Gate News: On March 16, according to market sources, key contract trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME, the world's largest metal futures exchange) was suspended. At the same time, market data shows spot gold fell below $5000, currently trading at $4994.8; spot silver is currently trading at $80.667.

Gate News reported that on March 16, 360's recently released security product "Security Lobster" was found to have packaged the wildcard domain certificate for .myclaw.360.cn and its corresponding private key directly in the local installation directory. The Security Lobster interface is based on a customized 360 browser, accessed through https://myclaw.360.cn:19798/local address. To implement this local HTTPS connection, engineers placed both the wildcard certificate and private key in the client. The wildcard certificate covers all subdomains under myclaw.360.cn. After private key leakage, third parties can forge HTTPS encrypted connections under that domain. The certificate has not been revoked at this time.

Gate News reports that on March 16, the cryptocurrency tax roundtable meeting previously postponed due to snowfall last month has been rescheduled for today at 4 p.m. Eastern Time. The event will be jointly hosted by Senator Steve Daines, Senator Cynthia Lummis, and Representative Mike Carey. Despite tornado weather hitting Washington D.C. today, the event is currently scheduled to proceed as planned.

March 16, 2026, 10:45-11:00 (UTC): ETH price achieved a +0.84% return within the short-term cycle, with a price range of 2258.25 to 2278.47 USDT and volatility of 0.90%. Affected by the abnormal movement, market attention increased significantly, volatility intensified in the short term, and investors showed active short-term trading activity. The main drivers of this abnormal movement were short-term large capital inflows and a significant increase in long position trading volume in the futures market. On-chain data shows that ETH transfer transactions increased approximately 12% compared to the previous hour within this time window, with multiple large-scale capital flows directed toward DeFi.

Gate News bot message: According to Gate's official announcement Gate has launched BPUSDT perpetual futures pre-market trading (USDT settlement), supporting 1-10x long and short positions with leverage ratios customizable at the time of order placement.

Gate News reported that on March 16, according to market data, Centrifuge (CFG) surged more than 50% in a short time, possibly influenced by news of a certain CEX listing spot trading, currently trading at $0.18.

According to CoinShares' latest weekly report, digital asset investment products recorded net inflows of $1.06 billion on March 16, marking three consecutive weeks of increases. Of this, the United States accounted for 96% of inflows, with Bitcoin attracting 75% of the capital. Hong Kong recorded its largest inflows since August 2025, while Germany saw net outflows for the first time.

This article summarizes cryptocurrency news for March 16, 2026, focusing on the latest Bitcoin updates, Ethereum upgrades, Dogecoin trends, real-time cryptocurrency prices, and price predictions. Today's major Web3 sector events include: 1. Bitcoin breaks through $74,000 to reach a six-week high, driven by short squeeze liquidations and ETF capital inflows; 2. Aave Shield security mechanism debuts: automatically blocks high-risk swap transactions, DeFi security upgrades further; 3. SEC withdraws lawsuit against BitClout founder and bars further prosecution, signaling a shift in crypto regulatory direction.

Gate News bot announcement: According to Gate's official announcement, Gate has launched a USDT staking Morpho protocol product. This product allows users to stake USDT to earn on-chain yields, with a minimum investment of 1 USDT and a current annual yield rate of 4.94%. The USDT staking product operates through the Morpho lending protocol, with funds deployed to the sUSDS-USDT market. Assets staked on day D begin accruing interest on day D+1, with interest distributions occurring on day D+2. Interest is automatically distributed daily in USDT form. Users can redeem yields at any time, with redemption requests arriving on day D+1 after submission. The product's annual yield fluctuates daily based on user staking participation and on-chain dynamics. Gate states that it has selected this project through rigorous protocol review and professional risk assessment screening.

Gate News Update: On March 16, monitoring data showed that 4 accounts placed $63,800 in bets within 1 minute on a prediction event asking "Will MetaMask issue a token before September 30?" betting "No" at an opening price of 80¢, consistent with current market price. It is reported that MetaMask token issuance expectations have been discussed in the crypto community for years, but the official team has never provided a clear timeline. In related prediction markets, the probability of "will not issue a token" has been maintained at a relatively high level for a long time.