Cryptocurrency Weekly Report (Mar 16 – Mar 22, 2026): Market cap surges 7% as smart money buys during the dip, accumulating momentum amid fear
2026-03-23BeginnerTrending
2026-03-23BeginnerTrending
Market Overview
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Global Market Cap: $2.41 Trillion (down 5.12% WoW).
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BTC Dominance: 56.02% (Market Cap: $1.35 Trillion).
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Fear & Greed Index: 9 (Extreme Fear), indicating a deep market correction.
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ETF Capital Flows:
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BTC ETFs: Weekly net inflow of $95.18 Million (Cumulative inflow: $56.23 Billion).
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ETH ETFs: Weekly net outflow of $59.94 Million (Cumulative inflow: $11.73 Billion).
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Capital Flows & Stablecoins
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Total Market Cap: $309.1 Billion (remained steady).
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Competitive Landscape: USDT (59.57%) leads, followed by USDC (25.52%, down 1.01%).
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New Supply: 4.931 Billion newly issued this week (USDC 3.931B, USDT 1B), signaling strong underlying liquidity despite price volatility.
On-Chain Ecosystem Performance
DeFi Overview
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Total TVL: $92.973 Billion (down 4.0%).
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Distribution by Chain: Ethereum (58.57%), Solana (7.02%), BNB Chain (5.80%).
Layer 1 Activity
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Divergent Activity: DEX volume on Ethereum and Aptos surged by 48.83% and 46.62% respectively; meanwhile, Solana (-7.52%) and Sui (-37.33%) saw significant pullbacks.
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User Growth: General decline in activity; Solana daily active addresses dropped by 17.41%, while only TON recorded slight growth (+1.76%).
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TVL Pullback: Major chains saw a universal decline in TVL, with BNB Chain experiencing the largest drop (-7.72%).
Layer 2 Dynamics
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Total TVL: $31.54 Billion (down 5.02%).
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The Top Two: Base (35.05%) maintained its top spot, widening its lead over Arbitrum (17.25%).
Key Projects & Industry Updates
New Projects to Watch
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Genpaid: A multi-chain, non-custodial stablecoin payment infrastructure.
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Current: A mobile digital bank integrating crypto trading services.
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Myriad Markets: An embedded decentralized prediction market platform.
Key Event Reminders
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Mar 23: Crypto wallet infrastructure Backpack to conduct its TGE.
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Mar 25: Deadline for setting airdrop addresses for the omni-channel platform Based.
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Mar 25–31: AI-driven DeFi research tool NOYA.ai starts IDO and presale.
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Funding Giant: Prediction market Kalshi raised over $1 Billion, reaching a $22 Billion valuation.
References
1.Coingeck:https://www.coingecko.com/en/charts
2.Coinglass:https://www.coinglass.com/pro/i/FearGreedIndex
3.Sosovalue:https://sosovalue.com/zh/assets/etf
4.Ratiogang:https://ratiogang.com/
5.Defillama:https://defillama.com
6.L2Beat:https://l2beat.com/scaling/tvs
8.Coinglass:https://www.coinglass.com/pro/stablecoin
9.Ironlight: https://ironlight.io/
10.Roboforce: https://www.roboforce.ai/
11.DTCPAY: https://dtcpay.com/
12.Autonomous:https://autonomousprojects.co/
13.TransFi:https://www.transfi.com/
14.Genpaid:https://genpaid.com/
15.Current:https://www.current.finance/
16.Myriad: https://myriad.markets/
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