Gate News reports that on March 18, according to Lookonchain monitoring, as of press time, the US Bitcoin ETF saw net inflows of 2,492 BTC (valued at $179.33 million), Ethereum ETF saw net inflows of 13,478 ETH (valued at $29.99 million), and SOL ETF saw net inflows of 189,025 SOL (valued at $17.01 million).

Gate News Update: On March 18th, Coinglass data shows that the entire network experienced $166 million in liquidations over the past 4 hours. Among these, long position liquidations totaled $154 million, while short position liquidations totaled $11.51 million. Breaking down by cryptocurrency, BTC liquidations reached $53.82 million, and ETH liquidations reached $45.44 million.

According to reports, a major account on the Hyperliquid platform engaged in high-sell-low-buy operations during ETH price volatility, closing out 40,000 ETH on March 17 for a profit of $14.8 million, and reopening positions during the pullback on March 18, with current long positions reaching $320 million.

Gate News reported that on March 18, the Ethereum Foundation announced that it will deploy 3,400 ETH to Morpho Vaults today, with 1,000 ETH entering the Morpho Vaults V2 version.

2026-03-18 12:30 to 2026-03-18 12:45 (UTC), ETH declined 0.94% within 15 minutes, with the price dropping from 2263.26 USDT to 2237.51 USDT, representing a volatility range of 1.14%. During this period, market trading volume surged significantly, volatility intensified, and attention increased rapidly, with notably elevated short-term risk. The primary driver of this price movement was an on-chain whale wallet that transferred out 8,200 ETH between 12:32 and 12:36, followed by an inflow of 2,800 ETH to mainstream

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows ETH has broken below 2250 USDT, currently at 2249.72 USDT.

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.

Gate News reported that on March 18, ETH broke below the $2300 mark, declining 0.90% intraday.

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows ETH has broken below 2300 USDT, current price 2297.13 USDT.

Between 2026-03-18 10:30 and 2026-03-18 10:45 (UTC), ETH posted a -0.69% return over 15 minutes, with price fluctuations ranging from 2313.09 to 2331.7 USDT, representing an amplitude of 0.80%. Market short-term volatility intensified with increased attention, and selling pressure clearly dominated the price action. The primary driver of this price movement was significant acceleration in on-chain fund outflows and concentrated large-volume selling: On-chain statistical data shows that ETH's total transfer volume during this time window increased 18% compared to the previous period, with individual large transfers exceeding