Gate News Report: On March 18, the Federal Reserve's FOMC released a statement on March 19, showing three changes compared to the January statement: First, unemployment rate language was adjusted, changing from "the unemployment rate has shown some signs of stabilization" to "the unemployment rate has shown little change in recent months"; Second, new language regarding Middle East situation was added, noting that "the impact of Middle East developments on the US economy remains uncertain"; Third, Federal Reserve Governor Waller shifted his stance, having supported a 25 basis point rate cut at the previous meeting, while this time supporting keeping rates unchanged.

Market analyst Jared Blikre points out that a global fund manager survey released by Bank of America shows that large institutional investors have increased their positions in emerging market equities and commodities, while reducing their US dollar holdings. Powell's remarks have significant impact on market trends. If the US dollar index breaks through 100, it will increase investment pressure, while the opposite would support emerging market development.

Gate News Update: On March 18th, Coinglass data shows that the entire network experienced $122 million in liquidations in the past hour. Among these, long position liquidations totaled $118 million, while short position liquidations amounted to $3.61 million. Breaking down by cryptocurrency, ETH liquidations reached $54.45 million and BTC liquidations reached $48.87 million, with the two combined accounting for over 80% of total liquidations.

Gate News Report: On March 18, the China Advertising Association (China Advertising Cooperative) fully launched standardization construction work in the GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) field in early March this year. This initiative aims to address current issues in the domestic GEO field, including uneven service capabilities, lack of industry standards, and malicious data poisoning chaos. The China Advertising Cooperative has joined forces with industry experts, academic institutions, brand enterprises, legal service agencies, and other professional organizations. The project establishment and draft preparation work for relevant standards have been comprehensively initiated.

SBI VC Trade จะเปิดตัวบริการให้ยืม USDC ในญี่ปุ่นในวันที่ 20 มีนาคม ผู้ใช้สามารถยืม USDC ได้สูงสุด 5,000 ผ่านสัญญาระยะเวลาคงที่เพื่อสร้างรายได้ สินค้านี้เป็นสินเชื่อไม่ใช่เงินฝาก ผู้ใช้จำเป็นต้องรับความเสี่ยงจากการซื้อขาย และไม่สามารถถอนเงินระหว่างช่วงการให้ยืมได้ พร้อมเผชิญกับความเสี่ยงในการคืนสินทรัพย์

On March 18, Garrett Jin posted a warning on the X platform about paying attention to the wrong direction of oil prices, pointing out that although Brent crude and WTI appear manageable, the actual market pressure is mainly in Dubai and Oman, with oil prices approaching $155, reflecting supply tensions globally, especially in Asia.

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

Gate News report: On March 18, ALPH.AI data shows that SOMPI, a Meme project in the Kasplex ecosystem, has surpassed a market cap of 20 million dollars. The project was launched by Kas.fun, the Kasplex L2 Meme launch platform, and is the platform's third listed project. Meanwhile, Kaspa (KAS) gained over 10% on the day.

Gate News report, on March 18, according to CryptoQuant data, a certain CEX recorded approximately $2.2 billion USDT net inflows in a single day, marking the largest single-day stablecoin injection since November 2025, ending the previous months of low liquidity conditions. The funds mainly entered the exchange in the form of USDT, while USDC net changes remained relatively stable.

Linux Foundation's Alpha-Omega project and OpenSSF launch a new initiative, securing $12.5 million in funding, aimed at helping open-source project maintainers cope with the pressure of AI-generated security vulnerability reports and feedback. The plan will collaborate with the community to provide tools and strategies, with specific details yet to be announced.