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U.S. producer inflation rose faster than expected in February, with PPI up 0.7% month over month and 3.4% year over year. As markets awaited the Fed's March decision and Jerome Powell's 2:30 p.m. ET remarks, major tokens traded lower, including Bitcoin near $72,394 and Ethereum around $2,243.

Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $199.4 million of net inflows on March 17, extending a second consecutive strong session as BTC traded near $74,100. Ethereum-focused ETFs also drew $138.2 million, with BlackRock-led products offsetting outflows in some competing funds. Altcoin vehicles stayed smaller but improved, including $17.8 million into Solana ETFs and $4.64 million into XRP-linked products.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs extended inflows to seven straight days, adding about $1.2 billion in total as $199.4 million came in on Monday. Trading volume slipped to $2.6 billion and assets under management rose to $96.7 billion, but the streak remains far smaller than the roughly $6 billion seen across nine days in October 2025. Altcoin funds also improved, with Ether leading inflows and XRP ETFs posting their first daily gains since March 4.

Citigroup analysts said on Tuesday that Bitcoin and Ethereum are unlikely to set new all-time highs this year despite a recent price rebound. The bank cut its 12-month targets to $112,000 for Bitcoin (from $143,000) and $3,175 for Ethereum (from $4,304), citing slower-than-expected U.S. legislative progress that could limit regulatory catalysts for institutional and ETF demand.

Bitcoin pushed back above $75,000 after weeks of declines, revisiting its highest levels in several weeks following a rebound from February lows near $60,000. Shiba Inu's rebound attempt stalled at the 50-day EMA, while Ethereum climbed from around $2,000 toward $2,300-$2,400 and now faces resistance near $2,500 and $2,800.

Tally, a crypto governance platform used by Ethereum projects including Uniswap and Arbitrum, is shutting down after operating for more than five years. CEO Dennison Bertram said the team dropped plans for an initial coin offering and will begin winding down the product at the end of this month, while keeping the interface online for a period during client transitions.

On March 17, 2026, William M. Peaster outlined a hypothetical onchain funding design for an independent zine called "Combinatoria," aimed at paying writers without relying on subscriptions or one-way donations. The concept adapts Bread Cooperative's vault approach: supporters deposit stablecoins that remain withdrawable while only the vault's yield is routed to a treasury, then streamed and split to writers using tools like Sablier and Splits. Peaster argues the framework's purpose is less about exact payouts and more about showing how existing primitives (vaults, streams, mints, multisigs) could support cultural projects that need financial sustainability.

Ethereum spot ETFs have posted five straight sessions of net inflows for the first time since January, as ETH trades around $2,308. Technical signals show improving momentum with RSI at 62.85 and a rising MACD, while the 100-day SMA at $2,594 remains the main resistance to clear.

Ethereum (ETH) has rebounded from the $1,800 area and is now challenging the $2,300–$2,400 supply zone, a level that could determine whether the move extends or stalls. While the daily trend remains below the 100-day and 200-day moving averages, the 4-hour structure shows an ascending channel and a push into overbought RSI conditions as price presses into resistance.

On 17 March 2026, Santiment data ranked privacy-focused crypto projects by developer activity over the past 30 days, with Chainlink taking the top spot at 243.7 units. The list also highlights Aztec at 175.17, Zama at 61.97, and NYM/HOPR in the 32–33 range, reflecting a shift from "privacy coins" to broader privacy infrastructure.