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Analysis: Bitcoin has fallen back to $71,000, and the renewed tensions in Hormuz are suppressing risk appetite

According to The Block, after the rebound driven by the ceasefire in the Middle East faded, Bitcoin hovered around $71,000, while Ethereum was around $2,190, and the overall cryptocurrency market weakened simultaneously. Analysts pointed out that the breakdown of US-Iran negotiations and the escalation of tensions around the Strait of Hormuz have caused the market to revert to the macro trading logic of "rising oil prices - increasing inflation expectations - declining risk appetite."Institutions believe that Bitcoin faces significant resistance around $74,000, compounded by crude oil returning above $100, putting pressure on capital risk appetite. However, most opinions suggest that the current pullback has not yet evolved into panic selling. Data shows that last week, the spot Bitcoin ETF still recorded nearly $1 billion in net inflows, and the scale of forced liquidations was significantly lower than the levels in the first quarter, indicating that the market's ability to absorb shocks has improved.Structurally, there is still strong selling pressure in the $70,000 to $80,000 range, with about 13.5 million addresses in a state of unrealized losses, limiting upside potential. At the same time, the scale of open futures contracts has decreased by more than 50% from the peak in 2025, showing that the previous excessive leverage has been somewhat cleared, and the market structure is becoming healthier. Bitcoin currently resembles a macro asset rather than an independent market, with its movements still highly dependent on inflation and liquidity conditions. In the context of rising inflation in the US and cautious monetary policy, Bitcoin may maintain a volatile pattern in the short term.

The South Korean exchange Coinone has been partially suspended for 3 months and fined approximately 3.56 million USD for violating anti-money laundering obligations

According to South Korean media Edaily, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of South Korea has determined that the cryptocurrency exchange Coinone violated obligations related to the Specific Financial Information Act after completing an on-site inspection. It decided to impose a partial business suspension for 3 months and a fine of approximately $3.56 million (5.2 billion won), with the suspension period from April 29 to July 28. During the suspension, new customers are restricted from external transfers of virtual assets (deposits and withdrawals), while existing customers can continue trading normally. In addition, the FIU issued a "warning reprimand" to Coinone's CEO, Cha Myung-hoon.The FIU stated that Coinone assisted 16 unregistered overseas virtual asset businesses in completing 10,113 asset transfer transactions in violation of regulations and failed to cooperate after regulatory authorities repeatedly requested to stop related transactions; there were approximately 40,000 violations in customer identity verification, including accepting documents that could not be verified for authenticity and reviewing customer address information that was incomplete; there were about 30,000 violations of trading restriction obligations, involving allowing transactions for users whose identity verification had not yet been completed. Coinone stated that it takes this sanction seriously and is advancing rectification, and whether to file an administrative lawsuit will be decided after careful consideration by the board of directors.

The founder of Hyperliquid once rejected a $1 billion valuation funding proposal, insisting on a "zero external investment" approach

According to market news, Hyperliquid founder Jeffrey Yan received an investment intention based on a valuation of about $1 billion and a scale of about $100 million less than a year after the project went live. However, after careful consideration, he ultimately chose to reject the investment terms.Reports indicate that before and after the financing proposal was made, the team had been continuously using personal funds to maintain operations, consuming the founder's personal finances each month to cover project costs. During the investor's engagement, Jeff communicated with several entrepreneurs and VCs about the nature and significance of financing, but he was never convinced that external capital could enhance its intrinsic value. Ultimately, he clearly informed the team on Monday that he would reject the financing proposal.Relevant insiders described that the team members managing funds were shocked by this decision, as several preparations had already been made around the financing. Jeff's core reason was that Hyperliquid is not a traditional company but an on-chain protocol that needs to maintain neutrality. He believed that once external equity capital was introduced, it could undermine the protocol's permissionless and neutral positioning, conflicting with its long-term design goals.He had previously stated that if Bitcoin had accepted VC financing in its early days, its neutrality narrative might have been weakened. Following the same logic, he chose to continue maintaining Hyperliquid's investor-free structure and to support part of the operating expenses with personal funds in the long term. On January 28, 2024, he summarized the project's principles on social media: · No investors · No paid market makers · No fees charged to the development team (or the development team does not take fees) · No insiders (or internal privileged participants). This statement is also seen as a core footnote to Hyperliquid's extreme decentralization/decapitalization approach.
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