According to CNN, Trump is trying to convince two key groups—Iranian leaders and the American public—that he is the decision-maker in this war. The problem is, neither side may be really listening to him. The key to this confrontation lies in which side has the political will to prevail. Trump is in a difficult position because he has been repeatedly articulating conflicting views about his strategy for weeks, views that often contradict reality. Furthermore, his insistence that he is not worried about the timeline for the war with Iran may be an attempt to mask the growing pressure on him as the conflict continues. Mounting evidence suggests that Iran not only believes it has the upper hand in this war (in which it uses its geographical advantage to exert asymmetric pressure on the United States) but is also willing to pay any price to win.

Bitcoin's bear market phase might be nearing its end, according to recent analyses. According to ChainCatcher, BIT's recent reports indicate that multiple time-frame signals are aligning to support this assessment. When this judgment was initially formed, Bitcoin was approaching a downward trend line established since the bear market began in October 2025, and was close to breaking upwards. The weekly stochastic oscillator has fallen to its lowest level since January 2023, a period near the bottom following the 2021/2022 bear market. Historically, such readings often correspond to market bottom areas. BIT's Bitcoin trend model has turned bullish. While trend signals do not always materialize, Bitcoin's strong trend and high volatility characteristics suggest that the current movement has more potential for continuation, especially after two previous rapid signal reversals. Additionally, Bitcoin's price is nearing the 21-week moving average, a critical demarcation in BIT's bull-bear assessment framework. The $73,000 mark has been a significant threshold since March 2024, serving as a key indicator for confirming a trend reversal. Recently, Bitcoin has been consolidating around $70,000. If it can effectively break through and sustain above $73,000, the reversal signal will be further confirmed. While overall indicators are positive, potential short-term risk factors could still affect the upward momentum before the price enters the target range.

On April 24, data from Bitwise revealed that the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF attracted 18,991 BTC over the past five trading days. According to BlockBeats, this amount is nine times the newly mined supply of 2,109 BTC during the same period.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has indicated that the global natural gas market will continue to experience supply constraints beyond this year due to ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and damage to regional infrastructure. According to Jin10, the IEA released a report on Friday stating that the war has delayed the anticipated surplus in liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply, despite new capacity coming online. The impact of this capacity expansion, primarily driven by the United States, has been postponed by "at least two years." The IEA noted that the combined effect of reduced supply and slowed capacity growth in the short term could result in a total LNG supply gap of approximately 120 billion cubic meters between 2026 and 2030. This estimate takes into account the delay in Qatar's North Field East expansion project.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun has dismissed accusations from the United States that China has stolen intellectual property from American AI laboratories. According to NS3.AI, Guo labeled the claims as baseless and called on the U.S. to cease its technological suppression of China.

BIT released its weekly report, stating that in the previous two Biton Target reports, we indicated that the Bitcoin bear market might be nearing its end. Signals across multiple timeframes are gradually converging, supporting this assessment. When this assessment was made, Bitcoin was approaching the downtrend line formed since the start of the bear market in October 2025, just one step away from an upward breakout. Simultaneously, the weekly stochastic oscillator fell to its lowest level since January 2023, near the cyclical bottom following the end of the 2021/2022 bear market. Historically, this indicator reading often corresponds to market bottoms. Our Bitcoin trend model has turned bullish. Trend signals don't always materialize, but given Bitcoin's strong trend and high volatility, and after the two previous rapid reversals, the current upward movement has more potential for continuation. Furthermore, the Bitcoin price is gradually approaching the 21-week moving average, a key dividing line in our bull/bear market analysis framework. The $73,000 level has been a significant watershed since March 2024 and a key threshold for confirming a reversal in this trend. Bitcoin has recently been consolidating around $70,000. A sustained break and hold above $73,000 would further confirm the reversal signal. While current indicators are generally positive, the upward momentum may still be affected by short-term risk factors before the price reaches the target range, requiring close monitoring.

According to the official announcement, BitMart will launch perpetual contracts for CCJUSDT, BWXTUSDT, and FSLRUSDT on April 24, 2026 at 17:00 (UTC+8), supporting leverage up to 20x.

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to deliver a keynote address at a gala event for the top 297 holders of Official Trump (TRUMP) on Saturday, according to NS3.AI. The event will be held at Mar-a-Lago, with the top 29 holders also eligible for a private reception. However, the event terms indicate that Trump may not be able to attend, and the event could be canceled for any reason.

YouTube is giving celebrities access to a tool that detects and flags AI deepfake videos using their likeness, allowing them to request removal. The move comes as realistic AI videos spread quickly online, raising concerns over misuse, misinformation, and damage to reputations.

Hyperliquid platform whales currently hold positions valued at $3.618 billion, according to ChainCatcher. Data from Coinglass reveals that long positions account for $1.835 billion, representing 50.73% of the total, while short positions amount to $1.783 billion, making up 49.27%. Long positions have incurred a loss of $7.0002 million, whereas short positions have seen a loss of $19.5604 million. Notably, a whale address, 0x0ddf..02, has taken a 3x leveraged short position on Bitcoin at a price of $67,992.1, currently facing an unrealized loss of $9.7079 million.

Kled AI founder Avi Patel has announced the complete tokenomics design for KLED, aiming to enable non-L1 tokens to accumulate value similar to L1 tokens as network transaction volumes increase. According to Foresight News, the core mechanism involves triggering buybacks and burns with each transaction. When users convert their balance into XP within the app to upgrade account levels and unlock higher reward tasks, Kled uses 100% of the amount for market buybacks of KLED, with 50% permanently burned and 50% reserved for buying. Additionally, the Universal Fraud Detection Protocol is a decentralized data verification network powered by KLED. Users can earn KLED rewards by completing real data verification tasks through extensions. The verification results are used for high-quality data training in AI labs, enhancing platform data quality. Long-term equity binding is also part of the design. Nitrility Inc., Kled's parent company, has partnered with the Street Foundation to reserve up to 10% equity to indirectly benefit the KLED community through an SPV. All buybacks and transaction fees will be used to increase SPV equity, with Street DAO deciding the use of funds upon company exit.

Tencent has quietly released Hy3 preview, a new open-source Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) artificial intelligence model that is drawing attention for its unusually high efficiency and strong performance across coding, reasoning, and agent-based tasks.

The real battle in this war over "whose currency will become the settlement unit in the on-chain world" has only just begun.

Hong Kong, stablecoins, regulation, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Web3 Carnival was a huge success, but why is the crypto world still "absent" from stablecoins? Golden Finance: The road to stablecoin licensing in Hong Kong is still long and requires steady progress.

Meta is cutting about 8,000 jobs and closing thousands of open roles as it shifts spending heavily into AI. Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to thousands of US staff while both companies cut costs amid rising AI investment.

A senior US military official has confirmed that the United States is now operating inside the Bitcoin network itself, marking a symbolic shift for a protocol originally designed to exist beyond state control.

Stablecoins, AI Agent, Circle, USDC, x402 protocol, after AI votes itself, only USDC remains as the winner. Golden Finance: The market has misrepresented the story of AI tokens.

OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, AI Agent, Token, LLM, A Comprehensive Guide to GPT-5.5: Starting Today, OpenAI Will No Longer "Sell" Tokens (Golden Finance). Wow, the results of selling!

DeFi's composability mechanism is turning every hacker vulnerability attack into a systemic risk event.

The preview version of DeepSeek-V4, a brand-new series of models from DeepSeek, has been officially launched and open-sourced simultaneously.