Data: Over the past 24 hours, the entire network has liquidated $574 million, with long positions liquidated at $95.0855 million and short positions at $479 million.

ETH 15-minute decline of 0.86%: Large transfers trigger concentrated selling and long liquidation resonance suppressing the market

2026-03-18 11:15 to 2026-03-18 11:30 (UTC), ETH experienced significant short-term volatility with K-line returns recording -0.86%, a price range between 2293.37 and 2317.12 USDT, and an amplitude of 1.03%. During this period, market trading activity increased, selling pressure was concentrated and released, reflecting heightened market panic sentiment. The main driver of this abnormal movement was large on-chain transfers directly flowing into a major exchange, followed by concentrated selling. Two high-frequency transfers of 5,000 ETH each entered the exchange, creating obvious selling pressure.

25% of XRP options on Deribit are concentrated at the 1.40 USD strike price with an expiration date of March 27

Gate News reports: On March 18, data shows that XRP is currently priced at approximately $1.50, slightly higher than the $1.40 strike price of the options cluster on Deribit. This cluster is valued at $14.6 million, accounting for about 25% of the total XRP options volume on Deribit, with an expiration date of March 27.

A certain whale opened a short position with 40x leverage after BTC broke through $74,000, with a position size reaching $1.12 million.

Gate News reported that on March 18, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, within the past 10 minutes, after BTC surged over $74,000 in a short period, a whale account starting with 0x8b6 opened a new BTC short position with 40x leverage at an average entry price of $74,050 with a position size of $1.12 million. The whale is currently in a floating loss of $1,300 (-4.3%).

US pre-market storage sector continues to rise, crypto KOL CBB's short positions on MU and SNDK expand losses to $1.4 million

On March 18, U.S. storage concept stocks continued to rise, with SanDisk up 3.6% and Micron Technology up 2.7%. This put on-chain shorts under pressure, with crypto KOL CBB's short address holding approximately 12.9 million dollars, with unrealized losses of approximately 1.4 million dollars, with notable losses on short positions in SNDK and MU respectively.

Bitcoin Consolidates at $74,000, Ethereum Stable at $2,300! "750,000 People Liquidated" on Eve of FOMC

Bitcoin is trading sideways around $74,000, while Ethereum shows a slight rebound. Over the past 24 hours, the network experienced liquidations of $265 million, with long positions dominating. The market is awaiting the Federal Reserve's FOMC interest rate decision, with sentiment cautious and awaiting developments.

neoyokio.eth Whale holds 4x leverage ASTER long position with $2.7 million unrealized gains, return rate 56.4%

neoyokio.eth whale's ASTER long position on Hyperliquid platform has expanded unrealized gains to $2.7 million with a return rate of 56.4%. After the whale's initial entry at $0.69, it added positions against the trend, reducing the average holding cost to $0.636. Recently ASTER surged to $0.78, now pulling back to $0.737.