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Golden Ten Data reported on March 20 that after Qatar announced that two vessels from its world’s largest liquefied natural gas export hub may be out of operation for up to five years, global supply has tightened further, and Asian buyers are closely monitoring this volatile liquefied natural gas market. The region’s benchmark spot price for natural gas was around $25 per million British thermal units on Friday. The sharp price increase has made buyers somewhat hesitant. Indian Oil Corporation concluded its tender process on Thursday but did not make a final decision for April deliveries, as the lowest bid was $28 per million British thermal units. A Chinese buyer stated that they are currently observing the situation, as the country still has ample inventory. A spokesperson from South Korea’s Ministry of Industry said that there are other alternative energy sources to compensate for the loss of Qatari cargoes due to the vessel shutdown, and there are currently no supply issues. However, the spokesperson added: “Given the increased uncertainty, we plan to respond by closely monitoring supply, demand, and prices.”

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Sky co-founder Rune has completely closed his ETH long position, resulting in a loss of approximately $257,000 from this liquidation. Concurrently, Rune has increased his BRENTOIL (7x leverage) long position and closed his CL (20x leverage) long position. His account currently still has Time-Weighted Average Price (TWAP) orders pending for further opening and closing of positions. Rune currently still holds short positions in $SP500 (20x leverage) and $XYZ100 (7x leverage).

Odaily reported that Ju.com stated its "Meme Phase 10 Launch Plan" Phase 8 project SMOKE completed its subscription at 16:00 (UTC+8) on March 20, and will finish TGE at 20:00 (UTC+8) on the same day. Data shows that over 42,000 participants joined this round, with a total subscription amount of approximately 435 millions USD, exceeding the fundraising target by more than 435 times. The platform stated that after asset settlement for this round, there will be no lock-up period, and the assets will be available as spot upon arrival. Users can participate in the subscription using JU, USDT, BTC, and ETH, and the platform will allocate based on a unified USD standard. Additionally, this round introduces a deflationary issuance mechanism, and undistributed tokens will be destroyed.