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Since March 19, the negative premium trend of Bitcoin on Coinbase has expanded. During the same period, Bitcoin has fallen from $74,000 to the current $66,000, proving that this round of correction is dominated by American investors.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Jefferson stated that the economy will expand at a rate of about 2% or slightly above 2% this year, but there is a high level of uncertainty.

Tether announced that its gold token Tether Gold (XAU₮) has launched on the BNB Chain, bringing this leading tokenized gold asset into a broader crypto ecosystem.XAU₮ corresponds to 1 ounce of physical gold (London Good Delivery standard), stored in Swiss vaults, and backed by a 1:1 reserve through independent audits. Data shows that gold prices are expected to rise by about 64% in 2025, marking the largest annual increase in 40 years, driving up market demand for safe-haven assets. During the same period, the market size of gold-backed stablecoins grew from about $1.3 billion to over $4 billion, with XAU₮ accounting for about 60% of the share.This deployment allows users to gain direct exposure to physical gold within the BNB Chain ecosystem without the need for traditional custody, premiums, and settlement processes. At the same time, Tether achieves liquidity interoperability for XAU₮ across more than 12 blockchains through the USDt0 cross-chain network, enhancing the efficiency of issuance, transfer, and settlement.Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that this move aims to integrate gold assets into the modern digital financial system, enabling instant settlement and global circulation capabilities. The BNB Chain side noted that this integration will further strengthen its ecological layout in the realm of real-world assets (RWA).

According to its first annual SEC 10-K filing, Hashdex's x crypto index exchange-traded fund Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF (NCIQ) has expanded its constituent assets to 7 types. In addition to the original BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, and XLM, ADA and LINK have been added. This expansion means that the ETF further enhances the breadth of multi-asset allocation, covering more mainstream public chains and infrastructure tokens, which helps to diversify the volatility risk of a single asset, while reflecting the ongoing demand from institutional investors for diversified exposure to crypto assets.

According to market news, Tron DAO has expanded its artificial intelligence fund from $1 billion to $1 billion, focusing on early-stage startups that build core infrastructure for the agent economy.The fund will focus on four areas: agent identity systems, stablecoin-based payment channels, tokenized real-world assets, and developer tools for autonomous financial systems. Tron founder Justin Sun stated, "Tron has the capability to support large-scale real-world transactions while providing a predictable, low-cost execution environment. This makes it very suitable for high-frequency, automated interaction scenarios, such as fund management, merchant settlement, API-to-API payments, and various types of financial flows between machines."

The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of Hong Kong, Xu Zhengyu, introduced the development of stablecoins and digital renminbi in Hong Kong, stating:The People's Bank of China and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority are working closely together to optimize the arrangements for digital renminbi. Currently, the number of mainland operating institutions responsible for operating digital wallets has increased from four to five, while the number of local Hong Kong banks participating in the "Faster Payment System" for digital wallets has increased from 17 to 18. The number and usage of digital wallets opened with Hong Kong mobile numbers have shown stable growth.According to the People's Bank of China, as of the end of January 2026, approximately 80,000 digital wallets have been registered. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and local banks have been actively promoting the application of digital renminbi in Hong Kong. Currently, the number of local merchant retail points accepting digital renminbi has increased from about 300 to approximately 5,200, covering chain retail stores, hotels, travel agencies, restaurants, convenience stores, and supermarkets.The People's Bank of China and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority are exploring the arrangements and feasibility for upgrading digital wallets to increase their usage limits, expand application scenarios, and enhance user experience. As the policies and technical details involved still require in-depth discussion, specific plans and timelines are yet to be finalized.Stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (such as digital renminbi), as well as other new payment tools, including tokenized deposits and cross-border connections for rapid payment systems, have the potential to be applied in transaction settlements, local or cross-border payments, and other scenarios, provided they comply with relevant legal and regulatory requirements.These payment tools each have their own characteristics and varying degrees of maturity, and their future development prospects are largely determined by market forces. The government and financial regulatory agencies will continue to explore the potential and application scenarios of various new payment tools, better leveraging their synergies to address more pain points in the real economy.

According to Gate market data, international oil prices continued to decline during the Asian session, while spot gold and silver strengthened. The intraday increase in spot gold expanded to 2%, reported at $4566.71 per ounce; the increase in spot silver expanded to nearly 4%, reported at $73.94 per ounce.

According to Cointelegraph, the prediction market platform Polymarket will expand its fee structure starting March 30, covering areas such as finance, politics, economics, culture, weather, and technology, not just limited to cryptocurrency and sports. The new fee structure will adopt a variable rate.

Coinglass data shows that in the past hour, the total liquidation across the network has expanded to 248 million USD, with long positions liquidated at 232 million USD and short positions liquidated at 16.36 million USD. In addition, the liquidation amount for BTC reached 109 million USD, while the liquidation amount for ETH was 83.73 million USD.

According to Caixin, after 10 banks including the six major state-owned banks, 12 commercial banks may connect to the central bank's digital renminbi system. It is reported that seven national joint-stock banks, including Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Guangfa Bank, Huaxia Bank, Minsheng Bank, CITIC Bank, Everbright Bank, and Zhejiang Commercial Bank, as well as five local city commercial banks, including Jiangsu Bank, Beijing Bank, Ningbo Bank, Nanjing Bank, and Suzhou Bank, are expected to join.As of now, there are 10 banks operating the digital renminbi, including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Bank of Communications, Postal Savings Bank of China, China Merchants Bank, Industrial Bank, as well as WeBank and MYbank.

