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According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai_9684xtpa), an ancient whale—dormant for 14.5 years with a cost basis as low as $0.37 per BTC—has awakened again after four months and transferred 500 BTC (worth approximately $37.04 million) to a new address, bc1q9…h0s2j, just two minutes ago. The whale’s current holdings stand at 2,359 BTC, valued at roughly $174 million.
Odaily News Trader Killa posted on the X platform, stating that this will be his last swing short on BTC for this cycle. He indicated that he will either trigger a stop-loss or hold until the target price is reached, betting that the cycle timing has not shifted significantly.
According to DL News, Bitcoin has surged 8% over the past two weeks and is currently trading near $74,000. Max Kahn, CEO of Digital Wealth Partners, noted that Bitcoin’s next upward move hinges on three key factors: first, inflation data driven by energy prices; second, market expectations regarding the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy—should inflation remain under control and market sentiment shift toward dovish expectations, risk assets like Bitcoin would benefit directly; and third, sustained institutional inflows, with Bitcoin ETFs recording $523 million in net inflows in April, continuing the strong performance seen since March.
According to on-chain analytics platform Arkham (@arkham), the attacker who exploited the Bridged Polkadot vulnerability has transferred all stolen funds to Tornado Cash, amounting to approximately $269,000.
Odaily News: Lance Vitanza, an analyst at the $15 billion investment bank TD Cowen, has reiterated a buy rating on Bitcoin reserve company MSTR and raised the target price to $385. (BitcoinTreasuries.NET)
Odaily News According to a post by analyst Axel Adler Jr on platform X, the average entry price for US Bitcoin ETF holders is $74,000. BTC has already reached this price level, and its performance here will determine the next move.
Binance has announced support for users to make payments at all merchants in Bolivia using Binance QR codes. Over 100 cryptocurrencies—including USDT and BTC—are supported. Users simply confirm transactions via the app, and Binance automatically converts their funds into the local currency at the time of payment. Binance stated that the QR code payment service is available exclusively to Binance users whose identity verification location is in Bolivia, and users must hold cryptocurrency in their Binance account (Binance Spot, Deposit, or Earn).
According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), a newly created wallet address 0x66F4 deposited $6.75 million in USDC to Hyperliquid and opened a 4x leveraged long position via TWAP orders, aiming to purchase 150,000 xyz:BRENTOIL tokens, with a total value of $10.3 million. So far, 37,452 xyz:BRENTOIL tokens (valued at $3.41 million) have been executed.
Odaily News: Trader Lana shared their experience of using AI to execute trading strategies, stating that without prior trading experience, they leveraged models to automatically screen trending tokens and execute order placement and stop-loss strategies. Combined with content generation and operations on social platforms, they managed to grow their account from an initial 100U to a peak size of approximately $200,000 within about a week.They indicated that this strategy is primarily executed by AI, including screening targets based on platform popularity, automatically setting stop-losses and executing one-way trades, while simultaneously generating trading content and showcasing returns to increase visibility. Currently, the related account and social platform follower count have also seen rapid growth.
According to CoinDesk, in Q1 2026, the Ethereum-to-Bitcoin price ratio (ETH/BTC) rebounded to 0.0313—the highest level in three months—indicating an overall recovery in the crypto market. The Ethereum network added 284,000 new users, an 82% year-on-year increase; transaction volume rose to 200.4 million; and stablecoin supply surpassed $180 billion, accounting for approximately 60% of the global market. Analysts noted that if the ETH/BTC ratio closes weekly above 0.035, it would signal sustained capital inflows into Ethereum and other high-risk assets. Currently, ETH’s price remains down more than 50% from its 52-week high. Bitcoin’s price has held above $74,000, and total inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have exceeded $56 billion, providing long-term market support.
