On March 18, US natural gas prices fell short-term by 3.6%, leading network liquidations, with a cumulative decline of 11.6%. The largest long position address was liquidated when prices fell below $2.91, with a liquidation scale of 638,364 contracts and a loss of $200,000. The address simultaneously held BTC short positions and long positions in crude oil and gold as hedges, but suffered losses on both sides.

On March 18th, gold and silver prices rose slightly, reaching $5,012.28/oz and $79.833/oz respectively. Bitcoin and Ethereum volatility indices showed mixed performance, while the US dollar rose slightly in the foreign exchange market. Global stock indices generally rose, while WTI and Brent crude oil prices declined.

Gate News 消息，3 月 17 日，據 OnchainLens 監測，美股上市加密金融科技公司 Antalpha 向 Cobo 的存款錢包地址轉入 1,700 枚 XAUT，按當前價格計算價值約 846 萬美元。Tether Gold（XAUT）是由 Tether 發行、以實物黃金支持的代幣化黃金資產。

March 17th, Gate data shows that gold and silver prices rose slightly, while the cryptocurrency market volatility index remained relatively unchanged. In the foreign exchange market, the US dollar declined slightly against the Chinese yuan and Japanese yen. Global stock indices rose broadly, and crude oil prices also increased. The Gate platform enables users to conveniently trade multiple asset classes, facilitating the integration of crypto assets with traditional financial assets.

Gate News reported that on March 17, tokenization platform Theo announced the launch of thUSD, a yield-bearing stablecoin linked to gold, and opened a liquidity pool with a maximum allocation of $100 million. The stablecoin is backed by thGOLD, the gold token it issued, and generates yield through a cash-and-carry arbitrage strategy by holding spot gold exposure while shorting gold futures. Previously, Theo raised $15.5 million in funding led by Hack VC and Anthos Capital.

Gate TradFi announced on March 17 that it completed a product upgrade and launched a multi-leverage trading system with leverage up to 500x, covering gold, silver, and multiple stock indices and forex pairs to meet different risk preferences and trading strategy needs.

On March 17th, as spot gold prices fell below $5,000/oz, the GOLD contract price on a certain decentralized derivatives platform declined, with the largest short address achieving unrealized gains of $620,000. Another address simultaneously opened short positions in both GOLD and SILVER contracts, with a cumulative position size of $6.3 million, both having recorded unrealized gains.

Gate News bot 消息，據 2026 年 3 月 17 日 Gate 官方公告 Gate 餘幣寶推出限時理財活動。活動期間（3月17日-3月31日），用戶報名即送10 USDT體驗券，完成指定申購任務可再獲最高200 USDT體驗券獎勵。 VIP用戶（VIP 5-VIP 14等級）參與USDT理財可享2.5%年化收益。同時，根據活動期間淨充值與累計申購量達到不同檔位，用戶可解鎖最高30克黃金獎勵。產品額度有限，先到先得。

Gate News Report: On March 17, spot gold (real-time trading price in the international gold market) fell below the $5,000 mark.

Gate News 消息，3 月 16 日，據市場消息，倫敦金屬交易所（LME，全球最大的金屬期貨交易所）關鍵合約交易暫停。與此同時，市場數據顯示，現貨黃金跌破 5000 美元，現報 4994.8 美元；現貨白銀現報 80.667 美元。