Spot gold fell through key support and traded around $4,435, down 1.3% over 24 hours, as the article says roughly $1.5 trillion in bullion market value was erased in about three hours. The report also notes a monthly drop of more than 13% and highlights tokenized gold declines alongside Bitcoin moving above $70,000. Separately, Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is described as a Bitcoin Layer 2 using the Solana Virtual Machine and claims its presale has raised over $32 million at a $0.013 price.

Digital asset investment products took in $230 million in net inflows for the week ended March 21, after tallying $635 million in the first two days. Midweek, flows flipped as markets read the FOMC meeting as a "hawkish pause," leading to $405 million of outflows. Bitcoin products captured most activity with $219 million of inflows, while Ethereum funds saw $27.5 million of outflows.

Crypto exchange-traded products took in $230 million last week even after $405 million in outflows following the US FOMC meeting. Bitcoin led with $219.2 million of inflows, while Ether products flipped to $27.5 million of outflows, ending a three-week run. The four-week inflow streak continued, but the pace fell from the prior week's $1.06 billion.

Bernstein said Circle (CRCL) and Coinbase (COIN) remain the most direct ways to gain exposure to stablecoin growth, pointing to their shared USDC ecosystem. The firm argued that agentic machine payments could become an additional upside lever, though activity is still small, with Coinbase's x402 processing about $25 million over the past 30 days and Stripe's MPP seeing $5,000 in its first week.

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Crypto's total market value has dipped to about $2.33 trillion, with the Fear and Greed Index sliding to 24 in deep "fear" territory. Bitcoin hovered around $68,000, down nearly 1.8% over the past 24 hours and almost 8% over the week. Selling pressure was heavier across major altcoins, alongside low-liquidity conditions and macro-driven risk aversion.

On 23 March 2026 at 09:14, the total crypto market cap fell to $2.33 trillion, down 1.94% over 24 hours, with Bitcoin and major altcoins trading lower. Bitcoin hovered near $67,818 (down 1.94% on the day and 8.11% over seven days) while Coinglass recorded $393 million in liquidations in 24 hours, including $307 million from longs. Sentiment also weakened, with Alternative.me's Fear & Greed Index at 8 (Extreme Fear).

Bithumb is set to hold its regular shareholders' meeting on March 31, where investors will vote on a proposal to reappoint CEO Lee Jae-won, according to the Korea Times. Lee's current term ends at the end of the month, and approval would extend his tenure for another two years. The move comes after South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit reportedly imposed a six-month partial suspension and a 36.8 billion won ($24.2 million) fine over alleged AML failures.