ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale deposited 2.6 million USDC into Hyperliquid to purchase HYPE. This whale currently holds 343,264 HYPE, worth approximately 6 million dollars.

ChainCatcher message, Coinglass data shows that in the past 4 hours, the total liquidation across the network was 32.0312 million USD, of which long positions accounted for 9.5404 million USD and short positions accounted for 22.4909 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, Bridgewater founder Dalio recently stated that the current global monetary system is based on debt, and governments may devalue their currencies through inflation or low-interest rate policies. Investors should consider whether there is an alternative currency that does not rely on debt and is relatively stable. He believes Bitcoin could be one of the candidates and may play an important role in the future, but emphasized that "money is essentially also debt," and a true alternative currency still needs further exploration.Dalio pointed out that Bitcoin's advantage as a safe-haven asset lies in its strong liquidity; unlike real estate, it is not fixed in one place, making it harder to tax or confiscate. However, he also stressed that the diversity and robustness of investments are more important.When asked about his views on gold, Dalio stated that he is more optimistic about gold than ever before, but advised investors to remain restrained. He believes the future is full of uncertainties, and investors need to build a diversified portfolio to cope with it. He suggested a "cautious" gold allocation of 10% to 15%, which can provide protection while avoiding excessive reliance on a single asset. He emphasized that a reasonable asset allocation is an important strategy to deal with future uncertainties.

ChainCatcher news, the BTC L2 solution GOAT Network will collaborate with the full-chain liquidity infrastructure StakeStone to launch the second phase of the StakeStone LiquidityPad BNB Chain deposit activity, which will become the first yield enhancement scenario for its voting escrow token veSTO. veSTO is a voting escrow token model launched by StakeStone, where veSTO holders will receive governance voting rights, mining yield enhancements, and bribery income, among other benefits. Protocol income such as platform fees will support token burn exchanges. The official statement indicates that this innovative token model design mechanism aims to build a protocol with a true value closed loop.Users participating in this event will have the opportunity to receive rewards including: 100,000 STO tokens early bird rewards, BTC staking yields, and 2x Goat points. The official stated that in the future, veSTO holders will also receive additional point yield enhancements.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Ember (@EmberCN), the whale that received the most ETH from the Genesis Trading liquidation last year has sold 40,000 ETH (approximately 89.2 million USD) through over-the-counter trading in the past two days.The address transferred 30,000 ETH to Galaxy Digital and received 20 million USDC, and also transferred 10,000 ETH to FalconX and received 19.49 million USDC.This whale received 114,500 ETH (approximately 358 million USD) from the Genesis Trading liquidation last August, when the price of ETH was 3,128 USD. Currently, the price of ETH has dropped by about 30% compared to that time.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coinglass data, the total liquidation in the past 24 hours reached 1.008 billion dollars, with long positions liquidated at 832 million dollars and short positions liquidated at 176 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, Jupiter founder Meow released the team strategy, stating that Jupiter will focus on decentralized liquidity platforms, global community expansion, and the Jupnet ecosystem over the next 5 years. They plan to allocate 280 million JUP to new team members in the next 3 years, but the funding source requires community decision-making. The startup team initially held 20% (2 billion JUP), of which 600 million JUP has been burned, leaving 1.4 billion JUP remaining. The team has expanded to 80 members, driving projects such as Jupiter Research Center, Jup.ag, and Jupiter Mobile. Meow proposed two options:Option 1 (default) allocates 280 million JUP from the strategic reserve, unlocking in July 2025, without requiring community voting;Option 2 (community vote) involves Meow personally paying 280 million JUP, to be recouped from the strategic reserve in 2030, and applying for an additional 220 million JUP as incentives (adjustable by DAO).If Option 2 is approved, he will focus on Jupiter's development over the next 5 years, with the community able to supervise and adjust the final execution plan.

