U.S. CFTC Acting Chairman: Enforcement Division Restructured, Refocused on Combating Fraud

March 19 — Traders no longer expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in 2026, (Xinhua News Agency)

March 19th – Ethereum slid to roughly $2,100 Wednesday, posting a 7% intraday drop primarily driven by the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision and elevated inflation expectations, per Cointelegraph. Total crypto market long liquidations hit $492.8 million over the past 24 hours, with over $144 million in ETH long positions wiped out. CoinGlass data adds a critical warning: a break below $2,000 would trigger liquidations of more than $2.5 billion in leveraged ETH long positions across all platforms, signaling a larger “waterfall decline” risk if bearish momentum persists. Separately, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded net outflows of over $55.5 million Wednesday, snapping a six-day streak of net inflows. Over the past eight FOMC meetings, ETH has fallen seven times post-meeting. Typical post-FOMC pullbacks range from 16% to 23%, while deeper deleveraging phases have seen declines of 33% to 43%. On the technical front, $2,100 is a key support level—aligning with the upper

**US Initial Jobless Claims (Week Ended March 14): 205k | Expected: 215k | Previous: 213k** *Reported March 19 | Source: FXStreet*

On March 19, Robinhood added QNT to its platform, per official sources.

**March 19 (FXStreet) — The Bank of England (BoE) voted unanimously to hold interest rates steady on Thursday, marking the first time in four and a half years the central bank has made a decision without any dissenting members.** The meeting’s tone shifted notably amid the Middle East conflict, which disrupted oil production in the world’s top oil-producing region and snarled tanker shipments through the critical Strait of Hormuz. BoE rate-setters opened the door to a potential rate hike, with Governor Andrew Bailey warning policy must “address the risks of potentially more persistent impacts on UK CPI.” Bailey added: “Whatever the outcome, our responsibility is to ensure inflation returns to the 2% target.” The BoE removed language from its February statement that the “base rate could be further reduced.” Tenreyro, the BoE’s most dovish policy member, noted a prolonged energy supply crisis may require rate hikes. Several rate-setters said they would have supported borrowin

March 19 — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the U.S. could lift sanctions on Iranian oil shipments at sea in the coming days, adding the U.S. can unilaterally release oil reserves and that it “absolutely did not interfere in oil futures markets.”