Gate News Reports: On March 18, OnchainLens monitoring showed that a certain whale, after being inactive for a year, has become active again, depositing 5.01 million USDC to the HyperLiquid platform and opening a short position in CL (WTI crude oil mapped contract) with 2x leverage. WTI crude oil (West Texas

According to reports, a major account on the Hyperliquid platform engaged in high-sell-low-buy operations during ETH price volatility, closing out 40,000 ETH on March 17 for a profit of $14.8 million, and reopening positions during the pullback on March 18, with current long positions reaching $320 million.

2026-03-18 12:30 to 12:45 (UTC), BTC recorded a -0.53% return within 15 minutes, with the price range between 72320.9 and 72816.1 USDT, reaching a volatility of 0.68%. During the same period, market attention increased, active trading behavior increased significantly, and volatility intensified. The main driver of this price movement was concentrated large-scale on-chain fund inflows to exchanges, with large single transfers exceeding 1,000 BTC reaching 8,200 BTC, significantly higher than outflows of 2,900 BTC, indicating that major holders or institutions were

On March 18, after the PPI data was released, the three major U.S. stock index futures fell, and crypto concept stocks broadly declined, with multiple stocks such as Strategy, CEX, and MARA experiencing varying degrees of losses.

Gate announced on March 18 the completion of a major upgrade to its AI App, launching version v8.12.0 with 20 new core features covering multiple business lines. Users can easily conduct trading, analysis, and asset management through natural language, enhancing efficiency and experience.

2026-03-18 11:15 to 2026-03-18 11:30 (UTC), ETH experienced significant short-term volatility with K-line returns recording -0.86%, a price range between 2293.37 and 2317.12 USDT, and an amplitude of 1.03%. During this period, market trading activity increased, selling pressure was concentrated and released, reflecting heightened market panic sentiment. The main driver of this abnormal movement was large on-chain transfers directly flowing into a major exchange, followed by concentrated selling. Two high-frequency transfers of 5,000 ETH each entered the exchange, creating obvious selling pressure.

Anthropic's Claude Code team shared internal usage experiences with Skills, summarizing them into nine major categories covering libraries and API references, product validation, data acquisition and analysis, and more. The team emphasized the importance and practice of Skills, including complete structure, common pitfalls documentation, and cross-session memory, leveraging data analysis to assess effectiveness.

This article summarizes cryptocurrency news from March 18, 2026, covering the latest Bitcoin updates, Ethereum upgrades, Dogecoin trends, real-time cryptocurrency prices, and price predictions. Today's major Web3 events include: 1. SEC and CFTC release new regulatory framework, challenging the legislative necessity of CLARITY Act; 2. Bitrefill hit by North Korean Lazarus hackers, 18,500 purchase records leaked, operations restored; 3. Federal Reserve's March 2026 interest rate decision coming soon, Powell's remarks will influence Bitcoin and market movements.

Visa Chief Product and Strategy Officer Jack Forestell stated that AI-powered intelligent networks represent a major opportunity for the payments industry, with AI agents expected to handle 15% to 25% of U.S. e-commerce transactions by 2030. AI will improve payment success rates, facilitate microtransactions, and advance digitalization of B2B payments, while Visa has launched the "Trusted Agent Protocol" to enhance security. Competition is intensifying, with market focus shifting toward underlying infrastructure and technical standards development.

Independent Reserve's survey shows that Australia's cryptocurrency payment user percentage is projected to grow from 6% to 12% by 2026. Despite increases in online shopping and digital goods purchases, users still face issues such as banking delays and rejections, with banks being cautious about crypto transactions. Technical complexity and insufficient user education also constrain the development of crypto payments. Clearer regulatory frameworks could potentially enhance market acceptance.