BTC OG insider mega-whale agent Garrett Jin analyzes President Trump’s speech, saying it suggests a commitment to a hot war, and that the escalation of the Middle East conflict is already set in stone. He notes that the market hasn’t priced this in, that the near-term rebound is driven by positioning, and that the absence of any solution to the war will continue to weigh on oil supply and raise risks for importing countries. A 6% jump in oil prices reflects the reality of the conflict escalating.

Bitcoin’s hot-holdings trend is cooling off, as multiple companies and governments sell off their reserves, causing market volatility to increase. Companies such as Empery Digital and Genius Group have already cleared their bitcoin reserves, while Riot Platforms continues to reduce its holdings. Despite worries raised by the selloffs, the public vault still holds a large amount of bitcoin. The current bitcoin price is about $66,500, and market sentiment remains weak.

ZachXBT criticized Circle for not taking action in the Drift hacking incident, with millions of USDC moved from Solana to Ethereum. Circle has frozen part of its hot wallets, but progress has been slow to resume. He says Circle is a bad actor in the industry.

On March 27, 2026, from 14:15 to 14:30 (UTC), BTC experienced significant fluctuations, with a 15-minute return rate of -0.94%. The price range was between 65725.1 and 66374.1 USDT, with a volatility of 0.98%. During this period, trading volume surged unusually, and market attention clearly increased, reflecting heightened volatility against a backdrop of tightening liquidity. The main driver of this fluctuation was the concentration of large whale-level transfers, with multiple on-chain transfers exceeding 800 BTC each and a total value of over 90 million USD being moved. Some of the funds directly flowed into the hot wallets of trading platforms, impacting mainstream

On-chain detective ZachXBT revealed that Circle has unfrozen two frozen hot wallets, "500 Casino" and "Whale," which users were previously unable to withdraw from. The details of the case are still unclear, and Circle has not objected to the information.

On-chain detective ZachXBT pointed out that Circle unfroze a balance of 130,966 USDC in a wallet associated with Goated. Previously, Circle had frozen 16 hot wallets in response to U.S. civil litigation, a freezing decision that lacked basis and impacted the company's daily operations.

Gate News: On March 26, according to ZachXBT's disclosure, Circle froze USDC balances in 16 business-related hot wallets on March 25. The relevant entities stated that this action is related to a U.S. civil case with details not yet made public. ZachXBT stated that upon reviewing on-chain data, these addresses are involved in exchanges, gaming platforms, and forex businesses with no apparent connections to each other. The freeze has already impacted the operations of the related businesses.

Tether and Circle have blacklisted the Ethereum hot wallet of Iranian exchange Wallex, freezing approximately $117,000 in USDT and USDC. Wallex transferred $2.49 million in assets to another BSC address hours before the freeze, suggesting coordinated compliance enforcement by stablecoin issuers. This incident reflects increasingly strict regulatory scrutiny of cryptocurrency platforms associated with Iran.

Circle recently froze USDC balances in 16 hot wallets belonging to multiple enterprises, an action related to a U.S. civil litigation case. The relevant wallets were used for large-scale user transactions. The freezing action has raised questions about Circle's review process and has impacted enterprise operations.