On March 18, Polymarket launched a new market on whether Neymar will participate in the 2026 World Cup, with the current probability of "yes" at 37%. Neymar's poor performance due to injuries and his exclusion from the friendly match roster on March 16 have raised concerns about his physical condition. Ancelotti stated that if Neymar is 100% healthy, he can be selected for the World Cup.
Gate News reported that on March 18, US Vice President Vance will meet with oil company executives on March 19 amid soaring oil prices, and will also meet with members of the American Petroleum Institute (API) board. When discussing oil prices, Vance stated that he will announce several measures within the next 24 to 48 hours.
March 18, among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap, the largest gainers were River (+9.11%) and MemeCore (+6.61%), while the largest losers were Mantle (-10.07%) and Aster (-8.73%).
According to Gate News, ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees purchased an additional 2018.28 ETH on March 18, valued at approximately $4.45 million. He currently holds a total of 35,562.28 ETH, worth approximately $78.18 million, with an average cost of $2126.83 per ETH.
Gate News reporting: On March 18, Coinglass data shows that the entire network liquidated $122 million in the past hour. Among them, long position liquidations amounted to $118 million, and short position liquidations amounted to $3.61 million. By coin type, ETH liquidations reached $54.45 million, BTC liquidations reached $48.87 million, with the two combined accounting for over 80% of total liquidations.