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The mining company MARA Holdings reported the sale of 15 133 $BTC and the conclusion of private agreements to repurchase convertible bonds with a 0% interest rate maturing in 2030 and 2031.

According to the statement, MARA plans to:
- repurchase the 2030 bonds for $367.5 million at $322.9 million;
- repurchase the 2031 bonds for $633.4 million at $589.9 million.

The deals are expected to close on March 30 and 31, 2026, respectively, provided that standard requirements are met. Thanks to the discount, MARA expects to save about $88.1 million excluding transaction costs. This corresponds to approximately 9% of the nominal value. The press release states that the operation will also allow:
- to reduce total debt;
- to minimize potential dilution of shareholder stakes due to the conversion of bonds;
- to decrease the amount of convertible debt by about 30%.

Token $TAO from the Bittensor project has shown rapid growth. The asset has increased by approximately 150% since mid-February 2026 (about 40 days). At the time of writing, TAO is trading near the mark of $340. The market capitalization of Bittensor exceeds $3.6 billion, and the asset is ranked in the top 30 cryptocurrencies by this metric, according to CoinMarketCap.

Analysts at Santiment attribute the dynamics to increased interest in the artificial intelligence narrative and the influx of capital into the decentralized machine learning segment.

Experts have also noted the rise in social activity surrounding Bittensor. According to their data, the volume of discussions on X (formerly Twitter), Reddit, and Telegram has reached the second-largest level in the history of the project.

Despite this, analysts do not observe a clear overheating of the market. The ratio of positive to negative comments stands at approximately 1.5 to 1. They believe that the lack of excessive optimism among retail investors could indicate the potential for further growth without forming a local peak.

BitMine, the largest public owner of Ethereum $ETH , has announced the launch of its own staking platform MAVAN (Made in America VAlidator Network).

The solution is aimed at institutional clients and combines infrastructure in the USA with a globally distributed architecture. This allows for both local validation and servicing users around the world, according to the press release.

The platform was initially created to service BitMine's own Ethereum treasury. In the future, the company plans to open access for institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners.

The analytical platform Santiment recorded that average wallets on the Cardano network have been significantly in the red over the past year. The MVRV indicator for 365 days has dropped to -43%, which means: investors have, on average, lost 43% of their investments.

Despite this, experts consider the situation a potential "opportunity zone." The report notes that such levels often precede a reversal:
- average loss of investors: -43%;
- price drop $ADA since September: -71%;
- historically, MVRV tends towards 0%, signaling a possible recovery in the long term.

More than half of the traders working with the tokens pump.fun $PUMP have incurred losses in March 2026. This conclusion was reached by the Dune Analytics user with the nickname oladee after analyzing data on wallet activity.

According to the monitoring, about 50% of wallets ended up in the negative, while 45.6% made a profit of less than $500. In total, about 96% of participants earned no more than this amount, indicating extremely low profitability for most traders.

According to analysts, the 250 largest wallets associated with the launch of pump.fun tokens earned about $79 million at the expense of traders. Over the past six months, they have issued approximately 194,000 meme coins.

At the same time, only about 10 of them reached a capitalization of over $5 million.

Against the backdrop of these news, the platform itself continues to seek new directions for development. The pump.fun team is betting on AI #Aİ and agency trading, implementing automated operation features for third-party systems.

The TRON DAO organization announced the expansion of its artificial intelligence development fund (#Aİ ) from $100 million to $1 billion, focusing on investments and acquisitions of early-stage startups that are creating infrastructure for the so-called agent economy — an economy where autonomous AI agents will play a key role.

The fund will finance the development of the core components of a new financial system, including: agent identification systems; payment infrastructure based on stablecoins; tokenized real-world assets (#RWA );
development tools for autonomous financial systems.

According to the release, the TRON blockchain $TRX has over 370 million accounts, processes over $21 billion in daily transactions, and has over $85 billion $USDT in circulation, making it one of the key sources of liquidity for stablecoins.

The company views these indicators as a foundation for the development of agent financial systems and positions the network as infrastructure for the settlement and storage of tokenized assets.

The US pause in strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure contributed to a decrease in geopolitical tension and supported the cryptocurrency market, analysts at Wintermute stated. Against this backdrop, Bitcoin $BTC rose above $70,000, while prices for oil grade #Brent decreased.

According to experts, the decision to temporarily suspend strikes was a factor in reducing risks in the energy market and improved investor sentiment (leading to the liquidation of short positions in the crypto-assets market).

Experts also noted that news about the de-escalation of geopolitical tension quickly brought buyers back — Bitcoin recovered and tested levels above $71,000. According to them, Ethereum $ETH looked more confident against this backdrop. Inflows into ETH-ETF over the week amounted to about $160 million.

