According to DB News, the DOJ is cleared to sell 69,370 $BTC($6.58B) confiscated from Silk Road.

March 17: Per Onchain Lens data, a Matrixport-linked entity’s high-leverage long positions have seen a sharp jump in unrealized profits amid a market recovery. The address holds BTC long positions (20x leverage) and ETH long positions (15x leverage), with total unrealized profits now exceeding $23.5 million—$15.5 million of that added recently. Key holdings breakdown: - ETH: 70,000.7 ETH (≈$159.5M), unrealized gain of $20.09M - BTC: 700 BTC (≈$51.3M), unrealized gain of $3.4M This rewrite aligns with U.S. English brevity, financial newswire tone (using "per" for data sourcing, "≈" for approximations, and bullet points for clarity), and avoids redundant phrasing.

On March 16, Onchain Lens data shows a crypto whale liquidated its 138-day Ethereum long position, incurring a $900,000 loss. As of now, the whale still holds 2x leveraged long positions in SOL and PUMP, plus a 3x leveraged long position in XPL—with an unrealized loss exceeding $5.16 million.

March 16 (Reuters) - Stress in the private credit market has spilled over to Wall Street, with major U.S. banks tightening lending to the sector and some funds imposing redemption restrictions. JPMorgan Chase has marked down the value of some loans to private credit funds and cut its lending exposure. Morgan Stanley limited redemptions for one of its private credit funds after investors sought to redeem nearly 11% of its shares. BlackRock’s flagship HLEND fund restricted further withdrawals after first-quarter redemption requests surged to $1.2 billion, hitting its 5% cap. Blackstone’s flagship BCRED fund saw a surge in first-quarter redemptions, with $3.7 billion pulled out — marking its first quarterly outflow. Blue Owl Capital sold $1.4 billion in assets and permanently halted redemptions for one of its funds. Oaktree’s flagship fund set a 7% repurchase limit in response to 14% in redemption requests. Market sentiment has been pressured by valuation concerns, transparency issu

On March 16, per Bitget data, U.S.-listed Ethereum mining leader Bitmine (BMNR) surged more than 11% intraday, last trading at $22.88.

On March 16, per Coindesk, T. Rowe Price has filed a second amendment for its actively managed cryptocurrency ETF, which will track a range of digital assets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin and SHIB.

**March 16 Update** Greek researcher Adam (from Greeks.live) noted in a social media post that over 40% of open interest in end-of-month quarterly options is now concentrated. Individual $75,000 call contracts make up more than 5% — marking an unprecedented level of concentration, with all bets leaning on $75,000. Gamma Walls and Gamma Squeezes reflect a collective market consensus: either the entire market pushes in the same direction toward the target, or it triggers a large-scale breakdown.