Huang Renxun has left Beijing, and NVIDIA has not disclosed whether Huang Renxun met with the DeepSeek founder.

As Bitcoin slides rapidly, Coinglass data shows mainstream centralized (CEX) and decentralized (DEX) exchanges’ current funding rates signal an overall bearish market as of March 19. Specific funding rates are available in the attached image. BlockBeats Note: Funding rates are set by crypto exchanges to align perpetual contract prices with underlying asset values. This is a mechanism for fund transfers between long and short traders—exchanges do not collect this fee. It adjusts the cost or revenue for traders holding contracts to keep contract prices close to underlying assets. Key rate context: - 0.01% = baseline - >0.01% = bullish sentiment - <0.005% = bearish sentiment

On March 19, Alliance unveiled the list of 18 projects set to showcase at the ALL16 Demo Day. The lineup includes: - Allod: Enterprise-focused stablecoin banking service - Predexon: Unified API for prediction markets - Superbank: Pre-seed funding liquidity solution - Givance: AI agent-powered platform automating law firm operations - Deconflict: Tool connecting financial institutions with law enforcement data to combat financial crime - Crebit: Stablecoin payment platform for international students - Couch: AI-powered web navigation assistant for the visually impaired - Freeport: Real-time news trading platform - Inflow: Cross-border SME payment platform - Hadron: Solana-native AMM-as-a-Service (AMMaaS) - Worm: Prediction market leverage tool - Graded: On-chain StockX-style collectible trading platform - Bluvo: White-label API provider for DeFi applications - Ratio: Social app for prediction markets - Tradevu: Enterprise-focused stablecoin bank serving Af

**March 19th** — HyperInsight monitoring data shows that over the past 6 hours, the "Strategy Whale" address (0x94d) closed out all its long positions in CL (WTI Crude Oil) and NATGAS (US Natural Gas), locking in gains from the geopolitical-driven surge in oil and gas prices. Subsequently, the address used the freed-up margin to further expand its short positions in BTC and ETH. At the time, BTC was trading around $71,000, and the average entry price for the two short positions was later lowered. Combined, the BTC and ETH short positions now total $105 million in size. Likely due to Brent crude’s intraday gain outpacing WTI crude’s by a notable margin, the address still holds roughly $4.32 million in Brent crude long positions — a sign of a partial exit from its energy holdings. This position shift likely signals a bet that the US-Iran conflict’s boost to energy prices is fully priced in, a short-term peak is either imminent or already hit, and risk assets are poised for a pullba

March 19th — HyperInsight monitoring data shows that as the U.S.-Iran conflict continues to escalate, Iran has targeted three Middle Eastern oil facilities, disrupting energy supply and sending WTI and Brent crude prices soaring. On the Hyperliquid platform, WTI Crude (WTICRUDE) jumped 4.5% intraday, hitting a high of $98 at one point and last trading at $96.65. Brent Crude surged nearly 10% intraday, currently trading at $107. As a result, a whale account on the platform — “U.S.-Brent Oil Dual Short Main Force” (address 0x985), which held short positions in both major crude oils — saw its unrealized losses widen to $2.3 million. The account’s total position size is $29.5 million, with both short positions initiated around the $91 level.

On March 19, monitoring data from The Data Nerd indicates Abraxas Capital has continued to expand its gold short position. The position now stands at approximately $18.8 million, making it the largest holding in the firm’s portfolio.

March 19th — According to Bitget data, the Nikkei 225 Index is down 3.00% intraday and currently trades at 53,582.05 points.