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03-18

U.S. Senator: Progress in Crypto Market Structure Bill Negotiations; Stablecoin Yield Draft Expected This Week

ChainCatcher report, according to CoinDesk, U.S. Senator Tim Scott, Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, stated at the Blockchain Summit in Washington, D.C., that the previously stalled Crypto Market Structure Act is making substantial behind-the-scenes progress and is expected to receive a new...

New wallet deposits 2M USDC to open a 10x long position on HYPE on HyperLiquid.

ChainThink reports that on March 18, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created wallet deposited 2 million USDC into HyperLiquid and opened a 10x leveraged long position in HYPE, with a liquidation price of $29.04.

U.S. Establishes Five-Category Framework for Crypto Assets in Major Regulatory Shift

On March 17, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jointly issued Interpretive Release No. 33-11412, a 68-page guidance that formally marks the end of America’s decade-long era of “enforcement-first” crypto regulation and ushers i...

Global firms allocate $150M to BTC/ETH as crypto asset holdings increase

ChainCatcher report, according to BBX data, global publicly traded companies demonstrated a shift yesterday from “opportunistic buying” to “rule-based automated execution” in their cryptocurrency treasury allocations: $150 million allocation: Robinhood’s (NASDAQ: $HOOD) board approved today a $150 ...

OpenAI is preparing for an IPO, expected as early as Q4 2026.

ChainCatcher report, according to CNBC, OpenAI is preparing for an IPO and may complete it by the end of this year. A source familiar with the matter said OpenAI’s IPO could potentially be finalized as early as the fourth quarter of this year. The source noted that the timing remains subject to cha...

SEC Announces Regulatory Framework for Crypto Assets; BASED Token TGE Scheduled for March 30

Author: Deep Tide TechFlow Yesterday Market Update ADP Weekly Employment Report: Private sector employers added an average of 9,000 jobs per week over the four weeks ending February 28, 2026. According to Jin10 Data, the ADP Weekly Employment Report showed that private sector emplo...

March 18 Market Review: Bitcoin Approaches $76,000 Ahead of Fed Decision

Author: Deep Tide TechFlow U.S. Stocks: The Last "Buy the Dip" Before Powell On Tuesday, U.S. stocks extended the rebound from the previous trading day. The S&P 500 rose 0.25% to close at 6,716.09 points, the Nasdaq gained 0.47% to 22,479.53 points, and the Dow Jones Industrial Avera...

Top Trader 'Xian Ding 10 Da Mubiao' earned over $14.66M in long positions and now holds 28.48 BTC in short positions.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), prominent trader @Jason60704294 ("Set 10 Big Goals First") accumulated a total profit of $14.668 million during this long position cycle, holding positions in BTC (1,159 coins, entry price $67,920, profit of $6.702 million), ETH (17,738 coins, entr...

Meta Disables Quest Access to Horizon Worlds, Shifts Focus to Mobile

ChainCatcher reports that Meta has announced that, starting June 15, users will no longer be able to build, publish, or update virtual worlds on Meta Quest headsets, nor access Meta Horizon Worlds through Quest devices. This virtual world functionality will continue to be available on the Meta Horiz...

US SOL Spot ETF Records $17.81M Daily Net Inflow

PANews, March 18: According to SoSoValue data, on yesterday (March 17, Eastern Time), the total net inflow for SOL spot ETFs was $17.81 million. Only the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) recorded a net inflow yesterday, with a daily net inflow of $17.81 million, bringing its total historical net ...

Hong Kong stablecoin payment startup RedotPay seeks $150 million in new funding amid executive exodus and scrutiny over ties to China.

According to Bloomberg, Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments startup RedotPay is seeking a new round of funding targeting up to $150 million. This comes just months after its previous funding round, during which the company raised over $150 million in two rounds in September and December 2025, with i...

Data: U.S. SOL Spot ETF Records $17.81 Million in Daily Net Inflow

ChainCatcher report, according to SoSoValue data, the total net inflow for SOL spot ETFs in a single day was $17.81 million. Yesterday, only the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) recorded net inflows, with a daily net inflow of $17.81 million, bringing its total historical net inflow to $8.03 billio...

XRP Spot ETF Records $4.64 Million Net Inflow on March 17

PANews, March 18: According to SoSoValue data, on yesterday (March 17, Eastern Time), the total net inflow into XRP spot ETFs was $4.6369 million. Only the Bitwise XRP ETF (XRP) recorded a net inflow yesterday, with a daily net inflow of $4.6369 million, bringing its cumulative net inflow to $374 ...

FOMC Expected to Raise Rates in March, First Cut Likely in October

ChainThink reports that on March 18, the market widely believed the likelihood of the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) cutting interest rates at its meeting tomorrow at 2:00 PM was nearly zero, with no rate cuts expected in the near term. Futures pricing indicates that policymakers are not ...

Morgan Stanley: Crypto ETF Adoption in Early Stages, 80% Demand from Self-Directed Investors

According to The Block, Amy Oldenburg, Head of Digital Assets Strategy at Morgan Stanley, stated on March 17 at the Washington Blockchain Summit that adoption of crypto ETFs is still in a very early stage, with approximately 80% of demand for crypto ETFs on the platform coming from self-directed inv...

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