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According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale "ThisWillMakeYouLoveAgain" sold 29,400 AAVE for 1,171 ETH, incurring a loss of over 6 million dollars.This whale currently still holds 14,993 AAVE, worth approximately 1.39 million dollars.

Curve Finance announced on platform X that due to the LayerZero infrastructure being attacked in the rsETH hacking incident, it has decided to suspend Curve's LayerZero infrastructure as a precautionary measure until further understanding of the root cause of the incident. This action will affect:CRV bridging from the following chains: BNB, Sonic, Avalanche, Fantom, Etherlink, Kava (other chains will still use native bridging);The fast bridging of crvUSD (slow bridging on L2 will still be available for normal use).

According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $2,453, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $754 million. Conversely, if ETH falls below $2,220, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $481 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC falls below $72,140, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $973 million. Conversely, if BTC breaks above $79,349, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $952 million.

DefiLlama founder 0xngmi posted on the X platform stating that there is currently an immediate liquidation risk for positions without WETH. weETH is close to the liquidation price on Aave, but all these loans are collateralized by ETH, so they are safe unless interest rates rise sharply.

According to Caixin, the one-month public consultation for the "Financial Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft)" ended today (April 19). This is the first overarching law in China and the world with "finance" in its name. The expansion of "quasi-judicial powers" for financial regulation is a topic of great concern in the market.According to Article 55 and related provisions, financial regulatory authorities have the right to access and copy property rights information, communication records, and transaction records of relevant entities and individuals when investigating financial violations. They can directly freeze or seal assets if there is evidence suggesting the transfer or concealment of illegal funds and securities. They can even decide that individuals suspected of violations cannot leave the country during the investigation.In addition, Zeng Gang, chief expert and director of the Shanghai Financial and Development Laboratory, believes that the "Financial Law" should also strengthen its focus and coverage on emerging financial formats. Topics such as AI-driven financial decision-making, the legal status of digital currencies, and the regulatory boundaries of crypto assets have sparked widespread controversy globally, but the draft addresses them very little. How to maintain a dynamic balance between lawful regulation and inclusive innovation is a problem left to be solved by legislation.

According to Coinglass data, the current holdings of whales on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $3.556 billion, with long positions at $1.791 billion, accounting for 50.36% of the holdings, and short positions at $1.765 billion, accounting for 49.64%. The profit and loss for long positions is -$4.4271 million, and for short positions, it is -$24.1033 million.Among them, the whale address 0x0ddf..02 has shorted BTC with a 3x leverage at a price of $67,992.1, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of -$7.5349 million.

Defillama founder 0xngmi posted on the X platform that the KelpDAO hacking incident triggered a chain reaction of panic withdrawals from DeFi lending protocols, even those on Solana that were not directly affected were not spared. The specific data is as follows: Aave net outflow of $6.2 billion (-23%), Morpho net outflow of $716 million (-9%), Sky net outflow of $272 million (-4%), JupLend net outflow of $76 million (-8%).0xngmi added that the entire DeFi TVL directly evaporated by nearly $10 billion as a result. In such events, no one is a winner; it only shrinks the "cake" of the entire industry, and everyone suffers.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor has once again released information related to the Bitcoin Tracker, stating: "Think Even ₿igger."According to previous

At the "Crypto 2026: From Cryptocurrency to Smart Economy" themed forum held in Hong Kong, guests including Sign partner Sarah, HashKey Chain Senior Business Development YuYi, Monad Greater China Ecosystem Head Harvey Chen, OmenX Chief Marketing Officer Gisele, and SVP Chain Market Head Celest engaged in a roundtable discussion on "The Revaluation of Crypto and the New Cycle."Regarding why they remain firmly invested in Crypto amid the AI boom, Sarah pointed out that the hotter AI gets, the more use cases there are for Crypto assets, and future transactions between AI Agents will rely on digital assets. YuYi believes that the bear market is precisely when the wheat is separated from the chaff, with compliant RWA (such as Hong Kong's first physical silver token) being implemented, speculative assets being eliminated, and the era of on-chain infrastructure arriving. Harvey Chen stated that high-performance public chains are the foundation for supporting large-scale applications, and Monad is committed to this. Gisele noted that Crypto addresses fairness and value transfer, complementing AI's focus on efficiency. Celest emphasized that AI lacks a native value system and increasingly requires Crypto to provide value authentication and decentralized trust.On the changing understanding of Crypto's value, the guests unanimously agreed that the industry is shifting from "issuing tokens for the sake of issuing tokens" to pursuing sustainable business models, with greater focus on capital efficiency, low costs, and 24-hour settlement as practical values. The value of public chains should be assessed based on real business scenarios and user transaction volumes, rather than narratives and financing.Regarding future growth engines and entrepreneurial advice, the guests generally expressed optimism about compliant RWA, AI payments, and sovereign blockchain directions, advising entrepreneurs to focus on real application scenarios, avoid empty concepts, and maintain a long-term construction mindset.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $2,425, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $808 million. Conversely, if ETH falls below $2,210, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $332 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $78,728, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $995 million. Conversely, if BTC falls below $71,942, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $716 million.

