Gate News: On March 15, market data shows that CFX reached a new phase high on the 4-hour K-line chart, with prices touching approximately 0.06282 USDT at their peak, representing a 24-hour gain of around 14%. Some community members believe this rally may be related to recent macroeconomic catalysts. Earlier, media outlets citing sources reported that Iran is considering allowing certain tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on the condition that petroleum transport be settled in Chinese yuan. Related discussions have once again sparked market attention toward yuan stablecoins and cross-border payment narratives.

A founder of an investment institution shares investment insights, emphasizing the high difficulty of investment trading and the scarcity of successful practitioners. During its initial phase, the institution maintains humility and remains vigilant against arrogance. Looking ahead to the AI era, the founder believes human brains will be liberated, and investment requires both confidence and balance.

The China Internet Finance Association has issued a risk warning cautioning that the OpenClaw application is vulnerable to attacks due to high permissions and weak security configurations, which could lead to data theft and transaction manipulation. The association recommends that financial consumers use caution when using the application and take appropriate security measures, such as not granting operational permissions and monitoring for vulnerability fixes.

A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) associated with a certain CEX announced the launch of a search for M&A targets, with target company valuations reaching up to $10 billion, primarily focusing on enterprises in the crypto sector. The SPAC has completed a $345 million IPO and is advancing plans for a CEX listing with an estimated valuation of approximately $20 billion.

2026-03-13 12:45 to 2026-03-13 13:00 (UTC), BTC achieved a +0.60% return within 15 minutes, with a price range of 72341.6-72888.0 USDT and a volatility amplitude of 0.76%. Short-term price oscillations noticeably intensified. Due to abundant trading volume, market attention rose rapidly, reflecting a phase of strengthened buying power. The primary drivers of this movement are continuous net inflows into ETFs and a technical breakout of key structures. In March 2026, BTC spot ETFs attracted capital inflows as high as 1.6 billion dollars in a single week.

Bitcoin rose approximately 2% on March 13, breaking through $72,000 despite strong dollar performance and weakness in US stock futures. Crypto futures open interest across the market increased, with Bitcoin and Ethereum showing particularly strong performance. Meanwhile, the Trump-themed Meme coin TRUMP surged over 30%.

Gate News reported that on March 13, The Wall Street Journal reported that ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, is cooperating with Southeast Asian cloud service provider Aolani Cloud to deploy approximately 500 NVIDIA Blackwell computing systems in Malaysia, totaling approximately 36,000 B200 chips, to build a high-performance computing cluster outside China for accelerating AI research and development.

Data from March 13 shows that on-chain Perp DEX overall trading volume and open interest remained relatively unchanged, with Hyperliquid trading volume showing a slight recovery and open interest remaining at elevated levels. The main Perp DEX trading volume and open interest were: Hyperliquid $6.74 billion, Aster $2.36 billion, EdgeX $2.13 billion, and others.

Recently, a whale who suffered a massive loss of $14.61 million on $MELANIA coins purchased 2.2 million $TRUMP tokens, investing approximately $6.97 million, reportedly to compete for qualification to attend a Trump dinner. This address previously bought $MELANIA last year for approximately $28.93 million in USDC at a high price, and liquidated the position after suffering approximately 50% losses.

Middle East conflict escalation drives oil price increases, raising U.S. short-term inflation expectations and affecting Federal Reserve rate-cut prospects. The one-year breakeven inflation rate reached 4.62%, while the two-year rate stands at 3.18%. High oil prices may make it difficult for the Federal Reserve to cut rates, with the probability of no rate cuts in 2026 expected to rise to 44.7%.