Gate News Report, March 9 — The French Minister of Finance announced that France is prepared to use its strategic petroleum reserves (national emergency energy reserves) to stabilize the market. G7 finance ministers stated they are ready to take all necessary measures to address market volatility, but no consensus has been reached yet on releasing strategic petroleum reserves. Following the announcement, international oil prices surged briefly, with WTI crude oil (West Texas Intermediate) currently at $103.6 per barrel and Brent crude oil at $101.8 per barrel.

Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian stated that Iran is prepared to respond to a possible ground invasion by the United States, refusing to negotiate with the U.S. and not requesting a ceasefire. He emphasized Iran's confidence in resisting and will view any U.S. invasion as a disaster, recalling last year's military actions against Iran's nuclear facilities.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Yemen Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi stated on the evening of the 5th that the organization "fully supports" Iran and is prepared to take action if the situation requires. (Xinhua News Agency)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, stated on social media that Iran is prepared to respond to U.S. ground operations. He mentioned that Iran is well aware that some U.S. officials are planning to launch ground operations in Iran, but Iran is ready to go to any lengths to "shame those American officials." (CCTV News)

Gate News Bot Message, March 05, According to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, MON (Monad) is currently trading at $0.02, up 8.88% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.02 and a low of $0.02. The current market cap is approximately $242 million, an increase of nearly $19.8 million compared to yesterday. Monad is a next-generation, Ethereum-compatible high-performance blockchain that offers 10,000 TPS, sub-second finality, low fees, and scalable decentralization. The chain is compatible with EVM at the bytecode level, with Solidity contracts, EVM addresses, infrastructure, tools, and libraries ready to use out of the box. Monad uses a custom database and low system requirements, allowing validators to run nodes on consumer-grade hardware, enabling true decentralization from day one.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that U.S. officials are skeptical about whether Iran is ready to accept negotiations. The New York Times@E5@

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement Gate announces the initial launch of IDOS (IDOS) spot trading, with the trading pair IDOS/USDT. Trading will open at 22:00 on March 5, 2026 (UTC+8), and the expected withdrawal time is 22:00 on March 6, 2026 (UTC+8). At the same time, Gate is launching the 336th HODLer Airdrop event, sharing 500,000 IDOS tokens. The event ends at 21:00 on March 3, 2026 (UTC+8). Users holding 1 GT can participate in the airdrop proportionally based on their GT holdings, with 100% of the airdropped tokens unlocked. Additionally, VIP 5 and above users will enjoy increased participation limits. idOS is a Web3 identity layer project that provides portable identity verification for stablecoin economies, supporting self-custody data storage and seamless KYC processes. The project has been adopted by multiple applications such as Billions and Ready, verified over 150,000 independent users, and can be used on more than 40 blockchains. The total supply of IDOS tokens is 1,000,000,000, with the contract address 0x68731d6f14b827bbcffbebb62b19daa18de1d79c (Arbitrum).

PANews March 2 News, according to CCTV, French Foreign Minister Barron stated that France is "ready" to participate in the defense actions of Gulf countries.

BlockBeats News, February 24th, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran stated that Tehran is ready to reach an agreement with the United States as soon as possible. (Jin10)

Wintermute Market Report shows that BTC has recently failed multiple times to break through $70,000, with volatile price movements and thin liquidity. ETH has fallen below $1,900, with attention on the psychological level of $1,600. Institutional demand has not returned, market confidence is lacking, and trading activity is predominantly selling. Although high-net-worth investors have shown brief interest in some altcoins, this interest has not persisted. The overall market is not ready to make proactive moves.