Gate News bot message, Bitcoin has reached a historic milestone with 20,000,000 BTC officially mined. The milestone was achieved at block 939,999, mined by Foundry USA pool. The total circulating supply now exceeds 95.2%. Mining the first 20 million coins took just over 17 years. Due to the halving

Gate News Report, March 9th, Coinglass data shows that in the past hour, the total liquidation across the entire network reached $90,084,300, with long positions liquidated at $43,935,600 and short positions at $46,148,700. By asset type, XYZ:CL (Crude Oil Futures Contract) liquidation was $29.2 million, and BTC liquidation was $22.12 million.

From 19:15 to 19:30 on March 9, 2026 (UTC), the BTC price experienced a 15-minute return of +1.42%, with trading ranges between 68,377.3 and 69,365.3 USDT, and a volatility of 1.44%. This fluctuation far exceeds the regular intraday volatility levels, with market attention significantly heightened, and short-term buying surges intensifying the volatility. The main driver of this movement was net inflow of on-chain funds, triggered by large transfers from major holder accounts, along with buy orders breaking through key technical resistance levels.

Gate News Report, March 9 — According to Arkham monitoring, two hours ago, Grayscale transferred approximately 3,844 ETH (about $7.79 million) and 211 BTC (about $14.6 million) to a certain CEX address.

Gate News Report, March 9th, according to Lookonchain monitoring, today the US Bitcoin ETF experienced a net outflow of 5409 BTC, Ethereum ETF had a net outflow of 36599 ETH, and Solana ETF saw a net outflow of 68933 SOL.

The Bhutanese government recently transferred out 175 Bitcoins, worth approximately $11 million, indicating regular sales of its Bitcoin holdings. Over the past month, the government has sold $7 million worth of Bitcoin through QCP Capital, and it will face a particularly intense selling period in late September 2025.

In the past 24 hours, the total liquidation amount in the cryptocurrency market reached $395 million, with $206 million in long positions and $188 million in short positions liquidated. BTC and ETH were liquidated for $152.5 million and $76.97 million respectively, with a total of 93,639 people liquidated. The largest single liquidation occurred on Hyperliquid's BTC-USD trading pair, valued at $6.88 million.

This week will release the US February CPI and unemployment data, as well as the January PCE Price Index. Meanwhile, US and Israeli military actions may impact oil transportation through the Strait of Hormuz. The implied volatility of major maturities has risen significantly, with BTC short-term IV exceeding 65%, ETH short-term IV exceeding 80%, and the skew indicator declining.

Gate News Report, March 9th, according to Coinglass data, the total liquidation across the entire network in the past hour reached $30.51 million, including $27.08 million in short positions and $3.43 million in long positions. By individual cryptocurrencies, BTC liquidations amounted to $16.23 million, and ETH liquidations reached $6.62 million.

Gate News reports that on March 9th, the Salvadoran official agency The Bitcoin Office announced on the X platform that the country's Bitcoin strategic reserve holdings have now increased to 7,585.37 BTC. Data shows an increase of 7 BTC in the past 7 days and an increase of 30 BTC in the past 30 days.