Derivatives Data

**March 18, 2026, 18:45-19:00 (UTC)**: BTC recorded a -0.72% return rate within 15 minutes, with price fluctuating between 70,946.6 and 71,615.2 USDT, reaching an amplitude of 0.93%. Market attention increased during this period with active trading volume. Short-term selling pressure dominated the market, causing significant short-term volatility. The primary driver of this price movement was the concentration of large on-chain BTC inflows into mainstream exchanges. Two large transfers totaling 2,150 BTC were detected flowing into exchanges during the 18:45-19:00 period, and

On 2026-03-18 from 18:15 to 18:30 (UTC), ETH recorded a yield of -0.79% within a 1.04% amplitude, with price range between 2192.15-2215.12 USDT. Trading activity increased significantly, with heightened market volatility drawing increased attention. Capital concentrated unusual flows during this window, with notable short-term downward pressure evident, and social media discussion heat rising in sync. The main driver of this anomaly was a single on-chain transfer of over 10,000 ETH entering a major exchange's hot wallet. This transfer was initiated by a "whale" account with historically low activity levels but large asset holdings.

Gate News report: On March 18, according to Coinglass data, on March 19, BARD contracts on mainstream CEX platforms have reached extreme negative funding rates, with BARD contract hourly funding rates on a certain CEX platform reaching -0.46%. According to market information from a certain CEX, BARD dropped more than 50% at one point today, currently trading at $0.59, rebounding approximately 10% from the recent low of $0.54 in the past half hour.

S&P Dow Jones Indices has licensed the S&P 500 to Trade[XYZ], enabling global speculation on the index through perpetual futures. This move coincides with upcoming CFTC regulations for such financial products, reflecting a growing interest in on-chain trading.

Cardano (ADA) experienced a significant liquidation imbalance, with long traders losing $527,000 as its price dropped to $0.2762. This decline, amid reduced trading volume, pushed Cardano out of the Top 10 by market cap, overtaken by Hyperliquid. Despite the bearish trend, there's potential for a rebound.

Gate News reports that on March 18, Coinglass data shows that the entire network liquidated $122 million in the past hour. Among these, long positions liquidated $118 million and short positions liquidated $3.61 million. By cryptocurrency, ETH liquidations reached $54.45 million and BTC liquidations reached $48.87 million, with the two combined accounting for over 80% of total liquidations.

Gate News Reports: On March 18, OnchainLens monitoring showed that a certain whale, after being inactive for a year, has become active again, depositing 5.01 million USDC to the HyperLiquid platform and opening a short position in CL (WTI crude oil mapped contract) with 2x leverage. WTI crude oil (West Texas

Gate News Update: On March 18th, Coinglass data shows that the entire network experienced $166 million in liquidations over the past 4 hours. Among these, long position liquidations totaled $154 million, while short position liquidations totaled $11.51 million. Breaking down by cryptocurrency, BTC liquidations reached $53.82 million, and ETH liquidations reached $45.44 million.

Gate News, on March 18, an address starting with 0x10Ea opened a 3x long position of 183 million PENGU in the past 10 hours, worth approximately $1.38 million, according to Lookonchain monitoring.

Gate News: On March 18, S&P Dow Jones Indices authorized the S&P 500 Index (Standard & Poor's 500 Index, the benchmark index for the US stock market) for perpetual futures trading on Hyperliquid.

2026-03-18 12:30 to 12:45 (UTC), BTC recorded a -0.53% return within 15 minutes, with the price range between 72320.9 and 72816.1 USDT, reaching a volatility of 0.68%. During the same period, market attention increased, active trading behavior increased significantly, and volatility intensified. The main driver of this price movement was concentrated large-scale on-chain fund inflows to exchanges, with large single transfers exceeding 1,000 BTC reaching 8,200 BTC, significantly higher than outflows of 2,900 BTC, indicating that major holders or institutions were

2026-03-18 12:30 to 2026-03-18 12:45 (UTC), ETH declined 0.94% within 15 minutes, with the price dropping from 2263.26 USDT to 2237.51 USDT, representing a volatility range of 1.14%. During this period, market trading volume surged significantly, volatility intensified, and attention increased rapidly, with notably elevated short-term risk. The primary driver of this price movement was an on-chain whale wallet that transferred out 8,200 ETH between 12:32 and 12:36, followed by an inflow of 2,800 ETH to mainstream

2026-03-18 11:15 to 2026-03-18 11:30 (UTC), ETH experienced significant short-term volatility with K-line returns recording -0.86%, a price range between 2293.37 and 2317.12 USDT, and an amplitude of 1.03%. During this period, market trading activity increased, selling pressure was concentrated and released, reflecting heightened market panic sentiment. The main driver of this abnormal movement was large on-chain transfers directly flowing into a major exchange, followed by concentrated selling. Two high-frequency transfers of 5,000 ETH each entered the exchange, creating obvious selling pressure.

Gate News reports: On March 18, data shows that XRP is currently priced at approximately $1.50, slightly higher than the $1.40 strike price of the options cluster on Deribit. This cluster is valued at $14.6 million, accounting for about 25% of the total XRP options volume on Deribit, with an expiration date of March 27.

Gate News reported that on March 18, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, within the past 10 minutes, after BTC surged over $74,000 in a short period, a whale account starting with 0x8b6 opened a new BTC short position with 40x leverage at an average entry price of $74,050 with a position size of $1.12 million. The whale is currently in a floating loss of $1,300 (-4.3%).

On March 18, U.S. storage concept stocks continued to rise, with SanDisk up 3.6% and Micron Technology up 2.7%. This put on-chain shorts under pressure, with crypto KOL CBB's short address holding approximately 12.9 million dollars, with unrealized losses of approximately 1.4 million dollars, with notable losses on short positions in SNDK and MU respectively.