US Stocks Completely Remove Cryptocurrency ETF Options Position Limit: Institutional Trading Space Significantly Expanded

March 23rd — According to Hyperinsight monitoring (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight), international oil prices continued climbing Thursday. On the Hyperliquid platform, WTI Crude Oil (WTIOIL) briefly hit $101 this morning before pulling back sharply; it was last trading at $98.6. As oil prices fluctuated at elevated levels, two whales (wallet addresses 0xc437 and 0x5b67) entered the market today to open new long positions. Their combined position size totals ~$2.8 million, with average entry prices of $97 and $99, respectively. Additionally, the largest on-chain WTI Crude holder — the entity labeled “US-Brent Dual Oil Mainnet Airforce” (wallet 0x985) — currently holds a 20x-leveraged short position on CL (NYMEX WTI). The position’s unrealized losses have widened to $2 million, with a total size of ~$24.7 million and an average entry price of $90.42.

March 23rd — Investor risk appetite has cooled sharply amid escalating Middle East geopolitical tensions. Mounting market concerns over global inflation and economic growth are pressuring copper prices lower. LME copper dropped 1.8% on Monday, extending its biggest weekly decline since April 2025 (6.7%) from the prior week. The metal now trades at a three-month low. Analysts note the four-week surge in oil and gas prices tied to the Iran conflict could further weigh on global economic activity, stoke inflationary pressures, and potentially push central banks worldwide to maintain more aggressive interest rate policies.

March 23rd — Lookonchain data shows whale address 0x2607 withdrew 11,950 ETH from Binance nearly 7 months ago, when ETH was near its $4,295 high. The position’s current value is around $24.55 million, with an unrealized loss of $26.77 million (roughly -52%). Today, the address transferred all 11,950 ETH to a new wallet but has not initiated any sell operations yet.

March 23rd — Per Coinbob Popular Address Monitoring (via https://t.me/Coinbob_track_CN), the "pension-usdt.eth" address (0x0ddf...) turned a BTC short position from loss to profit over the past 4 hours. It then continued profit-taking by cutting the position size from $67.5 million to $33.9 million, while the remaining position still holds roughly $500,000 in profits. All margin freed up from profit-taking was fully transferred to its ETH short position (which remains in unrealized loss) as the address kept averaging down its cost. The ETH short size jumped from $20.3 million to $61.4 million, with an average entry price of $2034. Currently, it faces an unrealized loss of around $440,000. After this repositioning, the address is now the largest BTC and ETH short seller on Hyperliquid. This address typically profits from swing trading, with a strategy centered on low leverage, short holding cycles (average ~20 hours), and large BTC/ETH positions. Since October 2023, its cumulative

On March 23, Goldman Sachs’ commodities research team projected that high oil prices will likely persist long-term. Per the firm’s current forecast, oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is expected to stay at just 5% of normal levels for up to six weeks before gradually normalizing. Additionally, amid concerns over high production concentration and idle capacity risks, strategic reserves are seen growing structurally—pushing long-term oil prices higher. Goldman now forecasts Brent crude will average $85 per barrel in 2026, up from its prior projection of $77. (FX678)

March 23, Monday Spot gold briefly climbed to $4,320.30 per ounce—just under $1 above last year’s year-end price—nearly erasing all its year-to-date gains. Meanwhile, the Middle East conflict has entered its fourth week, with the U.S. and Iran again exchanging new attack threats. Persistently rising oil prices have lifted inflation risks, reducing the likelihood of near-term interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks. This is a headwind for gold, which has fallen for eight straight trading days and just posted its biggest weekly drop since 1983. Capital.com analyst Kyle Roda noted that technically, “gold is expected to rebound in the short term”—a move that will largely hinge on “whether Trump follows through on his threat to strike an Iranian power plant.” (Source: FX678)