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Entering mid-March 2026, the global financial markets are in a critical window of resonance among macro policies, geopolitical situations, and capital emotions. The correlation among the four core assets: U.S. stocks, gold, oil, and cryptocurrencies has significantly increased, and fluctuations in any one of them could trigger a chain reaction. For crypto investors, this week is not only a window for trend continuation but also a sensitive period for concentrated risk release. The friendly signals from Trump’s crypto banquet, the Fed's March interest rate decision policy guidance, and oil price fluctuations due to geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East together form the core trading logic of the market this week. As a trader focused on practical analysis in the crypto circle, I will provide a comprehensive, systematic, and actionable trading reference from five dimensions: global market opening overview, recap of last week's market, core event interpretations, technical analysis of Bitcoin and Ethereum, and intra-day trading strategies to help everyone lock in profits during fluctuations, avoid risks, stay in sync with mainstream capital rhythms, and seize every quality trading opportunity.

1. Global Market Opening Overview This Monday

This Monday, the global financial markets opened with a pattern of disparate risk assets, strong commodity assets, and independent strengthening of the crypto market. The three major U.S. stock indices opened slightly lower as market funds maintained a cautious attitude, with the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq indices all experiencing low openings of 0.2% to 0.4%. Technology growth stocks showed weaker performance, while the energy sector was relatively resilient due to support from oil prices. The overall sentiment in the market was one of caution, mainly due to the Fed's interest rate decision to be announced on Wednesday this week, prompting investors to lock in positions to avoid unnecessary losses from sharp fluctuations before the policy takes effect.

The gold market opened slightly weak, with COMEX gold futures and spot gold both opening low, with spot gold starting in the range of $5000 to $5010 per ounce, slightly retreating from last Friday’s close. Gold's weakness is mainly affected by a stronger U.S. dollar index and the market repricing inflation expectations, while the risk aversion driven by geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East failed to sustain gold prices, with funds preferring to wait for guidance from the Federal Reserve, putting gold into a short-term consolidation phase with no absolute advantage for either bulls or bears.

The oil market became the most eye-catching asset at the opening this week, with WTI oil opening at $98 to $99 per barrel and Brent oil opening at $103 to $104 per barrel, maintaining high-level fluctuations after a slight high opening. The core logic behind the strength in oil is the ongoing tension in the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East, with threats to the safety of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz leading to concerns over about 20% of global oil supplies facing disruption risks. Tight supply dynamics dominate oil price trends, presenting a short-term pattern where prices are likely to rise but hard to fall. High oil prices not only impact global inflation expectations but also indirectly influence the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions, thereby affecting the crypto market, making it a macro variable that cannot be ignored this week.

The cryptocurrency market opened independently from the traditional financial market, showing a strong fluctuation structure. Bitcoin tested $73,190 in the early session before slightly retreating, maintaining fluctuations above $72,000; Ethereum also consolidated at a high level, slightly adjusting after touching around $2,201 in early trading, with an overall bullish trend maintained. The strong support for the crypto market stems from the Trump administration's crypto-friendly policies, continued institutional fund inflows, improved on-chain data, and a general warming of market sentiment. Even with the traditional market showing weakness, cryptocurrencies still maintain an independent upward rhythm, becoming a key allocation direction for global funds this week.

2. Review of Last Week's Global Market Trends

Looking back at last week (March 9 — March 13), the global market exhibited a distinct feature of surging oil prices, U.S. stocks and gold under pressure, and strongly fluctuating cryptocurrencies, with differentiated trends among the four major assets, driven by macro factors.

The U.S. stock market experienced a week of downward fluctuations, with all three major indices closing in the red. The Dow Jones index saw a weekly decline of 1.8%, the S&P 500 fell by 2.1%, and the Nasdaq index declined 2.5%, with technology growth stocks leading the market downturn. There are three core reasons for the decline: first, the sharp rise in oil prices raises concerns over inflation resurfacing, causing expectations for Fed rate cuts to diminish; second, lowered corporate earnings expectations led to funds flowing out of overvalued tech stocks; and third, intensified geopolitical conflicts reduced global risk appetite, leading funds to shift to defensive sectors. Only the energy sector performed strongly against the trend, becoming the sole highlight of the U.S. stock market.

The gold market closed down for the entire week, with a decline of about 2.65%, finishing Friday near $5,080 per ounce. Gold's weakness primarily stems from a strong U.S. dollar index and rising expectations for real interest rates, while high oil prices foster concern over stagflation, leading to a short-term conflict between gold's safe-haven and anti-inflation qualities, with funds opting for caution rather than active buying. Gold has entered an adjustment cycle, awaiting new catalytic factors.

