on March 13, the U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday reduced the auction size of its shortest-term Treasury bill for the first time since November, marking the beginning of a reduction in issuance ahead of the April income tax filing deadline. The U.S. Treasury stated that it plans to issue $85 billion of 6-week Treasury bills on Tuesday, a decrease of $5 billion from the previous issuance of the same term. At the same time, it will issue $50 billion of 52-week Treasury bills on Tuesday, with the size unchanged. The U.S. Treasury also announced that it will issue $88 billion of 3-month Treasury bills on Monday, with the size unchanged; and $79 billion of 6-month Treasury bills on Monday, also unchanged from before. Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury had announced a reduction in the issuance of 4-week and 8-week Treasury bills.

 according to AFP: The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister stated that Iran has not laid mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

on March 12, "BTC OG insider whale" agent Garrett Jin posted on the X platform stating, "Oil prices have already broken through. The US Dollar Index (DXY) is also approaching a critical level. If risk assets finally begin a sharp repricing, I am not surprised at all. Stay cautious."

on March 12, Michelle Bowman, Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve, stated on Thursday that after revising a comprehensive bank capital rule, capital requirements for large banks will slightly decrease. This is seen as a major victory for Wall Street banks, which had previously successfully resisted proposals to raise capital requirements in the early drafts. Bowman outlined adjustments to the Basel Accord and the Global Systemically Important Banks (GSIB) surcharge. These rules determine how much money banks need to set aside to absorb potential losses. She said that through a "reasonable calibration" of existing rules, overall capital requirements for large banks will "slightly decrease." She added that these adjustments will eliminate overlapping regulatory standards and better align capital requirements with the actual risks of banks, while noting that the practice of continuously increasing banks' loss-absorbing capital in recent years has been misguided.

according to Lookonchain monitoring, about 2 hours ago, a wallet associated with DNA Fund withdrew 11,067 ETH from Kraken, valued at 22,830,000 USD.

 traders no longer fully price in the expectation that the Federal Reserve will cut rates once in 2026

the digital asset and data center infrastructure company Galaxy-backed intelligent agent trading operating system NickAI is about to launch. Users can build AI agents without coding to achieve 24/7 automated trading of cryptocurrencies, stocks, and prediction markets.

 on March 12, according to market news, the Trump administration plans to suspend the Jones Act to stabilize oil prices. (Jin10)

 Paul S. Atkins, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, pointed out at the Investor Advisory Committee meeting that the agency will vote on recommendations regarding the tokenization of equity securities. The SEC is expected to soon consider an innovative exemption to facilitate limited trading of certain tokenized securities, while focusing on developing a long-term regulatory framework. The Cryptocurrency Working Group has held multiple roundtable meetings over the past thirteen months, met with hundreds of market participants, solicited extensive public feedback, and received a large number of written comments to understand how best to adjust the rules to accommodate new types of trading, while still welcoming input on the design of potential innovative exemption programs.

U.S. Central Command: On March 12, a fire broke out in the main laundry room of the aircraft carrier "Gerald R. Ford" (CVN 78). The cause of the fire is unrelated to combat, and the fire has been brought under control. The ship's propulsion system was not damaged, and the carrier remains fully operational. Two sailors are currently receiving treatment for non-life-threatening injuries and are in stable condition. We will provide updates as more information becomes available. The "Gerald R. Ford" carrier strike group is currently conducting "Epic Fury" operations in the Red Sea.