Gate News Reports, on March 24, Chinese internet giants including Alibaba and Tencent plan to scale up their combined investment in AI infrastructure (including data centers) to 84 billion dollars by 2027, representing approximately 60% growth compared to 2025. Meanwhile, market concerns persist regarding whether massive upfront investments could compress profit margins.

Gate News report: On March 24, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, an address starting with '0x999b' was newly created 10 minutes ago. After depositing approximately $700,000 in principal, it opened a full 25x leveraged short position of 8,500 ETH worth approximately $19 million, and is currently continuing to add positions. The address's average opening price is $2,163, liquidation price is $2,196, and current floating profit is approximately $80,000.

Bitcoin's correlation with gold has significantly decreased, reaching a new low since 2022, with the market viewing it as a potential cycle turning signal. Analysis suggests that Bitcoin may have entered a bottom-building phase, and the number of whale addresses holding Bitcoin has increased, indicating that large capital is still positioning itself. Meanwhile, gold is forming a bearish structure, which may drive funds to shift toward digital assets. In the short term, Bitcoin's movement is influenced by macroeconomic data, but the overall structure shows enhanced resilience.

Gate News reported that on March 24, SoftBank's chief financial officer announced that the company plans to implement a $50 billion funding arrangement before 2026, which includes investments in OpenAI and related refinancing projects.

Gate News Report: According to CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) "FedWatch" data on March 24, the probability of the Federal Reserve raising rates by 25 basis points in April is 7.2%, and the probability of maintaining rates unchanged is 92.8%. The probability of the Federal Reserve cumulatively raising rates by 25 basis points by June is 9.1%, the probability of cumulatively raising rates by 50 basis points is 0.2%, and the probability of maintaining rates unchanged is 90.7%.

Gate News report: On March 23rd, according to Coinglass data, the entire network experienced liquidations of $359 million in the past 1 hour, of which short position liquidations accounted for $264 million.

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10x Research analysis points out that Bitcoin has broken below $69,000, market structure has shifted, traders have significantly adjusted positions, futures liquidations have increased, funding rates are negative, options capital flows are directed toward downside protection, signaling market hedging demand against downside risks. Meanwhile, the market's pricing in of rate hike expectations diverges from the Federal Reserve's rate cut guidance, which may impact the performance of risk assets.

Gate News report shows that on March 23rd, Onchain Lens monitoring displayed that Sky co-founder Rune opened a new 20x leveraged long position in $GOLD (Gold) during a period of $GOLD price decline. At the same time, Rune is closing out a previously held $SP500 position.

Gate News report, as of March 22, Coinglass data shows that the entire network liquidated $248 million in positions over the past 1 hour, of which long positions liquidated $232 million and short positions liquidated $16.36 million. By individual cryptocurrencies, BTC liquidations reached $109 million and ETH liquidations reached $83.73 million.