Gate News Report: On March 26, according to Gate's market data, as of press time, MON (Monad) is trading at 0.02658 USD, up 13.53% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of 0.02732 USD and a low of 0.02278 USD, with 24-hour trading volume of 5.3128 million USD. Current market cap is approximately 288 million USD, ranking 156th globally. Monad is building a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain for the next generation of decentralized applications. As an Ethereum-compatible high-performance chain, Monad offers 10,000 TPS, sub-second finality, low fees, and scalable decentralization. Monad's mission is to construct blockchains that are 100x to 1,000x faster than its closest competitors.

Polymarket announced that starting March 30, it will impose Taker fees on almost all trading categories with variable rates, reaching up to 1.8% for crypto contracts. Geopolitical categories are exempt from fees, marking its emphasis on global high-risk events and ending a long-standing "zero-fee" policy.

CESR (Composite Ethereum Staking Rate) is becoming the institutional reference rate for Ethereum, providing investors with a transparent benchmark for staking yields. The index covers factors such as block rewards and transaction fees, and supports derivatives trading. Industry participants believe that CESR will promote the growth of Ethereum investment products and become an important tool in the crypto asset market.

Balancer Labs, the parent company of decentralized exchange Balancer, announced its closure due to substantial losses from a hacker attack last year. Nevertheless, the Balancer protocol will continue to be operated by the Balancer DAO and foundation, generating revenue. The core team will be integrated into a new entity, with no new BAL tokens issued. All fees will be used for buybacks of existing tokens, providing investors with fair exit opportunities. The current DeFi sector is facing reorganization, with the next 12 months being a crucial test for industry recovery.

Pumpfun co-founder alon announced that the platform is updating its token fee mechanism to reduce manipulation. Under the new rules, creators can only redirect fees once, tokens with set fees will be locked, and user rights are protected.

QCP Group points out that Trump's ultimatum to Iran failed to materialize, leading to a brief market stabilization. Despite BTC breaking below 70,000, its resilience has strengthened. With U.S. national debt exceeding 3.9 trillion, stagflation concerns are intensifying, and central banks face a policy dilemma. Iran has proposed settling transit fees in RMB, and markets should pay attention to shifts in BTC.

Polymarket will adjust its fee mechanism starting March 30, 2026, introducing multiple market categories and adopting a dynamic formula to calculate new fee rates. Fees will be used to incentivize market makers to provide liquidity, currently only charged on Crypto and Sports markets, while other markets remain fee-free.

March 22, Bitcoin reported $69,275.33, with a 24-hour decline of 1.93%; Ethereum reported $2,103.95, with a decline of 2.18%. The market is comprehensively bearish, with bears dominating, and funding rates are universally negative, indicating that bears need to pay fees to longs.

Developers discovered that the Composer 2 model ID published by Cursor is Kimi K2.5, and questioned whether it respected licenses and paid fees. The person in charge of Moonshot AI stated that after testing, it was confirmed to be consistent with their Kimi tokenizer, accusing Cursor of not mentioning Kimi K2.5. Cursor has not responded to date.

Gate News Report: On March 19, the custodial agent economic control layer ClawVault announced that AI agents can now automatically pay x402 API fees using USDC. This feature will execute automatically but requires user authorization. Each payment will be reviewed through more than 30 configurable rules, including spending caps, whitelists, rate limits, approvals, and other security mechanisms.