Between 2026-03-13 12:45 and 2026-03-13 13:00 (UTC), ETH achieved a +0.80% return rate within a 1.12% amplitude, with the price range breaking through to 2129.49–2153.39 USDT. Intraday volatility expanded significantly compared to normal levels, with market attention rising sharply. Short-term trading volume surged, and on-chain data showed transaction count reaching 420,690 in 10 minutes, far exceeding routine activity levels, driving capital and liquidity to concentrate around ETH. The main driver of this price movement is the concentration of large buy orders from on-chain funds

On March 13, DefiLlama data showed that Ethereum block builder Titan Builder earned $34.5 million in revenue over the past 24 hours, far exceeding Tether's $16.43 million. Due to excessive slippage on one transaction, Titan Builder profited approximately $34 million from it.

a16z Partner Noah Levine clarifies AI agent payment data, indicating that actual payments are approximately $1.6 million, reflecting that the measurement infrastructure is still in the early stages. Currently, AI payment activities are focused on developer tools. Although transaction volume is small, the infrastructure scale is enormous, and its future potential is worth paying attention to.

As geopolitical tensions fluctuate, traders are turning to the decentralized platform Hyperliquid for perpetual oil contract trading. In the past 24 hours, the trading volume reached $991 million, significantly higher than the $75,000 on a certain CEX platform. Due to the Iran situation, Brent crude oil prices have experienced notable volatility. Traders are leveraging the features of the crypto market for margin trading, and the HYPE token price has surged due to increased trading activity.

Gate News Report, March 10 — Lookonchain monitoring shows that a user created a new wallet "minder42" 20 hours ago, betting that the U.S. military will enter Iran before March 14. Despite the odds continuously decreasing, the user keeps increasing their bet, with a total investment of $32,900 so far.

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 Announcement: On March 9, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital disclosed that last week it sold 102 Bitcoins at an average price of $71,636, reducing its total Bitcoin holdings to 3,562. In addition, the company has spent approximately $122 million to repurchase over 20.15 million common shares so far. Empery Digital stated that it will continue to sell Bitcoin as needed to fund future stock buybacks and may also repay some of its outstanding debt.

Bitcoin Treasury Company Strategy Director Chaitanya Jain revealed that in the first two months of 2026, approximately $4.3 billion was invested to purchase 48,000 Bitcoins, far exceeding the $300 million spent in all of 2022. Jain stated that this large-scale institutional buying will change the structure of the Bitcoin market.

Robinhood's Robinhood Ventures Fund I closed at $21 on its first day on the NYSE, down 16%. The fund aims to invest in popular private companies for retail investors and has raised $658.4 million so far. Although its holdings include several well-known companies, it lacks high-valuation firms like OpenAI, which affects retail investor interest. Robinhood plans to expand to more quality companies.

Bitwise Asset Management announced on March 6th that it donated $100,000 to Ethereum developers to support Protocol Guild and PBS Foundation. The company pledged that 10% of the annual earnings from the ETHW ETF would be used to support the development of the Ethereum network, with a total of over $361 million in funds accumulated so far.