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As the first centralized exchange (CEX) to connect with Polymarket, Gate's data shows that in the prediction event "How will the Federal Reserve's April interest rate decision change?", the market estimates the probability of interest rates remaining unchanged at a high of 99%. Currently, the overall sentiment in the macro market is cautious, with most participants expecting to maintain a wait-and-see stance in this month's meeting, awaiting more economic data guidance. Keeping interest rates unchanged helps stabilize market liquidity and risk appetite, and various assets, including stock indices and commodities, are expected to attract investor interest. Gate has a comprehensive layout of traditional asset categories, covering the widest range in the network.In addition, users can directly access the prediction market through the Gate App, entering the Polymarket page from the platform's homepage Alpha and using USDT in their exchange account to participate in event predictions. This integration marks a key step for Gate in the fusion of the crypto trading ecosystem and prediction markets, also bringing users a more open and diverse market participation experience.

Claw Wallet, a Web3 wallet infrastructure designed for AI Agents, announced a strategic partnership with TagAI and TagClaw. By deeply integrating Claw Wallet's secure AI-native infrastructure with TagAI's AI and socially predictive community layer, as well as TagClaw's on-chain social collaborative network, the three parties are jointly defining a new standard for the AI Agent ecosystem.The focus of this collaboration is to introduce TagClaw's Skill into Claw Wallet, empowering AI Agents with stronger intelligent coordination capabilities, making on-chain AI interactions more seamless, secure, and socially oriented. Currently, the three parties are fully committed to building a decentralized AI Agent infrastructure based on the BNB Chain, promoting the leap from independent tools to a collaborative social network for AI Agents.

The bond tokenization platform BlockInvest announced the completion of a €4 million strategic round of financing, with Italy's UniCredit participating and acquiring a 16% stake in the company.It is reported that BlockInvest will assist UniCredit in issuing Italy's first native digital mini-bond, as well as the first blockchain-based tokenized structured notes aimed at wealth management clients, and will build a system that combines digital ledger programmability with finance.

According to Cointelegraph, the Ethereum Foundation stated that its funded Ketman project identified 100 North Korean IT personnel lurking in Web3 organizations within six months and issued alerts to about 53 projects, indicating that they may have employed related personnel.The project focuses on the issue of "fake developers" in the cryptocurrency industry and is part of the ETH Rangers public safety funding program. Ketman also developed an open-source detection tool for identifying suspicious GitHub activity and collaborated with the Security Alliance to create an industry identification framework for recognizing North Korean IT personnel.

Global mobile charging solution provider and RWA entity asset network explorer Electric Soul announced that it will attend the "Crypto 2026: From Cryptocurrency to Smart Economy" forum as a co-supporter, co-hosted by ChainCatcher and RootData.It is reported that the forum will be held on the afternoon of April 19 in Hong Kong, focusing on the paradigm shift driven by the integration of AI technology and cryptocurrency networks. At that time, Electric Soul will share on-site how to leverage shared charging devices and real-world revenue scenarios to map onto the revenue rights chain, bringing physical energy assets into a more transparent and efficient global value network.

The DoubleZero Foundation has announced that its Edge platform has officially entered the public testing phase. Edge is a permissionless platform running on DoubleZero's DePIN infrastructure, designed to provide ultra-low latency real-time data delivery services for on-chain markets.DoubleZero is committed to building a decentralized global fiber network to optimize low-latency distributed systems for blockchain. DoubleZero co-founder Andrew McConnell stated, "Traditional finance has gained a competitive advantage through decades of building infrastructure for speed and certainty, while on-chain markets have previously lacked a similar foundation. Edge aims to provide on-chain traders with a comparable level of certainty infrastructure, enabling tighter spreads and better execution."It is reported that Edge currently has about 350 data providers, with major Solana infrastructure providers such as Jito, Temporal, Staking Facilities, and Triton also joining.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time April 16) the total net inflow for Ethereum spot ETFs was $18.0209 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net inflow yesterday was the Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a net inflow of $30.5059 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow for ETHA has reached $11.799 billion.The second highest was the Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETH, with a net inflow of $6.7155 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow for ETH has reached $1.889 billion.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net outflow yesterday was the Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETHE, with a net outflow of $16.679 million. Currently, the historical total net outflow for ETHE has reached $5.198 billion.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $13.695 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to the total market value of Ethereum) is 4.83%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $11.816 billion.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time April 16) the total net inflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs was $26.0511 million.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest net inflow yesterday was the Blackrock ETF IBIT, with a net inflow of $81.7056 million for the day, bringing IBIT's historical total net inflow to $64.349 billion.Following that was the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF BTC, with a net inflow of $16.6697 million for the day, bringing BTC's historical total net inflow to $2.228 billion.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest net outflow yesterday was the Fidelity ETF FBTC, with a net outflow of $35.9922 million for the day, bringing FBTC's historical total net inflow to $10.845 billion.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is $97.905 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to total Bitcoin market value) of 6.5%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $57.076 billion.

