PIPPIN's internal trading manipulation suspected of "rug pull," plummeting by approximately 30% to a $3.65 billion market cap in just under 2 hours

Bitcoin broke above $71,000 on March 11, per HTX market data, reversing from a 24-hour decline to a 1.24% gain.

On March 11, per Bitget market data, U.S. stocks opened with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.17%, the S&P 500 up 0.13%, and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.33%. Oracle (ORCL.N) jumped over 11%—driven by better-than-expected results, a raised 2027 revenue forecast, and its AI data center strategy. Crypto-related stocks traded higher across the board, with key moves including: - MicroStrategy (MSTR): +2.45% - Coinbase (COIN): +1.89% - Circle (CRCL): +3.8% - MARA Holdings (MARA): +1.1% - Riot Blockchain (RIOT): +1.57% - BitMine Immersion (BMNR): +3.14% - SharpLink Gaming (SBET): +3.11%

March 11th: LookOnChain monitoring indicates a Gnosis Safe Proxy multisig wallet (address 0x23A5) has just deposited 28,970 ETH to Binance, valued at roughly $59.05 million.

Tonight, March 11, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the February non-seasonally adjusted (NSA) year-over-year CPI was 2.4%—in line with expectations (2.40%) and unchanged from the prior reading (2.40%). Per CME’s FedWatch Tool, the current probability of a 25-basis-point rate cut at the Fed’s March meeting is just 0.7%, while the odds of no rate change stand at 99.3%. Odds of the Fed holding rates steady through April are 89.1%, with a 10.8% chance of a cumulative 25-basis-point cut and a 0.1% chance of a cumulative 50-basis-point cut. The Fed’s next two FOMC meetings are scheduled for March 18 and April 29.

Per Bitget market data as of March 11, spot silver extended its decline, falling below $25 per ounce with a daily drop of 3.78%.

On March 11, Ledger’s in-house security research team Donjon uncovered a vulnerability in the secure boot chain of MediaTek processors. An attacker with physical access to a phone can extract encryption keys via USB before the operating system loads, decrypt device storage, and obtain the device PIN plus encrypted wallet mnemonic phrases in roughly 45 seconds. In a proof-of-concept test, the flaw successfully pulled sensitive data from wallet apps including Trust Wallet, Kraken Wallet, and Phantom. Researchers note the vulnerability may impact roughly 25% of Android devices—specifically models using MediaTek chips and the Trustonic Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet emphasized smartphones were never designed to be safes; while the flaw can be patched, it highlights the inherent risk of storing keys on non-secure devices. Users are advised to update security patches as soon as possible.