards and off-chain marketplaces (eBay, TCGplayer) to find price gaps. Demoed live at the Pokethon. Built by @MazzaBreno, former Solana ecosystem builder. Token gates access to the premium agent. Formerly known as Wise Slowking. Both launching permissionless on @base

#OpenDigest | 13 March 2026 Each week, we bring you the biggest headlines, sharpest insights, and key updates on stablecoins, tokenized RWAs, and the OpenEden ecosystem. All in one place.👇

Decibel DLP is LIVE on Echelon DLP is @Decibeltrade core liquidity vault: it provides exchange liquidity and serves as the backstop liquidator and market-maker. LPs earn fees and Decibel Points via trading revenue and liquidation margins.

Here's what BOB devs cooked in the last month across 234 merged PRs (100 UI, 97 Gateway, 37 SDK) 👨‍🍳 TL;DR: → Fixed-rate, instant BTC swaps: prototype is live → Major quote optimizations. Best USDT/USDC rates soon → R&D: $1M+ order size, limit orders, DCA & compliant privacy → Audit ongoing, 5 BTC+ swap capacity incoming → New major SDK release and improved API Read the thread for more details 🧵

As we wrapped up Stage 2 of the GOAT User Journey, two contributors stood out most. GOAT Creator of the Week: @uniswap12, who published multiple pieces of high quality content across @X, @Binance Square, and @CoinMarketCap. GOAT MVP: @ABams01, whose deep-dive analysis stood out for its quality and professionalism: x.com/ABams01/status… We’ve now moved into Stage 3, where you will use @GOATLightbot to learn how to bridge to mainnet, and much more. This stage runs until March 20th with $200 in rewards up for grabs, and activity will contribute toward GOAT Network Ambassador selection. Full Stage 3 details: x.com/GOATNetwork/st… And for anyone in Shenzhen tomorrow, we’re hosting our second @openclaw Hackathon - a 4-hour builder sprint focused on deploying AI agents, with Mac Minis and cash prizes on the line. Details & registration: luma.com/bwro4uva

Liquidity League III Update xxxWhkz leads with $4.4M in perps volume He's currently set to take home $2,000 The prize pool grows with every single trade Right now it only takes $300k in volume to crack the Top 3 Start competing: go.bullpen.fi/saqlEUX

Agents are now buyers. An agent onboarded, got credentialed, and paid for intelligence on @heurist_ai. Today we’re partnering with @heurist_ai to enable agent-led growth. With InFlow, agents can: ✳️ onboard with identity ✳️ receive scoped budgets ✳️ enforce spending policies ✳️ pay for services mid-workflow No workflow breakage. A Manus agent researching US stablecoin adoption purchased deep analysis through Heurist Mesh for $0.10 USDC and completed the task in 2 minutes. This is what agentic commerce looks like. Agents are your teammates. They now complete tasks end-to-end like your human colleague. ➡️ inflowpay.ai ➡️ mesh.heurist.ai

