ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Sky Governance has approved to lower the Sky savings interest rate to 4.5%, scheduled to be implemented on March 24 at 22:00 (UTC+8).

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Japan's latest core inflation data has exceeded market expectations, sparking discussions about the possibility of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) raising interest rates, which could impact risk assets including cryptocurrencies. The data shows that Japan's core CPI rose 3% year-on-year in February, down from 3.2% in January but still above the market expectation of 2.9%. Meanwhile, Japan's overall CPI fell from 4% to 3.7%, but still far exceeds the BOJ's target inflation rate of 2%.Since November 2024, Japan's inflation rate has consistently been higher than that of the United States, currently exceeding by nearly 100 basis points, marking the largest gap since 2015. Coupled with the wage pressure from the "Shunto" spring labor negotiations, market expectations for a BOJ interest rate hike have intensified. The anticipation of a rate hike has strengthened the yen, but if the yen appreciates significantly, it may trigger market risk aversion, thereby putting pressure on risk assets like Bitcoin.As of the time of writing, the USD/JPY exchange rate is 149.22, having rebounded nearly 300 basis points since March 11, indicating a short-term weakening of the yen. However, the yield spread between U.S. and Japanese 10-year government bonds has narrowed, with Japanese 10-year bond yields maintaining above 1.5% and 30-year bond yields breaking 2.5%, both at multi-decade highs, which may support a stronger yen. The market is focused on the future direction of BOJ policy and its impact on global financial markets.

ChainCatcher message, Trump posted on social media, "Egg prices have dropped significantly compared to those caused by Biden." Grocery and gasoline prices have also decreased. Now, if the Federal Reserve can do the right thing and lower interest rates, that would be great."

ChainCatcher news, the Bank of Montreal has broken consensus, believing that the Bank of Canada will lower its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 2.5% in April. In the latest interest rate forecast, the company expects the Bank of Canada's policy rate to reach 2% this summer, citing the tightening of U.S. President Trump's tariff policies. Due to accelerating inflation, the market generally believes that the Bank of Canada will pause interest rate cuts in April.Bank of Canada Governor Macklem reiterated the inflation risks posed by tariffs in a speech, adding that the price increases in February "caught our attention." The Bank of Montreal stated that while the CPI in March may remain high, the cancellation of the carbon tax by the Liberal government before the election is expected to cool the CPI in April. The bank indicated that a pause in interest rate actions in April is feasible, but leans towards a rate cut as the economy "yields to expected recession."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, White House Press Secretary Levitt stated that President Trump has the right to criticize the Federal Reserve's decisions. Trump has made it clear that he wants to lower interest rates.

ChainCatcher news, Binance co-founder He Yi stated that Binance believes the interests of users and the platform are completely aligned, and sustainable growth can only be achieved through user support. Binance aims to reduce industry fees early, provide better services, establish industry compliance standards, and ensure positive industry development. Meanwhile, the management team always stands on the front line, prioritizing user needs. Currently, Binance's management team provides customer service at least once a quarter to address issues faced by regular users.Binance officially announced that its first community-driven "voting list" mechanism has been launched. This is believed to give the community a greater voice, while we will continue to ensure that only projects that have passed our due diligence can be listed. Binance will closely monitor community participation and listen to user feedback.

According to ChainCatcher news and the official announcement from Huobi HTX, the automatic earning feature of Huobi Earn has completed a new upgrade, supporting one-click automatic subscription and redemption, allowing idle assets to automatically compound every hour, seamlessly connecting earning and trading. Once the automatic earning is enabled, the user's spot account balance will automatically purchase the flexible earning products every hour, calculating earnings on an hourly basis to enhance fund utilization; at the same time, the flexible earning balance can be automatically redeemed for spot trading when placing orders, eliminating the need for manual operations and enhancing flexibility.The automatic earning feature of Huobi Earn supports flexible earning products for over 200 popular cryptocurrencies, allowing users to enable automatic subscription and redemption for all cryptocurrencies with one click, or set them individually.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement from Huobi HTX, Huobi leverage has launched the 37th leveraged hot coin trading party event at 20:00 on March 19, which will end at 20:00 on March 25 (UTC+8). During the event, users participating in full margin trading of designated cryptocurrencies (BTC/USDT, ETH/USDT, DOGE/USDT, SOL/USDT, XRP/USDT, PEPE/USDT, TRX/USDT, SHIB/USDT, LTC/USDT, LINK/USDT, XLM/USDT, ADA/USDT) with a cumulative trading volume of 100,000 USDT will be able to share a reward of 15,000 USDT based on their cumulative trading volume ranking.At the same time, multiple activities for Huobi leverage are also ongoing, including: 1. Exclusive 10 USDT benefit for new users: New users who conduct leveraged trading of any cryptocurrency with 100 USDT will receive a 10 USDT leveraged interest discount voucher; 2. One-day interest-free borrowing for designated cryptocurrencies: Users participating in borrowing designated cryptocurrencies (BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP, TRX, SOL, ADA, DOGE, BCC, XLM, PEPE) on Huobi leverage will enjoy one day of interest-free borrowing.It is important to note that users must click the registration link on the event page to sign up.

