Cryptocurrency Market Performance

Currently, the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies is $2.65 trillion, with BTC accounting for 60.7%, amounting to $1.61 trillion. The market cap of stablecoins is $228.5 billion, with a 7-day increase of 1.02%, of which USDT accounts for 62.89%.

This week, BTC's price has shown range-bound fluctuations, currently priced at $84,300; ETH has shown a downward trend, currently priced at $1,916.

Among the top 200 projects on CoinMarketCap, most have declined while a few have risen, including: IP with a 7-day increase of 25.98%, AUCTION with a 7-day increase of 78.12%, and LAYER with a 7-day increase of 55.7%.

This week, there was a net outflow from U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs of $742.9 million; the net outflow from U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs was $143 million.

On March 15, the "Fear & Greed Index" was at 46 (higher than last week), with this week's sentiment: 1 day of extreme fear, 4 days of fear, and 2 days of neutrality.

Market prediction: This week, the market has shown range-bound fluctuations, with market sentiment shifting from extreme fear to neutrality, and a slight increase in on-chain stablecoin issuance. U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs continue to experience net outflows. U.S. stocks have also shown slight recovery this week. Gold futures have surpassed $3,000, indicating a deepening of market risk aversion.

Positive news: This week's CPI and PPI data were all below expectations, but whether this will trigger the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates remains uncertain. The short-term market is expected to maintain range-bound fluctuations until a clear interest rate cut occurs, at which point liquidity will truly flow into the cryptocurrency sector.

Understanding the Present

Weekly Major Events Review

1. On March 10, U.S. President Trump refused to rule out the possibility of the U.S. economy shrinking and entering a recession this year, acknowledging that his comprehensive economic agenda might cause short-term turmoil, but he believes it will drive future prosperity;

2. On March 10, trader Eugene Ng Ah Sio stated in a TG group that he is currently not in a hurry to trade at the current price levels. Eugene reiterated that, as previously mentioned, the $75,000 level is the only price point he is currently interested in;

3. On March 10, The Block reported that market tension continues since Bitcoin's price volatility reached its highest level of the year last Monday. According to The Block's dashboard data, since Bitcoin's annualized volatility reached 59.4% on Monday, it has stabilized at around 58%. The volatility experienced over the past week is the highest since last December;

4. On March 11, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes posted, "The plan is as follows: be patient, don’t rush. Bitcoin may bottom around $70,000, which is a normal 36% pullback from the historical high of $110,000 during a bull market. Then, we need U.S. stocks to plummet, followed by the bankruptcy of major players in traditional finance. After that, the Federal Reserve and central banks around the world will start to inject liquidity, and that’s when we should go all in. Traders will try to catch the bottom; if you are risk-averse, you can wait until the major central banks start injecting liquidity before increasing your positions. You may not catch the bottom perfectly, but you won’t have to suffer through a long consolidation period and potential unrealized losses."

5. On March 11, Musk stated that the X platform has suffered a "massive cyber attack. We are attacked every day, but this time a lot of resources were invested. It could involve a large coordinated organization or actions from a country. We are tracking it."

6. On March 11, in response to rumors that DeepSeek will release the next-generation R2 model on March 17, DeepSeek's official corporate consulting account stated in the user group, "Rumor refuted: R2 release is false news";

7. On March 12, cryptocurrency exchange Binance and Abu Dhabi-based AI and advanced technology investor MGX announced a $2 billion investment deal, marking Binance's first institutional investment to date. This is the largest single investment in a cryptocurrency company and the largest investment in cryptocurrency (stablecoins) ever;

8. On March 13, TechCrunch reported that Aleksej Besciokov, co-founder of the sanctioned Russian crypto exchange Garantex, was arrested while on vacation in India. Besciokov faces charges of conspiracy to launder money, conspiracy to violate sanctions, and operating an unlicensed money transmission business. Last week, an international law enforcement operation involving the U.S., Germany, and Finland seized Garantex's servers and domain names and froze nearly $28 million in crypto assets, with assistance from stablecoin issuer Tether;

9. On March 14, data showed that with the end of Epoch 755, the Solana community's proposal to reduce SOL staking inflation, SIMD-0228, concluded voting, receiving 43.6% in favor, 27.4% against, and 3.3% abstaining, failing to pass (total voter turnout 74%);

10. On March 14, according to this Thursday's All Devs Call, Ethereum Foundation developers will launch a new test network called Hoodi, which will test the final Pectra deployment before mainnet activation. This new "long-term" test network is expected to launch on March 17;

11. On March 14, BlackRock's BUIDL tokenized fund today surpassed $1 billion in assets, becoming the largest on-chain national debt fund globally;

12. On March 14, Arkham monitoring reported that ARK Invest acquired over $80 million worth of Bitcoin from Coinbase today.