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Welcome to the 121th edition of Sharding Weekly! To everyone in the Middle East, please stay safe 🙏 2026/3/2 - 2026/3/8 Some Highlights: 🔸Trump says he must help choose Iran’s next leader 🔸Trump urges Congress to pass crypto market structure legislation 🔸CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the US may approve crypto perpetual futures within a month 🔸Fed grants Kraken payments system access in a crypto first 🔸ICE invests in OKX at $25B valuation amid tokenized stocks push --- 📰News $BTC •Strategy bought 3,015 BTC for ~$204M at ~$67.7K each •Steak ’n Shake begins paying a $0.21/hour Bitcoin bonus to employees $ETH •Tom Lee’s BitMine bought 50,928 ETH for $101M, raising its treasury to 4.47M ETH Others •Marc Zeller’s ACI will leave Aave in July amid rising governance tensions •SEC drops case against Tron founder Justin Sun --- 📖Good Reads •@wintermute_t - Geopolitics takes the wheel as U.S.-Israel strike on Iran rattles risk assets •@ArmanHezarkhani - The Complete Guide: Claude for Excel •@elvissun - OpenClaw + Codex/ClaudeCode Agent Swarm: The One-Person Dev Team [Full Setup] •@sytaylor - Agentic commerce will use cards first, then stablecoins •@apoorv03 - The State of Consumer AI. Part 1 - Usage •@broodsugar - A simple recipe for winning robotics •@Delphi_Digital - The Multiverse Market •@votesa - Red Flags in Crypto •@EXM7777 - how to master prompt engineering •@matty_ - Tokenomics Is Dead. Long Live Tokenomics. --- 💰Crypto Fundraising Blockchain Service •@Cyclops_inc - 8m Strategic •@utexocom - 7.5m Seed led by @tether @BigBrainVC @PortalVentures Blockchain Infrastructure •@interstatefdn - 1.5m DeFi •@SatsTerminal - $TBD Strategic investment from @gate_ventures Chain •@akavenetwork - 6.65m Seed CeFi •@crossover_mkts - 31m Series B led by @Tradeweb •@QFEX - 9.5m Seed led by @generalcatalyst That’s all🥂 --- If you feel this thread is helpful, welcome to follow @ciaobelindazhou @cchungccc Thank you for all your support! Have a great day! Full content 👇 x.com/ShardingCapita…

Regardless of the cycle, the BID team is locked in building. We're increasing velocity. - BID Trenches (T-14) customizable liquidity ranges using @AerodromeFinance pools. @Clawlett_wallet, the non-ruggable wallet for @OpenClaw agents, launched. - CreatorBid V2 (T-232) BID is live. BID levels provide access to curated agent launches. CreatorBid V1 (T-498) During the first agent wave, when Terminal of Truth was around. Brought bonding curves, persona studio, and content automation for hosted agents. Agents are back, and the pipeline is full. 🦞

#OpenDigest | 6 March 2026 Each week, we bring you the biggest headlines, sharpest insights, and key updates on stablecoins, tokenized RWAs, and the OpenEden ecosystem. All in one place.👇

A great step forward. @EchelonMarket is a key partner as we continue to expand the foundation for USD1. Back to building.🫡

BOB Mainnet's next upgrade is set for March 12: the Jovian Hardfork, part of OP Stack's Upgrade 17. If you run an external node, make sure your infrastructure is updated before then. Everything you need to know ↓ gobob.xyz/blog/jovian-ha…

AI agents don't operate like humans. They don't click buttons or copy-paste addresses. They need wallets, identity, payments, and reputation - all accessible programmatically, all verifiable onchain. GOAT Network provides this at the protocol level. GOAT x402 payments let agents pay for services cross-chain - without human intervention. The agent sees a single interface; the protocol handles chain selection, settlement, and proof. ERC-8004 gives agents persistent onchain identity. An agent with a verified track record is distinguishable from a fresh wallet with no history. This is becoming increasingly essential as more and more agents transact with each other autonomously. This is all live on GOAT Network today.

Heurist Mesh is now available as an Agent Skill. Drop a single SKILL.md into your agent. Openclaw, Claude Code, Opencode, and Codex pick it up automatically - no manual API wiring, no config. 100+ crypto intelligence tools, ready to call.

What da Beras doing? we've been a little less terminally online as of late while focusing on a few initiatives internally; - AI upskilling across the org. Lots of useful data to be gleaned, and low lift product / tooling efficiencies. - Evaluating and coordinating logistics around better yield-bearing collateral on Bend - Exploring facelifts to the core website and some of our subdApps to better adapt to the times - Prototyping and testing internally built dApps - Wrapping up acquisition #1 and getting ready to integrate the team + product - Prepping to roll out the first "revenue positive" PoL pilot - And of course, following up on conversations with teams (both new, old, and once estranged) from Denver and other venues Looking forward to getting some more of these out of the way and one day beating the $77 a day in fees allegations (I pray for the day that DL uses PoL revenues as that metric) Back to work 🫡