A large whale closed long positions in BTC and ETH futures on Hyperliquid on March 15, exiting 20,000 ETH and 600 BTC contracts valued at $84 million and locking in $2.75 million in profit, onchain analyst Yujin reports. The trader then spent $24.87 million to purchase 12,027 ETH in the spot market at an average price of $2,068.

A major whale closed long positions totaling 20,000 ETH and 600 BTC on Hyperliquid, valued at $84 million, and realized a profit of $2.75 million, onchain analyst Yujin reports. The trader then spent $24.87 million to purchase 12,027 ETH on the spot market at an average entry price of $2,068.

A whale closed an $84 million long position in BTC and ETH on Hyperliquid on March 9 and shifted to Ethereum spot purchases, Yujin reports via BlockBeats on March 15. The address bought 12,027 ETH for $24.87 million at an average price of $2,068 per token.

Tether disclosed at least $1.6 billion in investments over recent months spanning multiple sectors, according to a March 15 post on X by GSR Content Director Frank Chaparro cited by ChainThink. The allocations include $785 million to rightwing social platform Rumble, $250 million to gold mining project Elemental Royalty, $150 million to Italian football club Juventus FC, $150 million to gold asset manager Gold dot com, $100 million to crypto asset manager Anchorage Digital, over $900 million to Gold Royalty, $82 million to robotics project Generative Bionics and $8 million to Bitcoin Lightning Network and stablecoin payments firm Speed1. Investment amounts in Parfin and agricultural company Adecoagro were not disclosed.

U.S. CFTC Chairman Mike Selig said in a Bankless interview that the GENIUS Act has effectively ended "regulation by enforcement" in the crypto industry. He added the CLARITY Act is "on the cusp of getting signed into law," signaling further progress on dedicated crypto legislation. Selig emphasized he wants to ensure innovators do not need to seek permission each time they launch something new.

Ethereum's circulating supply has increased by more than 1 million ETH since the Merge, bringing total outstanding supply to around 121.53 million ETH, ultrasoundmoney data show. The network's annualized inflation rate currently stands at about 0.24%.

Two Indian liquefied petroleum gas vessels carrying 927,000 metric tons of cargo passed safely through the Strait of Hormuz on March 15 following high-level diplomatic talks involving India, Iran, the United States and the GCC, BlockBeats reports citing multiple international media sources. Analysis noted that China and India together account for more than 52% of oil typically transiting the strait, and suggested that if Tehran permits both key buyers to move cargoes safely, more than half of the strait's usual traffic could resume quickly, while Saudi Arabia's EastWest pipeline can divert an additional 7 million barrels of crude per day around the chokepoint. Crude oil futures on Hyperliquid fell below $100 in early trading after the news and were recently quoted at $98.10.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs have recorded net inflows on each trading day this week, with cumulative net subscriptions reaching $767 million since March 9, data show. The products now collectively hold 6.43% of Bitcoin's circulating supply.

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF is the only product showing a negative return among the top 20 global ETFs by net inflows, while all others are in profit, BlackRock's Head of Digital Assets said during a live stream cited by ChainCatcher. The Bitcoin ETF has accumulated $26 billion in inflows, placing it fourth worldwide by that metric. The executive said the pattern suggests Bitcoin is going through a phase of sharp rotation and long-term accumulation, with about 90% of investors buying the dip and roughly 10%, mainly hedge funds, focused on short-term, high-frequency arbitrage trades based on basis differentials.