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Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 Market Providers by Trading Volume HIP-3 was already growing fast - but the Iran war turned it into something else entirely. When U.S. and Israeli forces launched coordinated strikes on Iran on a Saturday, traditional markets were closed. Traders had nowhere to go except Hyperliquid. HIP-3 markets captured $4.4B in weekend-traded volume while the CME and Nasdaq sat idle. Aggregated open interest across HIP-3 hit a record $1.43B on Saturday - a 100x increase from when the first HIP-3 markets launched just six months ago. HIP-3 leaders from the past 30 days include: • TradeXYZ - $38.5B volume / $1.19B OI • Dreamcash - $7.24B volume / $56.4M OI • Felix - $1.03B volume / $12.3M OI • HyENA - $998M volume / $53.7M OI • Markets.xyz (Kinetiq) - $910M volume / $15.5M OI • Ventuals - $149.3M volume / $9.09M OI Arthur Hayes put it best: Where price discovery happens when TradExchanges sleep. It's the weekend, stuff's going down, TradExchanges are closed, but Hyperliquid is open for business. Data🔗DefiLlama Top 7 Ecosystem:Alpha | X | Telegram

Tempo Mainnet is live with Machine Payments Protocol for agents The launch includes a payments directory with more than 100 integrated service providers spanning model providers, developer infrastructure, and data services. Alongside mainnet, Tempo introduced the Machine Payments Protocol, an open standard for machine payments co-authored with Stripe. MPP provides a standardized method for agents and services to coordinate payments programmatically, defining a protocol for requesting, authorizing, and settling payments between machines. Tempo is a purpose-built, layer 1 blockchain incubated by Stripe & Paradigm for payments, developed in partnership with leading fintechs and Fortune 500s. It raised $500M in a Series A round backed by Greenoaks, Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital, Sequoia, Ribbit Capital, and Ron Conway’s SV Angel. 🔗tempo.xyz/blog/mainnet Top 7 Ecosystem:Alpha | X | Telegram

TradeXYZ partners with S&P Dow Jones Indices to launch the first official S&P 500 perps The S&P 500 perp is now available 24/7/365, anchored by the official index data required for deep liquidity and institutional confidence at scale exclusively on Hyperliquid. Aggregated open interest (OI) across Hyperliquid's HIP-3 markets reached a record $1.43B on Saturday. This represents an over 100x increase from when the first HIP-3 markets launched just six months ago. TradeXYZ - Vol 30D: $38.5B | OI: $1.2B Perp DEX built on Hyperliquid's infrastructure, offering not only crypto assets but also traditional financial instruments - US stocks, indices, commodities, and forex pairs - accessible 24/7 on-chain. 🔗x.com/tradexyz/status/2034260987197444255 Top 7 Ecosystem:Alpha | X | Telegram

RedotPay eyes $150M raise ahead of US IPO Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments firm RedotPay is in discussions to raise to $150M in fresh funding as it moves forward with plans for a U.S. initial public offering that could value the company at more than $4B. RedotPay secured $194M in 2025, including a December Series B round. The project is backed by Accel, Blockchain Capital, Goodwater Capital, HSG, Pantera Capital, and Vertex Ventures. RedotPay is a crypto payment solution that provides virtual and physical Visa cards. It process over $10B in annualised payment volume & serves more than 6M users across 100 countries. 🔗theblock.co/post/394036/redotpay-150-million-raise-ipo Top 7 Ecosystem:Alpha | X | Telegram

Playnance [GCOIN] will be listed on MEXC at 13:00 UTC $GCOIN trading will be live today, on Mar 18, at 13:00 UTC. Recently, Playnance launched $GCOIN staking on PlayW3, with 900M tokens already staked. ℹ️Playnance is a Web3 infrastructure company developing live, non-custodial, on-chain products designed to onboard mainstream Web2 users into blockchain environments. Ecosystem Stats: • 2M+ on-chain transactions per day • 10,000+ on-chain games • 30+ integrated game studios 🔗x.com/Playnance_/status/2034197510936260944 @TOP7ICO

Binance will conduct Fabric [ROBO] Airdrop via HODLer Airdrops Portal Users who subscribed their $BNB to Simple Earn products from March 4 to March 6 will get the airdrop distribution. HODLer airdrops token rewards are 100M $ROBO (1% of token supply). Fabric is a hardware-agnostic operating system designed to enable the integration of intelligent machines into everyday life. It has raised $20M in funding, backed by Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, and other investors. 🔗binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/20ac487755434d559568552e9812cbf0 @TOP7ICO

