Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

Gate News update, April 9. Arkham monitoring shows that about an hour ago, Grayscale transferred a total of 5,322 ETH (worth $11.6 million) and 155.649 BTC (worth $11.07 million) to a certain CEX Prime address.

Gate News message, April 9, Intel announced that Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., has committed to adopting its next-generation Xeon processors and other chips in the future to drive the use of its technology in data centers. Under a multi-year cooperation agreement announced on Thursday, Google will customize Intel’s IPU (Infrastructure Processing Unit), which handles functions such as networking, security, and storage. The two sides did not disclose financial details or specific purchasing commitments.

Gate US launched a tax dashboard on April 9, providing users with a unified interface to access tax information and tools. Users can submit W-9 or W-8 forms according to IRS requirements, view the applicable IRS forms, and get reminders of filing deadlines.

Gate News update, on April 9, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the IMF has lowered its global economic growth forecast due to the war in Iran.

Gate News message, on April 9, Hyperbot data shows that the HYPE long position newly opened by Big Brother A-ma JI — Huang Licheng — has been fully closed out within the past 20 minutes. Currently, he is still continuously adding to his 25x leveraged Ethereum long position; he holds 12,300 ETH, with a position value of $26.61M, and a liquidation price of $2,081.

Etherscan announced a redesign of the contract tabs page, adding an IDE-style code browser with features like file tree navigation, multiple-file tabbed browsing, and cross-file search. It also updated the design of the read/write contract interface; users can switch to full screen and edit contract code directly in Blockscan and Ethereum Remix.

Chip startup SiFive completed a $400 million funding round on April 9, valuing the company at $3.65 billion. This round was led by Atreides Management, with participation from Nvidia and others. The funds will be used to expand its influence in artificial intelligence data centers.

Gate News message, on April 9, the U.S. stock market opened. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow) fell 0.14%, the S&P 500 Index (U.S. large-cap stocks index) fell 0.05%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index (Nasdaq) rose 0.06%.

TON treasury company AlphaTON Capital and Vertical Data signed a strategic financing agreement of about $43 million, expected to be completed in 2026. The financing will be used for AI hardware deployment and the build-out of privacy computing infrastructure, supporting the development of applications with partners such as Telegram.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, WDC (Western Digital Corp) has surged by 8% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market

Gate News message: On April 9, according to Arkham monitoring, the whale address “0x63c” had a crude oil short position with a position value that at one point reached as high as $30 million on Hyperliquid. Because the crude oil market funding rate is negative, the address can currently earn $388,000 per day in funding fee income, translating to an annualized funding fee income of up to $142 million. However, due to crude oil price fluctuations, the whale is currently down $2 million in unrealized losses.

Securitize, an asset tokenization platform, appointed Brett Redfearn as President and a member of the board of directors on April 9. Redfearn previously served as Chair of the advisory committee and has extensive experience in regulation and market structure, helping advance the development of capital markets.

Gate News message: On April 9, Circle’s L1 blockchain, Arc, announced that it has open-sourced the testnet code ahead of going live on the mainnet. Effective immediately, developers can independently start testnet nodes and review the source code. At the same time, Arc has launched a bug bounty program on the HackerOne platform.

Wintermute launched a yield dashboard for its institutional platform NODE on April 9, providing quote estimates for options strategies across more than 50 assets. The tool lets users explore strategies on their own without disclosing information, making it suitable for institutions holding token positions with lower liquidity.

Gate News message, April 9, the head of the National Bank of Poland, Glapiński, said the National Bank of Poland will continue to buy gold. Glapiński reiterated the target to increase gold reserves to 700 tons; the National Bank of Poland currently holds 580 tons of gold.

Gate News message, April 9, according to market data, WTI crude oil futures (West Texas Intermediate) were up 6.00% intraday, trading at $100.08 per barrel.

Crypto analyst Ali Martinez says that current market volatility could provide cycle-level get on board opportunities, and has set multiple key price ranges based on on-chain data. The main support band is $63,111 to $70,685; if it breaks below, it could lead to a liquidity vacuum. In the long term, BTC is approaching its historical uptrend line, and it’s recommended to accumulate in batches.

Gate News, April 9, the Solana treasury company DeFi Development listed on Nasdaq released its March operating report. The report shows that as of the end of March, the company held 2.22 million SOL, and the amount of the liquid staking token dfdvSOL increased from 513k to more than 656k. In addition, DeFi Development said it will continue to advance its strategic investment in the stablecoin protocol Apyx.

Social app Giggles announced on April 9 that it has completed more than $1 million in Pre-Seed funding, led by 1kx. The funds will be used to improve the product and scale its user base. The app combines a prediction-market mechanism, allowing users to “buy in” early to help turn “content discovery” into an economic activity.

Gate News message: As of April 9, Japan-compliant stablecoin JPYC has reached a total trading volume of $137 million since the end of October last year. Of this, Polygon leads with $90.4 million, accounting for 66%, Avalanche has a trading volume of $26.4 million, and Ethereum has $19.7 million. In addition, Polygon’s founder confirmed that Japanese physical retail stores have supported offline payments for JPYC on the Polygon network.