Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

Gate News Report, March 11 — According to two sources, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has recommended releasing a total of up to 400 million barrels of oil reserves (national strategic petroleum reserves used to address supply disruptions or stabilize oil prices).

AI infrastructure company Nexthop AI completed a $500 million oversubscribed Series B funding round on March 11, valuing the company at $4.2 billion. Investors include several well-known venture capital firms, and the funds will be used to accelerate AI network infrastructure development and launch three new platforms. The team size has exceeded 300 people.

On March 11, Hyperinsight showed that the short positions on major commodities such as gold, silver, and crude oil on the Hyperliquid platform each exceeded $10 million. The largest short position in gold reached $27.4 million, while short positions in silver and crude oil were $12.9 million and $25.6 million respectively. The overall unrealized losses and gains varied, reflecting different market strategies for trading commodities.

Barclays Bank report predicts that if oil prices remain at $100, the earnings growth rate per share for Eurozone companies could fall to single digits, and the Stoxx 600 index could drop to 550 points. During stagflation, the energy and healthcare sectors perform better, while finance and consumer sectors lag behind.

Gate News Report, March 11 — According to Arkham monitoring, Antalpha recently transferred $15 million worth of XAUT to Cobo. It is reported that Antalpha previously purchased $241 million worth of XAUT at an average price of $3,693, equivalent to over 1.8 tons of physical gold bars. Currently, this investment has already yielded a profit of over $100 million.

Huawei Terminal BG CEO He Gang showcased the Xiaoyi Claw Beta version based on HarmonyOS, featuring multi-functionality such as document editing and PPT creation, supporting multi-device collaboration. Currently, this feature is in limited testing, and in the future, it will face AI competition from domestic smartphone manufacturers.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the whale address pension-usdt.eth has been continuously shorting BTC and ETH, while going long on crude oil, with holdings reaching 1,000 BTC and 8,950 ETH. Since March 1, it has gained approximately $27 million with an 85% win rate.

Gate News Report, March 11 — CryptoQuant analyst Dan Coinvestor, based on historical data analysis, pointed out that the BTC market has entered a range that is quite close to being undervalued.

Tencent launched the AI Skills Community SkillHub on March 11, optimized for Chinese users. Based on the open-source OpenClaw ecosystem, it offers features such as downloads, curated rankings, and Chinese search, supporting official ecosystem applications within China.

Gate News bot message, Gate market display, since launching Alpha, SN3 has increased by 54.24%, current price is 0.03688 USDT.

Founder of Shanda, Chen Tianqiao, shares in an exclusive interview the reasons for returning to AI business and his strategic layout, founding the large model company MiroMind, and emphasizing team philosophy and management principles. He has invested in over 100 AI startups and is dedicated to advancing intelligent technology.

Gate News Report, March 11 — According to the latest data from Polymarket, the market odds that DeepSeek V will be released on March 31 are 42%. Currently, the trading volume on this prediction market has exceeded $1.04 million.

Gate News bot message: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, LI has risen by 4% in the short term, and the current volatility is significantly higher than the recent average level, indicating increased market activity.

Gate News: On March 11, Zhao Changpeng posted questioning Forbes' valuation methods, suggesting they may be biased. He pointed out that ByteDance's estimated annual revenue is $150 billion, with its founder Zhang Yiming's estimated net worth at $69 billion; meanwhile, a certain CEX estimates annual revenue at $5 billion, but Zhao's personal estimated net worth is as high as $110 billion. Zhao further stated that if he claims his assets are higher, he might be ranked lower or even removed from the list. Forbes seems to prefer estimating the opposite scenario.

Tastylive Global Macro Director Ilya Spivak pointed out that the market is focused on the upcoming U.S. inflation data, with an expected overall February CPI year-over-year rate of 2.4%. He warned that if core services prices continue to decline, it could trigger market optimism; otherwise, financial markets may fluctuate again, and prolonged high interest rates will put pressure on investors.

Gate News Report, March 11 — According to CryptoQuant data, the supply of Bitcoin in loss is rising to 40-45%. The organization noted that this level is commonly seen in the early stages of a bear market.

Since the beginning of this year, the total value of tokenized real-world assets on public blockchains has increased by approximately 66%, reaching $23.6 billion, of which tokenized funds account for 44.5%, mainly including U.S. Treasury bonds and bonds, with tokenized gold and commodities totaling about $6.5 billion.

Amazon entered the euro bond market for the first time on March 11, raising approximately €10 billion for artificial intelligence investments, in a record-breaking eight-part bond issuance. This transaction will be one of the largest corporate bond issuances in history, with Amazon expected to invest around $200 billion by 2026, exceeding expectations and raising concerns among investors about returns.

On the Polymarket prediction market, an account invested $5,800 to buy options with a transaction volume exceeding $1.5 billion for the crypto payment card, causing the probability to surge from 4% to 88%. This change was driven by PaymentScan adding RedotPay data, increasing the transaction volume from $1 billion to $1.456 billion, approaching the preset threshold.

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement on March 11, 2026 Gate's Commodities Zone will launch the NG (Natural Gas) perpetual contract for spot trading at 17:30 (UTC+8) on March 11, 2026. The contract will be settled in USDT and support 1-20x leverage for both long and short positions. NG (Natural Gas) is a widely used energy source that powers electricity generation, heating, and industrial production worldwide. The perpetual contract trading pair is NG/USDT, and leverage can be selected at the time of order placement.