If Bitcoin breaks through $86,000, the mainstream CEX aggregate short liquidation intensity will reach 9.12 billion

March 18 — Per LookOnChain monitoring data, the whale address starting with 0x5p6zP withdrew 121,480 SOL from Binance 8 hours ago, ending a 4-month dormancy. The withdrawal is worth approximately $11.47 million. Four months ago, the same address pulled 186,621 SOL from Binance at an average price of $138, totaling roughly $25.81 million. It now sits on an unrealized loss of over $8 million. Despite the loss, the address continued accumulating SOL with the latest withdrawal.

March 18th — Crypto analyst Ali Charts says Bitcoin is positioned for an upward trend after closing above the $73,344 resistance level on the daily chart. For the uptrend to sustain, the $73,344 mark must now function as structural support. Upside targets: ? $79,234 ? $85,555 Ali Charts noted that the recent retest of $73,344 has raised the probability of further price gains.

March 18, 2026 — The LazAI team’s paper, *QoS-Aware Token Scheduling and Private Data Valuation for Multi-Modal Agentic Networks*, has been officially accepted by the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME). IEEE ICME is a top academic conference in multimedia and intelligent computing. This year, it received 3,810 valid submissions, with 1,101 papers ultimately accepted—yielding an acceptance rate of 28.89%. The paper addresses two core challenges in AI agent networks: - **Token Scheduling Optimization**: How to deliver efficient resource allocation and quality of service (QoS) guarantees in multi-modal intelligent agent collaboration scenarios; - **Private Data Valuation**: How to accurately measure the value of data contributions in AI training and inference while protecting user privacy. These research directions closely align with the decentralized AI infrastructure LazAI is developing: the Data Anchoring Token (DAT) solves data assetization and

On March 18, Bitcoin Core released the v31.0rc1 test version—the next major release following v30.2. The version is currently available for testing: developers can download the binary file and review the release notes. The official version is expected to launch once subsequent testing wraps up.

March 18 — CoinDesk reports that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott told attendees at a Washington, D.C., blockchain summit Wednesday (March 18) that the previously stalled cryptocurrency market structure bill is making significant behind-the-scenes progress. A new draft — featuring at least stablecoin-related provisions — is expected to be released this week. Scott noted stablecoin yields have been the most publicly debated issue in the legislation. Democratic Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis and White House official Patrick Witt are actively working to resolve the matter. On outstanding issues, Scott revealed several disagreements from the past month have moved into negotiation phase, including: - Ethics concerns tied to former President Donald Trump and his family’s cryptocurrency projects; - The lack of bipartisan seats on key regulatory agencies; - DeFi regulatory and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance requirements. He added progress

Onchain Lens data shows that as of March 18th, a newly created wallet has deposited 2 million USDC into HyperLiquid and opened a 10x leveraged long position on HYPE, with a liquidation price of $29.04.