Circle minted 250 million USDC on the Solana network 6 hours ago

March 23 — LookOnChain data shows a whale holding over 130,000 ETH (valued at ~$2.68B) has offloaded 5,000 ETH at an average price of $2,063 (~$10.31M) and partially repaid its debt. The whale still holds 126,000 ETH (~$2.6B) on the Aave platform, with a remaining loan of roughly $1.22B.

March 23 — Spot silver has fallen more than 5% intraday, last trading at $64.35 per ounce, according to data from Bitget. Or a more concise, news-alert style version (common in U.S. financial updates): **March 23: Spot silver down over 5% intraday, last at $64.35/oz (Bitget data)**

**March 23** Swiss private bank Syz Bank is facing a family dispute after Marc Syz—son of founder Eric Syz—resigned alongside business partner Richard Byworth over disagreements about the firm’s direction. The rift centers on whether to add cryptocurrency firm Future Holdings AG to Syz Capital, the bank’s alternative asset division. Marc has pushed for ramping up investment in alternative assets, artificial intelligence, and digital assets, but the bank’s board rejected the plan over risk concerns. Marc is now advancing Future Holdings’ dual listing in Sweden and Switzerland, aiming to turn it into Europe’s largest Bitcoin asset company. Under Marc’s leadership, Syz Capital managed roughly 2 billion Swiss francs (about $2.5 billion) in assets. Some funds have seen outflows since his departure, and the bank has also undergone other executive changes—including the resignation of its chief operating officer (COO) and several other leaders. Marc and Byworth still hold approxi

March 23: BackPack has launched its staking page, official sources confirm. Unstaking is instant in the first 7 days; a 7-day waiting period applies for unstaking afterward.

On March 23, Coinglass data shows that following a recent downturn, funding rates for mainstream CEX and DEX contracts are overall bearish—though some trading pairs on select platforms have returned to neutral. Specifically: - Bitcoin (BTC) funding rates are negative across multiple platforms (including Binance); - Ethereum (ETH)’s bearish trend has eased slightly; - Ripple (XRP) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) funding rates have moved back to neutral. Refer to the attached chart for specific funding rates of major cryptocurrencies. BlockBeats Note: Funding rates are fees set by crypto exchanges to keep perpetual contract prices aligned with underlying asset prices. They facilitate fund transfers between long and short traders—exchanges do not collect these fees. The rate adjusts traders’ holding costs or profits to ensure contract prices track underlying asset values. Key Benchmarks: - 0.01% = baseline rate; - Above 0.01% = generally bullish market; - Below 0.005% = gen

On March 23rd, Onchainlens monitoring shows a whale opened a 2x leveraged short position on 2.65 million LIT tokens at $1.72, with an unrealized profit of approximately $2.07 million.