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04-09

Visa Launches AI-Driven Payment Solution: Intelligent Commerce Connect

Visa has launched the Intelligent Commerce Connect solution, providing businesses, AI agent builders, and merchants with seamless access to AI-driven commerce. Through a single integration with Visa’s acceptance platform, the solution enables secure payment initiation, tokenization, spending control...

Byreal's XAUt0 trading volume exceeds $1.8M in 24 hours, with market share over 45%.

According to CoinGecko data, XAUt0 traded over $1.8 million in the past 24 hours on Byreal, accounting for more than 45% of the market share and briefly surpassing Hyperliquid and Orca to become the leading on-chain gold trading platform.

Whale closes $14.1M oil positions, incurs $3.9M loss, opens $9.3M WTI short

ME News reports that on April 9 (UTC+8), according to Hyperinsight monitoring, a large whale who previously held significant positions across three markets has closed all its long positions in WTICRUDE (WTI Crude) and BRENTOIL (Brent Crude) at a stop-loss. The combined position size in these two oil...

Whale closes $14M oil positions, incurs $3.9M loss, opens $9.3M WTI short

ChainCatcher report, according to Hyperinsight monitoring: The whale heavily positioned across three markets closed out all its long positions in WTICRUDE (WTI Crude) and BRENTOIL (Brent Crude) today at stop-loss levels. Previously, the combined position in these two oils exceeded $14.1 million, res...

KuCoin Completes DAI to USDS Token Swap and Rebranding

As per Announcement, KuCoin has completed the token swap and rebranding of Dai (DAI) to USDS (USDS). The snapshot of users' old DAI assets was taken at 10:00:00 on April 3, 2026 (UTC), and old DAI was converted to new USDS at a 1:1 ratio. Deposit and trading services for USDS will open on April 9, 2...

The Avalanche team deposits $180M in AVAX on Coinbase over six months.

ChainCatcher report: According to on-chain analyst Emperor Osmo, the Avalanche team has cumulatively deposited approximately $180 million worth of AVAX tokens to Coinbase over the past six months, representing about 1.88% of the circulating supply.

Continue Capital unlocks 603,000 HYPE tokens worth $23.3M

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that on April 9, according to MLM monitoring, Continue Capital unlocked 603,000 HYPE tokens this morning, valued at approximately $23.3 million. Previously, a wallet associated with Continue Capital sold 320,000 HYPE tokens after unlocking them.

Data shows that only 0.015% of Polymarket traders sustain monthly profits over $5,000.

Data from crypto analyst Andrey Sergeenkov shows that only 0.015% of Polymarket traders consistently earned over $5,000 per month for four consecutive months. Among approximately 2.5 million wallets, only 840 have accumulated profits exceeding $100,000, including professional institutional accounts....

RAIN Faces $294M Token Unlock Test as Price Hovers Near $0.0075

Rain [RAIN] spent weeks in a steady downtrend after failing to hold the February spike zone above $0.010.From there, the price kept printing lower highs and gradually slipped below the month-long cap at $0.009293, which turned into firm resistance. That rejection mattered because it showed buyers co...

Ethereum Reclaims $2,200, But Analysts Warn Caution Is Needed

While Ethereum (ETH) retests a key level for the first time this month, some market watchers have advised caution, warning that the start of a new bull run may not be here yet.No Ethereum Party Until This happensAfter jumping nearly 10%, Ethereum is attempting to reclaim a crucial area that has serv...

KOSPI Index Closes Down 1.65% on April 9

On Thursday, April 9, the South Korean KOSPI index closed down 96.77 points, or 1.65%, at 5,775.57. The Nikkei 225 index closed down 413.10 points, or 0.73%, at 55,895.32 on the same day. (GoldTen)

Goldman Sachs Lowers Q2 Oil Price Forecast Amid Ceasefire, Warns of Extreme Risks

ME News reports that on April 9 (UTC+8), following the temporary ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran, Goldman Sachs lowered its Q2 2026 oil price forecasts: Brent crude was reduced from $99 to $90 per barrel, and WTI crude from $91 to $87 per barrel. The bank stated that the ceasefire ha...

CFTC Seeks to Block Arizona’s Enforcement Against Kalshi, Claims Sports Prediction Contracts Are Federal Derivatives

Odaily Planet Daily reports that on Tuesday, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice filed documents with a federal court seeking to block Arizona from applying its gambling laws to Kalshi, a prediction market operator. Federal regulators argue that co...

Strategy Counterparty adds $5.2M in BTC short, bringing total position to $75.2M

HuoXing Finance reports that, on April 9, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, the "Strategy Counterparty" (0x94d3) executed a averaging-down operation on its BTC short position, increasing its short exposure by 81.06 BTC, equivalent to approximately $5.209 million. The total position size has rise...

Visa Launches Intelligent Commerce Connect to Support AI Agent-Driven Global Business Payments

ME News reports that on April 9 (UTC+8), Visa launched the Intelligent Commerce Connect solution, designed to provide businesses, AI agent builders, and merchants with seamless access to AI-driven commerce. Intelligent Commerce Connect enables a single integration through Visa’s payment platform, su...

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