Gate News reported that on March 19, Circle, the issuer of USDC, announced the appointment of a senior Microsoft executive to its board of directors. This personnel adjustment comes as competition intensifies in the AI agent (Agentic) space. Circle, the issuer of USDC, the second-largest stablecoin globally, sees this board expansion as an important move in its technology strategy deployment.

SBI控股子公司在日本推出首个面向公众的USDC借贷服务，年利率高达10%。该产品结合区块链技术，为投资者提供高收益选择，并与Circle和Startale合作扩展USDC生态系统，推动日本稳定币市场发展。

3月18日，因韓國KOSPI指數上漲5.04%，iShares韓國ETF（EWY）漲至134.4美元，夜盤漲幅達3.1%。同時，Hyperliquid平台上的EWY合約價格為139美元，24小時漲幅6.2%。巨鯨地址浮盈擴大至近200萬美元。

Circle Internet Group (CRCL) announced on March 18 the appointment of Kirk Koenigsbauer as a board member, participating in the compensation and risk committee. He has over 30 years of experience in global enterprise software and cloud services, and currently serves as President and COO of Microsoft's Experiences & Devices Group.

美股3月18日收盤，道指漲0.10%，標普500漲0.25%，納指漲0.47%。加密市場多個項目上漲，Circle漲5.15%，Solana下跌0.91%。msx.com為去中心化RWA交易平台，支持多種美股及ETF代幣。

Gate News 機器人訊息，Circle 已在 Solana 上完成 CEX $500 百萬 USDC。根據資料，Circle 在 2026 年在 Solana 上總共完成了 285 億美元的 USDC CEX。

March 17, Circle's stock price rose 9.06%, with an additional ~3% increase overnight, driving the Hyperliquid platform CRCL contract gains to expand to 10%, with the current price at 129 USD. The largest long whale's floating profit reached 1.1 million USD, with a return rate of 67.8%.

March 17th, US stock market close: Dow Jones up 0.8%, S&P 500 up 1%, Nasdaq up 1.2%. Crypto sector broadly rallied, Bitmine up 13.88%, Circle up 9.06%, SharpLink Gaming up 8.9%, Bullish up 8.19%, Strategy up 5.62%, a certain CEX up 3.98%.

Gate News報道，3月16日，獨立分析師Markus Thielen發布圖表報告指出，Circle（CRCL）自2月25日以來不到三週時間內累計漲幅已接近100%，股價逐步逼近阻力位。分析師表示，當前技術指標持續改善，爆倉壓力相對可控，情緒指標亦出現明顯好轉，但成交量仍處低位。分析師提醒投資者，在清淡行情下單邊看空需保持謹慎。

Delphi Digital分析指出，尽管Tether和Circle的稳定币由短期国债和现金等价物抵押，但它们並非完全安全，仍面臨擠兑風險。2023年初USDC脫錨事件顯示，穩定幣的風險已轉移到發行方，強調了其集中度所帶來的隱患。