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Odaily reported that the blockchain ecosystem is losing developers, while AI projects are dominating growth on GitHub. According to Artemis data, since the beginning of 2025, weekly code submissions for crypto projects have dropped from about 850,000 to 210,000, a decrease of approximately 75%, and the number of active developers has fallen by 56% to around 4,600. Meanwhile, GitHub added about 36 million new developers in 2025, with global users exceeding 180 millions, and overall platform submissions increased by about 25% year-on-year. Among these, AI-related repositories exceeded 4.3 millions, the number of repositories importing large language model SDKs grew by about 178% to over 1.1 millions, and generative AI projects had more than 1 million monthly active contributors. Jupyter Notebook repositories grew by about 75%, Dockerfile repositories increased by about 120%, and TypeScript surpassed Python and JavaScript to become the most used programming language on GitHub. Within the crypto sector, Ethereum's weekly active developers dropped by 34% in three months to 2,811, Solana fell by 40% to 942, and Base declined by 52% to 378. Aptos lost about 60% of its developers, BNB Chain's submission volume decreased by 85%, and Celo dropped by 52%. The only category still growing is wallet infrastructure, with active developers increasing by about 6% to 308. Electric Capital's annual report shows that the industry's monthly active developers peaked at about 31,000 in 2022 and dropped to about 23,600 in 2024. Among retained developers, those with more than two years of experience contributed about 70% of submissions, while newcomers with less than 12 months of experience decreased by 58%.

Golden Ten Data reported on March 12 that, according to informed sources, this move is expected to benefit Apple, Samsung Electronics, and their suppliers. Sources said the proposal is essentially the second phase of New Delhi's flagship mobile phone manufacturing plan, which will begin rewarding companies that ship devices overseas. Unlike the existing production-linked incentive (PLI) program, which expires on March 31 and mainly focuses on incremental domestic output, the new plan explicitly links benefits to exports and localization processes. Sources noted that the policy design, incentive scale, and total budget are still being finalized and may change during inter-ministerial consultations. They pointed out that since almost all smartphones currently sold in India are already locally assembled, officials believe the initial incentive plan has largely fulfilled its original purpose of meeting local demand.

格隆汇 March 12｜Due to the shortage of cooking gas caused by the Middle East conflict, Indian restaurants are warning of operational disruptions, leading to a sharp decline in the stock prices of Indian food delivery companies. Most of India's natural gas supply comes from the Middle East. Facing a severe natural gas shortage, local restaurants are considering shortening business hours and reducing menu items to cope with the crisis, which puts delivery companies in a predicament of slowing order growth. Analysts, including Abhishek Pathak, wrote in a report: "Some restaurants are reducing their menus, limiting cooking hours, or temporarily closing kitchens, which may restrict the supply of orders on delivery platforms and lead to a temporary slowdown in food delivery order volume in the fourth quarter." Meanwhile, concerns about a long-term shortage of cooking gas have triggered panic buying in India, pushing up the stock prices of induction cooker manufacturers. Last Saturday, India raised the price of the most widely used cooking gas for the first time in nearly a year. The price of the 14.2 kg cylinder used by most middle-class families increased by 7% to 913 rupees (approximately $9.9).