Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

Gate News message, on April 9, ARIA has dropped 83% within the past hour, and is currently trading at 0.1238 USDT.

Gate News: On April 9, the Chairman of Iran’s parliament, Kalibaf, said that violating the ceasefire agreement would lead to clear costs and consequences.

Gate News, April 9, Arkham monitoring data shows that about 50 minutes ago, BlackRock, via its Ethereum exchange-traded fund ETHA, transferred a total of 19,935 ETH worth $43.65 million to a CEX Prime address.

Galaxy Digital releases its first annual report. Its founder, Mike Novogratz, says that the listing signals that the digital economy is now a reality. The company will shift its focus to compliant financial infrastructure, actively develop AI projects, and expects its Helios data center investment to exceed $15 billion, aiming to build a $1 billion-level asset portfolio.

Gate News message, April 9, Meta Platforms (META.O) pledged an additional $21 billion in investment to AI infrastructure company CoreWeave.

A CEX co-founder, Ben Delo, donated $5.4 million to the Reform UK party, and the donation took place before new UK regulations came into effect. Delo was previously fined $10 million for violating anti–money laundering compliance and received a pardon from Donald Trump. Reform UK positions itself as a pro-cryptocurrency political party and is currently facing a pause order on crypto donations. After relocating to the UK, Delo plans to be exempt from donation limits.

Gate News message: On April 9, the quant yield protocol Axis announced the launch of a synthetic U.S. dollar USDx and completed its first minting, with a size of 10 million US dollars. It is currently in a private testing phase. After minting is completed, USDx will be deployed to Axis’s market-neutral arbitrage engine, covering more than 40 trading venues, to provide liquidity and capture opportunities from market price spreads.

April 9 news: After TradeXYZ’s trading volume doubled yesterday, it fell back, and Hyperliquid’s overall trading volume dropped below $10 billion. Based on the current ranking of major Perp DEX trading volumes, Hyperliquid, TradeXYZ, and EdgeX occupy the top three spots.

Gate News message, on April 9, Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said that Bitcoin may have already bottomed out around $60k, as forced sellers have been gradually exiting the market. Saylor also expressed a cautious view of the security threat posed by quantum computing, saying that the relevant risks are still at a “theoretical level,” and that he believes the issue can be properly addressed in the future without overreacting.

Gate News message. On April 9, according to U.S. financial media outlet Semafor, the Trump administration is assessing related policies for sanctions on Iranian oil.

Southeast Asia’s first OpenClaw Agentic Trading Event will be held in Singapore on April 16, showcasing how developers can use OpenClaw to build agentic trading applications. The event is organized by Moss in partnership with Lightspeed and blockchain VC, among others, and features guests including founders of blockchain projects.

According to Gate News, after monitoring that 0x2fc “whale” suffered losses of over $2.4 million on April 9, it opened 423.4 BTC short positions with 40x leverage. The position size was about $30.2 million, with an average price of $71,113 and a liquidation price of $71,941; within less than half an hour, it was already down 11%.

Gate News update. On April 9, according to a report by UK ITV News, Iran’s deputy foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz remains open to all civilian vessels, and that reports claiming the strait has been closed are untrue. Since the area contains war remnants including mines, all ships must contact the Iranian authorities to receive guidance on a safe route. At present, all vessels that have completed communication with Iran’s authorities have been granted passage permission.

Morph’s “State of Stablecoins” report says that by 2030 stablecoins are expected to account for about 10% of global cross-border payments, and that the current annual transaction volume has already reached $3.3 trillion. Enterprise B2B payments are seeing significant growth, with settlement volumes expected to exceed $5 trillion in 2026 and the market size potentially reaching $1.9 trillion by 2030. Morph has also launched a $150 million Payment Accelerator to support the development of stablecoin infrastructure.

Valve is developing an internal artificial intelligence tool called “SteamGPT” to improve customer support efficiency and internal task management. The system includes features to automatically compile player information and provide intelligent summaries of support requests, with the goal of optimizing workflows. At present, it is used only as an internal productivity tool.

Multiple U.S. law enforcement groups oppose the provisions in the Senate's crypto market structure bill that protect DeFi developers, arguing that it would weaken the government's ability to combat financial crime. The bill's proposed amendments have triggered a bipartisan rift, and it remains unclear whether it can move forward in the future.

DeSci project NanoVita announced on April 9 that it has completed a Series A funding round, with a post-investment valuation of $20 million. The funding amount was not disclosed. This round was participated in by K24 Ventures, LandScape Capital, and WestLabs, with the goal of building open on-chain health research infrastructure.

Gate News update: On April 9, according to hypurrintel data, since March 19, Hyperliquid Strategies Inc has purchased 220k HYPE, worth approximately $8.58 million, and still holds $112.6 million in cash reserves. At present, Hyperliquid Strategies Inc currently holds 18.82 million HYPE, worth approximately $738 million.

Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has issued virtual asset issuance guidelines, clearly outlining the design and distribution of stablecoins and real-world asset tokens. Token issuance is divided into three categories, providing market participants with a reference by improving transparency and regulatory certainty. These guidelines are an interpretation of existing rules, not new regulations.