The oil market witnessed an epic surge, with WTI oil rising by 18% over the week, and Brent oil rising by 21%, with Brent oil breaking through $100 per barrel, setting a new high since 2022. The catalyst was Iran's threat to block the Strait of Hormuz, which spread panic over global energy supply, coupled with the continued implementation of OPEC+ production cut policies widening the supply-demand gap, causing funds to flood into the oil market and driving prices up continuously. High oil prices have completely altered global inflation expectations, forcing the Fed's rate-cutting cycle to be delayed, becoming the core variable affecting the trends of all assets this week.

The cryptocurrency market performed brightly last week, with Bitcoin and Ethereum both showing a strongly fluctuating trend. Bitcoin closed with gains on the weekly chart, stabilizing above $70,000, testing a high of $73,900 mid-week, with a total amplitude of about 8%; Ethereum also closed with gains, stabilizing above $2,100, gradually pushing towards the pressure level of $2,200. The strong logic for the crypto market is the ongoing positive impact of the Trump administration's crypto-friendly policies, clear regulatory framework and strategic Bitcoin reserves from the White House crypto summit, institutional funds continuously accumulating Bitcoin ETFs, and a significant increase in on-chain activity, with market sentiment shifting from cautious to optimistic, making cryptocurrencies the most stable assets in the global markets last week.

3. In-depth Interpretation of Core Events This Week: Trump's Crypto Luncheon & Fed's Interest Rate Decision

The core focus of the global market this week is centralized around two major events: first, the crypto policy signals released during Trump's crypto luncheon, and second, the Fed's March interest rate decision policy guidance. These two events will directly determine the mid-term trends of the crypto market and are core variables that all traders must closely monitor.

(1) Trump’s Crypto Luncheon: A Turning Point in Industry Policy, Long-term Benefits for the Crypto Market

After taking office, the Trump administration completely reversed the previous government's harsh regulatory stance on the crypto industry, ushering in a new era for comprehensive support for the development of the crypto industry. The Trump crypto luncheon held this week is another important event following the White House crypto summit, inviting executives from leading crypto companies, blockchain technology experts, and relevant members of Congress to discuss core topics encompassing crypto regulatory frameworks, stablecoin legislation, U.S. digital asset reserves, and blockchain technology innovation, releasing three core benefits:

First, clarifying the legal status of the crypto industry, ending regulatory uncertainty. The Trump administration clearly states its support for the legal trading and development of mainstream cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, prohibiting indiscriminate regulatory crackdown on the crypto industry, pushing Congress to pass clear, stable, and friendly regulatory legislation, allowing crypto businesses to operate under legal guidance and orderly development. The establishment of regulatory certainty will attract global crypto enterprises, capital, and talent to gather in the U.S., continuously expanding the scale of the crypto market.

Second, advancing the establishment of a U.S. Bitcoin strategic reserve, enhancing the national credit of Bitcoin. The Trump administration formally signed an executive order to establish a federal strategic Bitcoin reserve, based on the Bitcoin held by the government, ceasing any sales of Bitcoin assets, while assessing the possibility of including other mainstream cryptocurrencies like Ethereum into the reserve system. Endorsing Bitcoin at the national level essentially grants Bitcoin national credit as "digital gold," which will long-term enhance Bitcoin’s value consensus and attract global central banks, institutions, and individuals to allocate Bitcoin.

Third, supporting blockchain technology and stablecoin innovations, promoting compliant development of the crypto industry. The government has clearly supported the issuance and application of U.S. dollar stablecoins, encouraging the implementation of blockchain technology in finance, technology, supply chain, and other fields, prohibiting the issuance of central bank digital currencies (CBDC), and protecting individuals' rights to hold and trade digital assets. A favorable policy will accelerate the integration of the crypto industry with traditional finance, leading to large-scale entry of institutional funds and bringing long-term incremental capital to the crypto market.

In the short term, the benefits from Trump’s crypto luncheon will continuously boost market sentiment, becoming the core support for bulls in the crypto market; in the mid-term, policy implementation will promote the crypto industry into a golden cycle of compliant development, with Bitcoin and Ethereum as industry leaders continuously benefiting from policy dividends, maintaining an upward trend.

