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4E: Gold surges, the cryptocurrency market rebounds across the board, focusing on US and European PMI and tech giants' earnings reports this week

ChainCatcher news reports that, according to 4E monitoring, Trump's policies continue to be at the forefront of market narratives, with tariff uncertainties continuing to pressure U.S. stocks. The three major indices fell for the third consecutive week last week, with the Dow Jones down 2.66%, the S&P 500 down 1.5%, and the Nasdaq down 2.62%, led by declines in tech stocks.The cryptocurrency market has shown resilience and performed relatively independently. Bitcoin stabilized last week around $84,000. On Monday morning in Asia, driven by a significant drop in the U.S. dollar index and a 2% surge in gold futures, Bitcoin quickly surged past $87,000, closing at $87,415 before the deadline, up 2.5% in 24 hours. Altcoins rebounded broadly, with the AI sector leading the way, rising by 7%, while other sectors saw increases of 1% to 2%, indicating a more optimistic market sentiment.In the forex commodity market, the U.S. dollar index fell below the 99 mark on Monday morning in Asia, reaching its lowest level since April 2022, down 0.24% for the day. Over the weekend, progress was made in U.S.-Iran negotiations, easing supply concerns, and U.S. oil fell by more than 1%. Trump posted insights about the negotiations, stating, "The golden rule of negotiation and success: those who have the gold make the rules," leading to a 1.61% surge in spot gold, hitting a historic high of $3,380.Tariff uncertainties loom over the market, with investors focusing on upcoming negotiations between the U.S. and several countries in the coming weeks to further understand the scale and scope of tariffs. This week, the U.S. and Europe will simultaneously release the preliminary manufacturing and services PMI for April, which will reflect the first wave of impacts from Trump's tariffs. Additionally, the market is paying attention to the upcoming earnings reports from tech giants like Google and Tesla, as investors seek market anchors from corporate profit guidance.

Yala has reached a strategic partnership with Centrifuge to unlock new scenarios for BTC earnings

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin's native liquidity layer Yala today announced a strategic partnership with RWA credit leader Centrifuge. Through this collaboration, Bitcoin holders can seamlessly access the tokenized real asset yield market of compliant asset management firm Anemoy via the Yala RealYield platform, capturing stable cash flows while maintaining on-chain security, opening up new opportunities for Bitcoin liquidity.As a core infrastructure in the RWA tokenization space, Centrifuge has been empowering asset managers since 2017 to achieve on-chain tokenization and compliant operations of traditional assets. Centrifuge and Yala are highly aligned in their mission to expand the utility of Bitcoin—not just as a "store of value" tool, but as a bridge connecting a broader financial ecosystem.As a native Bitcoin liquidity protocol, Yala innovatively channels BTC liquidity into the compliant stablecoin USDC, thereby connecting to the institutional-grade RWA yield opportunities created by Centrifuge. These yield opportunities are integrated into Yala's structured RWA yield market RealYield, providing users with a matrix of RWA products with varying risk levels, investment periods, and returns.Yala co-founder Kaitai Chang emphasized that the collaboration marks a historic milestone in connecting decentralized Bitcoin capital with regulated real-world asset markets. "By integrating Centrifuge's RWA infrastructure with Yala's BTC liquidity pool, we are unlocking institutional-grade yield strategies for Bitcoin and reconstructing the value transmission efficiency of crypto capital."

Binance: Delisting market makers for misconduct in GPS and SHELL, and confiscating their related earnings

According to ChainCatcher's message and Binance's announcement, Binance discovered that a market maker (hereinafter referred to as "market maker") responsible for GoPlus Security (GPS) was also responsible for the market-making activities of the MyShell (SHELL) project during an investigation.To better protect Binance users, Binance has taken the following additional measures against the misconduct of this market maker:The market maker has been delisted and prohibited from conducting any further market-making activities on Binance;The relevant earnings of the market maker have been confiscated and will be used to compensate users of the GPS and SHELL projects (the detailed compensation plan will be determined and announced by the relevant project teams).ChainCatcher previously reported that, according to Binance's announcement, the recent abnormal price of GPS was directly caused by a certain market maker. The market maker sold approximately 70 million GPS from March 4, 2025, 13:00 (UTC) to March 5, 2025, 9:55 (UTC).During the aforementioned period, the market maker did not place any buy orders. After spot trading began, the market maker continued to sell tokens, becoming the largest beneficiary, with profits of about 5 million USD. While Binance conducts an in-depth follow-up investigation into this matter, the market maker's account has been temporarily frozen.

4E: Walmart's earnings warning drags down US stocks, while the crypto market rebounds

ChainCatcher news, Walmart's earnings guidance was below market expectations. As an important barometer of U.S. consumer spending, its slowing growth signals have raised investors' concerns about stagnation in consumer spending. According to 4E monitoring, the three major U.S. stock indices collectively fell on Thursday. Walmart's stock plummeted by 6.53%, dragging the Dow down by 1.01%, marking the largest single-day drop in nearly five weeks; the S&P 500 index fell by 0.43%, and the Nasdaq dropped by 0.47%, with large tech stocks generally under pressure.The cryptocurrency market has remained sluggish since February, with pessimistic sentiment once prevailing. However, after Bitcoin fell to a previous low of $93,000 on Tuesday, the price has continued to rebound as the market seems to gradually digest the impact of Trump's tariff policies and optimistic expectations for a resolution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. As of now, Bitcoin is priced at $98,146, up 1.2% in the last 24 hours. The altcoin market has also shown signs of recovery, especially with newly launched coins experiencing significant increases, leading to a notable improvement in market sentiment.In the forex commodities sector, influenced by both the tariff plan and economic data, the U.S. dollar index fell by 0.7%; a decline in U.S. fuel inventories and a weaker dollar provided support for oil prices, which have risen for three consecutive days; safe-haven demand pushed spot gold to touch a historic high of $2,954, before the increase narrowed to 0.22%.U.S. stocks retreated on Thursday from record highs after several days of gains, with weak retail earnings reports coupled with U.S. unemployment claims data intensifying concerns about declining consumer confidence and the economic impact of tariff policies, leading traders to generally maintain a cautious stance.
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