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Against the backdrop of easing tensions in the Middle East, Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz is "fully open" during the ceasefire, leading to a rise in global risk assets. Boosted by the news, Bitcoin briefly surpassed $77,000, reaching a nearly two-month high, with an increase of about 5% in the past 24 hours. Major altcoins also rose, with Ethereum, XRP, and Solana recording gains of around 6%.Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi stated that all commercial vessels can pass through the strait during the ceasefire with Lebanon, but must adhere to the "coordinated shipping lanes" set by Iran. The strait accounts for about 20% of global oil transportation and is a critical energy corridor. In traditional markets, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both reached historic highs, indicating a significant rebound in risk appetite. U.S. President Trump also posted on social media that "the Strait of Hormuz has reopened for commercial activities," but emphasized that Iranian vessels may still face blockade measures until the U.S.-Iran agreement is fully implemented.

Gate is hosting an F1 Red Bull Racing car display parade in Hong Kong, with the display cars appearing around Victoria Harbour and proceeding along a designated route, attracting market and public attention.This parade serves as an important offline action in the cross-industry collaboration between Gate and the F1 Red Bull Racing team, bringing top-tier racing culture into urban landmark scenes, enhancing brand exposure and discussion.From April 18 to 24, Gate will also launch the "Racing the Future" outdoor cross-industry exhibition at the K11 MUSEA waterfront promenade in Hong Kong, which will focus on showcasing Red Bull Racing cars and related equipment, as well as setting up interactive experience areas.As the official sponsor of the F1 Red Bull Racing team, this exhibition will be the first to showcase the brand new 2026 Red Bull Racing car and core equipment, introducing an immersive interactive experience area that recreates the fusion of top racing engineering and the aesthetics of speed.In addition, Gate will hold the "Gate 13 Blue Carpet Ceremony" on April 20, where the unveiling of the F1 Red Bull Racing display car and brand collaboration will take place. That evening, Gate will also host a high-end anniversary dinner event at the Rosewood Hong Kong, where platform founder and CEO Dr. Han will be present, and it is expected that over 300 representatives from top industry institutions and partners will be invited to participate in the exchange.

According to PaymentsJournal, stablecoin payment infrastructure provider PhotonPay announced a comprehensive upgrade to its payment capabilities, officially moving towards the new paradigm of Agentic Payments. At the core of this transformation is the shift in finance from "directive" to "intent-centric," enabling AI agents to autonomously plan and execute complex financial pathways.It is reported that PhotonPay has divided its system into three main modules: global network layer, core execution layer, and intelligent decision-making layer. AI agents can automatically complete the entire process of procurement triggers, payment path optimization, dynamic exchange rate optimization, and compliance review based on preset goals, achieving machine-to-machine (M2M) cross-border capital flow, covering over 200 countries and regions, and supporting real-time processing of financial decisions.In terms of market prospects, McKinsey predicts that by 2030, the global Agentic Commerce driven by AI agents will reach a scale of $3 trillion to $5 trillion, which also provides important market endorsement for PhotonPay's strategic layout.

According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, a whale starting with 0x01f has completely closed a BTC short position in the past half hour, recording a loss of approximately $56,000, with an average closing price of $74,942.The position was opened early this morning, with a size of 139 BTC, approximately $10.42 million. Address: 0x01f135c734b4aae018ebf4e7995c560a38422e50.

SuperEx has officially launched Sentio (ST) tonight at 18:15 (UTC+8), opening the ST/USDT spot trading pair. Details are as follows:Trading Pair: ST/USDTTrading Zone: Innovation ZoneDeposit Time: OpenedTrading Time: April 15, 2026, 18:15 (UTC+8, opened)Withdrawal Time: Coming soonAt the same time, the ST token has been synchronized into the margin support range for all token contracts. The tokens launched on the platform will also be supported as margin assets for all token contracts, subject to the actual opening situation of the platform.Sentio is a decentralized, AI agent-ready blockchain data network. It provides a unified Web3 observability and data platform for various users, including DeFi teams, on-chain traders, data analysts, and AI agents, integrating on-chain data indexing, querying, visualization, and alert capabilities, effectively addressing the industry pain points of fragmented on-chain data.

