Bitcoin mining difficulty increased by 5.61% to 114.17 T, a record high

On March 18th, according to CoinDesk, European industrial technology giant Siemens (Siemens) will adopt Minima's IoT blockchain technology and embed it in cars, robots and energy devices to enhance data security and decentralization capabilities. Minima allows Internet of Things (IoT) devices to run full nodes, enabling them to independently participate in the blockchain network without relying on a central server, ensuring data integrity and trust mechanisms.

On March 18th, according to HyperInsight monitoring, the current "Hyperliquid 50 times giant whale" MELANIA 5 times long position from profit to loss, the current position notional value of $2.73 million, opening price of $0.71745, MELANIA current price of $0.70562, floating loss of about 46,200 dollars.

Global growth is expected to slow to 2.3 per cent this year, well below trend and down from 2.9 per cent in 2024, Fitch said in its latest global economic outlook, while downgrading its US growth forecast to 1.7 per cent from 2.1 per cent in December and to 1.5 per cent in 2026 from 1.7 per cent. Fitch said the tariff hikes would lead to higher prices for U.S. consumers, lower real wages, higher costs for businesses, and policy uncertainty.

The three major U.S. stock indexes expanded their losses in early trading, with the Nasdaq falling more than 1.6%, the S & P 500 falling 1%, and the Dow falling 0.5%.

Coinglass data show that in the past 1 hour, the whole network liquidated $2336.86 million, of which multiple single liquidated $2224.28 million, and empty single liquidated $1.1258 million.

According to market information, U.S. stocks opened, the S & P 500 index fell 0.29%, and the Nasdaq index fell 0.36%. Cryptocurrency stocks expanded their opening losses, including: Coinbase (COIN) fell 3.2%; Tesla (TSLA) fell 5.85%; Micro Strategy (MSTR) fell 6.99%; MARA Holdings (MARA) fell 5.16%; Hut 8 Corp. (HUT) fell 5.13%.

According to Onchain Lens, after four months of silence, a giant whale released 59,791.88 SOL (7.37 million USD) and transferred 4,791.88 SOL (592,000 USD) to Binance.

According to the official announcement, the Solana Eco-RWA (Real World Asset) agreement ORO completed a $1.50 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by 468 Capital, with participation from Fasset, Collective, Dead King Ventures and several angel investors. ORO aims to tokenize gold and make it an on-chain asset that can be pledged, borrowed, and earned. The team plans to use the new funds to expand and promote the application of gold in the Solana DeFi ecosystem.

According to Arkham, grey released 3,753 ETH worth $7.12 million to Coinbase Prime 1 minute ago.

According to official documents, Nasdaq has filed a Form 19b-4 application for the Polkadot ETF with the SEC for 21 Shares.

According to CoinDesk, BX Digital, a subsidiary of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange in Germany, has received approval from the Swiss financial marekt regulator (FINMA) to operate a digital asset trading and settlement platform, becoming the first Swiss institution to receive such a license. The Zurich-based company will operate a trading facility using distributed ledger technology (DLT) to streamline the trading of tokenized financial instruments. BX Digital will use the Ethereum blockchain to faci...

The monthly rate of U.S. industrial output in February was 0.7%, compared with an expected 0.2%. The previous value was revised from 0.50% to 0.3%.