Since the end of February, when the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran, Ethereum has performed excellently, outperforming several major assets. Fundstrat's research shows that Ethereum has risen 17% against the S&P 500, and Tom Lee believes it has significant potential as a risk-off asset. He predicts that Ether could rise to $250,000, and several institutions are optimistic about investing in it. Currently, the price of Ethereum fluctuates around $2,000, with ongoing market attention increasing.

Gate News bot Message: According to Gate's official announcement Gate's Contract Stock Zone has launched live trading for EWT and KWEB perpetual contracts. Both contracts support USDT settlement and offer 1-20x leverage for long and short positions. EWT (iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF) tracks the MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index, trades in USD, and covers high-quality large-cap and mid-cap stocks in Taiwan. KWEB (KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF) tracks the CSI Overseas Chinese Internet Index and holds core Chinese internet assets listed overseas. Both perpetual contracts are now open for trading. Users can select their desired leverage multiple when placing orders.

Gate News Alert: On March 24, the Polymarket event "Trump will visit China by April 30" saw its probability rebound to 23%, up 9% in 24 hours, with trading volume at approximately 2.628 million dollars. Additionally, the event "Trump will visit China by May 31" is currently at 56% probability, and "Trump will visit China by May 3" is currently at 71% probability. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian previously presided over a regular press conference and responded to the question "When might Trump's visit to China be rescheduled" by stating that China and the United States maintain communication on issues including the timing of President Trump's visit to China.

Gate News reports that on March 23rd, according to community feedback, the OpenClaw npm package v2026.3.22 version was missing the dist/control-ui directory files when released, which may cause a missing console interface issue for users after upgrading. Currently, community members have proposed a fix, but the security of this solution has not yet been officially verified.

Gate News Alert: On March 21st, according to Whale Alert monitoring, a Bitcoin whale address that had been dormant for 13.7 years was just activated. The address contains 2100 BTC, valued at approximately $147 million at current prices. It is noted that these bitcoins were worth only $13,685 when acquired in 2012.

March 20 News: Monitoring shows that a whale opened a position with 40x leverage when Bitcoin briefly dropped below $69,000, with the position quickly increasing to $2.89 million at an average price of $68,896, unrealized gains of approximately $66,000, and a return rate of 89%. The whale has set a stop-loss order and plans to close the position at breakeven at $6.9.

March 20, Gate News reported that according to Coinglass data, Bitcoin declined slightly, with funding rates across mainstream CEX and DEX exchanges indicating an overall bearish market sentiment. Funding rates affect traders' costs and returns, and when below 0.005%, it represents widespread market pessimism.

Gate News Alert: On March 19, according to fees.pump.fun data, Pump.fun has repurchased approximately $332 million worth of PUMP tokens, reducing the circulating supply by 30.015%. This large-scale buyback occurred when PUMP's market price was $0.001882, down 10.42% over the past 24 hours.

Gate News bot Message: According to Gate's official announcement dated March 18, 2026 Gate's Contract Stocks section will launch BMNR (BitMine) perpetual contract real trading on March 18, 2026 at 18:00 (UTC+8), settled in USDT, supporting 1-20x long and short operations. Users can select their preferred leverage ratio when placing orders. BMNR is the stock ticker for BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc., a company that primarily holds cryptocurrency assets such as Ethereum (ETH).

Gate News: On March 18th, Jupiter Wallet announced the launch of the Auto Earn feature. This feature allows users to set a trigger amount (minimum $10), and when the wallet balance reaches the set threshold, the system will automatically deposit tokens into the Jup Lend protocol. This process requires no gas fees from users, and idle tokens can automatically generate yields.