Gate News reported on March 19 that during Alibaba Group's FY2026 Q3 earnings analyst call, CEO Wu Yongming stated that Alibaba Cloud's external commercialized revenue as of the end of February in FY2026 officially exceeded 100 billion yuan. Facing the long-term growth momentum of the AI market, Alibaba Group's AI strategy has a very clear commercial objective—over the next five years, cloud and AI commercialized revenue, including MaaS (Models as a Service), will exceed 100 billion dollars.

Gate News reports that on March 19, prediction market platform Polymarket data shows that as Bitcoin's price fell back to $70,000, the probability of it reaching $80,000 in March has dropped significantly from 42% the previous day to 17%. Meanwhile, the probability of Bitcoin falling to $65,000 in March rose to 46%, and the probability of falling to $60,000 rose to 18%. These data changes reflect a shift in market sentiment, with traders adjusting their expectations for Bitcoin's performance this month.

Kalshi Faces Arizona Criminal Gambling Charges, Monthly Revenue Exceeds $110 Million. Despite the company arguing that its contracts are federally regulated, the state contends that these contracts resemble traditional gambling. Legal battles are unfolding in multiple states, regulatory uncertainty is intensifying, while the CFTC is considering new regulations.

RAK Bank in the UAE announced that it will set limits on cryptocurrency trading amounts for customers starting in 2026. Regular retail customers will have a limit of 240,000 dirhams, RAK Bank Select customers 576,000 dirhams, and RAK Bank Elite customers 6,000,000 dirhams. Customers can apply to increase their limits, but approval is required and proof of funds must be provided.

Recently, trading volumes on various Perpetual DEX platforms have rebounded. Hyperliquid's trading volume increased by 25.9%, with open interest breaking through $7 billion, surpassing the combined total of the top 10 Perp DEXs. Platforms such as EdgeX, Aster, and Lighter also showed varying degrees of trading volume growth.

On March 19, Bitcoin pulled back to $70,000, while Ethereum declined to $2,160. The Federal Reserve maintained interest rates unchanged, oil prices rose, and Iran's attack on Gulf energy facilities drove crude oil and natural gas prices to surge. The crypto market saw liquidations of nearly $600 million in positions, with the majority being long positions. Market futures open interest decreased, and mainstream coin funding rates turned negative.

On March 19, Paraguay's National Drug Secretariat held a workshop with the American Bar Association to discuss technical capabilities to combat crimes utilizing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, analyze the digitalization trends of transnational criminal networks, and disclose cases of Uruguayan drug traffickers conducting transactions through cryptocurrencies. Paraguay's Tax Administration has already required cryptocurrency trading platforms to report transaction information.

Galaxy Digital's head of research Alex Thorn points out that quantum computing poses a threat to Bitcoin, but the threat is not urgent and investors need not panic. Approximately 7 million BTC are at long-term risk, but current quantum computing capabilities cannot break the encryption, and developers have already proposed multiple solutions to address the issue.

Gate News reports that on March 19, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) explicitly classified APT (Aptos) as a commodity in its latest cryptocurrency guidance. This classification will affect APT's regulatory jurisdiction and compliance requirements in the U.S. market. Further details of the guidance have not yet been disclosed.

ZCash (ZEC) recently surged 15% to $266, with a market cap reaching $4.5 billion, benefiting from a recovery in the altcoin market and Zcash Open Development Lab's $25 million funding round. ZEC trading volume increased 73%, indicating heightened trader participation. Total liquidations in the crypto market reached $500 million.