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2026-03-29
23:21

The U.S. military is brewing ground warfare, Iran warns of retaliation, and Pakistan plans to mediate.

U.S. officials stated they would prepare for ground operations against Iran, while Israel plans to invite the U.S. to establish military bases on its territory to enhance strategic advantages. Iran, on the other hand, threatens to strike at U.S. and Israeli military commanders. Pakistan hopes to host talks to end the conflict, but Iran accuses the U.S. of preparing for attacks while negotiating.
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23:00

TradFi Fall Alert: NG (Natural Gas) Falls Over 2%

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, NG (Natural Gas) has dropped by 2% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.
22:47

ETH dropped 1.39% in 15 minutes: Major players reducing positions and leveraged long liquidations are the main drivers.

2026-03-29 22:30 to 22:45 (UTC), ETH’s return over 15 minutes recorded -1.39%. The price range fluctuated between 1963.72 and 1995.42 USDT, with an amplitude of 1.59%. Short-term market volatility intensified, with selling pressure concentrated and released, and on-chain as well as off-exchange fund flow trends drawing intense attention from investors. The main driver behind this anomaly is concentrated deleveraging by on-chain whales and the forced liquidation of leveraged long positions. During the reporting period, the proportion of whale holdings with 1000+ ETH fell to 73%, the lowest level within the year; some large-position investors sold additional holdings or accelerated their liquidation.
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ETH-1.09%
22:17

BTC fell 0.61% in 15 minutes: The net inflow to exchanges and outflow of ETF funds resonated, causing short-term selling pressure.

2026-03-29 22:00 to 22:15 (UTC), the BTC price fell 0.61% over 15 minutes. The price range was 66,230.0 to 66,716.0 USDT, with a volatility of 0.73%. During the period, market fluctuations intensified, attention increased noticeably, and capital flows moved in sync with the downward price trend. The main drivers of this unusual move are sustained net inflows of large on-chain funds to exchanges and continuous net outflows of ETF funds. From 22:00 to 22:15, major trading platforms’ BTC/USDT trading volume rose by about 30% compared with the prior 15 minutes, and net on-chain inflows were 8,420
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BTC0.24%
21:01

TradFi Fall Alert: USDSEK (USD/SEK) Falls Over 0.5%

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, USDSEK (USD/SEK) has dropped by 0.5% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market
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15:35

Strategy's Bitcoin holdings are currently experiencing an unrealized loss of 12.3%, approximately $7.1 billion.

BlockBeats news, on March 29, according to HTX market data, Bitcoin has dropped by 1.02% in the past 24 hours, currently priced at $66,362. The Strategy Bitcoin position is currently showing an unrealized loss of 12.3%, approximately $7.1 billion. As of March 22, 2026, the Strategy holds a total of 762,099 Bitcoins, with a total cost of approximately $57.69 billion and an average holding cost of approximately $75,694.
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BTC0.24%
15:35

Slowing down is the answer to the Agent era.

> Original Title: Thoughts on slowing the fuck down > Original Author: Mario Zechner > Compiler: Peggy, BlockBeats > Editor's Note: As generative AI accelerates its entry into software engineering, industry sentiment is shifting from "awe at capabilities" to "anxiety over efficiency." Not writing fast enough, not using enough tools, and not automating thoroughly enough seem to create pressure to avoid obsolescence. However, as coding agents truly enter production environments, more realistic issues begin to emerge: errors are magnified, complexity spirals out of control, systems gradually become incomprehensible, and improvements in efficiency do not proportionately translate into enhancements in quality. This article is based on frontline practices, regarding this wave of "agentic
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15:31

Over the past 24 hours, liquidations across the entire market totaled $98.29 million, with long liquidations accounting for more than 60%

According to CoinGlass data, as of March 29, the cryptocurrency market liquidations over the past 24 hours totaled $98.29 million, including $65.26 million liquidated long positions and $33.04 million liquidated short positions. Liquidation amounts for BTC and ETH were $23.24 million and $24.17 million, respectively, with 60,849 people liquidated. The largest single liquidation was $2.15 million, occurring on the BCHUSDT trading pair.
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BTC0.24%
ETH-1.09%
15:30

Iranian army air defense forces shot down an MQ-9 drone

Gate News announcement: On March 29, according to reports from Iran’s Islamic Republic of Broadcasting, Iran’s Army air defense forces shot down an MQ-9 “Reaper” drone (U.S. military’s large reconnaissance/attack drone) in the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz.
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15:20

Gnosis and Zisk announce the launch of an “Ethereum Economic Zone” Rollup framework, co-funded by the Ethereum Foundation

Gnosis co-founder and Zisk’s founder announced the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) initiative at the EthCC conference, aiming to provide a framework for Rollups, improve the composability of smart contracts, and address Ethereum’s fragmentation problem. The project received funding from the Ethereum Foundation, and all software will be released as open source to minimize governance and prevent upgrades.
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GNO1.4%
ETH-1.09%
AAVE7.38%
CFG15.52%
14:05

"Margin" long positions have already incurred a floating loss of over $300,000 and may face liquidation risk again.

BlockBeats news, on March 29, according to HyperInsight monitoring, as Ethereum fell below $2,000, "Brother Magi" Huang Licheng holds a total position of over $15 million in long positions, currently facing an unrealized loss of over $300,000. Among them, the ETH long position is valued at $10.87 million, with an opening price of $2,040.64 and a liquidation price of $1,950.33, facing the risk of liquidation again.
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