(2) Fed's March Interest Rate Decision: Policy Setting, Impacting Short-term Market Volatility

In the early hours of March 19, Beijing time, the Fed will announce its March interest rate decision, which is the most significant event for global financial markets this week. The market generally expects the Fed to maintain interest rates between 3.50% and 3.75%, making it the second consecutive meeting without action. The core point of interest in the decision is not whether to cut rates, but the adjustments to the dot plot, the tone of Powell’s speech, and judgments on inflation and the economy, which will directly affect short-term fluctuations in the crypto market.

First, expectations for rate cuts have cooled significantly, with possibly only one cut for the entire year. Due to the geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East and surging oil prices, global inflation expectations are resurfacing, and Fed officials have frequently released hawkish signals, stressing that inflation is still not at target and that high rates need to be maintained for an extended period. Currently, the market is pricing in only one rate cut for the entire year of 2026, delaying the timing of a cut until after June, with the high-rate environment continuing to suppress traditional risk assets, but having a relatively limited effect on the crypto market.

Second, the tone of Powell’s speech will determine short-term market sentiment. If Powell's rhetoric is hawkish, emphasizing the impact of high oil prices on inflation and hinting at a delay in rate cuts, this could lead to a stronger U.S. dollar index, putting pressure on U.S. stocks and gold in the short-term, causing slight fluctuations in the crypto market; if Powell’s rhetoric is neutral, maintaining existing policy judgment without deliberately releasing hawkish signals, the dollar index may weaken, leading risk assets to rebound, enabling the crypto market to continue in a bullish trend.

Third, the logic of macro policy transmission to the crypto market. The Fed's policies affect global capital risk appetite and liquidity, while the current core drivers of the crypto market are favorable policies and institutional capital inflows, with macro liquidity’s influence being relatively secondary. Even if the Fed maintains a hawkish stance, the crypto market will likely only experience short-term pullbacks, without changing the mid-term upward trend; if the Fed leans dovishly, the crypto market will accelerate its rise, breaking through previous highs.

For crypto traders, there is no need to overly panic about the Fed's decision; they just need to prepare for potential pullbacks, as after policy implementation, the market will revert to its own trend, with bullish structures remaining solid.

4. In-depth Technical Analysis of Bitcoin: Seven Consecutive Daily Gains, Support Holds, Bullish Trend Unchanged

Since the low point of $65,600 last Monday, Bitcoin has initiated a strong trend of consecutive daily gains, recording seven consecutive positive days on the daily chart, with a very clear bullish trend, making it the core leader of the crypto market this week, showing three major technical characteristics:

First, the trend structure is complete, and seven consecutive daily gains confirm the bullish outlook. Bitcoin has initiated from the low of $65,600, experiencing seven consecutive trading days of positive closes without any effective pullbacks. After testing the peak of $73,900 last Friday and slightly retreating, it consolidated in a narrow range on Saturday, and re-closed higher on Sunday morning, slightly pulling back after testing $73,190 in the early session. Overall, it maintained a healthy rhythm of "upward surge – consolidation – further upward surge," with the daily moving average system in a bullish arrangement, providing strong support from both the 5-day and 10-day moving averages, and the trend structure remains intact with bulls in absolute control.

Second, key support is clear, holding it indicates a watch for new highs. Currently, the short-term core support for Bitcoin is divided into two ranges: the first is between $72,000 and $71,500, which is the first support level for retracements in the early session and the defensive line for the bulls within the day. As long as this area is held, combined with movements in U.S. stocks and elevated market sentiment, Bitcoin still has the potential for further upward movement; the second is the range between $71,500 and $71,200, which serves as strong support on the daily chart and is the core defense position in the seven-day gain trend. If this level is lost, the price may dip to $70,000, posing a short-term risk of a "paint door" retreat.

Third, upper space opens, stabilization points to $80,000. The core upper resistance for Bitcoin is in the range of $73,500 to $74,200, which has previously provided resistance. If it can effectively break through and stabilize, the daily bullish progression will completely open up, with immediate targets looking towards testing the $79,000 to $80,000 level. Currently, institutional funds continue to flow in, the number of on-chain holding addresses is steadily increasing, and overall market sentiment is improving, making the probability of breaking past previous resistance very high. As long as support is not lost, the bullish targets will gradually rise.

Overall, the technical aspects of Bitcoin are strong, with a clear bullish trend. The strategy should focus on trading long at support levels without blindly attempting to call a top, paying close attention to the breakthroughs of support and resistance levels, and trading in the direction of the trend.

