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Odaily Planet Daily News – Andrei Grachev, Managing Partner of DWF Labs, posted on the X platform stating that certain media outlets spreading claims that he once said "altcoins will never rise" is misinformation.
He expressed that the current market is in a phase of activation and expansion, recommending attention to actual market performance, and cautioning against blindly believing media reports, instead using original information sources as a basis for judgment. Previously, he disclosed that he had increased holdings of altcoins, Bitcoin, and BNB in February of this year, and plans to wait for a market rebound.

In 2026, the US-Israel-Iran conflict caused a sharp short-term decline in Bitcoin, followed by a swift recovery. This conflict reflected the crypto market's adaptability to geopolitical impacts. Historical data suggests that regional conflicts typically do not have lasting effects on Bitcoin prices, with outcomes primarily dependent on oil price movements and their macroeconomic implications.

Odaily Planet Daily News: The Bank of Japan kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.75%, in line with market expectations, marking the second consecutive meeting with no change. ( Golden Ten )

# Original Author: Zhao Yuhe
# Original Source: Wall Street News
## Key Points from Powell's Press Conference:
1. **The Fed is not cutting rates for now, and rate hike possibilities have returned to the discussion table:** The Federal Reserve is maintaining its federal funds rate target range at 3.5%-3.75% unchanged. Powell explicitly stated that rate cuts will not be considered before seeing further improvement in inflation; meanwhile, discussions within the committee have begun on "whether further rate hikes are possible in the next step," though this remains not the base case scenario for most officials.
2. **Tariffs and energy are creating a "double shock" to inflation:** Powell noted that the current process of inflation cooling has notably slowed, and short-term inflation expectations have risen again in recent weeks. Price pressures from tariffs are still being passed through to core inflation, while oil prices pushed up by the Middle East situation are adding new upside risks. Commodity inflation may need to wait at least until mid-year to show significant improvement.
3. **The labor market appears stable on the surface, but weakening:**

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to monitoring by crypto analyst Ai Ayi@ai_9684xtpa, a whale address beginning with 0x65b4 has accumulated a total of 10,811.34 ETH purchases through Cowswap since March 6, with a transaction volume of approximately $22.58 million and an average price of around $2,088.79.
Among these, approximately 4,583 ETH were purchased again in the past 13 hours. This address had not conducted any ETH-related transactions for approximately 5 months prior to this.

Recent crypto market has fallen for two consecutive days, with the Layer2 sector leading the decline, down 6.09% overall. Bitcoin and Ethereum declined 4.05% and 5.54% respectively. Other sectors such as CeFi, Layer1, and DeFi also experienced varying degrees of decline, while some projects like Kaspa and River rose against the market trend.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Trump stated that if Qatar's liquefied natural gas facilities are attacked again, the United States will take action without hesitation, and claimed that if Iran launches an attack on Qatar, the US may conduct large-scale strikes on the South Pars gas field.
Trump also stated that Israel has launched fierce attacks on facilities related to Iran's South Pars gas field, and emphasized that Qatar has not participated in the relevant conflict. Additionally, he stated that he does not wish to authorize larger-scale violence and destruction.
According to Qatar's Interior Ministry, two fires that occurred in the Ras Laffan Industrial Zone have been completely controlled with no casualties. (Jinshi)

Web3 security company CertiK's CBO Jason Jiang discussed crypto infrastructure security and regulation at the U.S. DC Blockchain Summit, emphasizing the risks of smart contract vulnerabilities and cross-chain bridge attacks, and calling for designing regulatory frameworks to support vulnerability disclosure and collaboration. At the same time, he engaged with lawmakers on market development and consumer protection issues.

ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees allegedly purchased approximately 50,742.6 ETH within the past 4 hours, valued at around $112 million. Since March 10, he has cumulatively purchased approximately 86,300 ETH through multiple addresses, totaling around $185 million.

Odaily Planet Daily News - On the 18th local time, Thomas Renier, spokesperson for the European Commission's digital economy affairs, confirmed that U.S. social media platform X has paid the 120 million euro fine imposed by the EU last December before the deadline and submitted a rectification plan regarding its "blue label verification" feature. The spokesperson also stated that despite X's payment of the relevant fine, they are still appealing the penalty. (Golden Ten)

Odaily Planet Daily News: Hong Kong stock OpenClaw concept stocks pulled back, with Minimax (03317.HK) down over 6%, MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) down over 5%, Zhipu (02513.HK) down over 4%, Tencent Holdings (00700.HK), Alibaba (09988.HK), Kingsoft Cloud (03896.HK), NetEase-S (09999.HK), Baidu (09888.HK) and other individual stocks following the decline. (Golden Ten)

Odaily Planet Daily News - According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Sky co-founder opened S&P 500 trading on the Hyperliquid platform and established a short position on the S&P 500 with 20x leverage, while simultaneously expanding its long position on Brent crude oil with 7x leverage.
On-chain data shows that its current strategy is to short stock indices while going long on commodities. Additionally, the position also has TWAP orders set in place, with plans to further increase the size of its holdings.

Federal Reserve Chair Powell stated that he has no intention of resigning before the conclusion of the U.S. Department of Justice investigation. Although his term will end on May 15, he can continue to serve until early 2028. Powell will base his future decisions on what is in the best interests of the institution and the public, a move that could influence the Trump administration's positioning regarding the Federal Reserve.

An address lost nearly $9.96 million on Polymarket's NHL game prediction, continuously buying into the Over direction at 53¢, 52¢, and 51¢, with cumulative investment of approximately $187,900. The position currently shows a floating profit of around $457. Odaily Seer continues to monitor prediction market dynamics.

In the NBA regular season preview for the upcoming Lakers vs. Rockets matchup, an account with over $1.1 million in profits placed a $150,000 bet on the Rockets to win at an opening price of 53.9¢. The Lakers and Rockets are currently ranked third and fourth respectively in the Western Conference, with similar records.