Wintermute noted that the key factor in the coming days will remain the situation around the Strait of Hormuz and the oil market. Possible scenarios: stabilization of supplies and a decrease in oil prices may support Bitcoin in the range of $74,000-$76,000; new disruptions or escalation could return the asset to the mid-range of $60,000; prolonged de-escalation opens the way for growth towards $80,000, provided that purchasing demand is maintained.

Tether, the issuer of the stablecoin $USDT , announced that it has entered into an agreement with a "Big Four" company to conduct its first full audit. Prior to this, the organization published quarterly reports on the status of its reserves.

The release emphasizes that an audit by someone from the "Big Four" is one of the most rigorous and globally recognized methods of financial assessment. However, the name of the firm is not specified.

The so-called Big Four largest auditors in the world are: Deloitte, PwC, EY, and KPMG. At the same time, Tether has previously collaborated with one of them. It was Deloitte that conducted the audit of the reserves of the company's new stablecoin called USAT.

The timeline for the audit of Tether's reserves is not disclosed. Prior to this, the company published quarterly reports on the status of USDT's backing.

Tether has been repeatedly criticized for the lack of a full audit of its reserves. At the same time, in March 2025, the company's CEO Paolo Ardoino promised to conduct an audit, calling it one of the key priorities.

On March 24, 2025, the shares of Circle (CRCL) — the issuer of the stablecoin $USDC — sharply declined by approximately 20% in one day. Analysts at Bull Theory associate the sharp drop with the emergence of information regarding legislative initiatives in the USA aimed at limiting the yield of stablecoins.

This concerns a leak of the draft law #CLARITY , which proposes a ban on platforms offering any yield on stablecoins — "directly or indirectly", including mechanisms that are "economically or functionally equivalent to interest".

According to Bull Theory, about 96% of Circle's revenue is generated from interest on the reserves of the USDC stablecoin. In the event that platforms are unable to offer yield to users, Circle (CRCL) will face the following consequences: reduced attractiveness of holding funds in stablecoins;
decrease in demand for USDC; reduction of the company's main source of income.

The Solana Foundation has published a report titled Privacy on Solana: A Full-Spectrum Approach for the Modern Enterprise, in which it stated a shift in the approach to the development of the crypto industry.

According to the organization, the next stage of mass blockchain adoption will depend not only on transparency but also on the ability to control what data is disclosed and to whom.

The organization proposed four levels of privacy:
- "pseudonymity" — addresses are hidden, but transactions are open;
- confidentiality — participants are known, but amounts and details are encrypted;
- anonymity — transaction data is open, but parties are hidden;
- full privacy — both data and participants are fully protected (in particular, through zero-knowledge proofs (ZK-proofs)).

The cryptocurrency exchange Backpack announced the launch of its own token $BP on the Solana network $SOL . The token generation event (TGE) was planned for March 23, 2026.

Backpack has bet on the community as the key beneficiary of the launch. At the start:

- 25% of the total issuance of 1 billion tokens (approximately 250 million BP) was distributed among users;
- tokens were received by participants in the Backpack Points program and owners of NFT Mad Lads;
- at the time of the launch, no allocations were planned for the team, founders, or investors.

The remaining tokens will be unlocked gradually:
- 37.5% — depending on the achievement of operational goals (market expansion, product launches);
- 37.5% — will remain locked in the treasury until a possible initial public offering (IPO).

The company emphasized that this approach reflects their position: it is the users who "traded, interacted, and developed the ecosystem" that should take priority.

#Backpack

The rate of Bitcoin accumulation by large holders has reached its highest level in the last 11 years at $BTC . This was reported by analysts at CryptoQuant.

According to their data, the metric tracks the pace at which large players move Bitcoin. The current figure exceeds all previous cyclical peaks, including periods of local market highs and lows, the report states.

Analysts noted that such dynamics indicate aggressive accumulation by whales, suggesting a large-scale capital redistribution and potential increase in market volatility.

At the same time, the Miner Position Index (MPI) is at around -1.04. This is one of the lowest readings in the history of observations and only the third time the 30-day average has dropped to the -1 mark, CryptoQuant stated.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the USA has warned about a new fraudulent scheme on the TRON blockchain $TRX , which targets cryptocurrency wallet owners.

According to the FBI, tokens have appeared on the TRON network that imitate official messages from law enforcement. They contain text that can be seen through a blockchain explorer and urge users to undergo "verification" in accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations.

The message states that wallets are allegedly "under investigation," and users who refuse to provide data face the threat of "complete asset blocking."

