Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, NKE (Nike) has dropped by 6% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.

Gate News announces that on April 1st, OpenClaw’s AI intelligent agent Skills 库 platform ClawHub officially launched a China mirror site, with the domain mirror-cn.clawhub.com. This infrastructure is sponsored and supported by BytePlus, a subsidiary of ByteDance.

This article summarizes cryptocurrency news for April 1, 2026, focusing on the latest updates on Bitcoin, Ethereum upgrade, Dogecoin trend, Hong Kong stablecoin license, Hong Kong dollar stablecoin regulation encountering obstacles, and Bitcoin's first quarter. Major Web3 events today include: 1、The CFTC issues a strong warning about insider trading in prediction markets; violators may face enforcement actions; 2、Delays in the issuance of Hong Kong stablecoin licenses—will Hong Kong dollar stablecoin regulation encounter obstacles? 3、Bitcoin plummeted 24% in the first quarter, marking its worst performance since 2018.

Gate News, April 1, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a newly created wallet address has withdrawn 25.5 million STO from a certain CEX within the past 20 hours, worth approximately $4.85 million, accounting for 11.32% of the circulating supply.

IoTeX released the IoTeX Hub on April 1, an open ecosystem platform that combines decentralized governance, staking, data analytics, and ecosystem exploration, aiming to provide a one-stop network control for real-world AI and supporting features such as direct voting, real-time monitoring, and project browsing.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, MU (Micron) has surged by 2% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.

Gate News message, April 1, Iran’s parliament issued a statement saying the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened. The Iranian side has not held any related negotiations, and will not hold such negotiations in the future.

Gate News message. On April 1, according to Arkham monitoring, Alameda Research today cleared the pledge of $3.56 million worth of Ethereum. Three weeks ago, the firm had allocated $17 million worth of SOL tokens. Currently, Alameda Research still holds $300 million in SOL, $35 million in Bitcoin, and $20 million in USDT.

Gate News message: According to the announcement dated April 3, 2026, Gate will delist nine perpetual contract trading markets, including FORTH, A2Z, VFY, Black Horse, Life K-Line, YZY, AGI, CAMP, and PEAQ. Per the announcement schedule, the above contract trading markets will enter a reduce-only mode at 4:30 PM on April 3 (UTC+8), and trading will stop at 4:00 PM on April 3 (UTC+8). Upon delisting, Gate will automatically close and settle open positions using the average index price from the last half hour before the contract is delisted. Any outstanding unfilled orders will be automatically canceled.

Gate News message: April 1, according to CoinAnk data, over the past 24 hours the entire market across the web saw $302 million in liquidations, including approximately $140 million liquidated from long positions and approximately $162 million liquidated from short positions. By coin, Bitcoin liquidations were approximately $111 million, and Ethereum liquidations were approximately $69.26 million.

Gate News reports that, on April 1, according to monitoring by BitcoinTreasuries.NET, the preferred stock STRC issued by Strategy yesterday raised funds that can purchase 2,724 bitcoins.

Texas Senate vice governor Dan Patrick announced that the forecast market, cryptocurrency, and blockchain research will be priorities for the next legislative session, aiming to advance the Texas conservative agenda. Texas will evaluate cryptocurrency ATMs and strengthen coordination of federal regulatory efforts, while also focusing on the legal compliance of prediction markets. In addition, Patrick proposed studying the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce. Texas markets and investors will closely watch the development of relevant policies.

According to CoinGecko data, on April 1, a certain CEX saw trading volume of $1.104 billion within the past 24 hours. XRP, BTC, ETH, USDT, and ONT each ranked among the top five by trading volume. This trading-volume ranking shows that XRP had the largest trading volume, reaching $113.3 million.

In March 2026, cryptocurrency hacking incidents increased sharply, with losses exceeding $52 million, significantly higher than February’s $26.5 million. The attack on Resolv Labs was especially severe, leading to the unauthorized minting of 80 million USR tokens and causing their price to plunge. Various hacking methods and social engineering attacks occurred frequently, increasing the security risks for holders of crypto assets. Experts are calling on investors to strengthen their security awareness and take stricter protective measures.

Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market rebounded on Wednesday after the United Arab Emirates urged the United Nations to use force to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, easing concerns about a war with Iran. The market reacted positively to signs of de-escalation and the U.S. troop withdrawal plan, with the price of Bitcoin rising by more than 1%.

Gate News message, April 1, the address 0x65d...8fC62 has, within the past 40 minutes, fully deposited all 4,012 ETH (about $8.572 million) it redeemed from Lido a week ago into a certain CEX; currently, on-chain, only 0.709 ETH remains, seemingly indicating the position has been fully liquidated.

Gate News update: On April 1, according to Coingecko data, the TRON ecosystem token JST saw its price break through the $0.061 threshold within 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.06341. Backed by JustLend DAO’s buyback-and-burn mechanism, JST has already cumulatively burned more than 1.085 billion tokens to date, accounting for 10.96% of the total supply.

Gate News message, April 1, $U tokens officially launched on the TRON ecosystem decentralized exchange platform SunSwap V4. This launch includes the full opening of liquidity pools and the simultaneous activation of trading functionality. The integration of $U provides the TRON ecosystem with a new on-chain asset option.

Gate News message, April 1, Europe’s major stock indexes opened significantly higher today. The German DAX30 index (Germany’s benchmark stock market index) rose 3.09%, the European STOXX 50 index (eurozone blue-chip index) rose 2.74%, the French CAC40 index (France’s benchmark stock market index) rose 2.38%, and the UK FTSE 100 index (the UK’s benchmark stock market index) rose 1.64%.

Gate News message: On April 1, the multi-chain decentralized overcollateralized stablecoin USDD’s total value locked (TVL) across the entire network surpassed $2.0 billion, and its circulating supply rose in tandem to $1.53 billion, with both setting new all-time highs. In the prior week alone, USDD’s TVL jumped from $1.45 billion to $1.93 billion, and the inflow momentum continued. As an overcollateralized stablecoin issued across multiple chains, USDD uses a dual mechanism of “overcollateralization + PSM 1:1 redemption,” and has cross-chain compatibility.