Gate News reported that on March 22, Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China, stated at the China Development Forum 2026 Annual Conference that the central bank will continue to implement a moderately loose monetary policy, comprehensively utilizing various monetary policy tools such as the reserve requirement ratio, policy interest rates, and open market operations to maintain ample liquidity. (China News Service)

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has released guidance on a pilot program for crypto assets as collateral, allowing Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins to be used as margin. Futures brokers must comply with capital requirements and regulatory reporting obligations, and after three months can expand to other crypto assets as collateral. The guidance clarifies the use cases for crypto assets and derivatives clearing requirements.

Gate News reports that on March 21, Strategy founder Michael Saylor posted a tweet revealing the latest data for its perpetual preferred stock product STRC. The product currently has an annualized return of 11.5%, a volatility of just 1.7%, a Sharpe ratio of 4.60, and daily liquidity of $209 million.

Gate News Alert: As of March 20, according to Greeks.live data, 23,000 BTC options will expire today with a Put Call Ratio of 0.88, a max pain level of $70,000, and a notional value of $1.6 billion. Additionally, 176,000 ETH options will expire today with a Put Call Ratio of 1.04, a max pain level of $2,150, and a notional value of $370 million. Next Friday (March 27) will see the quarterly expiration.

Gate News reported that on March 20, VanEck's latest on-chain Bitcoin report shows that Bitcoin options traders' bearish sentiment has risen to the highest level in five years. Data shows that last month's put/call ratio peaked at 0.84 with an average of 0.77, placing it in the most bearish 9% range since mid-2019. Open interest in options contracts has surged past $33 billion, with put option premiums hitting historic highs, indicating that institutional investors are buying downside protection at scale.

American investment bank Raymond James raised its price target for Nvidia stock to $323, believing the company will achieve $12 billion in sales, demonstrating strong demand and growth prospects. Nvidia's revenue for this quarter is expected to grow 78%, with a forward price-to-earnings ratio lower than the S&P 500 index.

Gate News, on March 18, Michael Saylor, founder and CEO of Strategy, posted that STRC's volatility has dropped to a historic low of 1.5%, while its Sharpe ratio (a metric measuring risk-adjusted returns) has risen to a historic high of 5.37, setting a new record for risk-adjusted return performance.

Gate News bot message, according to Gate official announcement on March 18, 2026 Gate's contract stock section will launch the BMNR (BitMine) perpetual contract live trading for the first time on March 18, 2026 at 18:00 (UTC+8). It will use USDT settlement and support 1-20x long and short operations. Users can choose their leverage ratio when placing orders. BMNR is the stock ticker for BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc., a company that primarily holds cryptocurrency assets such as Ethereum (ETH).

On March 17, the US SOL spot ETF recorded a single-day net inflow of $17.81 million, primarily from the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF, with cumulative historical net inflows reaching $803 million. As of now, the total assets under management are $937 million, with a net asset ratio of 1.73%.

The ratio of U.S. gold reserves to federal debt has fallen to a historic low of just 3%. Despite the U.S. holding 8133.5 metric tons of gold, the world's largest reserve, this represents a significant decline compared to 18% in 1980, requiring a 400% increase in gold prices to reach that level.