Seven Central Banks Gradually Announce Interest Rate Decisions

• Tuesday 11:30, the Reserve Bank of Australia announces interest rate decision;
• Wednesday 21:45, the Bank of Canada announces interest rate decision;
• Thursday (specific time to be determined), the Bank of Japan announces interest rate decision;
• Thursday 16:30, the Swiss National Bank announces interest rate decision;
• Thursday 02:00, the Federal Reserve FOMC announces interest rate decision and economic outlook summary; Thursday 02:30, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell holds a monetary policy press conference.
• Thursday 20:00, the Bank of England announces interest rate decision and meeting minutes;
• Thursday 21:15, the European Central Bank announces interest rate decision.

Key Events Next Week

March 16

NVIDIA GTC will open next week, with 30,000 participants from 190 countries, and over 1,000 agenda items;

March 18

The United States will announce February PPI data on March 18;

Noble will officially launch its EVM Layer 1 mainnet on March 18;

Others (specific time not determined)

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority may soon release the list of stablecoin licenses, with Standard Chartered, HSBC, and OSL expected to be included

From March 16 to March 22, more noteworthy industry events are as follows.

March 16

NVIDIA GTC will open next week, with 30,000 participants from 190 countries, and over 1,000 agenda items

Odaily Planet Daily reported that NVIDIA GTC 2026 will be held from March 16 to 19 in San Jose, expected to attract over 30,000 developers, researchers, and business representatives from more than 190 countries, with more than 1,000 agenda items set up. CEO Jensen Huang will deliver a keynote speech at 11:00 AM (Pacific Time) on March 16 at SAP Center, covering topics on accelerated computing, AI factories, open models, agent systems, and physical AI, with the speech being live-streamed for free.

Upbit will delist LRC on March 16

Odaily Planet Daily reported that Upbit will terminate trading support for Loopring (LRC) at 14:00 on March 16.

The POAP platform will enter maintenance mode starting March 16, and will not provide badge issuance functions; existing badge collections will not be affected

Odaily Planet Daily reported that the on-chain badge protocol POAP co-founder Isabel stated on platform X that due to limited growth of the platform, the team decided to switch POAP into maintenance mode starting March 16, 2026. This means:

1. For new issuers: After March 16, new issuers will not have access to the issuer interface.

2. For existing issuers: They can continue to use existing tools, and the POAPs created will remain intact.

3. For collectors: The collector interface remains unaffected.

4. Technical support: The API and existing integrations will continue to operate.

5. Core changes: The platform will no longer undergo active development. As we reduce the resources allocated to this service, the speed of certain operations may slow down.

Additionally, the team plans to develop a new framework for digital collectibles that is more underlying, open, and truly permissionless, and POAP may be integrated into the new system in the future (to be determined).

March 17

Binance will delist multiple perpetual contracts on March 17 and 18

Odaily Planet Daily reported that Binance contracts will delist the USDⓈ-MVFYUSDT, 1000WHYUSDT, and BDXNUSDT perpetual contracts on March 17, 2026, at 09:00 (UTC), and will delist the COIN-MALGOUSD, SANDUSD, ENSUSD, and ATOMUSD perpetual contracts on March 18, 2026, at 09:00 (UTC). The contracts will be delisted after the settlement is completed. Users should note that the insurance fund will not be used to support the liquidation process of the contracts within 1 hour before the scheduled settlement time mentioned above.

March 18

The United States will announce February PPI data on March 18

Odaily Planet Daily reported that on March 18 (Wednesday) at 20:30, the United States will announce the Year-on-Year PPI for February and the Month-on-Month PPI for February.

Noble will officially launch its EVM Layer 1 mainnet based on Commonware architecture on March 18

Odaily Planet Daily reported that the stablecoin infrastructure project Noble will officially launch its EVM Layer 1 mainnet based on Commonware architecture on March 18, 2026, separating from the existing Cosmos SDK chain. The new chain supports sub-second transaction finality, open contract deployment, and dedicated payment channels, with its native yield-bearing stablecoin USDN as the core asset, expanding scenarios such as FX trading, DeFi yield strategies, and payment clearing. The existing Cosmos chain will gradually transition to maintenance mode, with IBC connections remaining unchanged, and the team will provide asset migration pathways.