According to Cointelegraph, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson warned that U.S. authorities should prepare short-term, targeted emergency plans in advance for the potential collapse of future U.S. Treasury demand. He stated that once a crisis occurs, the impact will be severe. The U.S. Treasury market is seen as the cornerstone of the global financial system, and if it becomes unstable, it could affect the pricing of corporate bonds, mortgages, and stocks.The report pointed out that if a crisis weakens confidence in the dollar, it could drive funds toward alternative value storage assets like Bitcoin and gold; however, Tether, which uses U.S. Treasuries as its main reserve asset, may also face redemption and de-pegging risks.

According to The Block, the total amount of bets related to the 2026 elections on the Polymarket platform has exceeded $2 billion. With the elections in Hungary and Peru approaching, the betting volume in April has significantly increased; the share of bets from non-U.S. markets has risen significantly and now accounts for a majority.The Block points out that election prediction markets are no longer exclusive to the United States and are gradually becoming a global phenomenon.

The Ethereum NFT marketplace Foundation has officially announced its permanent closure. Founder Kayvon Tehranian posted on X stating that the original plan was to sell the platform to a buyer interested in continuing operations, but the deal ultimately fell through, and the company deemed it not worth searching for other buyers. The platform's infrastructure has been shut down, with no plans for relaunch.In January of this year, Tehranian transferred ownership of Foundation to the digital art display company BlackDove, at the time calling this move a step for the platform's long-term development. However, BlackDove only conducted a full due diligence after completing the operational handover and ultimately determined that building a proprietary marketplace was more feasible, leading to the termination of the collaboration.Since its launch, Foundation has facilitated approximately $230 million in primary sales and has hosted iconic auctions featuring artists such as Jen Stark, James Jean, and Edward Snowden. This closure has once again raised questions about the permanence of NFTs hosted on centralized infrastructure.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted on the X platform: "The agent business has not yet been fully priced by the market. Machine-to-machine payments will drive demand for digital dollars beyond current expectations. The scale of the agent economy may surpass that of the human economy, and Coinbase is building infrastructure for both."

According to Coinglass data, the current holdings of whales on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $3.634 billion, with long positions at $1.827 billion, accounting for 50.27% of the holdings, and short positions at $1.807 billion, accounting for 49.73%. The profit and loss for long positions is $19.9612 million, while for short positions it is -$40.1251 million.Among them, the whale address 0x94d3..14 has shorted BTC with a 40x leverage at a price of $71,652.3, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of -$3.1682 million.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time April 16), the total net inflow of the SOL spot ETF was $15.5003 million.Yesterday, only the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) had a net inflow, with a single-day net inflow of $15.5003 million, bringing the historical total net inflow to $808 million.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of the SOL spot ETF is $892 million, with a SOL net asset ratio of 1.73%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $997 million.

According to data from TheMinerMag, in the first quarter of 2026, publicly listed Bitcoin mining companies including MARA, CleanSpark, Riot, Cango, Core Scientific, and Bitdeer collectively sold over 32,000 BTC, surpassing the total amount sold throughout last year and even exceeding the sell-off levels triggered by the Terra-Luna collapse in Q2 2022, setting a "new record for a single quarter."The backdrop of this sell-off is the key metric for measuring miner profitability, "hashprice," which has fallen to a historical low of below $35 per PH/s per day, with about 20% of miners already in the red. Asset management firm CoinShares stated in its report: "Unless the BTC price rebounds significantly, high-cost miners will further capitulate in the first half of 2026."

Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, stated that Bitcoin's quantum defense proposal BIP-361 has been mischaracterized as a soft fork, and is actually closer to a hard fork, and it cannot protect approximately 1.7 million early BTC generated before 2013, including about 1 million bitcoins attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto.He mentioned that the zero-knowledge proof recovery scheme in the proposal relies on BIP-39 mnemonic phrases, while early wallets used different key generation methods that cannot provide the required proof, thus the relevant assets may be permanently frozen under the current scheme. Reports also indicated that BIP-361 co-author Jameson Lopp described it as a rough concept for an emergency plan, rather than a final specification.

Texas man Robert Dunlap was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for his involvement in a cryptocurrency scam exceeding $20 million and was ordered to pay restitution to nearly 1,000 victims.Prosecutors stated that Dunlap operated a cryptocurrency project and sold Meta - 1 Coin, falsely claiming that the token was backed by $44 billion in gold and approximately $1 billion in artwork, including works by Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, and Salvador Dalí, and that the assets had been audited. A jury had found him guilty of mail fraud last year.

According to Coinglass data, the current 8-hour average funding rate for ETH across the network is 0.0005%. Among the current mainstream exchanges, the rate on Binance is 0.0008%, OKX is -0.0002%, Bybit is 0.0051%, and Gate is -0.0014%.

According to Coinglass data, the current average funding rate for BTC across the network over 8 hours is -0.0015%. Among the current mainstream exchanges, the rate on Binance is 0.0033%, OKX is 0.0009%, Bybit is 0.0019%, and Gate is -0.0028%.