March 20: Prediction markets show two high-win-rate addresses invested $9,700 in betting "No" on the event "Will the U.S. military invade Iran," with the current probability of "No" at 40%. Trump stated during a meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister that he would not deploy U.S. military forces, while the Defense Secretary reiterated U.S. military objectives. Trader behavior indicates short-term arbitrage rather than actual event outcome bets.

PEPE co-founder announced the launch of a new project on March 20, based on exchange fee revenue model to provide income sources for token holders. Although Shiba Inu launched Shibarium and integrated DeFi features, it has failed to stabilize token value, demonstrating that even with practical tools, the long-term value of Meme tokens remains unstable. The specific name and mechanism of the new project have not yet been disclosed.

Gate News report indicates that on March 19, a cryptocurrency address holding 13,215,713 USDT (approximately $13.2165 million) was frozen. The specific reason for this large-scale fund freeze has not been disclosed yet. This incident has once again drawn market attention to the security of cryptocurrency assets and regulatory actions.

On March 19th, U.S. storage concept stocks overall retreated, with Micron Technology (MU) and SanDisk (SNDK) each declining nearly 5%. Despite sector pressure, the two major on-chain longs did not adjust their positions, with both SNDK and MU holdings showing unrealized gains, indicating the market still maintains investment confidence.

Gate News Alert: On March 19, according to monitoring by on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a certain whale address 0x65B...5Ce93 has purchased 10811.34 ETH on-chain through Cowswap since March 6, valued at $22.58 million, with an average cost of $2088.79. Among these, 4583 ETH were purchased in the past 13 hours. It is worth noting that this address had not traded ETH for 5 months prior to this.

A certain CEX responded to users stating that Bitcoin is not on the TON network. The tokens users transferred were marked as "BTC" but were actually scam tokens. The exchange is assisting in asset recovery, but the process is complex and time-consuming. It reminds users to be vigilant against misoperations and fraud risks.

Stripe and Paradigm's jointly developed new Layer 1 blockchain, Tempo, is expected to launch its mainnet by the end of March, adopting a dual-track model focused on payments and DeFi. The mainnet will not issue tokens, and the team will wait for better market conditions to design the tokenomics model.

Regulatory ambiguity around stablecoins has put traditional banks in operational difficulties, while crypto companies continue to develop in gray areas. Banks are hesitant to invest heavily in stablecoin infrastructure due to advice from legal counselors, leading to limited deployment. Although large-scale deposit outflows have not yet occurred, competitive pressure is increasing.

Gate News bot message: According to Gate official announcement on March 16, 2026 Gate platform announced adjustments to the lending functions of MBG by Multibank Group (MBG). Starting from March 16, 2026 at 16:00 (UTC+8), the platform will close new lending functions in unified account spot margin, collateral lending, and isolated margin leverage businesses. For users with outstanding loans, the platform requires repayment to be completed before March 17, 2026 at 16:00 (UTC+8). Overdue loans will be automatically settled and repaid by the system at that time point. The platform stated that this adjustment is based on a regular project review mechanism, aimed at optimizing trading experience and safeguarding user asset security. Spot trading functions are not affected.

Into The Cryptoverse founder Benjamin Cowen analyzes that Bitcoin has displayed typical bear market characteristics, with the current price structure similar to historical bear markets. Although some market views still predict this is a bull market correction, he points out that Bitcoin faces a risk of rapid decline, and recent price levels are comparable to 2017, which may not be the bottom.