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According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale "0x5C2" opened a short position of 3 times on CHIP in the past 24 hours, currently facing an unrealized loss of over 1.7 million dollars.Another whale "0x0ee" deposited 1.9 million dollars of USDC into Hyperliquid and made its first trade on CHIP, going long and profiting 323,000 dollars, but was partially liquidated while shorting, ultimately closing with a loss of over 1.26 million dollars.

According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market sectors showed mixed performance, with the Meme sector standing out, rising 4.81% in 24 hours. Among them, MemeCore (M) increased by 26.97%, while BUILDon (B) and Cheems Token (CHEEMS) rose by 8.05% and 5.54%, respectively. At the same time, Bitcoin (BTC) rose by 0.34%, fluctuating narrowly around $76,000; Ethereum (ETH) increased by 0.01%, maintaining above $2,300.In other sectors, the Layer1 sector rose by 0.85% in 24 hours, with Cosmos Hub (ATOM) increasing by 3.00%; the PayFi sector rose by 0.66%, with Monero (XMR) increasing by 8.07%; the CeFi sector rose by 0.15%, with Binance Coin (BNB) increasing by 0.19%.Additionally, the Layer2 sector fell by 0.07%, but Starknet (STRK) rose by 5.43%; the DeFi sector fell by 0.22%, while JUST (JST) rose by 11.06%.The cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical market trends show that the ssiMeme, ssiRWA, and ssiLayer1 indices rose by 3.59%, 2.15%, and 0.29%, respectively.

Bloomberg cited a report from Jefferies LLC stating that a hacker attack over the weekend that siphoned nearly $300 million from a small crypto project, along with the resulting $10 billion fund run at the largest decentralized lending platform, may slow Wall Street's interest in blockchain technology.Andrew Moss, an analyst at Jefferies' digital asset research team, pointed out that banks, asset management companies, and payment institutions have been developing blockchain products similar to the technology systems exploited by North Korean hackers over the past year.While the report believes this incident is unlikely to impact traditional financial markets, it warns that traditional financial institutions may pause and reassess the associated risks before further advancing their blockchain initiatives.

According to Bloomberg, political groups associated with the cryptocurrency industry have accumulated nearly $180 million in funding reserves ahead of this year's U.S. midterm elections, surpassing the funding levels of some major Republican super PACs.The report states that most of this funding has been carried over from last year, with the vast majority held by Fairshake. Fairshake's main backers include Coinbase, Ripple Labs, and Andreessen Horowitz.

Cryptocurrency market analyst Axel stated that Bitcoin's net flow has shifted from positive to negative since early March, peaking at a strong outflow of -300,000 BTC on March 25, and as of today, it remains in a net outflow state of -98,000 BTC.During the same period, the BTC reserves on trading platforms decreased from 2.786 million to 2.681 million, declining for seven consecutive weeks, with a total reduction of over 105,000 BTC. There was no panic inflow during the price correction in April, indicating that tokens continue to be held by long-term holders. The current pattern is interpreted as a synchronized accumulation signal, and there is a need to be cautious of the potential risk of net flow returning to positive territory.

ChainCatcher live report, HashKey RWA CEO Anna Liu delivered a keynote speech at the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival. She introduced that Hashkey Chain has deployed 11 tokenized products, with the total value of on-chain RWA assets reaching 2 billion Hong Kong dollars. The exchange has launched seven tokenized products, including Hong Kong's first tokenized gold ETF.She addressed the four major challenges of RWA: first, the authenticity of underlying assets; blockchain cannot guarantee the authenticity of data before it is on-chain, and the oracle problem is a core issue; second, the lack of a commercial closed loop; many projects go on-chain just for the sake of going on-chain, and new value must be created that traditional methods cannot achieve; third, the liquidity dilemma; even compliant STO exchanges in the U.S. often have daily trading volumes of only a few tens of thousands of dollars, requiring high-quality assets, licensed distribution channels, and secondary market infrastructure to be in place simultaneously; fourth, the complexity of cross-border compliance, suggesting that resource planning should be included from day one.She proposed that asset tokenization should first ask three questions: Can it be done? Is it suitable? Why tokenize? She cited data indicating that in the first quarter of this year, the global tokenized RWA market size has approached 30 billion dollars, growing over 260% in the past year, with the IMF characterizing it this month as "a fundamental restructuring of the financial architecture."

