Gate News Report, March 9 — According to market data, spot gold dropped more than $20 in the short term, currently trading at $5074.71 per ounce.

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement on March 9, 2026 Gate will launch the Lobster (Lobster) spot trading at 16:00 (UTC+8) on March 9, 2026. The token was listed on the Gate Alpha section on February 27, 2026. Lobster is a trending meme token on the BSC chain, with the contract address 0xeccbb861c0dda7efd964010085488b69317e4444. The platform is expected to enable Lobster withdrawals at 16:00 (UTC+8) on March 10, 2026. Users can trade spot trading pairs with Lobster/USDT.

Gate News released the 2026 Transparency Report on March 9, showing its spot trading volume exceeded $74 billion, ranking third globally in market share. At the same time, it launched cross-exchange trading systems and natural language trading features, and obtained a Malta payment institution license.

Last week, Bitcoin spot ETF net inflows reached $568 million, with BlackRock's IBIT leading with a weekly net inflow of $660 million, bringing the total historical net inflows to $62.47 billion. Fidelity's FBTC experienced a net outflow of $153 million. The current total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is $87.07 billion.

According to Gate News, as of March 6th, Ethereum spot ETFs saw a net inflow of $23.56 million last week, with BlackRock's ETHA performing notably, with a weekly net inflow of $133 million. Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust had a weekly net inflow of $84.18 million, while Fidelity's FETH experienced a net outflow of $218 million. Currently, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $11.28 billion.

According to Gate News, on March 9th, last week, SOL spot ETF had a net inflow of $24.05 million, mainly contributed by Bitwise ETF BSOL with $33.94 million; XRP spot ETF experienced a net outflow of $4.0855 million. The total assets under management reached $807 million.

Gate News reports that on March 9, according to Gate data, spot gold briefly dropped to $5044.6 during the day, currently trading at $5060.24, down 2.24%; spot silver briefly dropped to $80.92 during the day, currently trading at $81.91, down 2.90%.

From 19:00 to 19:15 (UTC) on March 8, 2026, the price of ETH increased by 0.87% within 15 minutes. The candlestick price range was 1928.05 to 1950.21 USDT, with a volatility of 1.15%. During this fluctuation, market volatility intensified, mainstream investors' attention increased, and short-term trading activity on-chain and in the spot market became active. The main driving forces behind this fluctuation stem from macro liquidity easing and continuous allocation of institutional funds. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 100 basis points in Q1 2026, combined with sustained net inflows of institutional and ETF funds, with institutional holdings of ETH exceeding 1

On March 7th, Bitcoin spot ETFs experienced a total net outflow of $349 million, with none of the twelve ETFs showing net inflows. Fidelity FBTC and BlackRock IBIT had net outflows of $159 million and $143 million respectively. Currently, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is $87.075 billion.

On March 7th, Ethereum spot ETFs experienced a total net outflow of $82,851,900, with all nine ETFs showing no net inflow. Among them, Fidelity FETH saw an outflow of $67,566,900, and Grayscale ETH Trust experienced an outflow of $5,997,900. As of now, the total net asset value of ETFs is $11.283 billion.