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According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that people are still spending, and there has not yet been a noticeable slowdown due to rising gasoline prices.

According to Jinshi, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that whether consumption will decline to offset the impact of inflation remains an unresolved issue.

According to Gate market data, the S&P 500 index continued to decline after the Federal Reserve maintained interest rates, with the latest drop of 0.22%; the Nasdaq index recently fell by 0.24%.

According to Jinshi reports, the Federal Reserve has kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.5%-3.75%, marking the third consecutive meeting of inaction, which aligns with market expectations.

According to Gate market data, the Nasdaq 100 Index has now turned to decline.

According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, in the past hour, after BTC rebounded above $77,000, two whales on the Hyperliquid platform simultaneously opened 40x leveraged BTC short positions near this price level, with a total size of approximately $9 million and an average price of about $77,100.The liquidation lines for both addresses are set near $77,900, less than 1% away from the opening average price.

Robinhood's cryptocurrency business performance significantly declined in the first quarter of 2026. The company reported cryptocurrency revenue of $134 million, a 47% decrease compared to the same period last year; the nominal volume of cryptocurrency trades on the native app was $24 billion, down 48% year-over-year. This decline continues the trend observed since the end of 2025, when Q4 cryptocurrency trading revenue had already dropped by 38%. Robinhood stated in its quarterly report that the acquired Bitstamp trading platform contributed $42 billion in trading volume but did not provide year-over-year data.Despite the weakness in the cryptocurrency business, Robinhood's overall trading revenue still grew by 7% year-over-year to $623 million, mainly due to a 320% surge in prediction market revenue. Options revenue increased by 8% to $260 million, while stock revenue surged by 46% to $82 million. The company's net profit reached $346 million, a 3% increase year-over-year.

According to market news, Bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms has revised its $200 million Bitcoin collateralized credit agreement with Coinbase, changing the floating interest rate previously linked to the U.S. federal funds rate to a fixed annual interest rate, and introducing a continuous 2-day trigger mechanism to reduce the impact of short-term Bitcoin price fluctuations on additional collateral and forced deleveraging.The new agreement was signed on April 21, 2026, and can be extended for another year. Documents show that Riot previously sold 3,778 Bitcoins in the first quarter of 2026, generating approximately $289.5 million in revenue; as of March 31, its restricted Bitcoin collateral increased to 5,802 Bitcoins.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on April 27, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $260 million, a decrease of 89.8% compared to last week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced an investment of $255 million (a decrease of 90% compared to last week) to purchase 3,273 Bitcoins at a price of $77,906, bringing the total holdings to 818,334 Bitcoins.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week.In addition, three other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. The Japanese fashion brand ANAP invested $770,000 on April 21 to increase its holdings by 9.1785 Bitcoins at a price of $84,239.7, bringing the total holdings to 1,431.9716 Bitcoins; the UK Bitcoin company The Smarter Web Company announced an investment of $3.39 million on April 24 to purchase 44 Bitcoins at a price of $77,071, bringing the total holdings to 2,750 Bitcoins; the French Bitcoin company announced an investment of $460,000 on April 27 to purchase 6 Bitcoins at a price of $77,151, bringing the total holdings to 2,943 Bitcoins.Metaplanet has issued zero-interest bonds worth 8 billion yen (approximately $50 million) for the purpose of purchasing Bitcoin.As of the time of writing, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the statistics is 1,084,909 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.3% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $8.434 billion, accounting for 5.4% of the circulating market value of Bitcoin.

In a report, Deutsche Bank analyst Folkmar Bauer stated that if the Bank of Japan maintains its interest rates on Wednesday and adopts a cautious stance on future rate hikes, the yen may weaken. He noted that the market expects the Bank of Japan to provide a fairly clear signal indicating a possible rate hike in June—at least provided that the conflict in Iran has eased by then.If this signal does not materialize, the Japanese Ministry of Finance's warning about intervention to support the yen will "no longer be of much help." Bauer mentioned that in this scenario, the USD/JPY could rise above 160.

