Binance: KAT Token to Commence Trading at 7:00 PM on March 18

On March 17, per Onchain Lens monitoring, the Bhutanese government transferred 20.5 BTC (valued at $1.52 million) to QCP Capital and 1.02 BTC (worth $75,900) to a new wallet, with potential additional transfers in the pipeline.

March 17 — Per HyperInsight monitoring (link: https://t.me/HyperInsight), an address starting with 0xa95 opened a 40x leveraged long position on BTC totaling $4.1 million in the past hour. The entry price was $74,398, with a corresponding liquidation price of $73,463. The position’s current unrealized loss is approximately $13,000 (-13%). Additionally, within the last 10 minutes, the same address placed a market stop-loss order nearly matching its liquidation price, setting the stop at $73,468.

March 17 — Moody’s Chief Economist Mark Zandi noted U.S. economic prospects will keep worsening as long as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to tanker traffic—even though current U.S. oil and natural gas production roughly matches domestic consumption. Zandi warned a U.S. recession is unavoidable if conditions don’t shift in the coming weeks. Before the Iran conflict, Moody’s machine learning-driven leading indicators already pointed to a 49% chance of a U.S. recession in the next 12 months. Zandi expects the model’s next update to show recession odds at 50% or higher. Several investment banks still peg recession probabilities at 30–40% currently. Adnaan Research recently hiked its market crash probability from 20% to 35%. The S&P 500 gained 1% Monday to close at 6,699.38—Wall Street hasn’t fully priced in a recession yet overall.

On March 17, CryptoQuant analyst @AxelAdlerJr noted that Bitcoin spot ETF inflows have rebounded recently, but the cryptocurrency’s price remains $5,174 below the ETF’s realized price — which roughly equals the average cost of Bitcoin held by the ETFs. The analyst added that a demand recovery could push prices higher, though resistance near $80,000 may trigger profit-taking. Monitoring subsequent macro data will be critical to assessing the asset’s breakout potential.

March 17 (Xinhua) — According to Israeli media reports on the same day, the Israeli military assesses it has successfully "assassinated" Ali Rezaie, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. Iran has not yet commented on the claim.

March 17: Crew aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier have been notified to remain in the Middle East through May. (The New York Times)