Alcoa, the American aluminum company, is about to reach a deal with the Bitcoin mining company NYDIG to sell its idle Massena East aluminum smelter located in New York State, expected to be completed by mid-year.The plant has been idle since 2014 and is equipped with a substation, transmission lines, and high-capacity grid access, making it attractive to Bitcoin mining and data center operators due to the hydroelectric resources provided by the New York Power Authority. Reports indicate that some retired industrial sites in the U.S. are being transformed into Bitcoin mining, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing facilities.

At the "Crypto 2026: From Cryptocurrency to Smart Economy" themed forum held in Hong Kong, Dr. Daxue Wang, CFO of Lotus Technology Inc., delivered a keynote speech titled "Crypto Links to the Physical Industry, Smart Mobility Running on the Chain."Dr. Daxue Wang stated that smart mobility is the pioneering carrier of the smart economy. Lotus, a luxury electric vehicle brand with a 78-year history, has been listed on NASDAQ and is actively exploring the deep integration of crypto technology with the physical industry. He proposed three major integration directions:First, safeguarding data value by utilizing the immutable nature of blockchain and privacy computing, allowing users to have absolute control over their personal data, achieving credible data circulation and value flow. Second, releasing asset value by exploring efficient circulation and fair trading of assets such as vehicle sales, brand value, autonomous driving technology patents, and global sales networks through RWA, while promoting credible traceability of carbon assets in green mobility. Third, co-creating ecological value by recording data on driving, charging, and maintenance through on-chain smart nodes, allowing users to upgrade from "car owners" to "participants in the brand ecosystem" through on-chain rights confirmation.Dr. Daxue Wang pointed out that the current challenges include compliance implementation, technology adaptation, and ecological co-construction, but the opportunities lie in open cooperation, promoting smart mobility as a practical landing scenario of the smart economy. Lotus hopes to work hand in hand with the crypto ecosystem to realize the vision of "from buying a Lotus car to sharing the growth value of Lotus technology."

According to official news, Bitget IPO Prime's first project preSPAX opened for subscription yesterday at 14:00 (UTC+8), with a total of 7,649 participants and a total subscription amount exceeding 100,071,646 USD. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

etherFi posted on platform X that its Liquid treasury is temporarily not directly exposed to the Kelp rsETH event risk, but as a precautionary measure, it has suspended the LayerZero cross-chain bridging functionality for weETH and eETH until the root cause of the Kelp rs ETH event is clarified. Meanwhile, for Liquid (ETH, BTC, USD), sETHFI, and eBTC products, the relevant Teller contracts have been suspended to block the LayerZero OFT bridging path, and the deposit and withdrawal functions for the related assets have also been suspended. They are currently working closely with security partners and will provide timely updates once more details are confirmed.

