Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

Gate News message, April 14, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its latest edition of the World Economic Outlook report, lowering its forecast for global economic growth in 2026 by 0.2 percentage points to 3.1%. The report notes that the fighting in the Middle East has significantly affected the current momentum of global economic growth. If the fighting and high oil prices continue for longer, this year global economic growth will fall to 2.5% or even lower.

Gate News update, April 14, Bitcoin Treasury company Strategy announced it will release its 2026 first-quarter financial results after the close of trading on U.S. stocks on May 5, 2026, and will hold a video earnings call at 17:00 Eastern Time that day to discuss the results.

Gate News news: On April 14, the hearing of Fed chair nominee Waller is scheduled for April 21.

American Express rolls out a merchant business development toolkit, promising transaction protection for erroneous purchases generated by AI agents, and strengthening existing dispute-resolution mechanisms. Several payment companies are also paying attention to this area, while American Express explores the use of stablecoins in settlement applications.

Gate News, according to Gate’s official announcement Gate’s initial listing of Sentio (ST) includes spot trading and instant exchange, and it has launched the 339th HODLer Airdrop campaign. Users holding 1GT or more can participate for free and share 750,000 ST tokens. This airdrop will end at 2026-04-15 17:00 (UTC+8). Spot trading will open at 18:00 on the same day, instant exchange trading will open at 19:00, and withdrawals are expected to open at 2026-04-16 18:00. Sentio is a decentralized, AI-agent-ready blockchain data network that provides unified Web3 observability and a data platform, integrating indexing, querying, visualization, and alerting features. The project has been adopted by 70,000 users and 24 billion in customer TVL. ST is a BEP-20 standard token with a total supply of 1,000,000,000. The contract address is 0x70be40667385500c5da7f108a022e21b606045dd. In this campaign, the participation cap for VIP 0–VIP 4 users is 2,000 GT. VIP 5–VIP 9 users receive different amount bonuses based on their tier, and VIP 10 and above users have no participation cap. All airdrop rewards are 100% immediately unlocked.

Paxos Labs completed a $12 million funding round on April 14, primarily led by Blockchain Capital. The company focuses on providing stablecoin issuance and DeFi solutions, expects to reach break-even by the end of the year, has secured multiple customers, and acquired Fordefi to expand its market reach.

Hyperscale Data announced that its Bitcoin holdings have increased to 644.7581 BTC, with a total market value of approximately $45.6 million. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Sentinum, holds 597.5324 BTC; the Bitcoin was acquired through market purchases and mining. Another subsidiary, ACG, purchased approximately 47.2257 BTC.