Global leading digital asset trading platform Gate released its Q1 2026 report, showing continued steady growth in overall business. According to authoritative institutions such as CoinDesk and CryptoRank, Gate's spot trading volume remains among the top three globally, and its derivatives market share continues to expand, further solidifying its position as a leading trading platform worldwide.In terms of security and compliance, according to the latest reserve report released by the platform, the overall reserve ratio reached 122%, with the BTC reserve ratio as high as 147%, covering nearly 500 types of user assets. Gate's Malta-based company, Gate Technology Ltd, has obtained a Payment Institution (PI) license granted by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) under the EU's Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), further consolidating its strategic layout across Europe.As of now, multiple entities under Gate have obtained or completed relevant regulatory registrations, license applications, authorizations, or approvals in jurisdictions such as Malta, Cyprus, the Bahamas, Japan, Australia, and Dubai. While trading business continues to grow, Gate is enhancing its global competitiveness through transparent reserves and compliance qualifications, moving towards a comprehensive digital financial infrastructure.

According to Cointelegraph, a survey of 1,100 active users of CEX.IO in the U.S. shows that the current downturn in the crypto market has forced 36% of American crypto traders to reduce their daily expenses. Among them, 10% stated that this is a significant sacrifice made to maintain their positions, and 37% of respondents have postponed or canceled major purchasing plans due to crypto losses.Additionally, 38% of traders reported experiencing some form of financial disruption since October 2025. A quarter of respondents indicated that they rely on savings to maintain financial stability, and 12% admitted to having missed or delayed payments.Despite the pressure, the majority of traders remain optimistic, with 79% of respondents planning to hold or increase their positions in the next six months.

The crypto market structure bill has seen almost no public progress in the past month. While it is quite difficult to predict the outcome of the bill, the window for passing it is narrowing. Many actions surrounding the market structure issue—such as statements from staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)—are not permanent guidance. The SEC has time to issue rules that require public notice and comment periods, but this will take time.The market structure legislation aims to codify the goals of the crypto industry and regulatory rules into law, making it more difficult for future governments to overturn these rules. In other words, without the Clarity Act, we could very well still be having the same discussions years from now.Since at least last December, May 25, Memorial Day, has been viewed as the "deadline" for legislative progress. After entering summer, lawmakers will leave Washington to campaign, leaving little time for the crypto bill (or most other legislation). Before Congress recesses, the House still needs to consider a bill that provides funding for the Department of Homeland Security, while the Senate must decide whether Kevin Warsh will become the next Federal Reserve Chair.The crypto industry is eager for the bill to pass. Over 100 organizations signed an open letter last week urging the Senate Banking Committee to hold a hearing on the bill, which would be the first step in the overall passage process. However, it is currently unclear how far the committee is from moving forward. The issue of stablecoin yields continues to dominate discussions, and other unresolved issues remain unaddressed at least in public.Even if these issues are resolved, the House will still need to vote on the bill again. House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill stated earlier this month that many unresolved issues surrounding stablecoin and DeFi sales practices have been addressed in the House version of the bill, and the Senate should be able to find consensus.

