Visa Chief Product and Strategy Officer Jack Forestell stated that AI-powered intelligent networks represent a major opportunity for the payments industry, with AI agents expected to handle 15% to 25% of U.S. e-commerce transactions by 2030. AI will enhance payment success rates, promote microtransactions, and drive digitalization of B2B payments. Meanwhile, Visa launched the "Trusted Agent Protocol" to strengthen security. Competition is intensifying, with market focus shifting toward underlying infrastructure and technology standard-setting.

Gate News Report: On March 18, Bitcoin Core released v31.0rc1 test version, which is the next major version following v30.2. The version is now open for testing, and developers can download binary files and view release notes. The official version is expected to be released after further testing is completed.

On March 12, Hyperinsight detected a major trader accumulating approximately 95,000 WTI crude oil short positions within 1 hour, with a total value of $9.13 million, increasing their total position value from $14 million to $23.13 million, with current floating losses of $764,000.

OpenAI plans to raise approximately $10 billion more before March, reaching a valuation of $850 billion. Yesterday, a $110 billion financing was completed, making it the largest single funding in global history, with major investors including Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank. The funds will be used for AI infrastructure and model development.