Gate News reports that on March 18, Polymarket prediction market data shows that the probability of Federal Reserve Chair Powell mentioning "Inflation" more than 40 times during the March press conference (at 2:30 AM) is currently at 80%. Additionally, the probability of mentioning "Gold/Oil" is 93%; the probability of mentioning "Iran" is 62%.

On March 18th, gold and silver prices fell to $4,855.69 per ounce and $76.647 per ounce respectively, with intraday declines of 2.99% and 3.29%. Cryptocurrency market volatility decreased slightly, while the US dollar strengthened against the offshore Chinese yuan and Japanese yen. Global stock indices generally declined, and crude oil prices rose.

Gate News reports that on March 18, spot gold fell below $4,840 per ounce, reaching its lowest level since February 6, with an intraday decline of 3.32%.

Gate News reported that on March 18, market data showed that spot gold (international gold price) fell below $4880 per ounce, with a daily decline of 2.51%.

Gate News reported that on March 18, according to market data, spot gold pulled back below $4,890 per ounce, with a daily decline of 2.36%.

Gate's financial module launched a XAUT (Tether Gold) dual-currency investment product on March 18, allowing users to generate returns through low-buy or high-sell strategies while earning floating interest during the holding period, expanding trading capabilities between digital assets and traditional assets.

Gate News reports that on March 18, CryptoQuant data showed the correlation coefficient between Bitcoin and gold dropped to -0.88, hitting a new low since November 2022. The data indicates a strong negative correlation between the two, with Bitcoin's price rising to $74,000 while gold experienced a slight decline.

Gate News: On March 18, Gate data showed that spot gold fell to $4,980 per ounce intraday, down 0.52%.

On March 18, US natural gas prices fell 3.6% briefly, leading all liquidations across the network, with a cumulative decline of 11.6%. The largest long position address was liquidated as prices fell below $2.91, with liquidation size reaching 638,364 contracts and losses of $200,000. Meanwhile, the address held BTC short positions and crude oil and gold long positions as hedges, but suffered losses on both sides.

On March 18, gold and silver prices rose slightly, reaching $5,012.28/oz and $79.833/oz respectively. Bitcoin and Ethereum volatility indices showed mixed performance, with the US dollar rising modestly in the forex market. Global stock indices rose broadly, while WTI and Brent crude oil prices declined.