Despite a downturn in the cryptocurrency market, stablecoins have continued to expand rapidly. According to BlockBeats, data from DefiLlama indicates that the total market capitalization of stablecoins increased by 0.43% over the past week, reaching a record high of $317.255 billion. During this period, the market share of USDT has been declining, falling below 60% to currently stand at 58.03%. Meanwhile, the stablecoin USDS, under the Sky umbrella, has shown significant growth. Its circulating market capitalization rose by 9.57% over the past week, now reported at $8.924 billion, making it the third-largest stablecoin by market capitalization.

Global central banks increased their gold purchases to 19 tons in February 2026, according to the World Gold Council. This marks a rebound from the 5 tons purchased in January, although it remains below the 2025 monthly average of 26 tons.

Analyst @ai_9684xtpa posted on X that a trader has set ten ambitious goals after opening a long position on Bitcoin. The trader initiated a long position at $67,023.8, involving at least 278.406 BTC, valued at $18.66 million. This move comes after the trader reported a stop-loss on a previous long position of 2,601.5 BTC at $68,000, resulting in an estimated loss of $5.247 million. The trader's strategy reflects a bold approach despite recent setbacks in the volatile cryptocurrency market.

Peter Steinberger, founder of OpenClaw, responded to Anthropic's ban in a post on the X platform. He stated that OpenClaw operates independently and even invited Anthropic and more than a dozen other companies to join their non-profit organization, but none of them responded. However, they have almost successfully attracted all the other companies to join.

On April 4, Iranian state media reported that a vessel associated with Israel was attacked by a drone in the Strait of Hormuz, causing it to halt and catch fire. According to BlockBeats, the incident highlights ongoing tensions in the region. The Strait of Hormuz is a strategic waterway, and such incidents can have significant implications for international maritime security.

As Bitcoin developers urgently seek quantum security solutions and Ethereum prepares for "Q-Day," Solana is attempting to proactively address potential threats. Project Eleven, in collaboration with the Solana Foundation, has deployed post-quantum signatures on its test network to simulate network performance after replacing existing encryption algorithms. Preliminary results show that post-quantum signatures are approximately 20–40 times faster than current signatures, causing a roughly 90% decrease in transaction processing speed, directly impacting Solana's design advantages known for high throughput and low latency. Furthermore, Solana's public-key architecture exposes the entire network to 100% quantum attack risks; hackers could attempt to recover private keys from any wallet, posing a higher risk than Bitcoin or Ethereum. While facing technical and community coordination challenges, Solana is at the forefront of quantum security experimentation and already possesses a practically operational quantum security testnet. Project Eleven CEO Alex Pruden stated, "If the industry waits until the quantum threat actually arrives before starting to fix it, it could take four years." (CoinDesk)

Project Eleven, in collaboration with the Solana Foundation, conducted tests on quantum-resistant signatures within the Solana network. According to NS3.AI, the modified version of these signatures resulted in a performance slowdown of approximately 90%. Alex Pruden highlighted that the new signatures are significantly larger, about 20 to 40 times the size of current ones, which impacts the network's transaction processing capacity. Additionally, Pruden noted that Solana's direct exposure of public keys could render all wallets susceptible in the event of a quantum attack.

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A CryptoQuant analysis report shows that internal demand in the Bitcoin market is contracting significantly in the first three months of 2026. Overall 30-day net demand is -63,000 BTC. Even with accelerated institutional buying (approximately 50,000 BTC from ETFs and 44,000 BTC from Strategy), the market still saw approximately 157,000 BTC sold off by retail investors, whales, and miners. Large holders (1,000–10,000 BTC) have shifted from being the largest buyers to the largest sellers, distributing approximately 188,000 BTC over the past year. Medium-sized holders (100–1,000 BTC) are still buying, but the growth rate has decreased by over 60% since October 2025. The Bitcoin spot price remains at $67,000–$68,000, still representing a premium of approximately 21% over the weighted average cost of $54,286, indicating that most holders are still profitable and the market has not yet bottomed out. A disconnect has emerged between market sentiment and fund flows: the Fear & Greed Index is in the extreme fear zone (8–14), yet ETFs saw net inflows exceeding $1 billion in March; the Coinbase Premium Index remains negative, reflecting limited participation from US institutions. Geopolitical volatility (the Iranian conflict) has led to repeated price fluctuations, with market strategies leaning towards a wait-and-see approach, and overall demand slowly receding rather than panic selling. Although the decline from the all-time high of $126,000 in October 2025 is approximately 47%, far lower than the 85%+ crashes of 2013 and 2017, Zack Wainwright points out that this reflects the gradual maturation of the Bitcoin market, with volatility gradually decreasing. Potential catalysts include: Morgan Stanley's approval of a low-fee Bitcoin ETF, providing access to $6.2 trillion in assets managed by 16,000 financial advisors, and Strategy STRC's continued purchases of 44,000 BTC/month in its preferred stock product, potentially providing stable buying pressure. Short-term technical indicators suggest that Bitcoin could rebound to $71,500–$81,200 if the conflict in Iran eases. Based on a comprehensive analysis of relevant indicators, CryptoQuant concludes that internal demand in the Bitcoin market is contracting, and current price support relies on institutional ETFs, Strategies, and new channels continuously absorbing selling pressure from retail investors and large holders. (CoinDesk)

Based, the cryptocurrency trading and consumption platform within the Hyperliquid ecosystem, announced the launch of Launchpool on its X platform. Based token holders can earn points through staking to participate in Launchpool activities. The first project on Launchpool is reportedly Pull Fun.

1. Polymarket removes "missing US military pilot" prediction market due to public controversy triggering compliance review; 2. Shanghai issues "Ten Measures for Gaming": supporting e-sports companies in blockchain and other areas of research and application; 3. After five months of inactivity, a whale deposits 1 million USDC into Hyperliquid to go long on Brent crude oil; 4. Glassnode: BTC whales and sharks lost an average of approximately $337 million per day in Q1, with total losses exceeding $30.9 billion for the year; 5. Bitcoin treasury company Hyperscale Data receives $26.6 million in litigation settlement, increasing its holdings to approximately 633 Bitcoins; 6. Tianshui court hears case involving virtual currency money laundering: defendant sentenced to two years and four months in prison for "running errands to withdraw cash"; 7. Opinion: Protective demand in the Bitcoin derivatives market reaches historical extremes, releasing a contrarian bullish signal; 8. Tether may postpone fundraising if its $500 billion valuation financing encounters a cold reception; 9. Nevada court extends injunction against Kalshi sports prediction market; 10. Bitdeer maintained zero Bitcoin holdings and sold 149.7 BTC this week.

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Panic conflates these two things, creating an inaccurate and action-lacking doomsday narrative.

When mining no longer generates sufficient economic returns, a rational business decision would naturally be to shift resources; however, if this trend continues to spread, the question of who will bear the long-term costs of maintaining the Bitcoin network will become an issue that cannot be ignored.