🐶📰 Weekend Update

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Welcome to the Daily Bone Weekend Update where we recap the top stories from the week. Be sure to check out our daily newsletter to get all of your news hot off the press each and every weekday!

Headlines

• Base announced their move away from Optimism to a Base operated stack

• Tensions rose between US and Iran as odds of an attack are now over 60% by the end of March

• OpenAI launched “EVM Bench” which measures how well AI agents can detect and fix smart contract vulnerabilities

• CME Group to launch 24/7 crypto futures and options starting in May

Macro News

• Trump directed the Secretary of War to release files relating to aliens

• NVIDIA and OpenAI reduced deal from $100B to $30B

• The CFTC chair stated that their agency has jurisdiction over prediction markets rather than state governments

• US mortgage rates fell to 2 year lows

• The creator of OpenClaw joined OpenAI

Crypto News

• The SEC revealed more details on innovation exemptions

• Stablecoin yield talks progressed at White House

• The Ethereum Foundation released their 2026 Protocol Priorities Update

• Polymarket acquired the Dome prediction market API platform — Rolled out user sponsored markets

• Hyperliquid launched policy lobbying group seeded with $28M worth of HYPE

Tokens and NFTs

• The PUNCH memecoin crossed a $35M market cap

• Conway launches “The Automaton” which features self replicating AI agents with crypto wallets that exist without human intervention

• A Birb blind box card sold for $3150

• Zora launched attention markets on Solana

• TokenWorks announced their season 2 campaign

• Fxhash raised a new funding round backed by Coinbase Ventures