5. In-depth Technical Analysis of Ethereum: Seven Consecutive Daily Gains, Favoring Long on Dips

Ethereum’s price action is highly correlated with Bitcoin, also showing a strong trend that started from the low of $1,908 last Monday, pushing higher with consecutive daily gains, achieving seven consecutive gains on the daily chart and a positive weekly close, maintaining a complete upward structure with clear technical characteristics:

First, the starting point is clear, and consecutive gains confirm the trend. Ethereum initiated from the low of $1,908, gradually rising, reaching the weekend’s highest around $2,208 before entering weekend consolidation. On Sunday, it made another strong push higher, reaching the early morning high around $2,201, currently in a high-level consolidation phase without significant pullbacks, with the moving average system showing a bullish arrangement. The trend aligns with Bitcoin, categorizing it among the strong assets in the leading cryptocurrencies.

Second, the support range is clear, decisively long on dips. Today's trading focuses on the retracement level at $2,150 to $2,120; this is a strong support area on the daily chart and the core defensive position for the bulls within the day. As long as the price touches this area without forming a breaking move, traders can decisively enter their long positions with a stop loss placed below $2,120, making risk manageable and offering substantial profit potential.

Third, clear upper resistance, breakouts signal new highs. The core upper resistance for Ethereum is at $2,220, marking the first short-term pressure level. If it can break through with sufficient volume, the price will continue to push higher. With the boost from the weekly bullish close, supported by warming market sentiment and favorable policies, the probability of Ethereum breaking through $2,220 is very high, gradually opening up upper space, continuing to target higher levels in the mid-term.

Overall, Ethereum follows Bitcoin's strong trend with clear momentum, focusing on trading long on dips, avoiding participation in counter-trend short positions, and utilizing key support levels for entry while capturing bullish profits.

6. Summary of Operating Strategies This Week: Go with the Trend, Focus on Core Opportunities

Based on the global market opening, last week's trends, core events, and technical perspectives on Bitcoin and Ethereum, the overall strategy for this week is clear: go with the trend, trade long on dips, manage risks strictly, focus on mainstream. The specific principles for operation are as follows:

First, main direction: focus on bullish positions, avoid blind shorting. The favorable impacts of Trump’s crypto policies are continuously unfolding, institutional funds are flowing in, and Bitcoin and Ethereum have recorded seven consecutive positive daily closes, with a clear trend. The operation will focus on trading long on dips, using small positions for short positions only as tests in the early session, avoiding prolonged battles and ensuring timely profits.

Second, Bitcoin operations: long positions at $71,500, chase longs above $73,500. On intraday retracements in the $72,000 to $71,500 range, enter long as support holds, aiming for $73,500 to $74,200; if it breaks above $73,500, chase long directly, targeting $79,000 to $80,000; if it falls below $71,200, exit long positions decisively and consider lightly shorting down to $70,000.

Third, Ethereum operations: trade long around $2,120 to $2,150, add to long positions above $2,220. On intraday retracements to the $2,150 to $2,120 range, enter long decisively as support holds, aiming for $2,220; add to long positions if it breaks above $2,220, targeting new highs this week; if it drops below $2,120, exit longs and wait for further observations.

Fourth, risk management: small positions, strict stop losses, no heavy positions. This week features the Fed's interest rate decision, potentially increasing market volatility; maintain small position sizes for all operations, rigorously set stop losses, avoid heavy positions or holding onto losing trades, to avert significant losses from sharp fluctuations before policy announcements.

Fifth, news tracking: focus on Trump’s crypto luncheon, Fed's decision, and oil trends. These three pieces of news will directly impact market rhythms, so stay updated in real time and adjust operational strategies promptly to stay in line with market changes.

7. Conclusion

The third week of March 2026 is a critical week for global financial markets and a golden week for cryptocurrency traders. Trump's crypto-friendly policies lay the foundation for mid-term bullishness in the crypto market, while the Fed's interest rate decision will only bring short-term fluctuations. Bitcoin and Ethereum’s seven consecutive daily gains confirm a strong trend, presenting greater opportunities than risks.

As a trader focused on practical analysis in the crypto circle, I will continue to track core signals such as the implementation of Fed policies, direction of institutional capital, variations in on-chain data, and shifts in market sentiment, providing timely updates on strategy and target dynamics for the most professional, actionable, and timely trading references.

The market is always full of opportunities; it is the ability to seize them and manage risks consistently that is lacking. I hope all crypto friends follow the rhythm, go with the trend, lock in profits amid fluctuations, and achieve gains within trends. Let's seize the best trading opportunities together this week and achieve satisfying trading results!

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