ChainCatcher news, Jupiter founder Meow released the team strategy, stating that Jupiter will focus on decentralized liquidity platforms, global community expansion, and the Jupnet ecosystem over the next 5 years, and plans to allocate 280 million JUP to new team members in the next 3 years, but the funding source requires community decision.The startup team initially held 20% (2 billion JUP), of which 600 million JUP has been burned, leaving 1.4 billion JUP remaining. The team has expanded to 80 members, driving projects such as Jupiter Research Center, Jup.ag, and Jupiter Mobile. Meow proposed two options:Option 1 (default) allocates 280 million JUP from the strategic reserve, unlocking from July 2025, without the need for community voting;Option 2 (community voting) involves Meow personally holding 280 million JUP for payment, to be recovered from the strategic reserve in 2030, and applying for an additional 220 million JUP as incentives (adjustable by DAO).If Option 2 is approved, he will focus on Jupiter's development over the next 5 years, and the community can supervise and adjust the final execution plan.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale address deposited 2.15 million USDC into HyperLiquid and opened a BTC long position with 4x leverage, with an entry price of $82,684 and a liquidation price of $59,343.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the Berachain ecosystem liquidity staking protocol Infrared has completed a $14 million Series A funding round led by Framework Ventures. Combined with the previous $2.25 million strategic round led by Binance Labs and $2.5 million seed round, Infrared's total funding has reached $18.75 million.Infrared will provide liquidity staking solutions for Berachain's native tokens BGT and BERA. Users who stake the native tokens to earn validator rewards will receive the liquidity staking token iBERA, which can generate additional yields in other DeFi protocols. In addition, Infrared has also become the first project supported by the Berachain Foundation incubator "Build a Bera," which announced in January this year that it was seeking collaborative startup projects.Michael Anderson, co-founder of Framework Ventures, stated, "We believe that Infrared's protocol will unlock a significant amount of productive capital within the broader Berachain ecosystem while maximizing efficiency and returns. This will enable developers on the Berachain framework to innovate in new ways."According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Infrared Finance is an application based on Berachain's liquidity proof consensus mechanism. The application redesigns liquidity staking in the context of a three-token architecture and the unique soul-binding element of BGT. The protocol maximizes value for stakeholders through its infrastructure-level PoL treasury and iBGT liquidity staking derivatives, leveraging the social aggregation of BGT.

ChainCatcher news, according to data from IntoTheBlock, since the large-scale liquidation event on February 3, high-risk loans on the Aave mainnet have decreased by nearly $1 billion, and the amount of liquidations has also significantly declined.It is worth noting that the current market volatility is more severe than in February, which theoretically should lead to more borrowers facing forced liquidations, but the actual liquidation amount has decreased significantly. This phenomenon can be partly attributed to previous forced liquidations, but a more important factor may be the overall shift in market sentiment. Many large holders have begun to adopt more cautious strategies, actively deleveraging to reduce risk exposure in response to potential price pressures and market uncertainty.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomingbit, the announcement by U.S. President Trump to consider XRP, ADA, and Solana as strategic reserve assets has led to a significant increase in the prices of these three cryptocurrencies, while also drawing strong skepticism from industry experts. Castle Island Ventures partner Nick Carter stated on social media: "The government's role is not to operate alternative cryptocurrency hedge funds."Several experts pointed out that some of the selected cryptocurrencies have serious flaws that make them unsuitable as strategic reserve assets. SpaceID business development manager Harrison Seletsky stated: "Ethereum and Solana have strong networks and may be suitable for inclusion as strategic reserve assets, but the mainnets XRPL and Cardano of XRP and ADA are clearly lacking in total locked value (TVL) and stablecoin liquidity."TwoPrime Digital Assets CEO Alexander Blum emphasized the centralization issue: "XRP, ADA, and Solana have centralized ownership structures, which fundamentally distinguishes them from Bitcoin." Smadex co-founder Jean Rausis criticized: "The strategic cryptocurrency reserve plan that includes XRP, Solana, and ADA is Trump's attempt to profit for himself; he knows nothing about cryptocurrency strategic reserves."

ChainCatcher news, the cryptocurrency market collectively plummeted on March 4, with Bitcoin briefly dropping below $83,000, a decline of over 11% within 24 hours, Ethereum falling over 17%, and ADA dropping over 28%. Coinglass data shows that the total liquidation in the cryptocurrency market exceeded $1 billion, with over 310,000 people liquidated. In the secondary market, most Hong Kong stock cryptocurrency concept stocks also fell, with Boyaa Interactive dropping over 13%, OKC Cloud Chain falling over 21%, and OSL Group down over 3%.Analysts pointed out that the renewed sell-off in the crypto space is related to Trump's latest remarks. On March 3 local time, Trump stated that reciprocal tariffs would begin to be imposed on April 2, and the 25% tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada would take effect on March 4. After this news spread, investors' concerns about the "trade war" intensified, leading to a sell-off of U.S. tech stocks, cryptocurrencies, and other risk assets. The cryptocurrency market collectively plummeted on March 4, with Bitcoin briefly dropping below $83,000, a decline of over 11% within 24 hours, Ethereum falling over 17%, and ADA dropping over 28%. Coinglass data shows that the total liquidation in the cryptocurrency market exceeded $1 billion, with over 310,000 people liquidated. In the secondary market, most Hong Kong stock cryptocurrency concept stocks also fell, with Boyaa Interactive dropping over 13%, OKC Cloud Chain falling over 21%, and OSL Group down over 3%.Analysts pointed out that the renewed sell-off in the crypto space is related to Trump's latest remarks. On March 3 local time, Trump stated that reciprocal tariffs would begin to be imposed on April 2, and the 25% tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada would take effect on March 4. After this news spread, investors' concerns about the "trade war" intensified, leading to a sell-off of U.S. tech stocks, cryptocurrencies, and other risk assets.

