On-chain ETH Longs Max PNL Reaches $16M, Current Position Size at $203M

March 16 (Reuters) — Decrypted documents released last Friday reveal that Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve, may continue serving as a Fed governor after his chairmanship term ends in May — a precedent-breaking possibility his lawyer raised during a January meeting with the U.S. Department of Justice. The documents stem from a case where the Fed sought to block a Justice Department criminal investigation subpoena related to Powell’s handling of the central bank’s Washington headquarters renovation. Last Friday, a district court judge ruled in the Fed’s favor, quashing the subpoenas. In opposing the Fed’s motion, a DOJ attorney noted that at a Jan. 29 meeting, Powell’s lawyer told U.S. District Attorney Jeannine Pirro: “The Chair believes that if he remains under investigation, he will not leave the Fed Board even if his term expires; while he cannot say the reverse, his public image would shift if the investigation ends, allowing him to make family-focused decisions fre

As of March 16, Coinglass data shows the crypto market extended last week’s rebound this morning, entering an accelerated uptrend. At press time, Bitcoin briefly topped $74,000 and was last trading at $73,633.85. Ethereum currently trades at $2,236.33, up 6.8% over the past 24 hours. Amid the sharp market rebound, funding rates on major centralized (CEX) and decentralized (DEX) exchanges signal market sentiment has shifted to neutral. Funding rates for key mainstream coins are detailed in the attached image. **BlockBeats Note**: Funding rates are fees set by crypto exchanges to balance contract prices with underlying asset prices, typically applied to perpetual contracts. They’re a fund transfer mechanism between long and short traders—exchanges do not charge this fee. The rates adjust the cost or profit of traders holding contracts to keep contract prices aligned with underlying asset values. - A 0.01% funding rate is the baseline. - Rates above 0.01% signal broadly bu

On March 16, per Coinglass data, nearly $116 million in positions were liquidated across the entire network in one hour—with $113 million of that from short positions.

On March 16, per HTX market data, Bitcoin briefly topped $74,000, last trading at $73,882.58 with a nearly 2% gain over the past hour.

March 16th: Per Hyperinsight data, as the market rallied, the "buddy" account’s 25x ETH long position saw its unrealized profit ratio top 110%. Notably, the account shifted its strategy away from its past months’ pattern of "holding leverage through the entire rally" to taking profits and cutting leverage. As of press time, its 25x ETH long position has dropped to 7,575 ETH, with $1.26 million in profits over the past week.

On March 16, Axios reported that former President Donald Trump is weighing deploying ground troops to seize Iran’s Kharg Island—with the decision reportedly hinging on whether tankers remain stalled in the Persian Gulf. Trump is said to be working to assemble a coalition of nations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, hoping to announce the initiative later this week. To date, no country has publicly committed to joining the alliance. Previous reports have noted Kharg Island accounts for 90% of Iran’s total oil output.