Analyst: Fed Meeting Expected to be Overshadowed by Middle East Crisis

Per official sources, Binance will delist and cease support for the BONK/BRL and ME/FDUSD spot trading pairs at 03:00 UTC on March 20, 2026, following a recent evaluation.

March 18th — Per HyperInsight monitoring, the whale address neoyokio.eth (0x152) holds the largest ASTER long position on Hyperliquid: its 4x leveraged position is now worth $19.2 million, with an unrealized gain of $2.7 million (a 56.4% return). The whale has a track record of strategic accumulation: it finished initial batch buying at $0.69 on January 28, then bought the dip aggressively near $0.56 during a deep ASTER retracement (adding counter to the trend). On February 11, after ASTER broke above $0.7 and entered narrow-range consolidation for nearly a month, the address continued small position adds, lowering its average entry price to $0.636. With recent market momentum, Hyperliquid data shows ASTER hit a nearly two-month high above $0.78 overnight and this morning — but the whale has not adjusted its position. The token is now trading at $0.737. Links: [HyperInsight monitoring](https://t.me/HyperInsight) [Hyperliquid data](https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/NTOD)

Backpack officially announced its token symbol “BP” and disclosed its contract address via social media on March 18.

March 18 — Per The Block, stablecoin payment firm TransFi has closed a $19.2 million funding round, which includes a $14.2 million Series A equity raise and a $5 million committed liquidity facility. The round was led by Turing Financial Group. As an infrastructure provider for stablecoin cross-border payments focused on emerging markets, TransFi aims to act as an alternative to traditional correspondent banking and the SWIFT system. Its platform leverages stablecoins for cross-border transaction settlement, supporting global payroll, remittances, treasury fund movements, and outbound payments. To date, the company’s business spans over 70 countries, with support for 40+ fiat currencies and 100+ cryptocurrencies.

Per on-chain analyst Ai Aunty (@ai_9684xtpa) on March 18, an address withdrew 12,217 ETH from Binance between January 23 and 31, 2026, at an average price of $2,729.06 (valued at ~$33.34 million). After holding the tokens for 10 days, the address first cut its holdings by 3,203 ETH, realizing a loss of ~$2.262 million. Three hours ago, the same address recharged 4,007 ETH to Binance (worth ~$9.38 million); if sold at current prices, this would add an additional loss of ~$1.552 million. The address currently holds 5,006.7 ETH, with an unrealized (floating) loss of ~$2.048 million.

On March 18th, data from the Coinbob Top Address Monitor (https://t.me/Coinbob_track_CN) shows: Fueled by South Korea’s KOSPI index gaining 5.04% today, the iShares South Korea ETF (EWY) rose to $134.4, with after-hours trading extending its gain to 3.1%. EWY’s contract price on Hyperliquid currently sits at $139, up 6.2% over the past 24 hours. Additionally, Circle’s CRCL token saw an intraday gain of 6.4%, now trading at $134.3. The platform’s top long whale address for both EWY and CRCL (0x629) has seen total unrealized profits swell to nearly $2 million. The address accumulated long positions at lower levels on March 5th, with key holdings: - ~$6.95 million in long positions across 20x xyz:EWY and cash:EWY mapping contracts; average entry price $127; unrealized gains ~$520,000 (~170% return) - ~$8.5 million in 10x CRCL (Circle) long positions; average entry price $111.2; unrealized gains ~$1.45 million (205% return)