Macroeconomics

1. On March 12, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced this morning the postponement of several cryptocurrency spot ETF applications, including Grayscale's Cardano (ADA) and DOGE spot ETFs, Canary's XRP, Solana, Litecoin spot ETFs, and VanEck's Solana spot ETF;

2. On March 12, U.S. February CPI data was significantly below expectations:

• The U.S. February unadjusted CPI annual rate recorded 2.8%, a new low since last November;
• The U.S. February seasonally adjusted CPI monthly rate recorded 0.2%, a new low since last October;
• The U.S. February unadjusted core CPI annual rate recorded 3.1%, the lowest since April 2021;
• The U.S. February seasonally adjusted core CPI monthly rate recorded 0.2%, a new low since last December;

1. On March 12, Japanese listed company Metaplanet announced that it has purchased an additional 162 Bitcoins;

2. On March 13, according to CME's "FedWatch" data, the probability of a 25 basis point rate cut by the Federal Reserve in March is 2%, while the probability of maintaining the current rate is 98%.

ETF

According to statistics, from March 10 to March 14, the net outflow from U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs was $742.9 million; as of March 14, GBTC (Grayscale) had a total outflow of $22.455 billion, currently holding $16.413 billion, while IBIT (BlackRock) currently holds $48.107 billion. The total market capitalization of U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs is $96.866 billion.

The net outflow from U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs was $14.3 million.

Foreseeing the Future

Upcoming Events

1. The Digital Asset Summit 2025 will be held from March 18 to March 20, 2025, in New York, USA;

2. The Next Block Expo - Warsaw 2025 will take place from March 19 to March 20, 2025, in Warsaw, Poland;

3. The Southeast Asia Blockchain Week 2025 will be held from March 30 to April 5, 2025, in Bangkok, Thailand;

4. The 2025 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival will take place from April 6 to 9, 2025, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hall 5BCDE.

Project Progress

1. The Manta ecosystem's derivatives platform KiloEx will conduct its TGE on March 17;

2. The Ronin mainnet will undergo the Cerastes upgrade on March 17, which will merge all EIPs from the Ethereum Shanghai and Cancun hard forks into the execution client;

3. Starknet v0.13.4 is planned to be deployed to the mainnet on March 17;

4. The BNB Chain mainnet will undergo the Pascal hard fork on March 20, introducing features such as gas abstraction, EOA wallet smart contract capabilities, and batch transactions, supporting EIP-7702;

5. The deadline for Kaito AI's KAITO application is March 22;

6. Ethena Labs' third-quarter airdrop event will last for 6 months, until March 23, 2025.

Important Events

1. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange will launch Solana (SOL) futures on March 17, pending regulatory review, allowing market participants to trade micro contracts (25 SOL) and large contracts (500 SOL);

2. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold a roundtable on crypto assets on March 21 from 1 PM to 5 PM (Beijing time March 22, 4:00 AM to 8:00 AM). The theme of the meeting is "How We Got Here and How to Get Out of It - Defining the Status of Securities." The team consists of twelve lawyers and scholars;

3. At 2 AM (Beijing time) on March 19, the Federal Reserve will announce its March interest rate decision;

4. At 8 PM (Beijing time) on March 20, the Bank of England will announce its interest rate decision.

Token Unlocking

1. SuperRare (RARE) will unlock 1,334 tokens on March 17, valued at approximately $1.36 million, accounting for 1.33% of the circulating supply;

2. Solv Protocol (SOLV) will unlock 117 million tokens on March 17, valued at approximately $5.12 million, accounting for 1.22% of the circulating supply;

3. Polyhedra Network (ZKJ) will unlock 15.5 million tokens on March 19, valued at approximately $31.61 million, accounting for 1.55% of the circulating supply;

4. Bittensor (TAO) will unlock 210,000 tokens on March 21, valued at approximately $55.7 million, accounting for 1.03% of the circulating supply;

5. SPACE ID (ID) will unlock 78.49 million tokens on March 22, valued at approximately $18.11 million, accounting for 3.92% of the circulating supply.

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Risk Warning

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