Eurozone retail sales for February showed a year-on-year growth rate of 1.7%, matching expectations, according to Jin10. The previous value was revised from 2.00% to 2.1%, indicating a slight upward adjustment in the retail sector's performance for the month.

The Eurozone's Producer Price Index (PPI) for February decreased by 0.7%, meeting expectations, according to Jin10. The previous month's figure was revised from 0.70% to 0.8%.

Ethereum is preparing for a quantum-safe transition by 2029, acknowledging the potential risks posed by quantum computers. According to NS3.AI, while the threat from quantum technology is considered real, it is not seen as immediate. The transition is described as a multiyear network upgrade, aimed at protecting private keys and securing billions of dollars from future quantum advancements.

A significant transaction was observed on April 8, as a whale deposited $7.86 million into HyperLiquid. According to BlockBeats, the funds were used to purchase approximately 200,000 HYPE tokens at an average price of $39.29 each.

A trader known as Loracle successfully closed a $5 million short position on crude oil perpetual contracts, securing a $2 million profit. According to NS3.AI, this move came after crude oil prices dropped over 15%, falling below $100 per barrel early Wednesday. Arkham Intelligence identified the trade as being executed on Hyperliquid, where the volume for WTI crude oil perpetuals reached $2.45 billion in the past 24 hours.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale deposited $7.86 million into Hyperliquid and bought 200,042 HYPE tokens at a price of $39.29 per coin.

Coinbase has received an Australian Financial Services Licence, allowing it to offer crypto, equity perpetuals, and later expand into futures, options, stock trading, and payments.

Bitget Launchpool will soon launch the Midnight (NIGHT) project, with a total prize pool of 12,000,000 NIGHT tokens. The staking period is from April 9th, 19:00 to April 16th, 19:00 (UTC+8). This Launchpool round includes two staking pools: BGB Staking Pool: Total airdrop amount: 11,250,000 NIGHT tokens; NIGHT VIP user staking limit: 50,000; BGB regular user staking limit: 5,000; BGBNIGHT Staking Pool: Total airdrop amount: 750,000; NIGHT individual staking limit: 10,000,000 NIGHT tokens.

A Polymarket wallet cluster profited $600,000 by betting on a US-Iran ceasefire. This cluster is linked to a wider network of suspected insiders who trade geopolitical events with unusual accuracy. These accounts are connected to a larger cluster that previously profited approximately $1.2 million by betting on a US strike against Iran. They typically use wallets with newly deposited funds to place "YES" bets on specific dates like February 28th, hours before the event, and accurately predicted events such as attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, Israeli strikes against Iran, and US strikes against Iran. (SolanaFloor)

On March 31, the National Energy Administration of China held a monthly meeting to discuss the development and construction of renewable energy power for March. According to Jin10, the meeting highlighted the importance of several key tasks for the year, marking the beginning of the 'Fifteenth Five-Year Plan.' Firstly, the administration stressed the need to continue efforts in expanding investment in renewable energy. Secondly, it emphasized the importance of coordinated efforts in the consumption of new energy. Local energy authorities are urged to balance external and local new energy development, strengthen the fulfillment of long-term power purchase agreements, and stabilize expectations for new energy consumption. Power grid companies are encouraged to increase grid investment and optimize dispatch management to enhance new energy consumption capacity. Power generation companies are advised to make rational judgments and plan project layouts reasonably. Thirdly, the administration called for the promotion of new models and business formats tailored to local conditions. Local energy authorities should explore new models such as direct green electricity connections and zero-carbon parks, expanding the non-electric consumption space for new energy. Lastly, the administration highlighted the need for both internal and external improvements to enhance the market competitiveness of new energy companies. It noted that comprehensive participation in market transactions by new energy companies is an inevitable trend.

The UK's construction sector showed signs of improvement in March, with the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) reaching 45.6. According to Jin10, this figure surpassed the anticipated 43.7 and marked an increase from the previous month's 44.5. The data suggests a modest recovery in the construction industry, although the PMI remains below the 50 threshold, indicating contraction. The improvement in March reflects a better-than-expected performance, providing some optimism for the sector's outlook.

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has published a 364-page memoir, Freedom of Money, offering a rare insider account of building the world’s largest crypto exchange—before its dramatic collision with regulators led to his criminal conviction and prison sentence.

Morgan Stanley will launch its first spot Bitcoin ETF, the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT), on the NYSE Arca on 8 April 2026.

From threatening the "extinction of all civilization" to a "two-week ceasefire," Trump's dramatic reversal took only ten hours and twenty-six minutes. During this time, global markets and oil prices fluctuated wildly with each of his tweets.

U.S. prosecutors have rejected Roman Storm’s latest attempt to dismiss criminal charges, setting up a high-stakes retrial battle centered on a pivotal question: can a Supreme Court ruling on internet platforms shield a crypto developer from liability?

Artificial Intelligence, OpenClaw, AI Agent, LLM, DeepSeek: Choosing a Large Model for AI Agents – Intelligence is the Threshold, Emotional Intelligence is the Watershed. Golden Finance provides a practical experience with several mainstream domestic AI models.

In his new book, "The Binance Life," Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) records some of his principles and ways of doing things in seven aspects: mindset, team, business and cooperation, communication, product, public relations, and leisure life.

The FDIC has put forward rules for stablecoin issuers, covering reserves, redemptions, capital, and risk management. It confirmed stablecoins will not have deposit insurance and is asking the public for feedback over the next 60 days.

"What's truly terrifying isn't that Mythos could be misused by bad people. It's that Mythos makes us realize for the first time that what we thought was safe was never truly safe in another dimension."

Trump announced a temporary halt to attacks on Iran early this morning, and Iran also declared its acceptance of the ceasefire agreement. Tensions in the Middle East eased, significantly boosting risk appetite. BTC rebounded back to $72,000, giving global markets a brief respite. What's next?