Gate News Flash: On March 22, according to Coinglass data, the entire network saw 183 million in liquidated futures contracts over the past hour, with long positions accounting for 174 million in liquidations and short positions accounting for 8.88 million in liquidations. Breaking down by cryptocurrency: Bitcoin futures contracts saw 83.28 million in liquidations, and Ethereum futures contracts saw 60.34 million in liquidations.

Gate News Report: As of March 22, Coinglass data shows that the total liquidation amount across the network in the past 1 hour reached @116@ million USD, with long liquidations at @109@ million USD and short liquidations at @6.69@ million USD. By cryptocurrency: BTC liquidations reached @44.75@ million USD, and ETH liquidations reached @42.02@ million USD.

Gate News Report: On March 21, according to market data, on March 22, Bitcoin has declined 1.91% in the past 15 minutes, consecutively breaking through the 70,000 USD and 69,000 USD price levels, now trading at 68,894 USD.

Gate News report: On March 21, according to CME "FedWatch" data, the probability of the Federal Reserve raising rates by 25 basis points in April is 6.2%, while the probability of maintaining rates unchanged is 93.8%.

Gate News reports that on March 21, Polymarket prediction market data shows that the probability of Backpack token's FDV (fully diluted valuation) exceeding $300 million on its first day of listing has dropped to 58%. Regarding other odds, the probability of FDV exceeding $200 million is 91%, exceeding $100 million is 99%, and breaking through $500 million is approximately 13%.

According to HyperInsight monitoring, on March 21st, a whale that had been shorting BTC for a long time canceled a limit buy order of 50,525 USD set on the Hyperliquid platform, while retaining an order to buy 50 BTC at 53,525 USD. This whale previously shorted 499.91 BTC with 20x leverage, accumulating profits of 61.34 million USD.

Investment firm Coatue Management is planning to launch a new fund focused on artificial intelligence and technology innovation, adopting a "long-biased cross-market" strategy. The new fund will allocate approximately 20% of its capital to private companies, with an expected launch in mid-year, and will close its existing long-only fund to direct new capital.

According to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin's price breaks through $73,000, it will trigger $834 million in short liquidations; if it falls below $69,000, it will trigger $940 million in long liquidations. This demonstrates the potential impact of market liquidity fluctuations.

Gate News reported that on March 21, water resource management company Ecolab Inc. announced it will acquire CoolIT Systems from KKR for approximately $4.75 billion in cash to capitalize on the growing demand for liquid cooling technology in AI-driven data centers. Tech companies are increasing their investments in AI infrastructure, driving the industry's transition from traditional air cooling methods to more efficient liquid cooling systems to handle higher chip density and power loads.

Gate News Report: On March 21st, Bitcoin mining difficulty was adjusted downward to 133.79 T at block height 941472, representing a decrease of 7.76%. During this adjustment period, the average hash rate was 760.10 EH/s, and the average block time was 12 minutes 36 seconds. This downward adjustment marks the largest decline since the end of 2025.