Gate News reported that on March 18, according to Lookonchain monitoring, an address beginning with 0x10Ea opened a 3x long position of 183 million PENGU tokens within the past 10 hours, valued at approximately $1.38 million.
Gate News report: On March 18th, Bitcoin analysis platform Newhedge.io announced the launch of Newhedge API today, providing developers, institutions, and analysts with programmatic access to Bitcoin on-chain metrics. The API enables applications, trading systems, research platforms, and data pipelines to integrate structured Bitcoin analysis data through REST endpoints and JSON response structures.
Artificial intelligence company Sahara AI partnered with Microsoft to launch the open-source benchmark MATHVISTA, designed to test reasoning capabilities across multiple models. The benchmark has attracted over 270,000 downloads, with high-quality annotated data being crucial for AI Agent performance. Multiple renowned institutions have adopted its services.
March 18: Bitcoin price fell back to $72,300, down about 2%. Ethereum, Solana, and XRP declined nearly 3%. US President Trump took a hard stance on Iran, with geopolitical tensions causing WTI crude oil prices to rise. US February PPI data exceeded expectations, with markets focusing on the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision and Powell's remarks.
Gate News reports that on March 18th, according to Iranian media, Iran will retaliate for attacks on its energy infrastructure by striking enemy targets previously considered safe. Additionally, Iran's Revolutionary Guards are about to issue warnings to Gulf states.
On the prediction market Polymarket, the new market "When will Iran take military action against a certain Gulf state?" shows that the probability today (March 18th) is 88%, March 19th is 88%, and March 20th is 87%.