Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

As expectations grow that a Trump-led Iran war will end within two to three weeks, global risk-asset sentiment has rebounded. Bitcoin is holding at $67,950, Asia-Pacific equities are performing strongly, and overall market risk appetite has recovered. Institutional capital is flowing into the crypto market, which could push Bitcoin toward a clear direction. The market is waiting for Trump’s key speech to confirm the trend.

PeckShield’s report shows that in March 2026, the crypto industry experienced 20 major security incidents, with losses totaling $52 million, up 96% from the previous month. Among them, USR stablecoin depegging and complex attacks resulted in a large amount of bad debt, and security threats are expanding into real-world and social-engineering levels.

The Ministry of Public Security successfully transferred the core member of the criminal syndicate, Li Xiong, back from Cambodia to China on April 1. Li Xiong is suspected of multiple crimes and has already been subjected to compulsory measures. The public security authorities will continue to step up efforts to track down the remaining fugitives.

Gate News message, April 1, Hyperbot data shows that Ma Ji Da Ge Huang Licheng’s Bitcoin long positions have all been fully closed off 1 hour ago, and his HYPE long positions have also all been fully closed off this morning. At present, Huang Licheng holds Ethereum long positions with 25x leverage, with a position size of 6,800 ETH, a position value of $14.337 million, an unrealized profit of $306,000, and a liquidation price of $2,039.

Gate News message, April 1, bolstered by a significant cooldown in U.S.-Iran geopolitical risk, U.S. equities’ tech seven giants (Meta, Nvidia, Google, Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple) all rebounded across the board today. Among them, Meta and Nvidia led the gains with 6.67% and 5.59%, respectively, while Google, Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple rose in tandem by 2.9% to 5.14%, respectively. The easing of the geopolitical situation effectively lowered the global risk premium, prompting capital to flow back into high-beta growth assets.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon made hawkish remarks on April 1, expressing dissatisfaction with Iran’s actions, questioning Western tolerance for them, and emphasizing the importance of eliminating the Iranian threat, calling for achieving permanent peace in the Middle East.

April is typically a stronger month for Bitcoin’s performance, with a historical average monthly gain of about 11.3%. But since 2020, this pattern has become less stable. Bitcoin’s relative strength indicator is currently 47%, and market sentiment is being influenced by geopolitical and inflation concerns. This suggests that April’s volatility may rise, so it’s important to watch whether the market can form a clear direction.

Gate News message. On April 1, according to Ember monitoring, the SIREN market maker address spent 144,000 USDT to buy back 500,000 SIREN about half an hour ago. The buy-in price was $0.288. These 500,000 SIREN were previously sold at a price of $0.947 about half a month ago, yielding 473,000 USDT. After the price dropped today, the address bought back the same amount of tokens with 144,000 USDT; the token quantity did not decrease, but it earned $329,000.

Several self-driving Baidu taxi vehicles in parts of Wuhan stopped in the middle of the road, and the traffic management department has already handled the situation, with passengers safely getting out. Industry analysis suggests the vehicles encountered an unexpected situation and autonomously triggered a safety self-check mechanism. Robo-Run (Luobo Kuaipao) has not responded yet.

Gate News message, April 1, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal said in a post on the X platform that Polygon’s stablecoin transaction count reached 159.9 million last week, setting a new all-time high. At the same time, key metrics such as Polygon on-chain stablecoin transaction volume and the number of active addresses also rose in parallel. In addition, Polygon PoS

Gate News message, on April 1, Nasdaq-listed digital asset treasury company Nano Labs released its 2025 second-half financial performance report. The data shows that the company’s net revenue for the 2025 second half was RMB 18.70 million. As of December 31, 2025, Nano Labs holds 126,662 BNB, with an additional 3,338 BNB as receivable collateral. The company said it will further enhance its crypto asset strategic reserves.

Tom Lee said in a CNBC interview that the market has already digested most of the selling pressure, or has already found a bottom. He noted that historically, the stock market often shows signs of a bottoming early in wartime, and if the current environment matches that pattern, the market could see a V-shaped rebound. In addition, he believes the U.S. economy can withstand an oil price as high as $120.

Gate News message, April 1, SIREN token saw a drop of more than 84% within 24 hours, and the current price is 0.27 USDT. Data shows that the token experienced consecutive, highly volatile swings over the past week.

Gate News message, April 1, the DeFi protocol Spark announced that its lending platform SparkLend has added support for wBTC (Wrapped Bitcoin, a tokenized form of Bitcoin on Ethereum) as collateral. Users can now use wBTC to borrow and lend on the SparkLend platform.

Gate News reports that on April 1, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital disclosed that it sold 79 bitcoins last week at an average price of $71,031, generating total proceeds of approximately $5.6 million. Its total bitcoin holdings have decreased to 3,359 bitcoins. Additionally, the company revealed that to date, it has invested about $137 million to repurchase 23,630,147 shares of common stock. Going forward, it will continue to sell bitcoin as needed to fund future stock buybacks and may also repay some outstanding debt.

Gate News message: On April 1, according to Iranian media and eyewitnesses, an explosion occurred in Tehran, the capital of Iran. The scale of the blast has been described as unprecedented. There are currently no further details available.

Spanish bank CaixaBank was approved on March 30 to become the sixth crypto-asset service provider under the EU MiCA regulation, allowing it to offer services for crypto-asset custody, trading, and transfers. The EU’s MiCA authorization is valid across member states, providing regulatory convenience. Unauthorized institutions will lose their eligibility to provide services in 2026.

Gate News message, April 1, UX Chain’s official announcement stated the launch of a platform shutdown plan. According to the announcement, users must clear all outstanding positions before the platform begins full liquidation on April 30. The protocol is expected to be completely shut down by May 15. UX Chain stated that it will use reserve funds and fiscal funding to cover the protocol’s funding shortfall, and specific details will be published in the UX Governance Forum.