At the "Crypto 2026: From Cryptocurrency to Smart Economy" themed forum held in Hong Kong, guests including KiteAI's Asia Pacific head Laughing, Sentient's Asia Pacific head Anita, Brevis content director Nic Tang, Mentis product head Jerry, and Predict.fun's Asia Pacific BD head Ah Huang Ricardo engaged in a roundtable discussion on the theme "AI × Crypto --- The Foundation of the Next Generation Digital Economy."Regarding whether the outbreak of open-source AI Agents (such as "raising lobsters") is a short-term sentiment or a long-term trend, Laughing believes this marks a paradigm shift of AI from "conversational" to "executive," signaling the beginning of a long-term trend. However, Agents lack a physical identity, making it difficult for merchants to trust their trading behavior, and issues of data leakage and uncontrollability remain obstacles that must be overcome for scaling. Jerry pointed out, based on his own usage experience, that current Agents face security risks such as memory fuzziness, token consumption in dead loops, and accidental file deletion. Although newly emerged Agents have improvements, they still have shortcomings. Ah Huang Ricardo stated that behind the short-term sentiment is real user demand, but truly reproducible profitable trading Agents are still very rare, and there is a long way to go.Addressing core bottlenecks such as trust, security, and verifiability, Nic Tang emphasized that the current execution process of Agents is like a black box, where users cannot verify whether their decisions are executed as promised. Zero-knowledge proof technology can mathematically prove the source of an Agent's output and compliance with behavior, while not exposing privacy. Anita added that Sentient is committed to building an open and collaborative AI agent network, promoting the deep integration of AI and blockchain in identity, data, and incentive layers, providing foundational support for the next generation digital economy.Regarding the application scenarios that are likely to scale first, the guests generally believe that the programming field is relatively mature, and Agents in prediction markets perform better than humans in specific tracks due to their rationality and lack of emotions. In the short term, they are optimistic about API Marketplace and cross-platform consumer shopping Agents, while in the medium term, they are optimistic about content creation AI (such as AI influencers). Agent-to-Agent interaction and the Agent/Skill Marketplace are seen as important future trends.

At the "Crypto 2026: From Cryptocurrency to Smart Economy" themed forum held in Hong Kong, Tencent Cloud's industry architect Alan Nie delivered a keynote speech titled "Cloud + AI Dual Engine: Tencent Cloud Empowers New Growth in Web3."Alan Nie pointed out that Web3 enterprises face three major bottlenecks in global infrastructure, R&D efficiency, and business intelligence. Tencent Cloud deeply integrates the "Cloud + AI" dual engine to provide low-latency infrastructure covering the globe. Among them, the Singapore data center is the only cloud provider in the world that offers four availability zones, and the self-developed TDSQL-C database can achieve elastic scaling in seconds, with Redis single-node performance reaching over 300,000.In terms of AI empowerment, Tencent Cloud launched CodeBuddy (AI Pair Programmer) and WorkBuddy (Personal AI Assistant), which can automatically generate code, batch process office documents, organize meeting minutes, and support multi-agent parallel execution of complex tasks. In financial scenarios, the automation research report reproduction cycle has been shortened from three days to half a day; in on-chain data analysis scenarios, storage costs have been reduced to one-tenth of the original, with query responses reaching millisecond levels.Alan Nie stated that Tencent Cloud is committed to using the "Cloud + AI" dual engine to help Web3 enterprises build the next generation of smart economic infrastructure.

Keone Hon from Monad Lianchuang stated: "I feel that the lending protocol for the liquidity pool should set rate limits on the supply of assets deposited as collateral. For example, if the current supply is 100 million and the supply cap is 300 million, then in the next 10 minutes, the maximum allowed increase should be to 110 million, rather than allowing a one-time deposit of the full 200 million. In reality, no one needs to complete such a large deposit all at once.This is important because when certain exotic assets are attacked, the impact depends on the scale of the exit channels for that asset. Especially in many cases where attacks belong to infinite issuance vulnerabilities, the scale of the exit that can be made essentially determines the upper limit of the attack losses. Lending protocols are often the largest exit channels. If a smart cap is introduced, where the initial cap is slightly above the current supply and is gradually adjusted to the real cap over several hours, it would have a huge effect. With such a mechanism, rsETH depositors could have avoided about 200 million dollars in losses.This also raises a point: the asset issuers themselves should support such mechanisms. If you are issuing redeemable tokens with redemption delays, you are not worried about hackers redeeming directly from you, but you need to compress the scale of external exit paths as much as possible without affecting normal users. Therefore, a high supply cap should be seen as a risk rather than a symbol of strength. For example, the Hyperbridge DOT attack did not result in a 100 million dollar loss because there were very few exit paths; the Resolv attack loss was 24 million dollars instead of 200 million dollars because the scale of the exit path limited the loss cap. This is an obvious principle, but there are still immediately actionable measures: audit the supply caps of all assets and lower the caps when unnecessary."