Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

As of March 30, algorithm-driven commodity trading advisor funds sold $85 billion worth of U.S. stocks over the past 30 days, the largest scale since the pandemic. They currently hold a $37 billion short position. Goldman Sachs expects CTA to take buy positions over the next month.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, MU (Micron) has dropped by 6% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.

Gate News message: On March 30, U.S. President Trump said in a media interview that his response to Iran's attack on the oil refinery in Haifa, Israel would "come very soon." Israel reported that same day that the refinery in the northern city of Haifa caught fire in a missile attack.

Gate News reports that on March 30, Whale Alert monitoring shows that Circle minted an additional 250 million USDC on the Solana chain at 23:25 today (Beijing time).

SWIFT announced that its blockchain shared ledger project has entered the build phase, with plans to go live in 2026. The initiative aims to enable interoperability for tokenized deposits, support 24/7 cross-border payments, and improve payment speed and liquidity visibility.

Gate News message: On March 30, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said, “We don’t know how big the energy shock will be; it’s too early to draw conclusions right now.”

Gate News message. On March 30, market pricing showed that rate-hike bets on the Federal Reserve had been withdrawn, and pricing shifted instead to the possibility of cuts this year. This reflects a change in the market’s expectations for the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued an economic warning, saying that war has led to global shocks, driving up food and fertilizer prices, tightening financial conditions, and increasing the risk of inflation and slower economic growth—especially in the Middle East, where the impact is severe.

In the past 24 hours, the total liquidation amount across the cryptocurrency market reached $378 million, involving $239 million in long positions and $139 million in short positions. The number of liquidated traders reached 92,269, with $150 million and $124 million liquidated for BTC and ETH respectively, and the largest single liquidation was $9.8018 million.

Gate News bot message, according to the March 30 update, Bitcoin ETFs recorded a 1-day net outflow of 3,883 BTC (valued at $263.05M) and a 7-day net outflow of 4,676 BTC (valued at $316.78M). Ethereum ETFs showed a 1-day net outflow of 49,902 ETH (valued at $103.3M) and a 7-day net outflow of 169,67

Strive will partner with Tuttle Capital Management to launch the T-Strive Digital Credit ETF, investing in variable-rate perpetual preferred stocks STRC and SATA. After the ETF is approved, it will be traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange under the stock ticker DGCR.

Bitdeer’s Tydal Data Center under its umbrella has reached a retrofit agreement with a Norwegian contractor, converting the facilities to support NVIDIA’s AI technology. This move is at the core of Bitdeer’s global strategy, aimed at meeting the growth in demand for AI data centers. Meanwhile, Bitdeer has cleared its Bitcoin reserves and plans to raise $300 million.

Gate News message, on March 30, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he is inclined to ignore supply shocks, but must focus on inflation expectations.

River, an on-chain abstracted stablecoin system, announced on March 30 that it will expand to the Base network. Previously, it had been deployed on Ethereum and BNB Chain. River said Base is the Ethereum L2 platform with the strongest liquidity, and that data shows its total value locked in DeFi exceeds $4 billion, with a stablecoin market cap of $4.7 billion and nearly 500,000 daily active addresses. This expansion will allow Base users to natively hold and use River.

Gate News update: On March 30, the U.S. dollar index briefly touched 100.56, hitting a new high since last May, and is currently at 100.51.

2026-03-30 14:15 to 14:30 (UTC), over 15 minutes ETH’s return rate is -0.69%, with a price range of 2051.33 to 2068.9 USDT and a range of 0.85%. During this period, overall market volatility generally increased, trading activity picked up, short-term capital’s tug-of-war sentiment heated up, and it drew widespread attention. The main drivers behind this abnormal move are that major exchanges accumulated multiple medium-sized sell orders in a short time; the cumulative selling pressure accounts for 14% of total trading volume, higher than the daily average. The capital flow direction saw a roughly 2.1% increase in net inflow quarter-over-quarter, and some positions were partially held or adjusted.

2026-03-30 14:15 to 14:30 (UTC) saw a significant abnormal move in the Bitcoin spot market. The short-term return rate was -0.54%, the price ranged from 67249.9 to 67698.6 USDT, and the amplitude reached 0.66%. Overall, trading volume and depth remain at extremely low levels within the year, which has increased volatility. Market attention has risen, and investors’ risk-avoidance sentiment has warmed. The main drivers of this abnormal move are fragile liquidity and concentrated whale fund selling. Specifically, spot trading volume has fallen to its lowest level since November 2023, and the 1% market depth has broken below 0.5%, indicating a significant reduction in market liquidity and increased risk of further sharp declines.

Grayscale analyst Michael Zhao’s report notes that AI monitoring and on-chain transparency could make privacy features a core financial requirement, yet the crypto market’s valuation of this is currently too low. Zcash’s shielded transactions show that privacy demand is real, but its market share is only about 0.3%. If market expectations shift, ZEC could have a much larger upside potential; the current quote is about $224.80.

Gate News update: On March 30, Brent crude oil once fell by $2, and has now rebounded slightly to $113.7 per barrel. Earlier, the Group of Seven countries said they are prepared to take all necessary measures to maintain the stability and security of energy markets.

Gate News bot message, CryptoRank released its top trending cryptocurrencies for March. AI, predictions, and perpetual contracts attracted significant attention during the month. $OPN ranked first, with $BP and $BTC following in second and third positions respectively. $TAO, $SIREN, and $HYPE also a