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New York gold futures dropped below $5,100 an ounce on Friday, March 13, and are on track for a weekly decline this week. Pressure on gold prices stems from a stronger U.S. dollar, rising oil prices, and uncertainty over the Federal Reserve’s policy stance. An ANZ Bank analyst noted: “The U.S. dollar has strengthened amid its safe-haven appeal—especially as rising oil prices benefit the U.S., a net energy exporter. Market concerns about the Fed’s interest rate cut path are growing, and higher oil prices have raised the risk of renewed inflationary pressures.” (Source: FXStreet)

Bitget announced on March 13 that it will perform system maintenance on its CFD contract trading platform from 14:00 to 16:00 UTC+8 on March 14. During the maintenance, certain product functions will be temporarily unavailable. Users are advised to plan ahead based on their capital needs. For more details, please visit the official Bitget website.

On March 13, per LookOnChain monitoring, three new wallets withdrew 2.54 million TRUMP tokens (valued at roughly $8.8 million) from Binance over the past 12 hours. Additionally, the whale address DNTpoX—which previously incurred a $15.68 million loss on MELANIA—withdrew 2 million TRUMP tokens (valued at approximately $6.92 million) from Binance over the past 6 hours.

On March 13, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang held a regular press briefing, stating that a new round of China-U.S. economic and trade consultations will take place in Paris this weekend. When asked about the topics to be discussed and China’s expectations for the talks, Geng said: “China has already released information on the sixth round of China-U.S. economic and trade consultations, which you can refer to. For specific issues, please check with relevant Chinese authorities.” (CCTV News)

Per an official announcement from HTX DAO on March 13th, its staking service will launch public testing on March 16th, with the official version set to go live on March 23rd. Users can connect to the HTX DAO official website via the TronLink wallet, stake HTX tokens in the on-chain staking pool to earn rewards, and participate in DAO governance.

March 13 — CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr noted Wednesday that the Seller Risk Ratio (SRR) hasn’t flashed an active selling pressure signal since December 2024 (when Bitcoin traded around $107k). Currently, the indicator shows an accumulation signal, with network selling pressure now roughly 6x lower than this cycle’s average. The metric is still steadily declining and has returned to levels seen during the 2022-2023 bear market — when BTC traded between $16k and $20k. The current cycle has shifted from a distribution phase back into an ongoing accumulation phase. The 180-day rolling average SRR sits at 1,913, a level historically tied to bear market phases. Notably, that historical level corresponded to BTC prices of $16k-$20k, while today’s price ranges from $67k-$72k. The market is now neutral to slightly accumulative, Adler said. The main risk: Without new price catalysts, the market could enter a long-term consolidation period, which would push the rolling SRR indicato