Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

Hyperscale Data announced that its subsidiary received approximately $26.6 million in lawsuit settlement payments, improving liquidity. The company’s Bitcoin holdings increased to 633.8609 BTC; Sentinum holds 586.6674 BTC, mainly obtained through market purchases and mining.

A court in Qinchou District, Tianshui, Gansu, tried a case of virtual currency money laundering. The defendant withdrew more than 390k yuan using a “high-paying errand runner” method, converted the funds into virtual currency, and earned profits of 21.5k yuan. The court sentenced him to two years and four months in prison and fined him 10k yuan. The judge reminded the public to stay alert against participating in cash withdrawals and transfers, so as not to become an accomplice to crime.

VanEck Research head Matthew Sigel said that demand for hedging in the Bitcoin derivatives market has reached the 99th percentile in history, suggesting that it may be suitable to establish long positions. At the same time, he warned that high capital expenditures in the artificial intelligence sector could put pressure on the market, especially in the S&P 500.

The International Monetary Fund recommends that the Bank of Japan continue raising interest rates, despite new risks to Japan’s economy stemming from the Middle East war. Rising oil prices and yen depreciation have intensified inflation pressures. The IMF expects inflation to return to the 2% target in 2027 and emphasizes the importance of a flexible interest-rate policy.

A Nevada judge ruled that Kalshi’s sports prediction market products have no substantive difference from gambling, extended the injunction prohibiting it from offering related services locally until the case is further considered. Regulators believe it should be subject to the state’s gambling regulations.

Gate News message, April 4, Nasdaq-listed miner Bitdeer disclosed its latest Bitcoin holdings data. As of the week ending April 3, its mining output was 149.7 BTC, all of which has been sold, and it is currently maintaining a zero Bitcoin position.

Gate News message, on April 4, Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu said during a situation assessment with senior officials that the Israel Defense Forces will continue to carry out intense strikes with the U.S. against Iran. Netanyahu said that the Israeli forces are continuously removing Iranian military commanders and bombing infrastructure, including bridges. He revealed that the Israeli forces have destroyed about 70% of Iran’s steel production capacity, weakening the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ financial sources and reducing its ability to mass-produce weapons.

Gate News message, April 4, according to on-chain analysts Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created wallet address received 40,000 ETH from FalconX, worth approximately $82.12 million; the wallet appears to belong to Bitmine.

Polymarket’s prediction data shows that the probability of the "Claude Mythos" model released in April dropped sharply to 28%, while the probability of the model released in June rose to 53%. Related contract rules require that the model must be confirmed only after following specific naming conventions and being made publicly accessible, and Anthropic also prohibits users from "free-riding" on Claude.

Gate News message, April 4, Delphi Digital posted on the X platform that this week’s altcoin market performance is still uneven, and the crypto market is moving sideways. The top five tokens by gain are: VVV up 21.87%, Render up 18.06%, Iota up 15%, MON up 13.33%, and JUP up 13.2%.

Gate News updates: On April 4, the Irish government officially launched the digital wallet testing phase on April 3. The wallet includes an age verification feature. According to a statement from Ireland’s Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, this digital ID will support social media platforms in verifying users’ ages, with the goal of protecting children and teenagers from online harms.

Anthropic announced that starting April 5, Claude’s subscription service will no longer support third-party tools such as OpenClaw, to prioritize providing a better user experience. At the same time, it will offer existing users a one-time credit compensation that can be used to buy discounted bundles or request a refund.

Korea’s Toss Payments becomes the first company to fully implement post-quantum cryptography, using the NIST-standard algorithm "ML-KEM" to enable hybrid key exchange and enhance security against threats from quantum computers.

Gate News message: On April 4, the Qwen3.6-Plus new model, released for only 1 day, climbed to the #1 spot on OpenRouter’s daily ranking among globally well-known large-model API calling platforms. Data shows that Qwen3.6-Plus’s daily call volume surpassed 1.4 trillion tokens, breaking the platform’s global record for daily calls to a single model.

The Solana Foundation launched Solana Agent Skills on April 4, providing AI tools with prebuilt functional modules to simplify interaction with the Solana network. The official skill modules include error handling, security checks, and more. The community offers more than 60 skills, covering areas such as DeFi and payments.

Gate News message, April 4. Recently, Cambodia’s National Assembly passed a new law unanimously with 58 votes in favor, officially criminalizing the operation of scam bases. Under the law, those involved will face imprisonment of 2 to 5 years and a maximum fine of $125k; if it involves organized crime or multiple victims, the penalties will double. The bill is currently pending the King’s signature to take official effect. Against this legislative backdrop, the UK has already imposed sanctions on operators of scam networks within Cambodia, and Cambodia has also extradited a person suspected to be the leader of a criminal syndicate to China.

FIFA and ADI Predictstreet have partnered to make it the official prediction market partner for the 2026 World Cup, for the first time introducing a prediction market mechanism to enhance fan engagement. Fans can use the platform to predict match results and other event data, and the ADI token price rises as a result.

Gate News message, on April 4, according to monitoring by Onchain Lens, since the security incident involving Drift Protocol, wallet addresses associated with its team have transferred 56.25 million DRIFT tokens, worth about $2.44 million, to a certain CEX and Gate.

The Japan Financial Services Agency has issued “Policy Guidelines for Strengthening Cybersecurity for Crypto Asset Exchange Businesses and Related Entities,” with the aim of strengthening investor asset protection. It proposes a three-layer security framework to address the new landscape of cyberattacks. In subsequent plans, it will conduct penetration testing on major operators and revise the guidance to raise security standards.

Gate News update. On April 4, after the U.S. stock market closed, the Dow fell 0.13%, the S&P 500 rose 0.11%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.18%. The crypto sector was mixed: SBET fell 4.18%, MSTR fell 2.4%, TRON rose by more than 11.37%, and MARA rose by more than 8.33%.