Gate News Update: On March 18, on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) monitoring shows that trader Jason (@Jason60704294) currently holds a BTC short position of 2281.09, with a notional value of approximately $169 million and an average opening price of $74,238. As of the monitoring time, BTC's current price was $72,467.83, down approximately 2.38% from the opening price, with the position's current unrealized profit of approximately $4.155 million.

2026-03-18 12:30 to 12:45 (UTC), BTC recorded a -0.53% return within 15 minutes, with the price range between 72320.9 and 72816.1 USDT, reaching a volatility of 0.68%. During the same period, market attention increased, active trading behavior increased significantly, and volatility intensified. The main driver of this price movement was concentrated large-scale on-chain fund inflows to exchanges, with large single transfers exceeding 1,000 BTC reaching 8,200 BTC, significantly higher than outflows of 2,900 BTC, indicating that major holders or institutions were

A certain CEX responded to users stating that Bitcoin is not on the TON network. The tokens users transferred in were marked as "BTC" but were actually scam tokens. The exchange is assisting in asset recovery, though the process is complex and time-consuming. The exchange reminds users to be vigilant against misoperations and fraud risks.

Gate News, on March 18, BTC fell below the $73,000 mark, with a daily decline of 1.32%.

Gate News bot message: According to Gate market data, BTC has broken below 73000 USDT, currently trading at 72990.7 USDT.

2026-03-18 11:15 to 11:30 (UTC), BTC recorded a -0.48% return within 15 minutes, with a price range of 73570.9 to 74008.0 USDT, and amplitude reaching 0.59%. The market exhibited increased volatility characteristics during this period, drawing investor attention to the causes of short-term movements. The main driving force behind this movement is the release of short-term selling pressure and changes in liquidity. If large-scale BTC transfers occur on-chain, and spot and futures trading volumes surge, it may trigger short-term market selling, especially in the context of sell-side dominance and weakened order book liquidity.

Gate News reports that on March 18, Onchain Lens monitoring detected a whale address "bc1qf" withdrawing 500.78 BTC from a CEX again, valued at approximately $37.16 million. The address currently holds a total of 3135.54 BTC, worth approximately $232.5 million by market value.

Gate News report: On March 18, BTC price broke below the $74,000 mark, with intraday gains currently at 0.10%.

Gate News Alert: On March 18, according to BitcoinTreasuries.NET monitoring, UK Prime Minister candidate Nigel Farage increased his holdings in bitcoin treasury company Stack BTC Plc (STAK) by 606,500 shares, valued at $783,000. After the increase, Nigel Farage currently holds 4.9 million shares of the company, with a total value of $638,000.

Gate News reports that on March 18, according to The Bitcoin Historian, Alliance Bernstein, a Wall Street asset management firm with assets under management of 850 billion dollars, stated that BTC currently has more resilience than ever before. The firm pointed out that against the backdrop of global conflicts, BTC is outperforming other assets, and Wall Street institutions are buying on dips.