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Bithumb has announced that it will temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals for Starknet (STRK) at 5:00 a.m. UTC on March 18 due to a mainnet upgrade.

BTC perp long/short ratios on top exchanges by open interest The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the world’s three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 51.94% long, 48.06% short - Binance: 51.29% long, 48.71% short - MEXC: 50.9% long, 49.1% short - Gate.io: 50.89% long, 49.11% short

South Korean Digital Asset Trust (DAT) firm Bitmax transferred its entire Bitcoin holdings to exchanges just before a 4-for-1 capital reduction, Maeil Business Newspaper reported exclusively. The company, which had previously disclosed holding 551 BTC as of February, reportedly moved around 550 BTC between Jan. 15 and Feb. 5. In response, Bitmax confirmed that it transferred the Bitcoin from its custodian, Coda, to exchanges including Binance and Bybit. The company stated that it still holds all the Bitcoin but could not confirm the reason for the transfer. As of this morning, Bitmax's website still displays a balance certificate based on its custody with Coda. The transfers preceded Bitmax's recent decision to implement a 4-for-1 capital reduction to improve its financial structure by covering accumulated losses. The firm has recently faced a substantive delisting review and a failed attempt to acquire Nasdaq-listed Solowin Holdings (AXG).

Sui (SUI) has announced that it has entered the testing phase for a new virtual machine (VM). The VM features a completely redesigned execution layer to increase processing speed. It also includes performance enhancements such as faster caching and new features for the next generation of the Move programming language. Sui plans to launch a bug bounty program before the VM is deployed on the mainnet. The project noted that while the VM has not yet been applied to the testnet, the bug bounty will offer rewards based on mainnet standards.

Chinese automotive transaction service platform Cango announced it sold 4,451 BTC in February to repay a loan. The company, which previously acquired BTC miners from Bitmain, also reported total revenue of $688 million and said it mined 6,594.6 BTC last year.

OKX announced it will list Katana (KAT) for spot trading at 1:00 p.m. UTC on March 18.

Korea Buidl Week 2026, a gathering for developers and startup teams in the blockchain and digital asset sectors, will be held in Seoul from April 13 to 19. This year, the event has been expanded to attract developers, investors, and tech startups from across Asia. The event is jointly organized by the Korea Buidl Week Alliance (KBWA), a coalition of 10 blockchain and digital asset-related institutions. During the week, a series of conferences, hackathons, investment summits, and side events will take place in Seoul's Gangnam, Jamsil, and Seongsu districts. The main program, the 'BuidlHacker 2026' hackathon, is currently underway following an online kickoff AMA on March 11 and will conclude with a Final Pitch Day on April 18. Global sponsors include BNB Chain, Status Network (SNT), Near AI, Yield Guild Games (YGG), and verse8, which are providing a total prize pool of $26,000. CoinNess is participating as a media partner for the event.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $74,000. BTC is trading at $73,998.48 on the Binance USDT market.

JackYi, founder of LD Capital, said on X that he is fully invested in Bitcoin, expecting a rebound to between $85,000 and $90,000. He explained his belief that a significant rebound will follow the market's decline, but added that he does not consider this rebound a trend reversal and has not taken any short positions. It was previously reported that an entity named Trend Research accumulated approximately 790,000 ETH ($2.59 billion) between November of last year and this past February, before selling the entire position on Feb. 7 at a loss of over $700 million.

South Korean Layer 1 project Mitosis is facing growing accusations of a rug pull, NewsWay reported. The controversy has reignited concerns about the credibility of domestic crypto projects, as the project's founders have been linked to Terraform Labs. The allegations stem from the founders' disappearance from social media since last September and the failure to distribute promised community rewards. Investors who staked tMITO for six months were guaranteed a 2.5x return in MITO tokens or a separate bonus. However, the rewards, valued at around $1.4 million, were not paid out on the scheduled date of March 10. Over this period, the MITO token has plummeted 87% from its peak of $0.30 to $0.03.

Ethereum (ETH) is attempting to break through the upper boundary of a descending channel after falling approximately 63% during the current cycle, according to an analysis by Markus Thielen, CEO of 10x Research. He noted that while ETF demand has shown some signs of recovery, ETH derivatives positions are acting as the key variable driving short-term price movements. Thielen added that from a fundamentals perspective, there have been no significant changes. However, because the crypto market has recently shown a tendency to move separately from traditional large-cap asset classes, there are limitations to predicting price fluctuations using the conventional risk-on/risk-off analysis framework.

The World Liberty Financial (WLFI) team has deposited 20 million WLFI, worth $21 million, to Gate.io and OKX over the past 19 hours, according to Onchain Lens.

Binance announced it will list AAVE/U, TAO/U, UNI/U, and WLFI/U margin pairs at 10:00 a.m. UTC on March 17.

