In the past hour, total liquidations across the network reached $12.83 million, with $8.52 million from long positions, with $4.30 million from short positions. BTC liquidation $5.10 million, ETH liquidation $4.54 million.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Aster, a trading ecosystem powered by YZi Labs, today announced the official launch of its Aster Chain mainnet. Designed specifically for traders, this chain aims to solve the "transparency trap" problem in DeFi, providing institutional-grade privacy protection and near-centralized exchange execution efficiency for professional and retail investors worldwide. Its privacy solutions are directly embedded in the execution layer, rather than as optional features or third-party wrappers. Key features include: zero-knowledge verifiable encryption + anonymous addresses, selective disclosure, and high-performance execution. Aster completely eliminates the risk of position hunting through its default privacy mechanism, protecting traders from attacks that could result in losses due to the public exploitation of large positions.

According to the latest data from Gate.io, gold prices rose to $5,021.01 per ounce, a daily increase of 0.29%. Silver prices rose to $80.995 per ounce, a daily increase of 0.35%. The BVIX (BTC Volatility Index) is currently quoted at 53.25, with a daily increase of 0.00%. The EVIX (ETH Volatility Index) is currently quoted at 76.61, with a daily increase of 1.92%. In the foreign exchange market, the USD/CNH exchange rate fell 0.16% to 6.88007. The USD/JPY exchange rate fell 0.10% to 158.843. In global stock indices, the Euro Stoxx 50 rose 0.78% to 5,794.68 points; the UK FTSE 100 rose 0.70% to 10,420.60 points; and the German DAX 40 rose 0.66% to 23,771.86 points. In commodities, WTI crude oil rose 0.64% to $94.73 per barrel, while Brent crude oil rose 1.32% to $102.18 per barrel. Gate allows users to directly trade traditional financial market products on its platform, providing a one-stop solution for precious metals, forex, global equity CFDs, major indices, and commodities, achieving deep integration of crypto assets and traditional financial assets. Gate TradFi features have been fully integrated into the Gate App and Web platform, allowing users to easily participate in global asset price trading without switching platforms, unlocking more strategies and opportunities outside the crypto market, and continuously enhancing their diversified asset allocation experience.

According to Huoxun Finance on March 17, Elon Musk tweeted that xAI will be training three GrokBuild large model versions simultaneously by the end of this week.

According to Huoxun Finance on March 17th, crypto trader "First Set 10 Big Goals" (X account Jason60704294) has recently accumulated a floating profit of approximately $14.668 million on his long contract positions. Specifically, he holds 1159 BTC long positions at an opening price of $67,920, with a floating profit of approximately $6.702 million; 17738 ETH long positions at an opening price of $1935.52, with a floating profit of approximately $6.684 million; and 18669.79 BNB long positions, with a floating profit of approximately $1.282 million. He previously shorted BTC ($120,948) and ETH ($4712) at high levels in August 2025, but details of his closing positions and final profit/loss were not disclosed at that time.