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Gelonghui March 2｜According to data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the chart below shows the United States' net import reliance on 37 critical minerals, as well as the main supplier countries from 2021 to 2024. Overall, the United States is completely dependent on imports for 11 critical minerals, including graphite, gallium, and rare elements such as scandium and yttrium, and relies on imports for more than 50% of another 21 critical minerals. China plays a central role in the U.S. mineral supply chain, serving as the main source for arsenic, graphite, tantalum, yttrium, antimony, and rare earths. The net import reliance for uranium, a key material for nuclear energy, is as high as 99%, with the main suppliers being Kazakhstan, Canada, and Russia. The United States is also heavily dependent on imports for various industrial and energy transition metals. Lithium (net import reliance over 50%) and copper (57%) mainly come from Chile, cobalt (79%) is mainly imported from Norway, while nickel (41%), aluminum (60%), and zinc (73%) are primarily sourced from Canada.

Foresight News reported that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Shanghai Data Bureau, and the National Blockchain Technology Innovation Center jointly signed the "Memorandum of Cooperation on Digitalization of Shanghai-Hong Kong Freight Trade and Finance" today. This aims to further promote in-depth cooperation between Shanghai and Hong Kong in the fields of digital empowerment for freight trade and finance, leverage Hong Kong's unique advantages as a "super connector" and "super value-adder" to facilitate both domestic and international connectivity, and support Shanghai in connecting with the international data ecosystem through Hong Kong. According to the Memorandum, the Monetary Authority, Shanghai Data Bureau, and the Innovation Center will jointly research innovative cooperation in digital technology and its applications, and promote innovation in the application of digital technology in freight trade, finance, and other fields. All parties will jointly explore the use of digital technology to build a "cross-border platform," carry out cross-border financial cooperation in the Ensemble project, study how to apply electronic bills of lading, and advance integration with Commercial Data Interchange and CargoX, using freight and trade data to drive trade financing between the two regions.

Foresight News reported that the total supply of the native stablecoin iUSD on the all-chain Rollup L1 network Initia has surpassed 1 million US dollars, currently standing at 1.26 million US dollars.