Bitcoin's upward momentum weakened after touching $75,000, with market concerns about a near-term peak. Despite continued institutional accumulation pushing total open interest to $58 billion, prices face pressure from macro uncertainty. Bitcoin ETF inflows exceeding $1.5 billion support the price. Market focus remains on the Federal Reserve meeting and geopolitical situation, which may impact near-term trends.

Hangzhou Alibaba Cloud Apsara Information Technology Co., Ltd. recently applied to register the "HICLAW" trademark, involving website services and scientific instruments. The current status is pending review. HiClaw is an open-source multi-agent collaboration system developed by Alibaba Cloud that enables AI Agents to work together to complete complex tasks.

Gate News bot message, according to Gate official announcement on March 20, 2026 Gate announced that it will delist the perpetual futures trading markets for RNBW, TAI, AIOZ, BGSC, and OWL on March 20, 2026. According to the schedule, the above contracts will enter position-closing-only mode at 15:30 (UTC+8) on March 20, followed by trading suspension at 16:00 (UTC+8). At the time of trading suspension, Gate will settle and liquidate open positions based on the average index price over the last 30 minutes before delisting. Any unfilled pending orders will be automatically canceled. If the price fluctuates significantly during the last 30 minutes, the platform will select a larger range of average index prices for settlement.

The head of the Plasma engineering team stated that Plasma One has entered the private testing phase, aimed at enhancing the usability and user experience of crypto products and building services similar to a new type of digital bank. The team plans to accelerate iteration and open up early access.

Gate News reports that on March 18, xStocks announced on the X platform that its points system, xPoints, now has query functionality enabled. Users can automatically accumulate points through three methods: holding tokenized stocks in their wallet, establishing positions in the lending market, and providing liquidity to decentralized exchanges (DEX). xStocks stated that it will announce more partnership information in the coming weeks.

Gate News bot message, a wallet associated with Rudy Kadoch (@KadochRudy) made its first deposit of $3 million USDC into HyperLiquid and purchased 50,330 HYPE tokens for $2.018 million. The wallet maintains an open order to acquire additional HYPE tokens worth $981,987.

EPOCH Digital Credit, in collaboration with Synthesys and Chainlink, has launched TreasuryPlus (TPLUS), the first digital tokenized private credit fund, covering six major markets including Singapore and Hong Kong. The fund employs cross-chain technology to offer stable returns and liquidity, and is open to qualified investors.

Gate News reported that on March 18, Bitcoin Core released v31.0rc1 release candidate version, which is the next major version following v30.2. The version is currently open for testing, and developers can download binary files and review release notes. The official version is expected to be released after subsequent testing is completed.

Hyperliquid's HIP-3 market total open interest has reached $1.43 billion, setting a new record high and increasing over 100 times since its launch. The trading platform trade.xyz leads the market, accounting for about 90% of open interest and daily trading volume. The HIP-3 market supports 24/7 trading, enabling traditional assets to break through trading time limitations.

US stocks opened higher on March 17, with the Dow Jones up 0.66%, the S&P 500 up 0.42%, and the Nasdaq up 0.33%. Qualcomm rose 3.2% due to approval of stock buybacks and dividend increases, while Micron Technology rose 2.5%. Cryptocurrency stocks showed mixed movements.