glassnode published its weekly market outlook, indicating that Bitcoin's price momentum has increased by 51.7%, breaking through previous highs, reflecting a significant enhancement in spot buying power and a strengthening of market buying support.On the other hand, Bitcoin's futures open interest continues to rise, and the options Delta skew shows a moderation of bearish sentiment. Combined with a cooling of on-chain activity, this suggests that the market is currently in a consolidation phase but with improved sentiment. glassnode stated that from a profitability perspective, market pressure has eased. Overall, various indicators collectively suggest that the market is exhibiting strong bullish sentiment, increased investor participation, and enhanced risk appetite, although there are also signs of cautious sentiment and market stabilization.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a giant whale opened a 20x leveraged long position of 13,000 ETH through two different wallets, worth approximately 28.67 million USD, while also holding a 20x leveraged long position of 286,153 SOL and a small amount of 5x leveraged long positions in DYDX.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin (@EmberCN), approximately 116 million ONDO (worth about $30.21 million) have been gradually transferred from the Ondo Finance multi-signature wallet to Coinbase over the past month and a half.The transfer pattern shows a clear trend: approximately 20 million ONDO are transferred from the multi-signature wallet to another multi-signature address almost every week, and then within a few days, the funds are split into multiple transactions and gradually transferred to Coinbase.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain on-chain multi-signature wallet is continuously purchasing SKY using 5 million USDC through CoW Swap's TWAP (Time Weighted Average Price) feature.Two months ago, the 0x3d4 multi-signature wallet transferred 5 million USDC to the 0x18e multi-signature wallet, and then set up a plan on CoW Swap to buy 1,252 USDC worth of SKY every hour. So far, this buying plan has been executed halfway: 2.431 million USDC has been spent to purchase 35.77 million SKY, with an average price of $0.068.

According to CoinDesk, Binance founder CZ stated in his autobiography "Freedom of Money" that during a phone call before Binance attempted to acquire FTX in November 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried casually asked him for tens of billions of dollars, "like ordering a bologna sandwich," and he had no intention of actually pushing the deal forward from the start.CZ wrote: "I had no interest in owning FTX, and I wasn't particularly interested in helping SBF either. But we might have to step in to protect users and the entire industry." He mentioned that he signed the non-binding letter of intent (LOI) just for formality: "I had already made it clear at the time that we would not make any commitments. Our team was just assessing the data before deciding."Regarding the collapse of FTX, CZ believes the key turning point was when former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison publicly proposed to buy back the FTT held by Binance at a price of $22 (attempting to stabilize the market), which she made a "fatal mistake." "She effectively exposed the price floor," CZ wrote. Subsequently, professional traders quickly shorted FTT below that price. In just 72 hours, about $6 billion flowed out of FTX.CZ also revealed a Signal group called "Exchange Collaboration," created by former FTX institutional sales head Zane Tackett during the Terra (LUNA) collapse that year, with members including CZ, SBF, Brian Armstrong (Coinbase CEO), Jesse Powell (founder of Kraken), and other exchange executives. The group later attracted the attention of investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. "They were very eager to find evidence of collusion or market manipulation between exchanges, but in fact, such situations did not exist," CZ stated.

The on-chain data platform Glassnode stated on platform X that currently more than half of the supply in the XRP market is in a state of unrealized loss.Investors who built positions above $2 in the past 12 months have been continuously realizing losses at a scale of approximately $20 million to $110 million per day since November 2025.

According to Jinshi News, Citibank expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in September, whereas the market previously anticipated a rate cut in June.

Gate Research Institute released the "Gate Q1 2026 Key Data on Spot Listings," which analyzes the market performance of 37 new asset samples launched in Q1 across multiple time windows from 5 minutes to 7 days. The report indicates that in an environment where the market is under pressure and project differentiation is intensifying, new listings are not only a means to acquire project resources but also a comprehensive test of the platform's selection capability, liquidity organization, and price discovery efficiency.From the supply structure perspective, leading exchanges launched a total of 48 new projects in Q1, with Gate covering 37 of them, achieving a coverage rate of 77.1%. Among these, the proportion of initial listings is 73%, and the proportion of exclusive listings is 37.8%. In terms of post-listing performance, the percentage of new coins that increased in multiple time windows remained above 50%, with median returns of +9.3% for 24 hours and +10.0% for 3 days.Structurally, the average increase for initial listing projects reached 502.8% on the first day and 440.7% over 3 days, while non-initial listing projects achieved a 90% success rate for increases within 24 hours. Exclusive projects had a 71.4% success rate for increases within 72 hours, with a median return of +37.8%. Overall, Gate still demonstrates strong capabilities in project acquisition, selection, and result realization even in a weak market.

