Gate News Report, March 10 — According to market sources, social media giant Meta announced today that it will increase advertising costs for clients to offset the cost pressures caused by Europe's digital tax.

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement Gate has launched live trading of Lobster perpetual contracts, settled in USDT, supporting 1-20x leverage. At the same time, it introduces Lobster contract copy trading and trading robot services. Gate has added Lobster unified account lending and isolated margin trading pairs, simultaneously launching Lobster Earn, flexible collateralized lending, and fixed-term collateralized lending features. Additionally, the platform has introduced Lobster Flash Swap, allowing users to exchange Lobster for USDT or other supported tokens, and supports Lobster fixed investment with investment periods including hourly, daily, and other options.

SoftBank's stock price plummeted 9.8% due to OpenAI and Oracle abandoning plans to expand data centers in Texas. Over the past four months, the stock has nearly halved, and investors are concerned about its heavy investment in OpenAI. Rating agencies have downgraded its outlook to negative, reflecting liquidity issues and credit risk.

On March 10, it was reported that a certain ETH whale liquidated holdings in 2016 at a cost of $10.37, ultimately depositing 5082 ETH into CEX, with an estimated profit of $10.215 million. The source of funds traces back to 23,300.79 ETH withdrawn in 2016, with a cost basis of only $241,000.

According to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas, the USO crude oil ETF experienced unusually high trading activity on March 9, with a single-day trading volume exceeding $7.6 billion, setting a new record. Since it primarily tracks oil prices through futures contracts, long-term holding may face cost and price retracement risks, so investors should exercise caution. This surge in trading volume mainly resulted from the participation of professional traders and high-risk retail investors.

The report shows that the SOPR indicator for short-term Bitcoin holders has been below 1 for 7 out of the past 8 days, indicating they are selling below cost. Additionally, the supply has decreased to 5.92 million BTC, reflecting realized losses or a shift to long-term holding.

Gate News Report, March 8 — According to Ember Monitoring, 1 hour ago, an address liquidated and cleared 115.6 WBTC on-chain, incurring a loss of $4.48 million. The cost basis of the WBTC for this address was $105,431, while the selling price today was $67,070. The sale of 115.6 WBTC was exchanged for 7.753 million DAI.

Affected by the Middle East conflict, the closure of UAE airspace has led to flight restrictions, gold transportation disruptions, and traders selling gold below the London benchmark price by $30 to avoid cost pressures. Although some cargo has been loaded onto departing flights, a large amount of goods remain stranded.

Blockchain project Doppler announces that its token issuance platform has officially expanded to the Solana network, offering native integration with the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM). This move will optimize developer tools, streamline the token issuance process, improve efficiency, and lower technical barriers. Doppler focuses on the SVM architecture, responding to Solana's high throughput and low-cost advantages, helping more projects quickly build digital assets and promote ecosystem development.

U.S. Q4 2025 labor productivity growth at an annual rate of 2.8%, exceeding expectations, indicating that companies are improving efficiency through new technologies to control costs. This trend helps ease wage pressures and suggests that the labor market is no longer driving inflation. AI investment growth is one of the key factors.