According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market sector has seen a slight rebound, with the NFT sector performing outstandingly, leading with a 3.8% increase in 24 hours, among which Blur (BLUR) rose by 13.35% and Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) rose by 7.5%. At the same time, Bitcoin (BTC) increased by 1.73%, returning above $76,000; Ethereum (ETH) rose by 1.28%, breaking through $2,300.It is worth noting that MAG7.ssi rose by 1.75%, DEFI.ssi rose by 0.54%, and MEME.ssi rose by 2.15%. In other sectors, the SocialFi sector increased by 5.63% in 24 hours, with Toncoin (TON) and Chiliz (CHZ) rising by 5.62% and 12.54% respectively; the Meme sector rose by 1.66%, with Binance Life increasing by 10.37%; the Layer2 sector rose by 1.53%, with ImmutableX (IMX) rising by 7.38%; the PayFi sector rose by 1.42%, with Safe (SAFE) rising by 7.91%; the CeFi sector rose by 1.39%, with Gate (GT) rising by 2.79%; the Layer1 sector rose by 1.16%, with Canton Network (CC) rising by 5.06%; the DeFi sector rose by 0.4%, with Curve DAO (CRV) rising by 4.1%.The cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting the historical market performance show that the ssiSocialFi, ssiNFT, and ssiRWA indices rose by 6.3%, 4.23%, and 3.24% respectively.

Jeff Bezos is about to complete a $10 billion financing deal, with the valuation of his lab reaching $38 billion. This lab focuses on developing artificial intelligence technologies that can understand the physical world and transform engineering and manufacturing.According to insiders, the company, codenamed "Project Prometheus," plans to complete a round of financing soon, and with the newly injected funds, the valuation will reach $38 billion. Insiders added that this agreement will make the company one of the best-funded early-stage startups in the world, which includes the $6.2 billion in initial funding raised in November, but due to strong market demand, the scale of financing has been further expanded. According to one insider, JPMorgan Chase and BlackRock are among the participants in this new round of investment.

According to Gate market data, the Nasdaq fell by 1%, the S&P 500 index fell by nearly 0.6%, and the Dow Jones fell by 0.27%.

According to Gate market data, at the opening of the US stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was close to flat, the S&P 500 index fell by 0.1%, and the Nasdaq Composite index fell by 0.2%. Oil and gas stocks performed strongly, with ExxonMobil rising by 0.6% and BP rising by 0.9%. In addition, Adobe rose by 1.6% after it released its AI agent for enterprises, CX Enterprise.

According to PR Newswire, Bitmine Chairman Thomas "Tom" Lee stated, "We are seeing more and more signs that the mini crypto winter is coming to an end."With the downside risks of the US-Iran war diminishing, ETH has rebounded 41% from its low in early February. Since the outbreak of the war, ETH has outperformed the S&P 500 index by 2,280 basis points and remains the best-performing asset globally (excluding oil prices). Ethereum continues to benefit from two major positive narratives, including Wall Street's asset tokenization on the blockchain and the increasing need for public, neutral blockchains by proxy AI systems.In our view, it is significant that ETH has become the best wartime store of value and that ETH has led the market since the war began. Although many believe the crypto winter may last until the fall of 2026, our perspective remains that the crypto winter is nearing its end.Since 2015, every major crypto winter has coincided with a stock market pullback of at least 20%. In fact, the crypto pullback in 2025 occurred simultaneously with a 20% drop in the S&P 500 index. However, in 2026, the stock market pullback was more moderate, at only -8%.

According to on-chain analyst @ai 9684xtpa, the address 0xb01...58c68 has spent a total of $707,000 in the past 10 hours to buy 1.85 billion ASTEROID, with an average price of $0.0003822, and is currently facing an unrealized loss of nearly $100,000.ASTEROID has now become the largest holding token for this address. Data shows that this address has previously traded 4 Meme coins (including ASTEROID), all resulting in losses, with a single loss on CULT reaching as high as $1.64 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.

According to Coinglass data, in the past hour, the total liquidation across the network was $29,322,400, with long positions liquidated at $24,198,400 and short positions liquidated at $512,400.Additionally, in the past hour, RAVE had a liquidation of $7,683,700, and BTC had a liquidation of $727,470.

