Huobi HTX has launched AERGO perpetual contracts and kicked off a contract trading party.

March 19th — Per data from the Coinbob Popular Address Tracker (Telegram: @Coinbob_track_CN), the Matrixport-linked address “ETH Whale Master” (0xa5b0...) continued to go long on ETH between $2239 and $2300 overnight and this morning after the token dipped to $2300. The address rolled over and added 20,000 ETH long positions, valued at roughly $45.4 million. Following this move, its total ETH long position value now stands at $153 million. The average entry price has climbed from $2043 to $2148, with a floating profit of roughly $3.5 million (representing a 34% return) and a liquidation level set at $1740. Additionally, the address holds a 20x leveraged BTC long position with a size of roughly $49.8 million and an average entry price of $68.42k. Its total account position now totals $203 million. This address has received multiple transfers from Matrixport and is now the largest on-chain ETH bullish holder. Another suspected linked address (0x6C8...) also holds roughly $100 mi

As of March 19, monitoring by AI Auntie shows that ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees’ ETH holdings have risen to 86,305 ETH, totaling approximately $189 million. Over the past 5 hours, he has activated two additional addresses to boost his on-chain ETH holdings by 50,705 ETH (valued at roughly $111 million). Currently, his average cost basis for the accumulated ETH is $2,167.87 per token, with an unrealized gain of $2.46 million. Accumulation addresses: 0xF2f270f7bEb58BD9b4ea2D393961945610C4f537 0x554adc35ccD8090566BfcA842537fd39b82489C1

On March 19, former U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that Israel carried out a "violent attack" on a key facility, noting the U.S. was not informed of the specific operation in advance. He also emphasized Israel would not strike the critical South Pars gas field further unless Iran attacked Qatar. Trump added he does not want to authorize large-scale violence and destruction but warned the U.S. would not hesitate to act if Qatar’s liquefied natural gas project is targeted.

On March 19, OnchainLens monitoring shows multiple crypto whales are actively ramping up their HYPE holdings via the Hyperliquid platform. Key moves include: - Whale address 0x96d: Deposited $4.44 million in USDC to Hyperliquid, boosting HYPE holdings to 253,442 tokens (≈$10.55 million). Average buy price: $32.57; $1.3 million in outstanding buy orders remain pending. - Whale address 0x780: Deposited $2.67 million USDC, purchasing 63,547 HYPE at $42.06 per token. - Whale address 0x50b: Spent $1.98 million to acquire 47,076 HYPE at $42.14 each.

March 19 — The Algorand Foundation announced a roughly 25% workforce cut, citing global macroeconomic uncertainty and the broader crypto market downturn. The foundation, which advances the Algorand ecosystem, currently has a staff of under 200. It noted the adjustment is intended to better align resources with the protocol’s long-term development goals. Despite the layoffs, the foundation stressed it will keep prioritizing its financial inclusion objectives and ecosystem growth. Industry-wide, crypto layoffs are mounting, with firms including Messari and Block also announcing workforce reductions amid AI advancements and market headwinds.

On March 19, Musk said SpaceX AI and Tesla (TSLA.O) are expected to place large-scale ongoing orders for Nvidia (NVDA.O) chips.