ChainCatcher news, the Federal Reserve decided to keep the policy interest rate unchanged, in line with market expectations. At the same time, it announced a significant slowdown in the pace of balance sheet reduction (QT), easing market liquidity pressures. Powell reassured investors that the risk of recession is low, the U.S. economy remains strong, and the job market is still solid.According to 4E monitoring, the Fed's dovish stance boosted risk assets, with all three major U.S. stock indices rising on Wednesday: the S&P 500 up 1.08%, the Dow up 0.92%, and the Nasdaq up 1.41%. Tech stocks led the gains, with Tesla rising 4.68% and Nvidia up 1.81%.The cryptocurrency market rebounded significantly, with Bitcoin continuing to rise to $87,453 driven by tech stocks, before slightly retreating to $85,866 at the time of writing, a 24-hour increase of 3.6%. Other major tokens also rose collectively, with Ethereum returning above $2,000, while XRP surged over 11% due to the SEC dropping its appeal against Ripple.In the forex commodities sector, the U.S. dollar index soared, but the increase quickly narrowed to 0.21% after the Fed announced its decision to hold steady; U.S. oil closed up 0.39%; spot gold prices hit a historic high during trading for two consecutive days, approaching $3,052 during Powell's press conference.Powell acknowledged at the press conference that Trump's economic policies have brought significant uncertainty to the U.S. economy, but reiterated that the Fed is not in a hurry to adjust monetary policy. The updated dot plot indicates that the Fed will cut interest rates twice this year, consistent with the forecast from December last year. At the same time, the Fed downgraded its economic growth forecast while raising its inflation expectations, showing characteristics of "stagflation."

ChainCatcher message, the CICC research report indicates that Federal Reserve Chairman Powell emphasized the word "uncertainty" the most during this meeting, highlighting that a considerable part of the variables comes from the randomness of tariff policies. Overall, the weakening of growth (but not much recession pressure) and the rising inflation risks (mainly due to tariff disruptions) have had a mutually offsetting effect, leading the Federal Reserve to maintain its expectations for interest rate cuts for the year. This also implies two layers of meaning: first, if it weren't for tariff risks, the Federal Reserve could have cut rates long ago; second, if tariffs are significantly reduced, it will force the Federal Reserve to delay the timing of rate cuts, so currently, the focus remains on waiting and observing.

According to ChainCatcher's message, monitored by on-chain analyst Yu Jin, the "Hyperliquid 50x Whale" made frenzied trades around the Federal Reserve interest rate announcement, turning 690,000 USDC into 1,826,000 USDC in just 3 hours, achieving a profit of 164%.The specific operations are as follows:At 2 AM, the Federal Reserve was set to announce the interest rate decision. He shorted 326 BTC (27.6 million USD) at a price of $84,566 at midnight, then closed the short position at a price of $83,927 just before the announcement (1:48), making a profit of $215,000;As soon as the interest rate was announced at 2 PM, he immediately shorted 256 BTC (21.6 million USD) at a price of $84,404 at 2:01, and quickly closed the position at $83,906 six minutes later, making a profit of $250,000;After closing the short position, he immediately went long, opening a long position of 518 BTC (43.8 million USD) at a price of $84,500 at 2:10, and then closed the position at $85,700 at 2:59, making a profit of $620,000;After closing the long position, he immediately shorted again: at 3:00, he shorted 384 BTC (32.9 million USD) at a price of $85,666, and closed the position just two minutes later at $85,146, making a profit of $106,000.

ChainCatcher message, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell: We are at a stage where we can either cut interest rates or maintain the current clearly tight policy stance.

ChainCatcher message, futures data shows that traders believe the probability of the Federal Reserve resuming interest rate cuts at the June meeting is 62.1%, while this probability was 57% before the Federal Reserve made its decision.

ChainCatcher message, the Federal Reserve keeps the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25%-4.50%, in line with market expectations.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve will announce its rate assessment, economic growth and inflation forecasts, and interest rate outlook at 2 AM Beijing time tomorrow. Volmex's one-day implied volatility index indicates that this highly anticipated event could trigger volatility in the crypto market, leading to price fluctuations of 3% to 5% for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and SOL.As of 12:30 PM UTC, the Bitcoin one-day implied volatility index (BVIV) shows an annualized volatility of 63.32%, corresponding to an expected 24-hour price fluctuation of 3.31%. Similarly, the volatility indices for Ethereum and SOL suggest expected 24-hour price fluctuations of 5.25% and 5.73%, respectively.

ChainCatcher news, Marcel Thieliant, head of Asia-Pacific at Capital Economics, stated that the Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged today, as widely expected by the market, but there is still a possibility of further increasing the policy rate, with a high likelihood of a rate hike at the meeting from April 30 to May 1. The inflation rate is well above the Bank of Japan's target of 2%.In addition, the wage increases resulting from this spring's wage negotiations are larger than last year's, which should add additional upward pressure on inflation in the coming months. Capital Economics expects the Bank of Japan to raise the policy rate to 1.5% by 2027.

ChainCatcher news, the Federal Reserve is expected to maintain its current policy stance at the March FOMC meeting. Analysts at Bank of America Securities anticipate that, in the context of rising economic uncertainty, the Fed will adopt a cautious and prudent policy. The Fed may prioritize "patience over panic," assessing the balance between slowing economic growth and persistent inflation pressures while keeping interest rates stable.Bank of America analysts expect the Fed's latest economic forecasts to reflect stagflation factors, with growth projections weakening and inflation expectations adjusting upward. While the market has speculated on the timing of potential rate cuts, policymakers may reiterate a data-driven approach, emphasizing the need for further clarity on the economic outlook before making any policy shifts. Investors will closely monitor Fed Chair Powell's remarks to understand how the Fed views the evolving risks, including supply chain disruptions, labor market resilience, and geopolitical uncertainties.