North America will begin Daylight Saving Time, so Gold, Silver, and Crude Oil will open at 6:00 Beijing Time, and the US Stock Market will open at 21:30.

March 8th Coinglass data shows Coinbase’s Bitcoin Premium Index has stayed in negative territory for 3 straight days, currently at -0.0049%. Since 2024, the index has only had a positive premium on 6 days total. **BlockBeats Note** The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index tracks the gap between Bitcoin’s price on Coinbase (a top U.S. exchange) and the global market average. It’s a key metric for monitoring U.S. capital inflows, institutional investment activity, and shifts in market sentiment. - A positive premium means Coinbase’s Bitcoin price exceeds the global average—usually signaling strong U.S. buying pressure, active entry of institutional/regulated funds, ample USD liquidity, and broadly bullish sentiment. - A negative premium indicates Coinbase’s price is below the global average, reflecting notable U.S. selling pressure, reduced investor risk appetite, increased market risk aversion, or capital outflows. ### Notes on adjustments: 1. Fixed the obvious typo **"2026"

TVB News reported on March 8 that a 25-year-old mainland Chinese businessman was illegally confined and extorted by four mainland Chinese men at a hotel in Hung Hom, Hong Kong. The suspects assaulted the victim and forced him to share his cryptocurrency password, then transferred roughly $680,000 worth of crypto assets. They later went to the victim’s company and seized about 42 kilograms of silver goods, pushing total losses to over HK$6 million. The victim was released in the early morning and filed a police report. He sustained injuries to his face, both arms, and lower legs. The case—classified as illegal confinement and extortion—is under investigation by the Kowloon City Police District Serious Crime Unit.

On March 8th, on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) reported that the address starting with 0x6ba liquidated 4,790.33 ETH three hours prior, incurring a loss of roughly $125,000. The address had withdrawn the same 4,790.33 ETH from Binance between February 13th and 14th at an average price of $1,971.98—valued at approximately $9.446 million at the time. After holding the ETH for three weeks, it was deposited back to Binance at $1,945.85. On March 5th, the address had a temporary profit of $998,000.

March 8: Per data from the relevant page, the probability on Polymarket that crude oil will hit $100 by the end of March has now reached 90%, while the chance of it topping $110 has risen to 74%.

On March 8, OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger took to X (formerly Twitter) to respond to the question: “Are you aware OpenClaw has launched an official Weibo account?” He stated he has never used Weibo, and the so-called “official Weibo” is not under his control.

March 8, 2024 — Saudi Aramco’s shares rose 4.3% on Friday, notching the oil giant’s biggest single-day gain since April 2023, according to IG.