Mainstream Crypto News and Updates

Tokyo-based Metaplanet has secured $255 million from global investors to build a leading corporate Bitcoin treasury. With additional potential capital of $276 million through warrants, they currently hold 35,102 BTC. The firm is also investing in digital asset infrastructure, notably partnering with JPYC Inc. to enhance Bitcoin services in Japan.

Author: Frank, PANews Whenever the market enters a confusing phase of going nowhere, people try to use a "cutting the boat to seek the sword" method of historical retrospection to predict the next market movement. In such cases, people often see from these theories and charts that history always repeats itself, and seem to automatically overlay and verify future price movements with a certain period in the past. This coincidence seems to have a magical effect and is often verified. Some bloggers claim this prediction method has an accuracy rate of 75%~80%. Does this "cutting the boat to seek the sword" style price prediction that repeatedly goes viral on social media help the market identify stages, or is it just packaging noise as prophecy? From "Tick Fractals" to "History Rhyming" The peak operation regarding predictions of October 2025 market tops is an analyst named CryptoBullet, who created a method called "ti

Gate News report: On March 16, according to CoinAnk data, the network liquidated a total of $296 million in the past 24 hours, of which long positions liquidated approximately $63.5177 million and short positions liquidated approximately $233 million. By cryptocurrency: Bitcoin liquidated approximately $101 million, Ethereum liquidated approximately $98.6204 million, SOL liquidated approximately $16.2673 million, and on-chain crude oil synthetic asset XYZ:CL liquidated approximately $7.1913 million.

Gate News, on March 16, according to a certain CEX market data, BTC broke through 74000 USDT, currently trading at 74000.1 USDT, with a 24-hour gain of 3.19%.

Gate News reports that on March 16, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, "Major Maji" opened a long position of 22 Bitcoin with 40x leverage at an entry price of $73,761. The position is currently showing floating gains of $1,977, up 4.87%, with a total position value of $1,622,478.

Bitmine announced on March 16 that its crypto assets and "moon mission" reached a total value of $11.5 billion. The company holds substantial amounts of ETH and BTC, and has increased its investment in Eightco Holdings. Bitmine also purchased 5,000 ETH from the Ethereum Foundation to support operations and accelerate its ETH acquisition pace.

Gate News: On March 16, according to market data, Ethereum has broken through the key price level of $2300, now trading at $2301.

Gate News bot message: Gate market display shows BTC breaks through 74000 USDT, current price 74001.2 USDT.

2026-03-16 12:15 to 12:30 (UTC), ETH price range was 2277.16 to 2303.11 USDT, with a return rate of +0.82% and volatility of 1.14%. Short-term fluctuations attracted market attention, on-chain activity increased significantly, and the price movement intensified trader participation enthusiasm. The main drivers of this price movement are on-chain net capital inflows and whale accumulation. Within the 15-minute window, ETH on-chain trading volume increased approximately 27% compared to the previous hourly average, with net capital inflows reaching $46 million, primarily sourced from two major DeFi protocols.

Gate News reports that on March 16, market data showed ETH/BTC exchange rate rebounded and broke through 0.031, currently trading at 0.03105, with a 24-hour gain of 5.21%.

Investors' sentiment has worsened as Strategy faces over $900 million in unrealized Bitcoin losses, with Bitcoin prices dropping below their average acquisition cost. Despite this, the company continues to buy Bitcoin and recently raised funds through stock sales. Market analysts express mixed views on Bitcoin's future, while Strategy's chairman remains optimistic about future purchases.

Gate News bot message: Gate market display shows ETH breaking through 2300 USDT, current price 2300.8 USDT.

Bitcoin is entering the best buy zone of this cycle.  The analyst explains the reasoning behind his bullish declaration. Can BTC surge to hit $200,000 following a successful buying phase? The crypto market seems to be heading into a strong

BTC and ETH lead the trending cryptocurrency rankings, while SOL, XRP, and PEPE follow. Their prices remain volatile amid changes in gold and silver values, geopolitical tensions, and impending inflation data influencing investor behavior.

Gate News reported that on March 16, MicroStrategy purchased 22,337 bitcoins last week at an average price of $70,194 per bitcoin, with a total value of approximately $1.5 billion.