Bitcoin price continues to stay below $72,000 USD, with weakening market demand, investors beginning to sell off positions, and limited upside potential in the short term. On-chain activity and mining hash rate have declined, miners' profitability has weakened, and market concerns about miner sell-offs are intensifying.

今年以来，比特币因地缘政治和经济压力而价格波动加剧，需求显现疲软。链上数据表明钱包活动分散，巨鲸交易减少，反映投资者观望。基本面持续下降，短期复苏受限，需关注外部因素和政策发展。

Tether announced signing contracts with the Big Four accounting firms to conduct a comprehensive audit of its USDT reserves, marking the largest-scale inaugural audit in financial market history and a significant milestone in reserve transparency. This move will boost market confidence and drive compliance and mainstream adoption of stablecoins.

The Solana Foundation released a report emphasizing that enterprises need flexible privacy controls, viewing privacy as a customizable feature. The report introduces four privacy modes, recognizing that there is no single best model, and encourages enterprises to combine them according to their needs. Solana's high performance can support privacy technology applications, proposing an "audit key" mechanism to achieve coexistence of privacy and regulation.

Gate News report, on March 23rd, the market raised expectations for ECB rate hikes, with pricing showing a current 50% probability of implementing four rate hikes in 2026, and indicating that the likelihood of further rate hikes is rising.

Skybridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci stated that Bitcoin's current bear market can be explained by the four-year cycle theory, with long-term holders concentrating their selling around $100,000. He predicts Bitcoin will resume its rally in Q4 2026, initiating a new bull market cycle. Institutional investors and ETF capital inflows have dampened the four-year cycle, but have not completely eliminated its pattern.

On the prediction market Polymarket, four addresses collectively bet $13,400 wagering that the US will not escort merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz before March 31. Currently, this option carries a 20% probability. The US military has deployed troops to the Middle East, but the Energy Secretary indicated they are not yet prepared to provide escort services.

World Chain announces adoption of ERC-8183 standard, which supports smart agent commercial applications and was jointly released with the Ethereum Foundation team. ERC-8183 emphasizes escrow mechanisms for on-chain smart contracts, with task flows through four major states to ensure trustless transactions.

Gate News Report: On March 19, Crossmint, a cryptocurrency API development company, announced new support for Tempo, a stablecoin-focused public chain mainnet. Following this integration, users will gain access to a unified API interface offering four key features: proxy payments, smart wallets, fiat-to-stablecoin conversion channels, and stablecoin coordination services.

Over the past 12 hours, three newly created wallets withdrew 2.54 million TRUMP from a certain CEX, with a total value of approximately $8.8 million. Meanwhile, the whale address DNTpoX, which suffered losses of $15.68 million, also withdrew 2 million TRUMP. The four addresses cumulatively withdrew 4.54 million TRUMP, valued at approximately $15.72 million.