According to CoinDesk, the Bank of Korea has officially launched the second phase of the digital won pilot project, collaborating with nine commercial banks to conduct real scenario testing of Deposit Tokens, covering government subsidy distribution and nationwide consumer payment and transfer services.This phase of the project is named "Project Hangang," adding Kyongnam Bank and iM Bank to the original seven banks, jointly testing the won-pegged deposit tokens built on the underlying architecture of wholesale central bank digital currency (Wholesale CBDC). One of the core objectives is to reduce payment costs, providing low-cost payment alternatives for large enterprises and small and micro merchants that bear high credit card fees.

The cryptocurrency trading platform Gate announced a partnership with institutional-grade digital asset custodian Komainu to integrate their services. By connecting to Komainu Connect, Gate further expands its Over-the-Counter Settlement (OES) infrastructure.This collaboration allows institutional clients to directly access Gate's trading and liquidity system, under the premise that assets are held in isolation by a regulated, independent custodian, achieving an institutional trading model of "separation of custody and trade execution." This move aligns with the current trend of evolution in the cryptocurrency market structure, helping to reduce counterparty risk while enhancing the efficiency and security of trading operations.From an infrastructure perspective, this integration further strengthens Gate's service capabilities in the institutional market and expands its SuperLink ecosystem, integrating custody, liquidity, and financial services. In terms of liquidity and trading depth, Gate has long been at the forefront of the industry, and with the addition of several mainstream custodian networks, it is gradually building a trading system that meets diverse institutional needs. As institutional funds continue to flow in and the demand for asset security and efficient execution in the cryptocurrency market increases, infrastructure models like OES will become a key pathway to drive the industry toward greater transparency and scalable development.

PayPal announced that it has expanded the wallet holding range of its stablecoin PYUSD to an additional 68 countries and regions, increasing the total number of markets to 70, a significant expansion from the previous limitation to the United States and the United Kingdom. The new markets include Uganda, Colombia, Peru, and more, covering additional areas in South America, Africa, and Asia.

Glassnode posted on social media that there is currently a large amount of negative gamma positions concentrated around the $75,000 strike price in the Bitcoin options market. Market makers seem to generally hold structural bullish options shorts at this price level. As the spot price approaches this area, hedging operations may intensify, potentially amplifying upward price volatility.

According to Theblock, Hana Financial Group and SC Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to engage in in-depth cooperation in the global financial business and digital asset sectors. The two institutions will strengthen their collaboration in global financial areas such as investment banking (IB), capital markets, and foreign exchange. At the same time, both parties plan to jointly explore growth opportunities in future financial fields such as digital assets.Hana Financial Group Chairman Ham Young-joo stated that both sides will leverage their respective global networks and financial expertise to enhance global competitiveness through synergies in areas such as digital assets. SC Group CEO Bill Winters remarked that South Korea is a core hub of the Asian financial market, and this cooperation is an important milestone for its global network business.

According to Crowdfund Insider, PostFinance, a bank under Swiss Post, is expanding its cryptocurrency asset services, adding Algorand, Arbitrum, NEAR Protocol, Stellar, USDC, and Sui, bringing the total supported assets to 22.The bank stated that since launching its cryptocurrency trading services in 2024, it has opened over 36,000 portfolios and completed more than 565,000 transactions.

According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, the pre-market silver price in the U.S. stock market continues to decline. The SILVER (silver mapped contract) on Hyperliquid has fallen below the $82 mark, currently reported at $81.9, with a 24-hour decline of 5.6%.As a result, the "largest silver short" whale (0x007) on the platform has seen its 20x leveraged SILVER short position's unrealized profit further expand to $1.98 million, with a return rate of 46.5%. Currently, its position size is approximately $12.15 million, with an average entry price of $95.1, and a liquidation price set at $108.

In the past week, global markets have been dominated by energy price shocks and geopolitical risks. The escalation of the situation in the Middle East has pushed international oil prices upward, with WTI crude oil seeing a weekly increase of over 25%.Affected by macro risk sentiment, BTC, ETH, and U.S. stocks have all retreated. On-chain data shows that DEX trading volumes remain high overall, with the total market cap of stablecoins rising to approximately $330 billion, and USDC becoming the main source of growth. In the derivatives market, the perpetual funding rate for BTC continues to be negative, and implied volatility for options has risen above 60%, indicating that the market remains cautious about tail risks.On the institutional side, as the linkage between traditional finance and the crypto market strengthens, institutional infrastructure continues to improve. Gate has recently launched a TradFi API, providing a more efficient execution environment for quantitative teams, institutional traders, and professional investors. Additionally, Gate has reached a strategic partnership with Bank Frick to integrate its xPULSE payment infrastructure, offering multi-currency fiat deposit and withdrawal channels for institutional clients. With the ongoing enhancement of trading and funding channel infrastructure, Gate is accelerating the construction of a comprehensive service system aimed at institutional clients.

Israeli Defense Minister Katz: The IDF has been instructed to prepare for an expanded operation in Lebanon.

According to SolanaFloor, Pump.fun has registered subdomains corresponding to Base, BSC, Monad, and Ethereum, which may signal the platform's early steps towards multi-chain expansion.At the same time, Pump.fun has also removed the Solana logo from its X platform account homepage, further fueling market speculation about its cross-chain expansion plans.