March 19

The Federal Reserve will announce the new interest rate decision on March 19

Odaily Planet Daily reported that on March 19 (Thursday) at 02:00, the Federal Reserve FOMC will announce the interest rate decision and economic outlook summary; subsequently, at 02:30, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell will hold a monetary policy press conference.

March 20

CoinList whitelist sale refund users must apply by March 20

Odaily Planet Daily reported that users who refunded the USDai whitelist sale on CoinList must apply for a refund by March 20, 2026.

Bitcoin ecosystem BTCS will launch its mining ecology on March 20

Odaily Planet Daily reported that the mining ecology of the Bitcoin ecosystem BTCS will launch on March 20, 2026. The BTCS technical base is built on the BTC Rollup Layer 2 network and aims to make Bitcoin not only a value storage tool but also the underlying operating system for the monetary economy.

BTCS has stated that it will successively launch multiple core applications, including: OpenClaw financial ecology, Web3 short video, metaverse museum, gradually building a complete BTC Layer 2 ecological system.

March 21

None

March 22

None

Others (specific time not determined)

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority may soon release the list of stablecoin licenses, with Standard Chartered, HSBC, and OSL expected to be included

Odaily Planet Daily reported that sources indicate that the first batch of stablecoin issuer license list in Hong Kong is expected to be released within this month, with institutions including Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC, and licensed virtual asset trading platform OSL expected to be included. The news suggests that the Monetary Authority may announce the results as soon as next week, but the final list still has variables. Earlier, it was rumored that Yuan Coin Technology and Lianlian Digital (2598), which were on the candidate list, are currently not seen on the latest rumored list, and Chinese-funded institutions are also not among the first batch of shortlisted institutions. A spokesperson for the Monetary Authority stated that they do not comment on market rumors. Industry insiders analyze that the first batch of license issuance will prioritize stability, and banks with strict regulatory backgrounds are expected to dominate to ensure market confidence and system stability. (Sing Tao Daily)

The Trump administration has initiated the U.S. oil reserve release process, expected to flow to the market before the end of next week

Odaily Planet Daily reported that the Trump administration has initiated the process to significantly utilize the United States' emergency oil reserves, issuing a request to exchange 86 million barrels of crude oil. The Department of Energy stated in a release that, as part of the 172 million barrels large-scale release plan announced on Wednesday, oil extracted from the strategic petroleum reserve is expected to begin flowing to the market before the end of next week.

This oil reserve release is expected to take four months to complete and is part of a coordinated plan for 400 million barrels with other countries. According to the exchange terms, businesses will return the borrowed oil to the Department of Energy in the future, and pay an additional amount of oil as a premium.

The Department of Energy stated earlier this week that the Trump administration has arranged to replenish the strategic oil inventory with approximately 200 million barrels of oil within the next year, which will be 20% more than the inventory utilized this time. (Jin Ten)

Microsoft is internally testing OpenClaw, which may be integrated into the Teams application, with a roadmap expected to be released next week

Odaily Planet Daily reported that OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger retweeted Digital Meld CEO Brad Groux's tweet indicating that OpenClaw for Microsoft Teams will see significant improvements, with a roadmap expected to be released next week. Conversations have been held with a dozen Microsoft employees, and a six-person team is currently internally testing OpenClaw, with improvements expected for Microsoft Teams and other extensions and plugins.

Claude: Message limits will automatically double during non-peak hours and weekends over the next two weeks

Odaily Planet Daily reported that Claude stated on platform X that in the next two weeks, the message/query limits for Claude during the following specific times will automatically double the original limits.

1. Non-peak hours on weekdays: Before 5:00 AM / after 11:00 AM Pacific Time (i.e., before 8:00 PM / after 2:00 AM Beijing Time)

2. All day on weekends: Saturday and Sunday 24 hours

3. Peak hours (8:00 PM–2:00 AM Beijing Time) limits remain unchanged.

This adjustment applies to all plans: free, Pro, Max, and Team users, covering all usage scenarios of Claude, including Claude Code.

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