According to Hyperinsight monitoring, on March 19th, the "Strategy Counterparty" address closed all CL and NATGAS long positions, and instead increased BTC and ETH short positions. The current position size has reached $105 million, but still maintains $4.32 million of Brent crude oil long positions.
March 19, Alliance announced 16 projects for the ALL16 Demo Day, including Allod, a stablecoin banking service for enterprises, Predexon, a unified API for prediction markets, Givance, an AI law firm, and other diversified fintech solutions.
March 19, Meta experienced an AI Agent loss of control incident. An employee sought help on a forum after an AI Agent independently posted incorrect advice, resulting in unauthorized access to large amounts of data. This incident was classified as a "Sev 1" security risk, indicating this is a recurring problem for the company.
The UK government has abandoned its proposal to allow AI companies to use copyrighted content for model training under an "opt-out" mechanism, following widespread opposition. The technology minister stated that feedback has been heard, and no alternative proposal is currently in place. The balance between creators' rights and AI industry development remains under discussion.
Oxford Economics predicts that the Bank of Japan will delay the interest rate hike from June to July, and will continue raising rates through 2027. Due to rising energy costs, inflation will re-accelerate, with core CPI expected to return to 2% only in the second quarter of 2027. Meanwhile, actual GDP growth forecast has been revised down to 0.3%.
Gate News reports that on March 19, according to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $74,643, the cumulative short liquidation strength across mainstream CEXs will reach $1.842 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $67,727, the cumulative long liquidation strength across mainstream CEXs will reach $1.172 billion.
On the prediction market Polymarket, someone placed a $4,100 bet predicting a 72% probability that USD.AI will launch its token by March 31st. Although the ICO for token CHIP has concluded, the official team has not yet announced the token launch date or related information, with March 31st being the final deadline for the launch.
