Gate News, on March 25, Payy, a stablecoin startup, completed a $6 million seed round of financing in December last year, led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures and DBA Crypto. This round of financing was conducted using a SAFE agreement format with attached token warrants. To date, Payy has accumulated a total of $8 million in financing.

Recent geopolitical tensions have prompted investors to sell gold and shift toward Bitcoin, which offers price stability and attracts substantial capital inflows. Data shows gold ETFs experienced outflows of $3.8 billion, while Bitcoin ETFs absorbed $2 billion. Analysts point out that despite short-term changes in capital flows reshaping market dynamics, both Bitcoin and gold retain their characteristics as store-of-value instruments, and their performance requires long-term evaluation.

The Ethereum Foundation released a quantum-safe roadmap, planning to introduce quantum-resistant mechanisms through a hard fork before 2029 to address the threat quantum computing poses to blockchain encryption. This upgrade includes optimizing public key support and enhancing layer 2 network security to ensure long-term security. The risk of quantum computing breaking existing encryption algorithms has already drawn attention from the Bitcoin ecosystem and institutions.

Gate News reported on March 25 that JPMorgan Chase pointed out in its latest report that although gold (a traditional safe-haven asset) has declined approximately 17% from its January peak amid a stronger US dollar and widespread market risk aversion, historical experience suggests such pullbacks typically represent temporary buying opportunities. The institution stated that the longer geopolitical conflicts persist, the more compelling the case for bullish gold becomes.

Ethereum Foundation releases new roadmap, planning to address quantum computing threats through four hard forks by 2029. Upgrades include providing quantum-safe public keys, reducing Gas fees for related signatures, and protecting Layer 2 networks. Testing of quantum-safe features launched in March.

Singapore's OCBC strategist Christopher Wong points out that safe-haven demand for gold is re-emerging due to market expectations of de-escalation in Middle East tensions and a weaker US dollar. He believes that in the short term, gold prices will be influenced by Federal Reserve policy, US dollar trends, and geopolitical factors, but price declines may find support.

Gate News reported that on March 25, gold prices rebounded as oil prices declined significantly and expectations of easing Middle East tensions provided support. Spot gold rose approximately 2.56% to $4,588 per ounce, while April-delivery gold futures surged more than 4%, reaching $4,597.7.

Market activity is influenced by policy, with energy price volatility and Middle East risks coexisting, leading capital flows toward safe-haven assets. BTC exhibits liquidity-driven oscillatory movements, lacking conditions for trend continuation in the short term. We need to await a one-way breakout in either energy or liquidity.

Anthropic Launches New Permission Mode "Auto Mode" for Claude Code, Offering Flexible Options Between Item-by-Item Approval and Completely Bypassing Permissions Through Pre-Review of Operation Safety. Safe Operations Are Automatically Approved, While Dangerous Operations Are Blocked and Require User Confirmation. This Mode Reduces Risk but Does Not Completely Eliminate It, and It Is Recommended to Use in Isolated Environments. It Is Now Available to Selected Users.

BitMine Chairman Tom Lee believes Ethereum may be at the tail end of the cryptocurrency winter. The company has recently increased its ETH purchases, demonstrating strong safe-haven characteristics. He is optimistic about the passage of the Clarity Act, which he believes will help improve Ethereum's fundamentals. Ethereum is currently trading at $2,138, though geopolitical tensions remain a source of uncertainty.