Drift on the X platform confirmed that it has obtained key information related to the exploit attack, and sent messages to the ETH wallets of the four stolen funds, saying it would like to talk. The attack caused at least $200 million in losses, and subsequent updates will be released after third-party attribution is completed.

Gate News message, a whale sold 1,323 ETH for $2.7 million USDC at a price of $2,041, incurring a loss of $1.28 million after holding the assets for 2 months. The whale initially withdrew 1,327.48 ETH valued at $3.99 million from CEX and currently holds 5.76 ETH worth $11.8K. Address: 0x3511BF7472Ef

Gate News message: On April 3, according to monitoring by The Data Nerd, the swing-trading whale pension-usdt.eth yesterday (April 2) increased its ETH short position by $41 million using 3x leverage. It currently holds a total ETH and BTC short position of about $107.5 million.

Gate News message, a mysterious whale linked to Erik Voorhees spent 818.7K USDT to purchase 396.7 ETH five hours ago, according to Lookonchain. This whale previously bought 122,355 ETH worth $264.37M. Earlier, the same whale spent 4.35M USDT to acquire 2,103 ETH at $2,069. Over the past two weeks, t

Gate News message, April 3, Grayscale withdrew 11,169 ETH (about $22.86 million) and 150.4 BTC (about $10.07 million) from a certain CEX, totaling approximately $32.93 million.

In the past 24 hours, the total liquidation value in the cryptocurrency market reached $459 million, of which long positions accounted for 59%. The liquidation amounts for BTC and ETH were $98.02 million and $102 million, respectively. A total of 185,796 people were liquidated, and the largest single liquidation was $17.28 million.

From 2026-04-02 14:30 to 14:45 (UTC), the ETH price surged rapidly, with a return of +1.52%. The price range was 2038.01 to 2071.65 USDT, and the amplitude reached 1.65%. During this period, market attention noticeably increased, capital flows accelerated, and short-term volatility intensified. The main drivers behind this unusual market move are a significant rise in on-chain activity and the innovative effects across the DeFi and NFT ecosystems. Data shows that the number of active Ethereum addresses jumped from 380,000 to 840,000, an increase of as much as 121%. In the same period, the average daily trading volume rose from 1 million to 2.5 million USDT.

Gate News message, two newly created wallets linked to a single entity withdrew 6,328 ETH worth $12.98M from CEX.

From 2026-04-02 13:45 to 2026-04-02 14:00 (UTC), the ETH price showed a clear move. The 15-minute candlestick return was +0.92%. It traded in a range of 2018.99 - 2040.78 USDT with an amplitude of 1.08%. During this period, on-chain activity increased significantly: the number of transactions grew by 18% compared with the previous hour. Capital flows accelerated noticeably, and rising market attention contributed to heightened volatility. The main driving force behind this move came from the flow of large on-chain funds and whale activity. In the short term, whale addresses transferred to a certain large wallet or exchange, indicating active accumulation or distribution, which further amplified market fluctuations.

Nasdaq-listed Eightco Holdings has disclosed its asset holdings, including 277,222,975 Worldcoin, 11,068 ETH, a $90 million investment in OpenAI, a $25 million investment in Beast Industries, and $109 million in cash and stablecoins. Its total holdings are about $326 million, making it the publicly traded company with the largest holdings in the Worldcoin ecosystem.