Binance announced that StraitsX USD (XUSD) will be launched at 16:00 on March 19th Beijing time, and the XUSD/USDT spot trading pair will be opened.

On March 17th, Matrixport stated that the price of gold has broken through historical highs, further reinforcing the narrative of Bitcoin as "digital gold". Since the summer of 2023 when gold surpassed $2000, this trend has gradually become more apparent. Currently, gold is not only seen as a hedge against U.S. debt inflation, but also as a safe haven asset to avoid tariff risks.

according to @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, the "50x leverage giant whale" opened a 40x BTC short position on Hyperliquid when Bitcoin was at $83,923.2, and is closing the BTC short position for profit through TWAP strategy, reducing the BTC position by 342.67 coins through TWAP. Currently, the short position has decreased to $428 million, with a floating profit of $3.06 million.

Bastian Freitag, head of the fixed income department of Rothschild Wealth Management Company in Germany, said that it is expected that the Federal Reserve will maintain its current stance this week, with the earliest window for a rate cut being in June.

according to on-chain data tracking service Whale Alert, around 1:42 PM Beijing time, 43,504 ETH (82,793,371 USD) was transferred from an unknown wallet to Kraken.

Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley tweeted, "There are currently two types of Bitcoin holders in the market, investors (who see Bitcoin as an investment, measured in US dollars) and savers (who see Bitcoin as a savings account, measured by how much BTC they own)."

according to the official announcement, Binance will adjust the collateral ratio of some assets in the unified account on March 21, 2025 at 14:00 (UTC +8). This update is expected to be completed in about an hour. The specific adjustments are as follows:

Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave Labs, clarified on Sunday that they will not create a new token for the product Horizon proposed by Aave. The company recently introduced Horizon, aimed at integrating real-world assets into decentralized finance, sparking debate within the Aave community. A temperature check was conducted inviting the community to provide feedback on the release of Horizon's RWA products for institutions. The controversial part of the proposal indicated that if a token were to be created, the Aave DAO might receive a 15% allocation and revenue-sharing arrangement. This raised concerns that the new token could dilute the value of existing AAVE tokens and undermine AAVE's focus as the sole governance and utility token. The opposition was so strong that Marc Zeller of the Aave Chan Initiative publicly stated that he would not support the current form of the proposal. Kulechov clarified the situation to X, stating that the Aave DAO is not interested in introducing additional tokens, and developers will respect this consensus. With the token plan canceled, it is currently unclear whether Aave Labs will continue with the deployment of Horizon.

according to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), the SolayerLabs team transferred 6.9 million LAYER tokens to the Binance exchange in the past hour, worth approximately $8 million.

according to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin breaks through $85,000, the cumulative liquidation intensity of mainstream CEX short positions will reach 7.44 billion. Conversely, if Bitcoin falls below $82,000, the cumulative liquidation intensity of mainstream CEX long positions will reach 4.14 billion.