ARK Invest Digital Asset Research Director Lorenzo Valente pointed out that the importance of Elon Musk recruiting former crypto wallet founder Benji Taylor as the chief designer for the X platform may be underestimated. His background could bring new directions for X, including wallets and on-chain payments.

Last week, institutional investors sold a net of $11 billion in U.S. stocks, the largest single-week sell-off in nearly five weeks. Hedge funds, on the other hand, bought a net of $1.8 billion, ending four weeks of selling. Overall, U.S. stocks experienced a net outflow of $9.3 billion, with a total outflow of $25.5 billion over 16 weeks, indicating that institutional investors are gradually shifting to a wait-and-see stance.

On March 26, the cryptocurrency market showed mixed performance. The top five gainers were Midnight (+7.62%), DeXe (+5.45%), Ondo (+1.23%), UNUS SED LEO (+0.80%), and Nexo (+0.70%). The top five losers were Siren (-27.08%), River (-18.29%), Kite (-14.06%), MemeCore (-10.62%), and Aave (-7.61%).

Gate News reports that on March 26, Elon Musk's X platform lost a lawsuit alleging that advertisers boycotted the platform.

Gate News: On March 26, OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger announced on X that Discrawl 0.2.0 has been officially released. The new version has been optimized for data synchronization speed. Peter Steinberger stated that the tool is now in daily use for analyzing OpenClaw.

Gate News bot message, according to the March 26 update, Bitcoin ETFs recorded a 1-day net inflow of +86 BTC (+$5.92M), while showing a 7-day net outflow of -898 BTC (-$61.97M). Ethereum ETFs experienced a 1-day net outflow of -4,439 ETH (-$9.17M) and a 7-day net outflow of -121,318 ETH (-$250.64M).

BlockBeats News, March 26 — According to Lookonchain monitoring, James Wynn shorted Bitcoin with 40x leverage on "Ant Wallet" 30 minutes ago, with a liquidation price of $70,270.83.

Greeks.live on the X platform pointed out that March 27 will mark the largest options expiration of Q1 2026, with about 40% of options expiring. The biggest pain point for BTC is $75,000, and put option trading volume is low. Volatility warning indicates that IV Crush is approaching, and short-term options buyers are at a disadvantage. Whales are rolling over positions on Deribit, building large positions in out-of-the-money call options for June and September.

Gate News bot message, James Wynn (@JamesWynnReal) opened another 40x short position on Bitcoin approximately 30 minutes ago, with a liquidation price set at $70,270.83. According to Lookonchain's previous report on March 26, James Wynn has used up to 40x leverage to short Bitcoin three times in th

COTI announces the launch of COTI Nightfall, an enterprise-level privacy solution based on Ethereum. The testnet is coming soon, with the mainnet expected to be deployed in 2026. This technology is derived from Ernst & Young's Nightfall protocol, supporting KYC/AML compliance, and aims to serve institutional workflows and regulated payment scenarios.