Cross-chain Layer 1 blockchain project ZetaChain (ZETA) has unveiled ZetaChain 2.0, a universal layer combining AI and Web3, and launched its consumer AI chat service, ANUMA AI. ANUMA is a privacy-focused AI chatbot that allows users to interact with various AI models, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, through a single interface without losing context. Users can import their existing AI conversation histories, which are then encrypted using client-side AES-GCM and stored in a personal memory vault accessible only to them. To commemorate the launch, ZetaChain is holding a "Reclaim Your AI Memory" campaign, offering a total of $3,000 in ZETA rewards and premium access benefits to participants. ANUMA AI also plans to release additional text AI features in the future.

An Argentine court has ordered a nationwide block on access to the cryptocurrency-based prediction market platform Polymarket, Wu Blockchain reported. A court in Buenos Aires has directed the national telecommunications regulator, ENACOM, to restrict access to the platform via internet service providers. Additionally, the court has ordered Google and Apple to remove the Polymarket app from their respective app stores for users in Argentina.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - ETH: $236.79 million liquidated (86.97% shorts) - BTC: $224.24 million liquidated (81.52% shorts) - SOL: $25.54 million liquidated (89.29% shorts)

South Korean police have drafted their first-ever guidelines for managing seized darkcoins as part of a broader overhaul of their virtual asset management system, The Asia Business Daily reported. The move follows a series of incidents where government and investigative agencies lost seized crypto assets. According to the report, South Korea's National Police Agency recently completed a draft of new instructions that specify compliance measures for each stage of the virtual asset seizure process. This includes a new software wallet (hot wallet) management plan specifically for handling darkcoins. Meanwhile, the total value of virtual assets seized by the police over the past five years is estimated to be around 54.5 billion won ($39.5 million), based on prices early this morning. This includes approximately 50.7 billion won ($36.7 million) in Bitcoin (BTC) and 1.8 billion won ($1.3 million) in Ethereum (ETH).

Blockchain analytics firm Messari has conducted significant layoffs as it pivots to become an artificial intelligence (AI) company, The Block reported. As part of this transition, CEO Eric Turner has resigned, and former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Diran Li has been appointed the new CEO.

U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a net inflow of around $199 million on March 16, marking the sixth consecutive day of net inflows, according to data compiled by Trader T. - BlackRock's IBIT: +$139.05 million - Fidelity's FBTC: +$64.53 million - Bitwise's BITB: +$2.82 million - Ark Invest's ARKB: -$3.07 million - Franklin Templeton's EZBC: +$2.14 million - VanEck's HODL: -$6.28 million

Pump.fun (PUMP) announced via X that it bought back $8.52 million worth of PUMP last week. To date, the project has repurchased a total of $328 million in PUMP, representing 29.52% of the total circulating supply.

Stablecoin payment provider dtcpay has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round, Wu Blockchain reported. The round was led by Vertex Ventures, with the capital earmarked for product development, infrastructure enhancement, and business expansion.

Bitcoin's recent upward trend was triggered by options traders unwinding their put option hedge positions, according to an analysis by 10x Research CEO Markus Thielen. In a report cited by CoinDesk, Thielen explained that the rally appears to be influenced by a structural change in put options within the $55,000 to $60,000 range. He noted that during the sharp decline in February, traders had heavily purchased put options to hedge against downside risk. However, as the market stabilized, the likelihood of these options becoming in-the-money by expiration diminished, prompting traders to close out their hedge positions. This process, Thielen argued, created upward momentum. The unwinding of put options reduces selling pressure from market makers managing their risk, which can consequently lead to increased buying activity in the spot market.

Crypto traders are increasingly using Anthropic's AI tool, Claude, to build and deploy automated trading bots for prediction markets like Polymarket, Decrypt reported. The bots are designed to analyze probabilities within these markets by parsing real-time news and to execute arbitrage trades based on price differences between platforms. While AI-powered trading is expected to become more common as prediction markets expand, profitability will depend on factors like data quality and execution speed, the outlet added.

Strategy's Bitcoin holdings have moved into a state of unrealized profit amid the cryptocurrency's price increase, blockchain media outlet Jinse Finance reported. The company is currently showing a profit of $120 million, representing a 0.21% return. This follows Strategy's announcement on March 16 that it had purchased an additional 22,337 BTC for $1.57 billion. The company now holds a total of 760,068 BTC, valued at $57.61 billion, with an average purchase price of $75,700.

The U.S. Federal Reserve may want to remain silent this week but will be forced to signal its future policy direction through its economic projections, according to Nick Timiraos, a Wall Street Journal reporter often described as the Fed whisperer. In a post on X, Timiraos noted that two former Fed chairs would want to avoid offering short-term rate cut forecasts in the current environment. He added that the key question for the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting is whether current officials share that view, suggesting a potential clash between hawkish and dovish members sticking to their respective positions. The U.S. interest rate decision and the FOMC press conference are scheduled for 6:00 p.m. UTC on March 18.