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04-09
Whale Address 0x2fc Opens $30.2M BTC Short Position on Hyperliquid
On April 9, Hyperliquid monitoring showed that a whale address starting with 0x2fc, which incurred losses exceeding $2.4 million during the week, opened a BTC short position with 40x leverage in the past 20 minutes, totaling 423.4 BTC, equivalent to approximately $30.2 million, at an average price o...
Adam Back Denies Being Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Amid New York Times Report
Adam Back has reiterated that he is not the popular creator of Bitcoin (BTC), also known as Satoshi Nakamoto, after a recent New York Times report concluded otherwise.On April 8, Back, the co-founder and CEO of Bitcoin-focused company Blockstream, downplayed claims that he is the pseudonymous develo...
Hyperbeat Launches Liquid Banking on Hyperliquid, Integrating Stablecoin Deposits and VISA Card Spending
On April 8, Hyperliquid’s native protocol, Hyperbeat, launched Liquid Banking—a self-custodial "bank" deployed on HyperEVM that integrates stablecoin deposits, Visa card spending, perpetual contract trading, and multi-currency fiat on- and off-ramps into a single on-chain smart wallet.The Hyperbeat ...
OpenAI forecasts $25 billion in ad revenue for 2026, targeting $100 billion by 2027.
ChainThink reports that on April 9, according to media reports, OpenAI projected during a recent investor presentation that its advertising revenue this year will reach approximately $2.5 billion, with plans to increase this figure to $100 billion by 2030. According to the projected roadmap, adverti...
Major ETH short liquidates $32.94M position, price surges temporarily
ChainCatcher report: According to Hyperinsight monitoring, over the past 10 minutes, the top four short positions on Hyperliquid (0x4a2) closed their short positions in a single transaction, causing a brief price surge over the 15-minute timeframe. The total position closed amounted to 15,000 ETH, a...
$180M AVAX Moved to Coinbase in 6 Months, Sparking Sell Pressure Concerns
Around $180 million worth of Avalanche has been transferred to Coinbase over the past six months, raising concerns about sustained selling pressure.The crypto community reacted with skepticism and frustration, with some users pointing to large transactions as a main reason behind AVAX’s weak price p...
KuCoin Live Stream Commission and Rewards Distributed for March 29–April 5 Cycle
As per Announcement, the live streaming commission, new streamer rewards, and weekly rewards for the cycle from March 29, 2026, to April 5, 2026, have been distributed on April 9. The reward list includes streamers such as Crypto_Champion, Web3-Rader, Daily F and P News, and others. New streamers wi...
B.AI Launches as AGI Financial Infrastructure, Live Q&A with Justin Sun Tonight
ChainCatcher report: The foundational financial infrastructure accelerating AGI’s emergence, “White” B.AI, is officially launching today. At this pivotal moment when intelligence is crossing the singularity, outdated financial barriers and physical constraints must not become a “digital cage” for AI...
Canary Capital Files for First U.S. PEPE Spot ETF
Canary Capital has officially filed a Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch the Canary PEPE ETF. This move marks one of the first attempts to bring a spot memecoin exchange-traded fund to the U.S. market, signaling a shift in how institutional players view high-li...
OneFootball Club Completes OFC Token Distribution via CoinList Community Sale
ME News reports that on April 9 (UTC+8), Web3 fan platform OneFootball Club announced that the OFC token distribution has been completed. Users who participated in the CoinList community sale have received the Ethereum mainnet ERC-20 version of the OFC token in their non-custodial wallets, and withd...
AlloyX Group Participates in Libeara Funding to Accelerate the Tokenization Ecosystem
Tokenization can only create real value when built on compliant, institutional-grade infrastructure.Article author and source: Huaying GroupApril 9, 2026 — AX Ventures, the venture capital arm of Huaying Group (stock code: AXG), announced its participation in the latest funding round of Libeara, a r...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Urges Swift Passage of the CLARITY Act
According to Cointelegraph, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent published an article in The Wall Street Journal urging Congress to promptly pass the CLARITY Act to clarify regulatory rules for cryptocurrencies, tokenized assets, and decentralized exchanges. He warned that with the global cryptocur...
Bernstein: Bitcoin Has 3–5 Years to Prepare for Quantum Computing Threat
Bitcoin’s quantum problem is still years away, but Bernstein says 1.7 million BTC sitting in early address types could be among the most exposed if the technology ever gets there.That includes an estimated 1.1 million BTC tied to Satoshi Nakamoto, which would matter only if quantum machines become s...
B.AI Launches AGI Financial Infrastructure, Hosts Justin Sun Live on X Space
The foundational financial infrastructure accelerating the emergence of AGI, B.AI, is officially launching today. At this pivotal moment when intelligence is crossing the singularity, outdated financial barriers and physical constraints must not become a "digital cage" for AI. The potential of AGI e...
ATOM Price Breaks Bearish Trend with 5.25% Gain, Eyes 15% Rally
ATOM broke a long bearish trend with a 5.25% price increase.Price must close above $1.77 to confirm a potential 15% rally.Top holders and rising Open Interest indicate growing bullish sentiment among traders.Cosmos — ATOM, has started showing signs of breaking free from a long bearish trend that beg...
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