Last week, the spot Bitcoin ETF recorded a net inflow of approximately $996 million, marking the strongest single-week performance in three months, indicating a clear recovery in market risk appetite. Specifically, the pace of capital inflow accelerated last week: on Friday, the single-day inflow reached $664 million, the highest of the week, while on Tuesday and Wednesday, inflows were $412 million and $186 million respectively. On Thursday, inflows slowed to $26 million, and on Monday, there was a net outflow of approximately $291 million. As of Friday, the total asset size of the spot Bitcoin ETF has surpassed $101 billion, with daily trading volume approaching $4.8 billion.Market analysis suggests that the capital inflow is mainly due to the easing of geopolitical risks, particularly the cooling of the U.S.-Iran situation and the resumption of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, which has weakened the demand for traditional safe-haven assets like the dollar, driving funds towards the cryptocurrency market and other risk assets. Structurally, Bitcoin is currently still in a range-bound phase, with resistance around $75,000 and support around $72,000. The market is in a "liquidity redistribution" phase and has not yet formed a clear trend.

According to RHEA Finance's official disclosure, the NEAR ecosystem lending protocol RHEA Finance (formerly known as Burrow Finance) experienced a margin trading feature hack, resulting in a loss of approximately $18.4 million.The attacker began laying the groundwork several days prior by creating multiple fake token pools on Ref Finance and injecting liquidity, constructing a malicious exchange route that exploited a vulnerability in the protocol's slippage protection mechanism—this mechanism did not account for the scenario where intermediate tokens were reused when calculating the minimum output of multi-step exchanges—leading to the borrowed debt tokens being directed into fake token pools controlled by the attacker, triggering a large-scale forced liquidation that ultimately drained the protocol's reserve pool. During the attack, the attacker deleted a total of 55 intermediate accounts to cover their tracks. Currently, the attacker has returned approximately 3.359 million USDC and 1.564 million NEAR to the RHEA lending contract, while another 4.34 million USDT has been frozen (of which Tether froze 3.291 million and NEAR Intents froze 1.053 million). The protocol contract has been suspended, and the team is collaborating with centralized exchanges for joint tracking and has notified relevant law enforcement agencies.

According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, Huang Licheng has slightly increased his holdings in ETH, BTC, and HYPE over the past half hour, and then simultaneously placed sell orders to take partial profits. Among them, the sell order for ETH is the largest, with plans to take profits when the price rises to $2365, with the profit-taking range reaching up to $2425, totaling approximately $4.25 million in sell orders.Currently, this address mainly holds a 25x leveraged long position in ETH, with a position size of $32.8 million, an average price of $2253, and a liquidation price of $2148, making it the largest long position in ETH on the Hyperliquid platform.

The "2026 Digital Asset Institutional Investor Survey" released by financial giant Nomura Securities shows that nearly 80% of institutional investors plan to allocate 2% - 5% of their total managed assets to the cryptocurrency sector. 65% of the surveyed institutions view cryptocurrencies as a diversification tool on par with stocks, bonds, and commodities.The survey covered institutional investors and family offices managing over $60 billion in assets. In terms of investment direction, more than two-thirds of respondents hope to earn returns through DeFi mechanisms such as staking, 65% are focused on lending and tokenized assets, and 63% are exploring derivatives and stablecoins. Additionally, 63% of respondents believe that stablecoins have practical uses for managing cash, cross-border payments, and investing in tokenized assets, with stablecoins issued by major financial institutions being the most trusted.Nomura Securities stated that regulatory clarity, increased awareness, and improved risk control frameworks are key to expanding investments. Although challenges such as the lack of clear methods for asset valuation and regulatory uncertainties still exist, the development of diversified investment products and improvements in risk management practices are accelerating institutional adoption.

According to the official announcement from HTX DAO, the token burn of $HTX for the first quarter of 2026 was successfully completed on April 15. On-chain data shows that a total of 10,825,402,253,521.04 $HTX tokens were burned, equivalent to a value of over 19.215 million USD. It is noteworthy that despite a 27% quarter-on-quarter decline in the overall trading volume of the cryptocurrency market in the first quarter of this year, Huobi HTX still maintained a strong revenue conversion ability, consistently executing the quarterly burn of $HTX, demonstrating a certain level of anti-cyclical capability.This counter-trend performance further solidifies the extreme deflationary economic model of $HTX. Data shows that since 2024, the cumulative amount of $HTX donated and burned by HTX DAO has exceeded 11% of the total issuance, with an annual deflation rate as high as 5.5%. This hardcore deflationary pressure far exceeds that of most mainstream tokens in the market, endowing $HTX with strong long-term scarcity and value support.

According to analyst Darkfost, Bitcoin has experienced a net outflow from CEX almost every day for the past two months, indicating a trend of accumulation among investors.This type of structural outflow is often seen as a positive signal of reduced selling pressure, especially during the current price consolidation phase, which may indicate that the selling power is exhausted, while also suggesting that Bitcoin is being transferred from CEX to long-term holding wallets.