According to CoinMarketCap data, Bitget recorded a net inflow of $571 million over the past seven days, ranking first among global CEXs.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai9684xtpa), RAVE ranked #5 on Binance’s 24-hour futures trading volume leaderboard, making it the only altcoin on the list. Its 24-hour trading volume reached $3.14 billion, and its liquidation volume amounted to $29.33 million—both figures ranking just behind BTC and ETH. Additionally, Binance Life and AIRA also appeared on the leaderboard.
According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), trader epsteinfiles wagered $12,300 on a bet that MicroStrategy will hold more than 1 million BTC by December 31, 2026. This trader only participates in bets related to MicroStrategy, and all of their previous bets have been successful.
According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), the sudden plunge in oil prices triggered the full liquidation of a $10.3 million long position held by whale 0x7d54 across xyz:BRENTOIL (Brent crude) and xyz:CL (crude oil), resulting in a loss of $1.14 million.
Lattice, a blockchain gaming infrastructure team, announced it will gradually shut down after five years of operation, with its Redstone network officially ceasing operations on May 15, 2026, at 23:59 UTC. Lattice urges users to withdraw their funds from Redstone as soon as possible—especially assets held in smart contracts such as Uniswap—since, after shutdown, the Layer-1 withdrawal contract will only support withdrawals for externally owned accounts (EOAs); funds held within smart contracts cannot be retrieved via this method. Founded in 2021, Lattice focused on building on-chain autonomous virtual worlds and developed several projects during its tenure, including MUD, Redstone, Quarry, and Dozer. The team stated that the DUST project has migrated to DUST Chain and will continue to be supported by 0xPARC. Meanwhile, MUD, Quarry, and Dozer have all been open-sourced, enabling users to freely migrate and utilize them.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai9684xtpa), the whale address 0xead…E9D55—originally active in 2017—currently holds 42 altcoin positions on Hyperliquid, of which 40 are long positions and only VVV and MON are short positions. The total position value is $49.6 million, with a floating loss of $6.22 million. This address’s cumulative trading losses on Hyperliquid have reached $14.94 million.
Binance will perform wallet maintenance on the BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) on April 15, 2026, at 14:00 (UTC+8). To support this maintenance, Binance will suspend deposits and withdrawals for the BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) starting at 13:55 (UTC+8) on April 15, 2026. The maintenance is expected to last approximately one hour, after which deposits and withdrawals will be automatically restored.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai9684xtpa), the address 0x6c8…d84f6 has accumulated a total long position of 120,000 ETH over the past two months. It has closed 113,000 ETH of this position, realizing $44.61 million in profits. The address currently holds 25,000 ETH (approximately $58.38 million), with an entry price of $2,012.1, yielding an unrealized profit of approximately $8.088 million. After taking profits last night, the address transferred 30,000,000 USDC onto the blockchain.
Rakuten Wallet, the cryptocurrency trading and management platform operated by Japan’s renowned e-commerce group Rakuten, will officially list XRP as both a tradable asset and a payment method on April 15, 2026. At that time, users will be able to directly purchase XRP using Rakuten Points and deposit XRP into Rakuten Cash for spending at over 5 million merchants across Japan. With 44 million users, Rakuten Pay—Japan’s leading e-commerce payment platform—will expose XRP to a massive non-crypto user base. Users can also directly exchange over 3 trillion Rakuten Points (approximately USD $23 billion) for XRP. Rakuten boasts over 100 million members and achieves annual e-commerce gross merchandise value (GMV) of JPY 5.6 trillion; XRP will thus become a spendable, interoperable digital asset within the Rakuten ecosystem.
According to on-chain analyst Yujin (@EmberCN), the suspected ARIA controller sold 45.64 million ARIA tokens in bulk today at dawn via eight wallets, receiving 5.42 million USDT in return—the average sale price was $0.12. This large-scale sell-off caused ARIA’s price to plummet from $1.01 to $0.09, a 91% decline, and its circulating market cap dropped from $315 million to $38.5 million. The aforementioned 45.64 million ARIA tokens were withdrawn from Gate onto the blockchain three weeks ago.