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04-08

A 20% oil supply shortfall could trigger a systemic collapse

Editor’s Note: The article points out that global oil supply is currently only about 20% short; however, what truly escalates the crisis is not a physical shortage, but a triple behavioral chain triggered by scarcity: hoarding, speculation, and the capital logic of waiting to buy low after opponents...

Anthropic Unveils Mythos AI Model Too Powerful for Public Release

I feel that humanity may be being overtaken by AI at a pace beyond conventional understanding.I’m not sure about your current situation, but at this point, I can’t live without AI—I rely on it to complete at least 50% of my daily tasks.Moreover, this ratio continues to rise.Meanwhile, as new models ...

Whale 'neoyokio.eth' opens a $6.6M short position on WTI crude oil at an average price of $94.4

HuoXing Finance reports that on April 8, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, the whale address 'neoyokio.eth' (0x152) briefly opened a 4x leveraged short position on WTIOIL worth $6.6 million at an average price of $94.40, with a liquidation price of $115.20. Additionally, this whale remains the l...

OneFootball: Web3 football giant secures $310 million in funding

In the Web3 space, finding the next "big memecoin" is the ultimate goal of every airdrop hunter. When a project has hundreds of millions of dollars in funding, deep involvement from traditional industry giants, and integration with an ecosystem of hundreds of millions of users worldwide, its potenti...

Whale Address 0xEC4A…CF62 Opens a 40x Leveraged BTC Short Position

On April 8, Hyperinsight monitoring showed that after closing a long position, address 0xEC4A…CF62 opened a BTC short position with 40x leverage within the past hour at an average price of $71,638, for a size of 200 BTC, approximately $14.3 million, with a liquidation price of $76,013.

Base Discovery Launches with 10+ Projects Offering Rewards on the Base App

Author: City ProtocolEvent Period: April 7, 2026, 10:00 EST to April 21, 2026, 10:00 ESTEntry:Viral City → City RewardsThis year’s highest-value joint incentive event in the Base ecosystem.Today, City Protocol officially launched the Base Discovery campaign on the Base App. This is not just a small ...

Crypto whale profits $2M from shorting crude oil futures on Hyperliquid

According to CoinDesk, the crypto whale known as Loracle closed its short position in crude oil perpetual futures on the Hyperliquid platform early Wednesday, netting a profit of $2 million. It had established the position last week with a $5 million stake and exited after oil prices plunged more th...

A 20% oil shortage could trigger a systemic collapse as speculation and hoarding intensify.

The world only lost 20% of its oil. Why is everything breaking?Original author: GarrettCompiled by: Peggy, BlockBeatsEditor’s Note: The article points out that global oil supply is currently only about 20% short; however, what truly escalates the crisis is not a physical shortage, but a threefold be...

Bitcoin Exchange Supply Declines, Suggesting Stronger Market Defensiveness

Bitcoin supply on exchanges continues to decline.Investors are holding rather than selling their BTC.Reduced supply supports price stability and resilience.The recent trend in Bitcoin markets shows a steady withdrawal of BTC from centralized exchanges. This movement suggests that investors are choos...

Polygon Activates Giugliano Hard Fork to Improve Transaction Finality

Polygon Giugliano fork improves transaction finality, reducing confirmation times for faster network performance.Upgrade embeds fee data in block headers, enhancing transparency and simplifying developer access to costs.Part of Gigagas roadmap targeting 1,000 TPS and faster settlement as network sca...

Trump's Fourth Ultimatum to Iran Fails to Trigger Action; Markets React

At 8:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 8, Trump wrote on Truth Social the line repeatedly quoted by major news agencies: “An entire civilization will vanish tonight and never be restored.” Almost simultaneously, during after-hours trading in New York, Brent crude prices plummeted from $109.27 to $107, a...

Ethereum Price Rises 7% as Stablecoin Supply Hits $180 Billion Record

Ethereum buyers are back while the price rallies with 7% gain. But not just the Ethereum price; stablecoins are also posting record-breaking milestones, signaling structural demand. Ethereum’s on-chain stablecoin supply hit a fresh all-time high of $180 billion, a 150% surge from $72 billion just th...

WLFI Technical Analysis April 8, 2026: Key Support and Resistance Levels

WLFI continues its downtrend while facing critical resistance at the $0.10 level with $0.1001; the $0.0960 support zone stands out as the buyers' last line of defense.Current Price Position and Critical LevelsWLFI is currently trading at the $0.10 level and the 24-hour range is stuck between $0.09-$...

Anthropic Launches $100M Project Glasswing with 12 Tech Giants to Address Global Software Vulnerabilities

Author: Anthropic Compiled by: DeepWave TechFlow DeepChain Overview: Anthropic has released an unreleased cutting-edge model, Claude Mythos Preview, whose code auditing capabilities surpass those of the vast majority of human security experts and can autonomously discover zero-day vulnerabilities t...

Google DeepMind's Veo 3.1 models lead the multi-image-to-video arena rankings.

According to ME News, on April 8 (UTC+8), Google DeepMind’s newly released multi-image-to-video models, Veo 3.1 Fast and Veo 3.1, have officially taken the top two positions on the Multi-Image to Video Arena leaderboard. These models can generate videos by referencing multiple input images and are a...

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