Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

Gate News message, April 7, market data shows that SWARMS’ 24-hour increase is 40.46%, and the current price is 0.01345 USDT.

Gate News update, April 7, Zhao Changpeng said in a social media post that he will hold a conversation with the influencer The Wolf Of All Streets at 8:00 Beijing time on April 9 to discuss the content of his new book and share some behind-the-scenes stories that have never been made public before.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev announced that he will partner with the U.S. Department of the Treasury to launch “Trump Accounts,” aiming to attract the next generation of investors. The account will be fee-free and has already attracted more than 4 million children to sign up. It is available to children born between 2025 and 2028, driving future growth.

Gate News message, April 7, a well-known Bitcoin analyst Willy Woo recently responded to a post questioning that “Bitcoin consumes too much energy.” He said there are only three ways to ensure the safety of a currency’s ledger: relying on physical atoms (like gold), depending on energy consumption (like Bitcoin), and building on social/political consensus (like fiat currency). Willy Woo emphasized that energy is the only path to forging an absolute hard currency, and physical atoms are not scarce.

Gate News message, April 7, privacy wallet infrastructure platform Privy posted on X that it has added support for wallet swap transactions, a feature enabled by technical support from the Uniswap API.

Gate News update: On April 7, according to The Information, Sam Altman is accelerating the process of an OpenAI IPO, while also pledging to invest $600 billion in compute infrastructure. Notably, OpenAI insiders have privately warned that by 2030, the company’s cash burn will surge sharply.

From 2026-04-07 15:15 to 15:30 (UTC), Bitcoin (BTC) recorded a +0.45% return. The price moved slightly upward within the USDT range of 67,886.0 to 68,199.5, with an amplitude of 0.46%. During this period, market attention increased somewhat, but overall volatility remained within the normal range, and no unusual market fluctuations appeared. The main driving force behind this anomaly was routine trading activity in the spot market. On-chain data shows that the number of active addresses in the 15-minute window was about 66,000, slightly higher than the previous period. In the same period, spot trading volume increased by about 0.5 from the previous period over period

Due to the Middle East conflict, OPEC’s crude oil production dropped sharply in March by 7.56 million barrels per day, a decline of 25%, the largest in 40 years. Among the countries, Iraq saw the biggest drop, with daily output reduced by 2.76 million barrels. Saudi Arabia and the UAE were less affected due to the impact on replacement pipelines, but Saudi exports still fell by about 50%.

Gate News message: On April 7, the U.S. financial giant Charles Schwab released a research bulletin warning that even if only 1%-3% of funds are allocated to Bitcoin or Ethereum within an investment portfolio, it may significantly change the portfolio’s overall risk characteristics. The research report notes that Bitcoin and Ethereum have both historically experienced drawdowns of more than 70%, far higher than the volatility levels of stocks or bonds; therefore, even small allocations can have a noticeable impact during periods of market volatility. Charles Schwab proposed two cryptocurrency allocation approaches: one is the traditional portfolio theory method, which allocates based on expected returns, volatility, and correlation; the other is a risk-based method, which determines the share of crypto assets according to the level of risk one is willing to take, shifting the focus from returns to risk tolerance.

Gate News update: On April 7, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (one of the Federal Reserve’s 12 regional banks) published data on 1-year inflation expectations for March at 3.42%, below the market expectation of 3.5% and above the prior value of 3.00%.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, XTIUSD (WTI Crude USOIL) has surged by 4% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market

Velora (formerly Paraswap) has released a new governance proposal. The main adjustments include refocusing on structural decisions regarding the VLR token, terminating the staking plan, closing the DAO treasury and paying for infrastructure services, and stopping fee routing. Going forward, governance will focus on decisions related to the VLR token, and protocol operations will be supported by the development team.

Gate News message, Circle(@circle) has issued another 1 billion USDC in the past 24 hours. According to Lookonchain, Circle(@circle) issued another 250 million USDC 4 hours ago. Over the past month, Circle has issued a total of 10.25 billion USDC on Solana.

SOL Strategies announced on April 7 that it will acquire Solana zero-knowledge technology company Darklake Labs for $1.2 million. The deal includes $200k in cash and $1 million in stock. Darklake Labs developed the zero-knowledge proof system Zyga for Solana, aiming to improve transaction privacy and prevent front-running trading and sandwich attacks. After the acquisition, its founders and core team will join SOL Strategies.

Gate News message, April 7, the market shows that spot gold fell by more than $20 in the short term, with the latest price at $4,625 per ounce. New York futures silver fell 3.00% during the day, currently at $70.66 per ounce; spot silver slipped below $71 per ounce, down 2.46% on the day.

Gate News message, April 7, Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, posted on the X platform stating that, according to a listing notice from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin exchange-traded fund will be listed tomorrow (April 8), with the trading ticker "MBST".

Gate News message, April 7, according to market data, Bitcoin has fallen below 68,000 USDT and is currently trading at 67,971.75 USDT, with a decline of 1.27% during the day.

Biconomy’s new Ethereum standard ERC-8211 introduces a “smart batching” mechanism, allowing AI agents to dynamically execute multiple-step DeFi operations within a single transaction, effectively addressing issues with price volatility and changes in transaction fees, in line with the Ethereum Foundation’s strategy to improve the user experience.

Between 2026-04-07 14:00 and 2026-04-07 14:15 (UTC), the BTC price fluctuated within the range of 67801.3 - 68256.1 USDT. The candlestick chart recorded a -0.51% return, with an amplitude of 0.67%. Short-term volatility intensified, and market attention increased significantly. Overall liquidity was still within the normal range, but showed marginal changes. The main drivers of this unusual move are the combined effect of short-term capital outflows and the simultaneous rise in net inflows to exchanges. Short-term holders take profit or cut losses at market volatility nodes, pushing prices lower. Spot

Gate News bot 消息，Gate 行情显示，BTC 跌破 68000 USDT，现价 67983.9 USDT。