Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

Gate News message, a whale address deposited 2,540 ETH (valued at $5.56 million) into a centralized exchange after holding the assets for three months, recording a loss of $2.4 million. The whale had initially withdrawn 2,550 ETH from the exchange at a cost of $8 million three months prior. The addr

A whale-sized investor was already down $345k when betting that the Iranian regime would collapse on June 30, and the prior investment also failed. The market’s judgment rules are strict, and only under specific conditions is a regime collapse recognized; ordinary regime change is not considered.

AI Convergence 2026 will be held in Hong Kong on April 20, 2026, focusing on innovation at the intersection of AI and Web3, and exploring business opportunities in the crypto sector. The event uses a “two-zone structure,” including a main stage and a social exhibition area, where attendees can enjoy interactive sessions and receive rewards.

On April 20, 2026, the RWA & Payments 2026 conference will be held in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay, focusing on Web3 payments and on-chain finance, featuring keynote speeches and interactive sessions, organized and co-organized by Mask Network and others.

Gate News update: On April 13, according to Lookonchain monitoring, within the past 24 hours, 9 newly created wallets withdrew 87.76 million BNB from a certain CEX, worth $14.90 million.

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region signed a cooperation memorandum with the National Internet Information Office to advance technological innovation and support the high-quality development of the digital economy, covering areas such as artificial intelligence and blockchain, with the aim of implementing the country’s “15th Five-Year Plan.” Lee Ka-chiu said it will deepen cross-border data cooperation within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Gate News message: On April 13, according to Gate market data, as of the time of publication, ARIA (Aria) is trading at $0.88. Over the past 24 hours, it has risen 3.86%, hitting a high of $1.01 and dropping to a low of $0.76. The trading volume over the past 24 hours was $7.2656 million. Its current market capitalization is approximately $161 million. Aria.AI is a next-generation game development and publishing experiment. Its inspiration comes from a Disney-style immersive world and AI technology, and it is designed around its own IP-related gameplay. It represents a major leap in bringing Web3-era game design and publishing standards of Web2 quality (and combined with AI execution) into the Web3 era. Aria has launched an open-world mobile game where players can earn rewards through the game, and it is possible to mint AR

Hong Kong police announced that a woman in her 50s was the victim of a cryptocurrency scam, suffering losses of more than HK$2 million. The scammer built a relationship with her through Instagram, lured her into investing, and asked for multiple transfers before ultimately disappearing.

Gate News message, April 13, market reports show that a Polkadot bridge vulnerability was exploited, and the attacker minted 1 billion DOT on the Ethereum network and has already sold it off.

Gate News message: On April 13, according to Arkham monitoring, Alameda Research has unstaked $16 million worth of SOL and transferred it to an address that distributes SOL to creditors. This is Alameda Research’s second time carrying out such an operation; the last one occurred about a month ago (mid-March).

Gate News message. According to Gate’s official announcement, Gate contract stock section will be launched on April 13, 2026 at 14:00 (UTC+8) with live trading of TENCENT (Tencent Holdings 00700.HK), XIAOMI (Xiaomi Group 01810.HK), MEITUAN (Meituan 03690.HK), KUAISHOU (Kuaishou 01024.HK), and HKEX (Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing 00388.HK) perpetual contracts. The trading will use USDT settlement and support 1–20x long and short operations. Among them, the TENCENT contract is based on Tencent Holdings, the XIAOMI contract is based on Xiaomi Group, the MEITUAN contract is based on Meituan, the KUAISHOU contract is based on Kuaishou, and the HKEX contract is based on Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing; the price of each contract is denominated in USDT.

The latest report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City shows that stablecoins are mainly used for crypto trading and liquidity management, with the proportion used for real payment applications falling short of 1%. In the future, issues such as cross-chain interoperability and compliance frameworks need to be addressed to promote the development of their payment use cases.

Gate News update. On April 13, Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly lawmaker Seyed Mahmoud Nabaviyan, who took part in negotiations between the United States and Iran, posted on social media on April 12 listing three demands put forward by the United States, and then deleted them. The three demands are: The U.S. demanded that the benefits from the Strait of Hormuz be jointly shared with Iran; the U.S. demanded that all highly enriched uranium with a concentration of 60% be shipped out of Iran; and the U.S. demanded that Iran not carry out uranium enrichment activities during the next 20 years.

According to on-chain analysts monitoring, suspected BNB Life market manipulators have withdrawn 57.88 million BNB Life tokens from a certain CEX through multiple wallets, and the price has surged significantly recently. The market manipulator currently holds about 116.9 million BNB Life tokens, representing 11.7% of the total supply.

Gate News message: On April 13, American musician Garrett Dutton (stage name G. Love) downloaded and used an application that impersonated a Ledger wallet from the App Store. After he entered his recovery phrase, 5.9 BTC was stolen, for an estimated loss of about $420k. On-chain analyst ZachXBT found that the attacker had moved the stolen Bitcoin through some

A Bank of Korea central bank governor candidate, Shin Hyun Song, said that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) and deposit tokens issued by commercial banks should be the core of the digital currency ecosystem. He supports a Korean won stablecoin, but emphasized that maintaining monetary trust comes first. He suggested issuing stablecoins through a bank-led consortium, which could later be expanded to non-bank institutions, while also carefully assessing the stablecoin’s regulatory compliance.

The Bank of Korea has proposed introducing a “circuit breaker mechanism” into the crypto asset market to address market volatility and risk, and believes that existing regulatory measures are insufficient to deal with potential issues in the crypto market. The context for this proposal is a recent system malfunction incident at a certain exchange.

University of California researchers warn that some third-party AI large language model routers have security risks, which could lead to crypto assets being stolen. Testing found multiple routers injecting malicious code to steal credentials. Developers are advised to avoid transmitting private keys through AI agents and to strengthen security measures.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov criticized WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption mechanism, calling it “consumer fraud.” He said that most private messages ultimately are not stored encrypted in the cloud, creating privacy risks, sparking discussions about how messaging apps protect user privacy.

A single address on the Hyperliquid platform held a $73.05 million crude oil short position in a day; its floating profit of $5.89M turned into a floating loss of $2.10 million. Of this, the CL and BRENTOIL short positions were down $1.4M and $620k respectively. The address became the largest leveraged position in BRENTOIL.