The Humanity Foundation has recently made significant adjustments to the $H token allocation plan, requiring investors to make a final choice between two options by April 26 at 09:00 UTC: one, extend the distribution, pushing the Cliff to September 25, 2026, and changing to equal distribution over 12 quarters; two, a 3:10 discounted immediate unlock, replacing the original 16,666,666 tokens with 5,000,000 $H (a 70% reduction), to be fully distributed on June 25, 2026.It is understood that the Humanity Foundation has sent adjustment notifications to over 100 investors. Early investment firm Trix Ventures has publicly disclosed its choice of the discounted immediate unlock.It is reported that this firm invested during the project's valuation phase of approximately $60 million, and even after the 3:10 discounted replacement, it can still achieve about 7 times return. Notably, the Humanity Protocol previously reached an in-depth cooperation with payment giant Mastercard, and the project's fundamentals have received endorsement from traditional financial institutions. The on-chain identity verification sector it belongs to is currently in its early market stage, but with the continuous expansion of AI-generated content and automated accounts, the demand for on-chain real identity verification is widely believed to grow exponentially, giving this sector long-term potential to become a leading project in the Web3 infrastructure field.The project is about to face a test of significant selling pressure from a one-time massive unlock, and whether it can grow explosively alongside the AI sector is crucial. Analysts point out that choosing the one-time unlock on June 25 is a safer decision. In the current market cycle, "certain liquidity" far outweighs paper numbers. The deferred plan extends the cycle to 3 years, with huge uncertainties regarding the protocol's survival and team stability.From a market structure perspective, June 25 faces obvious concentrated selling pressure risks: the Sablier contract release node is transparent on-chain, and quantitative and short-selling funds will precisely target this node; institutions may lock in profits by hedging in advance during the two-month window; market makers may withdraw buy depth in advance, causing the actual realization value to be less than 10% of the nominal value. Historically, large-scale concentrated unlocks of Starknet (STRK) and ApeCoin (APE) have triggered severe selling pressure, with the former dropping over 95% from its peak and the latter declining 77% within 7 months.

According to Jinshi News, the Europe Stoxx 600 Index is currently down 0.3%, having previously fallen by 1%.

The People's Bank of China and seven other departments jointly issued the "Management Measures for Online Marketing of Financial Products," which will be implemented starting September 30, 2026, to systematically regulate online marketing activities for financial products. The measures specify that only approved financial institutions and their self-operated platforms, as well as entrusted third-party internet platforms, may engage in online marketing of financial products, prohibiting the provision of online marketing services for illegal financial activities such as illegal fundraising, virtual currency issuance and trading, and illegal foreign exchange margin trading.The measures put forward detailed requirements regarding the authenticity of marketing content, risk disclosure, algorithm recommendations, pop-up advertisements, account naming, trademark usage, cooperation models, and the protection of data and personal information, and clarify the regulatory responsibilities and penalties for financial management departments, internet information, telecommunications, and market supervision departments.

According to official news, Gate will launch a special celebration event for joint earnings from April 24 at 12:00 to May 13 at 12:00 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of 1,000,000 USDT. During the event, users can open exclusive red envelopes and invite friends to register. After friends complete identity verification and designated tasks, both parties can share cash rewards, with a maximum of 100 USDT per instance. The more invitations sent, the more rewards earned, with no cap on individual earnings.In addition, Gate will launch the second phase of the weekend arena battle event from April 24 at 16:00 to April 27 at 16:00 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of 3,348,000 PENGU. During the event, users who invite friends to register and complete a cumulative trading volume of ≥ 200 USDT will be considered valid invitations and unlock multiple rewards. The milestone rewards can be stacked up to a maximum of 7,800 PENGU, and there will also be a popularity ranking reward, with the top 3 able to share an additional 128,000 PENGU. Additionally, invited friends can receive a 260 PENGU newcomer reward after completing tasks.

According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market sectors are mixed, with the Meme sector rising 1.23% in 24 hours. Within this sector, Binance Life rose 8.68%, ORDI (ORDI) rose 7.03%, and FLOKI rose 3.82%. Additionally, Bitcoin (BTC) fell 0.12%, fluctuating narrowly around $78,000; Ethereum (ETH) fell 1.65%, retreating to around $2,300.In other sectors, the PayFi sector rose 0.99% in 24 hours, with Telcoin (TEL) rising 4.98%; the DeFi sector rose 0.97%, with Ethena (ENA) rising 3.75%; the AI sector rose 0.70%, with SkyAI (SKYAI) rising 27.57%; the Layer2 sector rose 0.60%, with Arbitrum (ARB) rising 2.52%; the Layer1 sector rose 0.27%, with Zcash (ZEC) rising 7.54%; the CeFi sector fell 0.01%, with FTX (FTT) relatively strong, rising 1.33%.The cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical market trends show that the ssiRWA, ssiDeFi, and ssiPayFi indices rose 3.27%, 0.58%, and 0.52%, respectively.