Kalshi & Polymarket Eye $20B Valuations - Prediction Markets Compared Prediction markets have quietly become one of the most consequential sectors in crypto - and beyond. Kalshi signed a deal with CNBC, while Dow Jones partnered with Polymarket to bring prediction market data into The Wall Street Journal and MarketWatch. $OPN listed on March 5 and is now trading at an FDV of ~$293M. After briefly touching $0.57 in pre-market, the token dropped over 20%. The bigger question is what comes next. If Kalshi and Polymarket close their rounds at $20B, the pressure on both to launch tokens grows significantly Polymarket has already filed trademark applications for $POLY. Kalshi has no token yet either. Two of the largest prediction market platforms in the world, both valued in the tens of billions, both tokenless. @TOP7ICO

Top 10 Crypto Cards by Volume in March According to Artemis, crypto neobanks are quietly becoming one of the most important narratives in the space. Crypto card volume has compounded at 106% annually since 2023, growing to $18B annualized. Here are the top performers by volume in March 2026: RedotPay - $207.2M Rain - $137.9M Wirex - $55.3M EtherFi - $32.5M Tria - $8.06M Karta - $7.28M Cypher - $5.16M Gnosis - $4.7M BFinance - $3.61M Ready - $3.12M One caveat worth flagging: Rain and Wirex data may be incomplete. Also, this chart doesn't capture every player in the space - KAST, for example, runs 1M+ users and $5B in annualized volume but operates mostly off-chain, which PaymentScan doesn't track. Use our referral link to get up to 6% cashback for Tria card🔗app.tria.so/?accessCode=QFPX7L4386 Source: Paymentscan @TOP7ICO

USA₮ takes over Times Square on St. Patrick's Day with Rumble Wallet Tether's US-regulated stablecoin USA₮ is running one of the most visible stablecoin activations in history. As 2M people flood New York City for the world's largest St. Patrick's Day Parade, brand ambassadors will distribute 25,000 promotional postcards throughout Times Square and along the parade route, inviting passersby to scan a QR code to download the Rumble Wallet and claim $10 in USA₮, free, right from their phone - all running from 10 AM to 11:59 PM ET. Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether Today, USD₮ is used by more than 550M people globally, helping move digital dollars across the internet instantly and reliably. USA₮ brings those same foundations to a new audience, making it easier for people to experience how digital dollars can function in everyday life. USA₮ itself is issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, America's first federally chartered stablecoin issuer - making it one of the few stablecoins built specifically to meet U.S. regulatory standards from day one. Tether’s support for USA₮ underscores its commitment to driving U.S. dominance and leadership in the evolving digital asset economy. 🔗x.com/usat/status/2033955651441848684 @TOP7ICO

Derivio raises $6M in a Funding Round backed by YZI Labs Investors in the round include YZi Labs, CMT Digital, Big Brain Holdings, Signum Capital, UOB Venture Management, Everstake Capital, Proximity Labs, and others. Moreover, Derivio has participated in Season 6 of the Binance Labs Incubation Program. Derivio is an AI-native trading platform that provides fast and accurate access to the full spectrum of onchain markets - from memecoins to RWAs, from spot to derivatives, including perps and prediction markets. 🔗x.com/derivio_xyz/status/2033876039148179752 @TOP7ICO

Playnance [GCOIN] will be listed on MEXC tomorrow, on Mar 18 $GCOIN trading will be live on Mar 18, at 13:00 UTC. Moreover, MEXC launched Kickstarter for Playnance with a $50K reward pool. Voting period runs from March 18, at 11:00 UTC to March 19, at 10:50 UTC. Recently, Playnance launched $GCOIN staking on PlayW3 and 300M tokens were locked within hours. Users can stake $GCOIN in smart-contract pools with a 1K token minimum across 6, 9, 12, or 18 months, earning 10-40% rewards. ℹ️Playnance is a Web3 infrastructure company developing live, non-custodial, on-chain products designed to onboard mainstream Web2 users into blockchain environments. Ecosystem Stats: • 2M+ on-chain transactions per day • 10,000+ on-chain games • 30+ integrated game studios 🔗x.com/MEXC_Listings/status/2033860908926001616 @TOP7ICO

Aster [ASTER] launched Mainnet of its L1 blockchain Blockains launch rolls out in phases: Chain Genesis is already live, partnership announcement drops tomorrow, public staking for $ASTER holders is coming this week, followed by ecosystem expansion, Aster Code Partners Program, and a Brand & UI Upgrade. ℹ️ Backed by YZi Labs and CZ as advisor, Aster is a Perp DEX with farming and stablecoin minting. > Platform Volume 30d: $76.8B > Open Interest: $2B > TVL: $952M • Current $ASTER price: $0.75 (+13% for 24h) • Current FDV: $5.91B 🔗x.com/Aster_DEX/status/2033894753520275508 @TOP7ICO