TRUMP unlocked 40 million tokens 5 hours ago, equivalent to around 300 million US dollars

On March 16th, crypto analytics firm Glassnode noted in a social media post that Bitcoin’s options market currently has significant negative gamma exposure concentrated around the $75,000 strike price. Market makers appear to hold substantial short positions in structured call options at this level. As Bitcoin’s spot price approaches this zone, hedging activity could intensify—potentially amplifying upward price swings.

March 16: Per market sources, French publicly-listed firm Capital B has added 8 Bitcoins to its holdings, now holding a total of 2,844.

March 16: CoinDesk reports Tokyo-listed firm Metaplanet has completed a private placement with a 2% premium, raising roughly $255 million from institutional investors. The deal also includes additional warrants that could net another $276 million if fully exercised, with funds earmarked to advance its goal of holding 210,000 BTC.

March 16th: DefiLlama data shows **Perpetual DEX (Perp DEX)** trading volume was generally sluggish over the weekend, while total open interest (OI) across platforms continued to climb. Hyperliquid and Aster remain the top two in trading volume, with Hyperliquid’s OI hitting a near one-month high again. Mainstream Perp DEX 24-hour trading volume & OI breakdown: - Hyperliquid [https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/NTOD]: ~$38.9B volume | ~$67.1B OI - Aster [https://www.asterdex.com/zh-CN/referral/aboter]: ~$19.7B volume | ~$20.4B OI - EdgeX: ~$17.7B volume | ~$11.1B OI - Lighter [https://app.lighter.xyz/?referral=70045843]: ~$12.2B volume | ~$7.08B OI - Apex: ~$11B volume | ~$1.2B OI - Pacifica [https://app.pacifica.fi/?referral=pacbot]: ~$2.29B volume | ~$75.68M OI ### Notes on American English adaptation: 1. **Conciseness**: Used "~" (instead of "around") for brevity, standard in U.S. financial news; 2. **Terminology**: "Perpetual DEX (Perp DEX)" is the common U.S. c

On March 16, Centrifuge (CFG) rallied more than 55% in the short term—likely fueled by news that Binance would list the token with its Seed Label—pushing its market capitalization to $111 million.

March 16 — Per OnchainLens data, a whale with address 0x218 deposited 2 million USDC into HyperLiquid over the past 10 hours to avoid liquidation on its 10x-leveraged ETH short position. The position totals 15,217 ETH (roughly $34 million in value) and currently has an unrealized loss of $3.288 million. However, the whale still holds accumulated profits of over $8.5 million overall.