The AI model evaluation platform Yupp.ai's CEO Pankaj Gupta posted on the X platform stating that the platform will soon cease operations, and access will be maintained for the next 15 days, during which users can download their data. Existing users will not be able to create new conversations starting today, and new users will also be unable to register.Yupp.ai launched in June 2025 and raised $33 million in seed funding last June, led by a16z. The platform allows users to compare various AI models for free; users can input prompts and view responses generated by multiple AIs in parallel. After selecting the best result, a "preference data package" is formed, which is used for the post-training and evaluation of AI models. The platform combines blockchain technology to achieve transparency in the evaluation process, allowing users to provide feedback in exchange for corresponding rewards, while AI developers obtain verifiable training data.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the Solana ecosystem DeFi protocol Drift Protocol has suffered a significant attack, with approximately $220 million to $270 million in assets suspiciously transferred to the address "HkGz4K." Subsequently, some of these assets were bridged to the Ethereum chain to purchase ETH, with a total of 19,913 ETH bought so far, valued at $42.6 million.The attacker also transferred some of the stolen SOL to Hyperliquid to exchange for ETH, as well as transferring some stolen SOL to Binance. Additionally, according to monitoring by onchainschool.pro, the details of the stolen assets are as follows: USDC valued at $103 million; SOL valued at $54 million; WBTC valued at $19 million; WETH valued at $12 million; cbBTC valued at $11 million; USDT valued at $6 million; USDS valued at $5 million; SYRUPUSDC valued at $3 million; JLP valued at $2 million.Drift Protocol's official statement indicated that they have noticed unusual activity and are currently investigating. Please do not deposit funds into Drift during the investigation period. This is not an April Fool's joke. Please act cautiously until further notice. Drift Protocol will release the latest news through official channels.

According to a report by businesswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital disclosed that it sold 370 Bitcoins last week, with total proceeds of approximately $24.7 million, and its current Bitcoin holdings have decreased to 2,989 coins.In addition, Empery Digital announced that it has fully repaid its term loans using funds raised from a recent equity offering and the sale of some Bitcoins. The company's balance sheet will be strengthened by reducing ongoing interest expenses and releasing approximately 1,800 Bitcoins that were previously held as collateral.

According to the British Daily Telegraph, Trump stated that he is seriously considering withdrawing the United States from NATO after the alliance did not join his war against Iran. Trump referred to NATO as a "paper tiger" and said that the U.S. exit from the alliance is "no longer up for consideration." This is the strongest signal to date indicating that the White House no longer views Europe as a reliable defense partner after allies refused to respond to Trump's request to send warships to re-enter the Strait of Hormuz.When asked if he would reconsider U.S. membership in the alliance after the conflict ends, Trump replied, "I would say that is no longer up for consideration. I have never been convinced by NATO. I have always known they are a paper tiger, by the way, and Putin knows that too." Trump added, "We have always been automatically involved, including with Ukraine. Ukraine is not our problem. This is a test, we support them there, but they do not support us."

The privacy coin Zcash recently disclosed and fixed a critical security vulnerability that could have been exploited by malicious miners to transfer over 25,000 ZEC (approximately 6.5 million USD) from the deprecated Sprout privacy pool. Security researcher Alex "Scalar" Sol disclosed on March 23 that the vulnerability stemmed from the zcashd node skipping proof verification when processing transactions involving the Sprout pool.The official statement indicated that the vulnerability had existed since July 2020 but had not been actively exploited, and user funds remained safe at all times. The development team has released version 6.12.0 to complete the fix, and mainstream mining pools have completed the upgrade deployment within a few days. Additionally, the unaffected Zebra full node implementation has the capability to trigger a chain fork, providing extra protection in the event of exploitation.It was disclosed that although the Sprout pool closed to new deposits in November 2020, approximately 25,424 ZEC remained untransferred. Even if the vulnerability were exploited, Zcash's "turnstile" mechanism would prevent inflationary issuance, ensuring that the total supply would not be breached. This vulnerability was discovered with the assistance of AI, and the researcher will receive a total bounty of 200 ZEC (approximately 51,000 USD). It is worth noting that this is not the first time Zcash has encountered a significant vulnerability; as early as 2019, it had fixed a serious flaw that could lead to unlimited issuance.

According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, the whale starting with 0x664 closed all of its SOL short positions, recording a loss of approximately $160,000, with an average closing price of $84.9.This short position was fully opened after the address deposited about $440,000 into Hyperliquid in the past 2 hours, with an average opening price of $83.5 and a position size of $9.096 million. After the stop-loss closure, the address withdrew the remaining $272,000 from the account completely.