Gate News reported that on March 17th, contract whale "Set 10 Big Goals First" (X platform user @jasonleo) posted a contract order screenshot on X on March 18th, showing that it shorted 28.468 BTC with 5x leverage, with the caption "shorting for a bit."

Gate News, on March 17, Whale Alert monitoring showed that a Tron chain address holding 11,539,340 USDT has just been frozen.

Gate News reported that on March 17, on-chain data shows that a certain whale/institution withdrew 217.7 BTC from a certain CEX half an hour ago, valued at $16.04 million. This address has been continuously withdrawing BTC from the exchange since March 3, accumulating a total of 2634.7 BTC over 14 days (total value of $186 million), with an average cost of $70,805 per coin, and currently has unrealized gains of $9.05 million.

Gate News reported that on March 17, according to Whale Alert monitoring, USDC Treasury minted 100 million USDC on the Ethereum chain.

On March 17, affected by spot gold price breaking below $5,000 per ounce, the GOLD contract price on a certain decentralized derivatives platform declined, with the largest short address achieving unrealized gains of $620,000. Another address simultaneously opened short positions in both GOLD and SILVER contracts, with cumulative position size of $6.3 million, both of which have recorded unrealized gains.

Gate News: On March 17, according to monitoring by onchainschool.pro, some VVV whale holders are selling off tokens. One address has unstaked and is gradually selling approximately $600,000 worth of VVV tokens, and this address also holds another $600,000 worth of VVV. Additionally, one bot account holds approximately $200,000 in tokens that are still being sold. As of press time, VVV is trading at $5.63, down 8.1% in the last 24 hours.

Gate News reports that on March 17, an address starting with 0xa95 opened a BTC long position with 40x leverage within the past hour, increasing the position to a total of $4.1 million, with an average entry price of $74,398, and a liquidation price of $73,463. Currently, this position has an unrealized loss of approximately $13,000, representing a 13% loss. Additionally, within the past 10 minutes, the address placed a market stop-loss order close to the liquidation price, with the stop-loss set at $73,468.

Dogecoin has recently experienced a price rebound, with large whale holders accumulating a total of 470 million coins, pushing the price back above $0.10. Network active addresses have increased significantly, with notably higher user participation. Analysis indicates that the concentrated buying by whales may be the primary driver of the price recovery. Market activity is rising, and prices are expected to continue climbing in the short term, but investors should monitor market volatility.

On March 17th, Abraxas Capital increased its position by 25,100 WTI crude oil short contracts on-chain, bringing total position size to $14.9625 million, with an average price raised to $93.39. The position currently has a floating loss of approximately $514,300, with a liquidation price of $144.39. This address was previously the largest position holder whale on Hyperliquid and currently holds 34,000 BTC.

On March 17th, there was a significant change in the synchronization of on-chain and exchange data for XRP, with exchange reserves increasing to 2.78 billion coins and large whale funds flowing back in. The market is now facing a new test of balance. Although the increase in supply may lead to selling pressure, changes on the demand side indicate that whale funds have turned positive, suggesting increased market activity. If the supply and demand balance can be maintained, XRP's price is likely to stay high or rise further.