Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

From 2026-04-02 01:00 to 01:15 (UTC), the BTC return rate recorded -0.67%. The K-line data range was 67,639.7 to 68,595.1 USDT, with a range of 1.39%. During this period, market attention increased, volatility noticeably intensified, and investors’ trading behavior became more short-term. The main drivers of this unusual move were the concentrated withdrawal of leverage capital in the derivatives market and bearish sentiment taking the lead. Futures open interest fell by about $200 million in just 15 minutes, reflecting a faster release of leverage-related risk. At the same time, the funding rate turned negative, indicating that the bears had gained dominance.

Gate News message, four wallets collectively withdrew 32,880 ETH valued at $70.03 million from centralized exchanges. All these wallets were created 113 days ago simultaneously. The addresses are: 0x5b4A6744483948f393e6D6C6C181Ce0a4e87F5bB, 0xd86536E111221306D34ac45Ad2Bda4b69d1dDc44, and 0x07A5D26ac

Gate News update. April 2, Trump announced his victory. As a result, spot gold plunged nearly $60 in the short term, currently at $4,737.15 per ounce.

Gate News message: On April 2, according to Gate market data, as of the time of publication, ARIA (Aria) is trading at $0.43. In the past 24 hours, it is up 25.33%, reaching a high of $0.50 and dipping to a low of $0.33. The trading volume over the past 24 hours was $1.6239 million. Its current market cap is approximately $77.947 million. Aria.AI is a next-generation game development and publishing experiment. It draws inspiration from a Disney-style immersive world and AI technology, and is designed around game mechanics related to its own IP. It represents a major leap in bringing Web3 a higher standard of game design and publishing quality from Web2 (combined with AI execution). As an open-world mobile game, Aria invites players to explore the world of Fudonia

Gate News message. On April 2, according to monitoring by ZachXBT, Trust Wallet’s Discord short link discord.gg/trustwallet has been hijacked and is currently pointing to a phishing server. Users should avoid joining that Discord via links provided through official channels (including the website, Telegram, blogs, etc.).

Jupiter on X confirmed it was not affected by the Drift security incident. Jupiter Lend is not related to the Drift market, and JLP is fully backed by underlying assets. Drift Protocol suffered a security incident, with losses totaling between $200 million and $270 million, half of which was stolen JLP assets.

Gate News message: On April 2, U.S. President Trump will deliver a nationwide address this morning at 9:00 a.m., issuing an "important update" on the Iran issue.

Gate News report: On April 2, Galaxy Digital (GLXY) recently experienced a cybersecurity incident. Hackers carried out unauthorized access to its isolated R&D work area. The company stated that the affected environment is solely used for research and development and is completely isolated from core infrastructure, production systems, trading platforms, and customer accounts. The loss amount is less than $10,000, and customer funds and data were not impacted. Galaxy Digital responded swiftly, completing the lockdown and reinforcement of the compromised work area, and deploying additional security measures at the on-chain infrastructure layer.

From 2026-04-02 00:30 to 2026-04-02 00:45 (UTC), the ETH 15-minute candlestick shows a gain of +0.72%. The price range is 2137.74 to 2157.47 USDT, with a swing of 0.92%. The volatility is moderate, but as market attention to this unusual move increases, the interest in related market conditions and risk discussions also rises. The main driver of this unusual move is the convergence of multiple technical rebound signals and derivatives positioning at high levels. A long-legged doji on the monthly chart has formed, creating expectations of a trend reversal. On the daily chart, the RSI is already at 42, having dropped into the oversold zone. 4

Trump said the U.S. could supply countries that lack aviation fuel due to Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, but analysts believe the U.S. cannot make up for the global supply shortfall, and its daily export volume is far lower than demand.

Gate News message, April 2, Zhipu AI released the multimodal coding foundation model GLM-5V-Turbo, designed specifically for visual programming scenarios. The model natively supports multimodal input understanding such as images, video, design drafts, and document layouts, and can also call multimodal tools such as framing, screenshots, and reading webpages, with the context window expanded to 200k.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, TW88 (MSCI Taiwan) has surged by 1.5% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market

Gate News message, April 2, according to Alternative.me data, today the Crypto Fear and Greed Index rose to 12 (the index was 8 yesterday), and the market is in an "extreme fear" state.

Gate News update, April 2, on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain monitoring shows that Bitcoin mining firm Riot Platforms has again sold 500 BTC, worth approximately $34.13 million. Data shows that the company’s total sell-off this month has already exceeded 1,000 BTC.

Gate News message, April 2, Gate market data shows that XAUUSD (gold) has broken through $4,800, currently trading at $4,800.28, and the intraday gain has widened to 0.95%.

Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) failed to reach a settlement, and will head to trial to resolve allegations that he misled investors before acquiring Twitter. Both sides filed a joint case-status report, stating that the court’s alternative dispute resolution options are unhelpful.

Gate News, April 2, the South Korean KOSPI index (Korea Composite Stock Price Index) on April 2 (Thursday) opened up 85.25 points, a gain of 1.56%, to 5563.95 points. The Nikkei 225 index (Japan stock market benchmark index) on April 2 (Thursday) opened up 270.43 points, a gain of 0.50%, to 54010.11 points.

In the upcoming NBA regular season, an account made a large bet on the Bulls winning on Polymarket, placing a total wager of $540,000. The Bulls currently stand at 29 wins and 46 losses, while the Pacers are 17 wins and 58 losses. The game will be played at 8:00 PM Beijing time today.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, GD (General Dynamics) has surged by 2% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market

Crypto Super Political Action Committee Fellowship PAC appoints Tether U.S. executive Jesse Spiro as chair, pushing for action supporting pro-crypto candidates. Meanwhile, the “Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act” is stalled in the Senate, with controversy over stablecoin yield policy affecting the bill’s progress. The crypto industry is stepping up lobbying efforts, seeking a more favorable policy environment.