Ray Dalio: War is unlikely to end soon, but there will be buying opportunities this year

March 26 – Per LookOnChain data, James Wynn opened a 40x leveraged "ant barn" short on Bitcoin 30 minutes ago, with a liquidation price of $70,270.83.

On March 26, Greeks.live took to social media to note that the Q1 quarterly major options expiration is approaching—tomorrow marks the largest options expiry of the year so far, with nearly 40% of open options set to expire. ### Key Metrics - **BTC Max Pain**: Currently anchored at $75,000, which looks out of reach given current market conditions. - **Put/Call Ratio**: Holding steady around 0.6 (relatively low), indicating light put option trading volume—though overall sentiment remains leaning bearish. ### Implied Volatility (IV) Alert An IV crush is imminent. Front-end IV (near the expiration date) is still holding firm, but a severe volatility collapse is highly likely once expiry wraps tomorrow. Short-term option buyers are at a notable disadvantage right now, while sellers hold a clear edge. ### Whale & Block Trade Updates Today’s block data on Deribit shows smart money is actively deploying rolling strategies. Many institutions are closing out positions expiring

March 26: U.S. President Donald Trump said during a cabinet meeting that he had expected natural gas and oil prices to rise more amid the Iran situation, noting energy prices "didn’t climb as much as I anticipated." He added he expects prices to edge higher further: "Maybe a little more, but eventually they’ll fall back." On Thursday, gasoline prices dipped slightly but have still jumped roughly 99 cents since the conflict’s outbreak. Source: Oriental Fortune

March 26: Bitcoin has fallen below $69,000, down 2.9% over the past 24 hours, per HTX market data.

On March 26, Tech in Asia reported that Watch.fun—a real-time social entertainment platform—has secured an $8.6 million funding round co-led by Crypto.com Capital and Solana Ventures. Spartan Capital, Big Brain Holdings, Griffin Gaming Partners, Animoca Brands, Morningstar Ventures, OrangeDAO, and other investors also joined the round. The capital will be used to accelerate product development, expand its curated product catalog, deepen strategic partnerships, and grow its team.

On March 26, Resolv Labs released a statement clarifying a key point amid ongoing mitigation efforts: We strongly advise against trading or acquiring USR at this time. On-chain data indicates illegally minted USR has been commingled with pre-attack USR across multiple wallets and is actively circulating in the secondary market. The attacker’s illegally minted USR has never had collateral backing and lacks redemption rights. Any transactions made now risk involving illegal tokens and will also complicate the asset recovery process. We’re currently in the early stages of evaluating a recovery plan for affected holders and cannot offer any guarantees—any potential remediation steps will likely be constrained by ongoing transaction activity. We’re collaborating closely with the impacted protocol to develop a solution and will share specific details once finalized.