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Thursday2026/04
03-19
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discusses the macroeconomic outlook and market insights for 2026.
Organized & Compiled by Schatong TechFlowGuest: Scott Bessent, U.S. Secretary of the TreasuryHost: Wilfred FrostPodcast source: The Master Investor Podcast with Wilfred FrostScott Bessent: Inside Trump’s Treasury; War Costs; and Why the Bond Market RulesBroadcast date: March 13, 2026Key points summa...
Arizona Files 20-Count Criminal Lawsuit Against Kalshi Over Illegal Gambling
Key InsightsArizona files 20 counts lawsuit in the first criminal action against Kalshi.The state says the prediction platform is offering illegal election wagering and unlicensed sports betting.Kalshi is the prediction platform with the most revenue, pulling $110 million in the last 30 daysThe stat...
Elon Musk Claims Google Will Win the AI Race in the West, China on Earth, and SpaceX in Space
According to 1M AI News, Abacus.AI CEO and co-founder Bindu Reddy posted on X criticizing Google Gemini 3.0 for falling short of expectations, noting that most users are still on 2.5, and suggested Google abandon its side projects and train 100 teams with 100 models to select the best one. Elon Musk...
Kalshi CEO Denies Arizona Attorney General’s Allegations, Calls Charges Baseless and Overreaching
ChainCatcher report: Tarek Mansour, CEO of the prediction market platform Kalshi, responded to the criminal lawsuit filed by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes against Kalshi, stating, “The allegations made by the Arizona Attorney General are baseless and clearly an overreach of authority. If they ...
Over $13.5M in BTC long positions liquidated on Hyperliquid, the largest in 24 hours
BlockBeats report, March 19: According to Hyperinsight monitoring, after BTC briefly dropped below $70,000, the low touched $69,400. Within the past hour, the total BTC liquidations across the network amounted to approximately $58.2 million, with long positions accounting for nearly 99%. Liquidation...
Bitcoin Price Shows Structural Weakness Amid Correction, Analyst Warns of Further Decline
The Bitcoin price broke above $75,000 earlier this week, marking the highest level for the pioneer cryptocurrency for over one month. But while this move has led to an improvement in the overall investor sentiment, it could end up being a trap. This is called out by analyst TheOnePct, who explained ...
Fed rate cut expectations plummet as projections rise higher
In September 2024, the Federal Reserve officially initiated rate cuts. At the time, the median of the dot plot clearly indicated a path to 3.4% by the end of 2025, with four additional cuts.Six quarters have passed. Last night’s March SEP told us that this line has completely gone off track.The Fede...
Over $60 million in liquidations across crypto markets in one hour
According to ChainCatcher, data from Coinglass shows that $61.71 million in total positions were liquidated globally in the past hour, with $59.76 million in long positions and $1.95 million in short positions liquidated. Among these, BTC liquidations amounted to $43.39 million and ETH liquidations ...
BTC below $68,000 could trigger $608M in long liquidations on major centralized exchanges.
BlockBeats news, on March 19, according to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin falls below $68,000, the cumulative long liquidation pressure on major CEXs will reach $608 million.Conversely, if Bitcoin breaks above $72,000, the cumulative liquidation strength of long positions on major CEXs will reach $856 m...
Over $61 million in liquidations across crypto markets in the past hour
Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to Coinglass data, the total liquidations across the network in the past hour amounted to $61.71 million, with long positions liquidated at $59.76 million and short positions liquidated at $1.95 million.Among these, BTC liquidated $43.39 million and ETH liquida...
Block Rehires Some Employees After Mass Layoffs; CEO Admits Mistake
According to Cointelegraph, after laying off approximately 4,000 employees at the end of February, Block—owner of Square, Cash App, and Afterpay—has quietly rehired some staff this month. Multiple employees reported receiving rehire invitations on LinkedIn, citing reasons such as "administrative err...
Bitcoin OGs Sell Over $100M in BTC Amid Fed's Hawkish Rate Outlook
Bitcoin's BTC$70,565.84 biggest early holders, often called original gangsters, are hitting the sell button after the Federal Reserve rattled expectations for lower borrowing costs.Blockchain data tracked by Lookonchain shows at least two long-term holders together dumped over 1,650 BTC worth more t...
Gold price drops 2%, $1.53M whale liquidated on-chain
ChainThink report, March 19: According to Hyperinsight monitoring, spot gold briefly plunged 2%, dropping below $4,750 per ounce, hitting long positions on-chain first. A major long whale (0x21e) suffered two large liquidations within the past half-hour, totaling 318 gold tokens, equivalent to appro...
Flow Traders Enters Tokenized Assets, Supports 24/7 OTC Trading for BENJI and XAUT
According to The Block, crypto market maker Flow Traders has officially entered the tokenized assets space through its 24/7 OTC platform, supporting tokenized products such as money market funds, equities, and commodities—including Franklin Templeton’s on-chain money market fund (BENJI) and Tether G...
Bitcoin OG Whales Sell Millions as BTC Price Drops Below $71K
Bitcoin’s price has nosedived once again in the past 24 hours, dropping below $71,000 for the first time since the weekend.While the blame has been placed on the US Federal Reserve, certain OG whales have been disposing of large BTC portions, which can also be attributed to the correction.OGs Sellin...
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