Gate News, on March 12, Arthur Hayes posted that BTC has cumulatively risen approximately 7% since the US-Iran war broke out on February 28, while gold fell approximately 2% during the same period, and the Nasdaq 100 Index (US technology stocks benchmark index) declined slightly by approximately 0.5%.

On March 11, an "Ethereum Day: AI / RWA / DeFi" event co-hosted by SNZ and ETHTAO was held in Hong Kong, discussing the convergent development of AI, RWA, and DeFi, attracting numerous industry participants and project representatives for exchange and sharing, exploring Ethereum's advantages and the expansion of the financial ecosystem.

Объем торгов на рынке бессрочных контрактов на блокчейне продолжает снижаться, однако объем открытых контрактов остается высоким, а средства с плечом не показывают явного оттока. Объем позиций Hyperliquid увеличился, заняв первое место по объему за 24 часа. Другие DEX также демонстрируют заметную активность и значительные объемы торгов.

GoPlus Security launched SafuSkill on March 12, a security-first AI Agent Skills marketplace. The platform is built on BNB Chain and provides security scanning and management tools, aimed at enhancing the security of AI Agent skills and promoting transparent and secure development of the Web3 ecosystem.

2026-03-12 09:30 to 2026-03-12 09:45 (UTC) during this period, ETH price range was 2039.29 to 2062.42 USDT, achieving +1.00% yield in 15 minutes, with amplitude reaching 1.13%. Market volatility intensified, overall attention increased significantly, and on-chain activity strengthened synchronously, displaying typical characteristics of rapid capital flow and major force-driven movement. The main driving force behind this anomaly came from obvious on-chain capital inflows and direct stimulus from Ethereum 2.0 upgrade news. During the time window, the number of ETH on-chain transactions

Gate News report: On March 12, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, "麻吉大哥" closed part of their ETH long positions during the March 12 rebound. A total of 118 ETH were reduced in this transaction. The address currently holds 5850 ETH long positions with 25x leverage. The current position value is $11.97 million with unrealized profits of $176,000. The average entry price is $2016 and the liquidation price is $1963.

On March 12, PolyBeats detected two high win-rate addresses betting on a prediction market that "the US and Iran will not cease fire before May," with a combined investment of $15,000 at a current price of 52.5¢. Meanwhile, Iran escalated attacks on Gulf shipping, bringing traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to a standstill, with analysts seeing no signs of de-escalation.

On March 12, Hyperinsight detected a continuous increase in BTC short positions by an address, with accumulated holdings reaching $3.12 million, despite currently being down 16%. This address has set take-profit orders, planning to close positions in batches in the range of $69,200 to $69,450.

On March 12th, India's Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Ayush Varshney, Chief Technology Officer of Darwin Labs, for alleged involvement in the GainBitcoin cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. The case involves a wide range of investors and substantial misappropriation of funds. The investigation revealed that scammers utilized complex technical platforms and smart contracts to conceal their activities. This arrest marks a strengthened crackdown by Indian regulators on cryptocurrency fraud.