The World Trade Organization (WTO) warned that a prolonged period of high oil prices could limit the development of the AI market. The main risk factor is the conflict in the Middle East, which affects the cost of energy resources and fertilizers.

WTO Chief Economist Robert Staiger noted that the AI boom is directly dependent on energy availability. According to him, if high prices persist for a year, it could restrain investment growth in the sector.

In the report "Global Trade Outlook," the WTO indicated that the conflict in the Middle East has become a key risk for the global economy. Particular attention is paid to potential disruptions in the supply of oil and fertilizers.

Experts believe that these issues may impact production and food markets.

The organization also noted the uncertainty surrounding investments in AI. According to Staiger, these investments are concentrated in the hands of a limited number of large companies, and the technology has yet to demonstrate its sustainable economic effectiveness.
#AI #energy #IranIsraelConflict

The Opera company — the developer of the namesake browser — may receive 160 million $CELO . The corresponding proposal was made by the Celo project team.

It concerns a change in the format of cooperation. Instead of quarterly cash payments, Celo wants to transfer tokens from the undistributed treasury to a wallet under the control of #Opera in one lump sum. In that case, the company must transition from being a distribution partner to a long-term stakeholder in the network.

160 million CELO is about 16% of the maximum supply of tokens at 1 billion and approximately 27% of all tokens currently in circulation, according to CoinMarketCap.

The company reported that the new format of cooperation is aimed at strengthening Opera's interest in the long-term development of the ecosystem. According to the proposal, Opera plans to expand the distribution of products in Latin America and Southeast Asia, focusing on the development of Mini Apps, attracting new users, strategic partnerships (including with Tether $USDT ), and launching a crypto credit card.

The number of second-level solutions in the Ethereum ecosystem $ETH with a total value locked (TVL) exceeding $100,000 is decreasing. This was reported by analysts from the Growthepie platform, pointing to the market's transition to a consolidation stage.

According to their data, new #L2 -networks continue to emerge, but a significant portion of them quickly loses activity or shuts down. As a result, the total number of sustainable projects is decreasing, despite the ongoing launch of new solutions.

A similar dynamic is observed among applications. In the last week, about 490 active projects receiving transactions have been recorded, whereas previously this figure reached 639. This indicates a redistribution of activity within the ecosystem.

The ratio of $BTC -whales on cryptocurrency exchanges has reached its highest level in the last six years. This was reported by experts from the analytical platform CryptoQuant. It refers to the Exchange Whale Ratio indicator — it shows what share of bitcoins on the exchange is accounted for by the 10 largest transactions.

According to analysts, at the current stage of the market, whales are actively accumulating bitcoin. At the same time, the share of transactions from retail investors is at its lowest level in six years.

Analysts believe that an increase in the Exchange Whale Ratio often coincides with the formation of a local market bottom. Previous peaks in the indicator have also preceded the start of an upward trend.

In the opinion of experts, the combination of low activity from retail investors and active accumulation by whales may indicate that the current price levels of bitcoin are approaching a market bottom.

Bitcoin $BTC and other crypto assets have demonstrated growth amid the recovery of fund inflows into spot markets #ETF and the persistence of geopolitical uncertainty. Some analysts refer to the current movement as a "sustainable rebound" after the recent correction.

In the last 24 hours, the price of Bitcoin increased by 3.7% and on the morning of March 16, 2026, it was trading around $74,330. The day before, the asset showed significant volatility. Quotes also rose above $74,000, then fell to approximately $70,500.

The growth of cryptocurrency was supported by other major digital assets. Ethereum $ETH increased by 7.4% to $2268, $XRP rose by 5.3% to $1.48, and Solana (SOL) added 5.9% to reach $93.6.

The Venus cryptocurrency lending protocol on the BNB Chain was attacked through manipulation of the token price $THE . The platform's team reported unusual activity in the corresponding pool and initiated an investigation.

During the verification, the protocol suspended loans and withdrawals of THE. In a statement, Venus noted that the restrictions were applied as a precautionary measure to prevent further abuse. Other markets of the protocol continue to operate as usual.

According to preliminary data from the team, the incident affected the markets THE and $CAKE .

Venus also reduced the collateral ratio to zero for some other assets. The project explained this by the high concentration of collateral on certain addresses.

Former BitMEX CEO and investor Arthur Hayes stated that the token $HYPE could rise to $150 if the Hyperliquid derivatives platform can maintain strong financial performance and real trading activity. In his opinion, the DeFi infrastructure is increasingly becoming an alternative to traditional exchanges—especially during periods of global instability.

In an interview with CoinDesk on the Markets Outlook program, Hayes emphasized that Hyperliquid differs from other decentralized exchanges by generating trading volumes not through incentive programs, but due to real demand.