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ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, after being dormant for 3 months, MetaPlanet transferred 4,986 BTC (worth $368.3 million) to a new wallet, possibly just for fund reorganization.

Golden Ten Data reported on March 17 that Josephine Rodriguez, an economist at Vanguard Group, stated that it is too early for the European Central Bank to signal a change in policy stance. When discussing the Middle East crisis and the subsequent surge in oil prices, she said, "This largely depends on the magnitude of the shock and its eventual persistence." The institution still expects the European Central Bank's policy to remain unchanged until the end of 2026, but "we have already eliminated the previous downward bias in the policy rate outlook." According to LSEG data, the currency market expects the European Central Bank to keep interest rates unchanged this week, but anticipates a rate hike of 44 basis points within the year.

Golden Ten Data reported on March 17 that during the Tokyo midday session, most Japanese government bond prices edged higher, following robust demand in the Ministry of Finance’s 20-year bond auction. The bid-to-cover ratio, which measures demand for bond auctions, was 3.25 times, higher than the 3.08 times seen in the February 20-year government bond auction. Another indicator showing strong demand was the tail price spread (the difference between the average winning price and the lowest winning price) for this auction, which was 0.06 yen, smaller than the 0.14 yen seen in the previous 20-year government bond auction.