Odaily Planet Daily reports: Market sources indicate that two Israeli officials stated that Israel assesses the situation and believes US President Trump is not yet close to ordering an end to the war. Market sources also suggest that Israeli officials acknowledge uncertainty about whether a war against Iran would lead to the collapse of its theocratic regime. (Jinshi)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that a spokesperson for Iran's Central Command, Khatham Anbia, stated that Iran's policy of "counter-strikes" has ended, and "continuous strikes" will be implemented going forward. The US cannot control oil prices through "artificial measures" and should be prepared for oil prices to rise to $200 per barrel. Iran claims it is fully capable of blocking the Strait of Hormuz. (Jinshi)

According to Odaily Planet Daily, in response to the security risks in typical application scenarios of "Lobster," the National Cybersecurity Threat and Vulnerability Information Sharing Platform (NVDB) of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has organized intelligent agent providers, vulnerability collection platform operators, and cybersecurity companies to propose "six dos and six don'ts" recommendations. The recommendations mention that financial transaction scenarios pose a significant risk of erroneous transactions and even account hijacking. Deploying "Lobster" by enterprises or individuals and calling financial application interfaces can automate trading and risk control, improve the efficiency of quantitative trading, intelligent investment research, and portfolio management, and achieve functions such as market data capture, strategy analysis, and trading order execution. Countermeasures include: implementing network isolation and least privilege, closing unnecessary internet ports; establishing manual review and circuit breaker emergency mechanisms, adding secondary confirmation for critical operations; strengthening supply chain auditing, using official components, and regularly patching vulnerabilities; and implementing full-chain auditing and security monitoring to promptly identify and address security risks. (MIIT)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the European Central Bank (ECB) released the Appia roadmap on Wednesday, outlining a long-term development plan for a European tokenized wholesale financial market based on central bank money. The roadmap revolves around two related initiatives: Pontes, a distributed ledger technology settlement solution for the Eurosystem, and Appia, the overall strategic framework for building a future tokenized financial ecosystem. Pontes is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2026. ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone stated that Appia aims to build a path from the current financial system to the future tokenized market, with central bank money as a solid foundation. Pontes plans to achieve integration of the market's distributed ledger infrastructure with the Eurosystem's TARGET service by the end of the third quarter of 2026. TARGET is the Eurosystem's payment and settlement system, encompassing the TARGET2 large-value payment system, the T2S securities settlement system, and the TIPS instant payment system. The ECB is simultaneously opening a public consultation, inviting public and private sector participants to provide feedback on the roadmap or submit proposals for implementation. The deadline for feedback is April 22.

According to an official announcement, Binance's HODLer airdrop project Midnight (NIGHT), the 61st installment, has been launched. Users who subscribed to SimpleEarn and/or On-ChainYields products between 08:00 on February 16, 2026 and 07:59 on February 19, 2026 (Beijing time) are eligible for airdrop allocation. Rewards are expected to be distributed to users' spot accounts within 4 hours of the announcement. Binance will list NIGHT on March 11, 2026 at 23:30 (Beijing time), and open trading pairs NIGHT/USDT, NIGHT/USDC, NIGHT/BNB, and NIGHT/TRY. (This news item was generated with AI assistance.)