SWIFT announced that its blockchain shared ledger project has entered the build phase, with plans to go live in 2026. The initiative aims to enable interoperability for tokenized deposits, support 24/7 cross-border payments, and improve payment speed and liquidity visibility.

Bitdeer’s Tydal Data Center under its umbrella has reached a retrofit agreement with a Norwegian contractor, converting the facilities to support NVIDIA’s AI technology. This move is at the core of Bitdeer’s global strategy, aimed at meeting the growth in demand for AI data centers. Meanwhile, Bitdeer has cleared its Bitcoin reserves and plans to raise $300 million.

Pharos Network announced that it will deploy the USDC and Circle cross-chain transfer protocol, providing stablecoin settlement functions and cross-chain capital flow. Developers can build lending markets and financial products on it, institutional capital can access compliant RWA markets, and users will expand financial opportunities.

On March 27, the Web3 social project UXLINK announced an ecological strategy upgrade, launching UX Agent and an AI social network, combining social growth layers with AI technology to achieve content optimization and automation. The new model will adjust the token economy through community voting, aiming to build an intelligent social network where humans and AI coexist, protecting the interests of existing users.

Gate News reports that on March 27, Renren Skill announced the launch of its public beta, aimed at creating an AI skill store specifically designed for Chinese users. The platform is fully compatible with the Chinese environment, providing users with a complete one-stop experience for browsing, installing, learning, using, sharing, and creating. According to the introduction, Renren Skill has established a three-tiered community system, covering multi-level needs from beginner users to hardcore developers. The platform allows users to easily build their own Skills and plans to open tipping and monetization mechanisms in the future to improve community ecosystem development.

GANA announced integration with Conflux Bitunion payment solutions, aiming to expand the global payments network and drive the convergence of Web3 payments with traditional finance. New features are expected to go live on April 15, supporting multiple fiat payment options and improving efficiency in cross-border transactions.

OpenAI is rolling out a plugin system for its AI programming tool Codex, enabling integrations with a variety of developer tools (such as Slack, Figma, Gmail, and more). The plugins support local development and publishing. Developers can use the @plugin-creator skill to build plugins quickly, even though the public marketplace hasn’t been opened yet.

Hedera launched the Hedera Agent Lab platform on March 26, aimed at helping developers build on-chain AI agents. It offers three development modes: no-code, low-code, and advanced code, with more features to be integrated in the future.

Reflection AI plans to raise its funding target from $2 billion to $2.5 billion, with its valuation expected to increase from $20 billion to $25 billion. This will be one of the largest funding rounds in the open-source AI field, aiming to build a freely accessible AI model ecosystem. JPMorgan Chase and existing investors will participate in the investment.

Privacy computing protocol Primus Labs partners with Brevis and BNB Chain to build a privacy-preserving identity layer on BNB Chain, aiming to introduce real-world credit into the DeFi space. The identity layer leverages zkTLS technology to authenticate Web2 data while protecting user privacy and improving lending efficiency.