Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

Ethereum treasury company Bitmine Immersion Technologies increased its holdings by 71,179 ETH last week, and currently holds 4,732,082 ETH and 197 BTC, with staked ETH totaling approximately $6.3 billion in value.

Multicoin co-founder Kyle Samani deposited $10 million worth of PRIME into Kamino Finance, used it as collateral to borrow $8.6 million in USDC, and earned an annualized return of 39.4%, while PRIME’s annualized return rate was 56.4%.

Gate News message, on March 30, local time on March 30, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei, in response to concerns raised by Europe and other places about the fuel price increases and the rising costs of Gulf shipping, said that Iran is not responsible for the current situation and does not want people in other countries to bear pressure due to increases in fuel or food prices. Baghaei also said that currently Iran is managing the passage of ships that do not belong to the adversary while ensuring safety. In the past few days, some ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz after coordinating with Iran-related authorities. (CCTV News)

Nasdaq will roll out new rules on March 30 to speed up the process of adding newly listed large companies to the Nasdaq 100 index and shorten the waiting time. The new rules will take effect on May 1 and are intended to promote the IPO processes of technology companies such as SpaceX and OpenAI.

Blockchain private credit startup Valinor completed a $25 million seed round on March 30, primarily led by Castle Island Ventures. The company will put the private credit process on-chain, using smart contracts to improve efficiency. In the initial phase, it will focus on lending to crypto businesses. After the funding, it will expand its loan volume and team.

Gate News report, on March 30, according to the on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain monitoring, the address EMhzdZ bought the token $ANIME about a year ago for 1.1 SOL, and after $ANIME surged recently, it fully exited the position, selling all the $ANIME it held and recovering 232.2 SOL (about $19,500), for a holding return of about 211x.

U.S. President Trump said on social media that he is negotiating with Iran's new government to end military action and that progress has been made. If an agreement cannot be reached, the U.S. will consider destroying Iran's key facilities as retaliation.

Gate News update: On March 30, data shows that as of the week of March 29, Strategy company did not purchase any new Bitcoin, and its holdings remained at 762,099 BTC.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, NG (Natural Gas) has dropped by 4% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.

Gate News reports that on March 30, the Bitcoin mining company American Bitcoin (NASDAQ ticker: ABTC), supported by the Trump family, announced its BTC reserve data. Its current holdings have exceeded 7,000 BTC. The company stated that since going public on Nasdaq, its BTC reserves have increased by approximately three times. According to the ranking of BTC holdings among publicly listed companies worldwide, American Bitcoin is currently in 16th place.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei said that Iran’s actions are self-defense, calling on all sides to make a distinction and emphasizing that they are not aimed at regional countries. He urged neighboring countries to comply with international law, not allowing the United States and Israel to use their territory to carry out attacks, and stressed that a solution to the current conflict should be sought on the basis of peace and cooperation.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, VIX (VIX) has dropped by 3% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.

A German commercial bank analyst noted that, given the recent decline in the yen, Japan and the United States may jointly intervene in the currency markets to boost the yen and suppress the dollar. The current dollar strength provides favorable conditions for coordinated intervention, and the G7 meeting will offer an opportunity to secure support for Japan.

Gate News message: On March 30, the number of Apyx protocol users, the issuer of on-chain interest-stablecoins supported by Strategy's Stretch (STRC), has reached 1,000. Apyx says that on-chain digital credit yield is taking the lead.

In the past 7 days, CEX A had the largest drop in its BTC wallet balance, decreasing by 6.7%, while CEX B grew by 2.07%. In terms of net outflows, CEX C led with $1.184 billion, followed by CEX D and CEX E. CEX F, meanwhile, recorded a net inflow of $69.66 million.

GoPlus Security reports that a type of malware called Infiniti Stealer carries out attacks against Mac users by impersonating a Cloudflare verification page, stealing crypto wallets and credentials. The malware bypasses security mechanisms by manually executing commands; it can steal browser data and developer keys and has the ability to evade detection.

On March 30, Hyperinsight detected a whale address that specializes in shorting, "Silver Iron Head Air Force," opening BTC and ETH short positions, with a position size of about $4.0 million. At the same time, the address placed $29.0 million in sell and buy orders, waiting for the price to rise and trigger them.

Gate News message, March 30, on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain data shows that UK crypto investment firm Abraxas Capital has established a crude oil short position with a total size of approximately $135 million. Specifically, this includes: 954,996 Brent crude oil contracts (the international benchmark crude oil price, approximately $102.7 million) and 322,885 WTI crude oil contracts (the U.S. benchmark crude oil price, approximately $32.7 million).

Gate News message. On March 30, a suspected insider, low-frequency trading address began continuously buying a predicted event—"a U.S. invasion of Iran before the end of March"—starting yesterday (March 29) at around midnight. Its average position cost was 10¢, with $42,000 invested. Later, at 03:51 this morning (March 30), it sold at 46¢, earning $50,000 in profit. Previously, the same address had profited $150,000 from a prediction that the U.S. would strike Iran this year.

A “Innovation Committee Action” plan backed by Trump advisor David Sacks will invest $100 million to support candidates in the midterm elections in mid-November this year, in order to prevent stricter regulation of AI technology. This comes on top of other pro-AI groups having raised nearly $200 million, as AI policy has become a key issue in the fight for control of Congress.