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On March 19, the Federal Reserve maintained interest rates unchanged at 3.5%-3.75%, with an 11-1 vote in favor. Governor Miran dissented, advocating for a rate cut of 25 basis points. The statement noted that economic expansion remains robust, but unemployment and inflation remain elevated, and the impact of the Middle East situation remains unclear. Future policy will be adjusted based on new data.

Mars Finance News: Bitcoin mining company Ionic Digital disclosed on the X platform that it produced 32.95 BTC in February mining output, with an average daily output of 1.18 BTC. As of the end of February, its holdings increased to 2787.4 BTC.

Mars Finance News: According to Golden Ten, European stocks' declines expanded, with Germany's DAX index down 1% intraday, UK's FTSE 100 index down 1.11%, Europe's Stoxx 50 index down 0.91%, and Netherlands' AEX index down 1.56%.

SBI VC Trade announced that it will launch USDC lending services in Japan. Users can lend stablecoins through fixed-term agreements to earn profits, with a maximum of 5,000 USDC per term. This product is similar to a loan, and users assume trading risks, and cannot withdraw funds during the lending period, with the risk that assets may not be fully recovered.

Decrypt Finance News, according to Arkham monitoring, Grayscale transferred a total of 6157 ETH to Coinbase Prime address, valued at approximately $13.74 million.

Mars Finance News: On March 18, Senator Cynthia Lummis, the proponent of the "Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Act," stated that the "Crypto Market Structure Act" (also known as the CLARITY Act) will be completed by the end of the year no matter what. It is expected that after the Easter holiday, in the second half of April, the Banking Committee will conduct a review.

Mars Finance News - On March 18, according to network status monitoring website DownDetector, the X platform experienced an outage.

Mars Finance News: On March 18, according to OnchainLens monitoring, a certain whale, after remaining silent for one year, deposited USDC worth 5.01 million into the HyperLiquid platform and opened a short position in CL (WTI crude oil mapped contract) with 2x leverage.

Mars Finance reported that Garrett Jin stated the focus on oil prices is misplaced, with actual trading prices near $155 in Dubai and Oman. He mentioned oil prices surging 45% and recommended going long on crude oil, while both WTI and Brent crude have risen due to geopolitical factors.

Mars Finance News: According to on-chain data analysis platform Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale address, after remaining inactive for one year, deposited 5.01 million USDC to decentralized derivatives trading platform HyperLiquid within the past 2 hours and opened a short position on CL tokens with 2x leverage.

Mars Finance reports that the Ethereum Foundation announced on the X platform that it will deploy 3,400 ETH to Morpho Vaults, with 1,000 ETH entering Morpho Vaults V2.

Mars Finance News: According to Golden Ten, the panic index VIX rose 1.22 points, with the latest reading at 23.59.

Mars Finance News: According to Gate market data, at the US stock market opening, the Dow Jones index fell 0.5%, the S&P 500 index fell 0.31%, and the Nasdaq fell 0.27%. Precious metals concept stocks weakened, with Coeur d'Alene Mines falling 4%, Newmont Mining falling 2%, and Pan American Silver falling 6%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index rose 0.23%.

Mars Finance News: On March 18, according to Iranian media reports, Iran will retaliate for attacks on energy infrastructure, targeting enemy objectives previously considered safe. Additionally, Iran's Revolutionary Guard is about to issue warnings to Gulf states. According to PolyBeats monitoring, on the prediction market Polymarket, a new market titled "When will Iran take military action against a certain Gulf state?" currently shows probabilities of 88% for today, 88% for March 19, and 87% for March 20.

Gold price fell to $4,890 per ounce, marking a one-month low, as investors worry about the Fed's hawkish policy and inflation driven by high oil prices. Despite the near-term decline, looking ahead, gold price is expected to rise by the end of 2026 due to central bank gold purchases and diversified demand.

Mars Finance reports that the US February core PPI month-over-month increased by 0.5%, exceeding market expectations of 0.3%, with the previous value at 0.8%.