ChainCatcher news, according to Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, Tether's digital asset tokenization platform Hadron now supports asset tokenization on the Liquid Bitcoin Layer 2 network.

ChainCatcher news, the encrypted market maker Wintermute released a market research report indicating that recently, driven by ETF fund outflows, concerns over SOL unlocks, and liquidity issues following the Bybiy hack, the cryptocurrency market accelerated its decline when Trump announced new tariff policies, exacerbating trade war fears. Market risk aversion began to intensify, with nearly $3 billion in long leveraged positions being liquidated.The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently significantly reduced its enforcement actions against cryptocurrency companies, including:Agreeing to withdraw its lawsuit against Coinbase;Ending the investigation into OpenSea;Concluding the investigation related to Robinhood's cryptocurrency listings;Suspending the investigation into Uniswap's facilitation of unregistered securities;Ending the nearly two-year investigation into Gemini's yield program;This regulatory thaw marks a significant reversal from the previous administration's approach, with the SEC seemingly reassessing its stance toward the cryptocurrency industry.Bitcoin ETF net outflows hit a record, with $2.5 billion flowing out last week, including a single-day outflow of $1 billion, bringing the total outflow for February to $3.3 billion (compared to the previous record of $343 million set in April 2024). The CME futures basis dropped from 22% in December to a low of 4% last week, significantly reducing the profitability of basis trading strategies. Futures indicators reflect this shift: open interest fell to $13 billion, and monthly trading volume dropped to $247 billion, with both sides at their lowest levels since October 2024.The significant market reversal following Trump's announcement of a "cryptocurrency strategic reserve" on Sunday reveals that the cryptocurrency market is now highly sensitive to administrative signals. The market's reaction exceeded the actual content of the announcement, which largely reiterated the executive order from January. The unwinding of Bitcoin ETF arbitrage strategies highlights the increasingly tight integration between traditional markets and the cryptocurrency market, with both sides now responding quickly to each other's movements. As institutional cryptocurrency products and platform services expand, these cross-market dynamics and competitive user activities may intensify.

ChainCatcher news, according to a research report by Kaiko, the market slump in February triggered several waves of liquidations, significantly reducing the leverage levels of the top ten altcoins. Analysts believe that this position reset has created a healthier foundation for the cryptocurrency market, potentially paving the way for a more sustained upward trend in the coming weeks.The report notes that with the U.S. announcing the establishment of a strategic cryptocurrency reserve plan, although Bitcoin's reaction was relatively muted, overall market volatility surged, especially among altcoins. The intra-day volatility, which had been below 200% since the tariff sell-off in February, skyrocketed after the announcement, with ADA's volatility breaking 600%, marking the largest increase among major altcoins.Kaiko's analysis indicates that the inclusion of specific altcoins in the U.S. strategic reserve may accelerate the rotation of capital among altcoins, reinforcing the trend of concentrated gains in altcoins. Since last November, trading activity on U.S. exchanges has increasingly been dominated by large-cap assets. A year ago, the top ten altcoins accounted for 58% of altcoin trading volume on U.S. platforms, and 50% on offshore exchanges; as of last week, these shares have risen to 77% and 66%, respectively.

ChainCatcher news, Hyper Foundation announced on X that the validator set of the Hyperliquid mainnet will be fully permissionless after the next network upgrade. Similar to the testnet, the top N validators ranked by staking amount will form the active set. The initial N is set to 20 and will gradually increase over time.In addition, Hyperliquid has launched a Validator Delegation Program aimed at enhancing network security and decentralization, and supporting validators committed to ecological development. The official recommendation is for validators to familiarize themselves with the testnet and understand the relevant technical details before running mainnet nodes. It is worth noting that the self-delegated staking of 10,000 HYPE will be locked by the protocol for one year, even if the validator fails to enter the active set; this lock will still apply. Hyper Foundation strongly advises validators to apply for participation in the delegation program before running mainnet nodes.

ChainCatcher news, according to Defillama data, when the ETH price reaches $1,908, $1,844, and $1,780, three large positions will be liquidated. The value of each position ranges from $119 million to $127 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), a trader has opened a 50x leveraged short position on Ethereum (ETH) on the Hyperliquid platform, currently with an unrealized profit of about 78 million dollars. The liquidation price is set at 3507 dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, a 50x leverage whale on Hyperliquid has withdrawn 484,000 USDC back to the Arbitrum network 5 minutes ago.