「$10M Profit Whale」 Suspected of Accumulating 6000 ETH in a Transaction, with an Average Price of $1582

**Market Expectations: Fed Set to Hold Rates Steady at March FOMC Meeting** As of March 18, markets broadly see the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) keeping interest rates unchanged at its 2 p.m. decision meeting tomorrow—with the probability of a cut near zero, and no near-term cuts expected. Futures pricing signals policymakers won’t consider policy easing until at least September (more likely October), and even then, only one rate cut is likely this year. CNBC rounded up mainstream expectations for the gathering: - A senior investment strategist at Russell Investments noted: “The March meeting is all but certain to hold rates steady. But any clues Chair Powell may drop about the future rate path will be critical. The U.S. economy remains robust overall—but that also means the bar for further U.S. rate cuts may be quite high.” - A Fed watcher at Bank of America (BofA) wrote in a report: “With markets having almost entirely ruled out an April rate cut, Powell’s ability t

March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments firm RedotPay is in talks with multiple institutions for a new funding round of up to $1.5 billion. The company previously closed over $1.5 billion in funding in September and December 2023, with backers including Coinbase and Circle’s venture arms. RedotPay is currently valued at more than $1 billion and targets a U.S. initial public offering (IPO) this year with a valuation exceeding $4 billion. As it pushes ahead with the IPO, RedotPay is grappling with high executive turnover: at least five senior staff have stayed less than 12 months in the past year, and its compliance officer role has turned over twice. The firm is moving forward with listing plans without a chief financial officer (CFO). Bloomberg-reviewed investor documents show RedotPay’s annualized total payment volume topped $10 billion in December 2023 — doubling year-over-year — with revenue hitting $158 million, over 6 million users, and presence in mor

On March 18, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published an article introducing a new fast confirmation rule mechanism for Ethereum. This mechanism lets users get a hard guarantee that their Ethereum transactions won’t be reverted after just one Slot (12 seconds). Vitalik noted the rule’s security relies on two key premises: most validators are honest nodes, and network latency stays under roughly 3 seconds. While its security is slightly lower than economic finality, it’s already highly reliable for many real-world use cases.

On March 18, data showed Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 market total open interest reached $1.43 billion as of March 15—setting a new all-time high. Since the first batch of HIP-3 markets launched six months ago, this metric has surged more than 100x. Currently, **trade.xyz**—built by Hyperliquid’s tokenization arm Hyperunit—dominates the space: it accounts for roughly 90% of the open interest, while its daily trading volume hovers around $22 billion (also ~90% of total HIP-3 trading activity). Notably, only 7 of the top 30 markets by volume on trade.xyz are crypto pairs; the majority are tokenized traditional assets, including S&P 500, Nasdaq, single-stock futures, and commodities like gold, silver, and crude oil. Analysts cite 24/7 trading support as a key driver of HIP-3’s growth—this feature lets traditional assets break free from standard market hours constraints.

On March 18, per Onchain Lens monitoring, Grayscale staked 19,200 ETH eight hours ago—valued at $44.6 million.

March 18: Coinbase is adding EDGEX (EDGEX) to its listing roadmap. Trading for the asset will launch only once liquidity support and technical infrastructure are ready. A separate announcement will be made once those conditions are met.