Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

April 7, SOL spot ETF net outflows totaled $15.4020 million, including $13.3409 million outflows from the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF and $1.8222 million outflows from the Grayscale Solana Trust. Currently, the total net asset value of SOL spot ETFs is $776 million.

Gate News message. On April 8, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin’s monitoring, a DeFi whale repaid a 4.14 million DAI loan on Spark about 9 hours before an Israel-Iran ceasefire proposal was agreed upon, then retrieved 264.4 WBTC worth of collateral and transferred it to a certain CEX to sell at a price of about $67,990 per WBTC, for a total value of approximately $17.98 million. Six hours later, the Israel-Iran ceasefire proposal was agreed upon; as a result, the BTC price rose 5%, causing the whale to miss out on about $1 million in potential gains.

Gate News message, April 8, the A-share market opened, and all three major indices rose collectively. The Shanghai Composite Index (China’s A-share main board index) rose 1.03%, the Shenzhen Component Index (Shenzhen market comprehensive index) rose 2.36%, and the ChiNext Index (ChiNext market index) rose 3.07%.

GSR announced that it would lead the investment in Libeara, the tokenized platform under Standard Chartered. The investment amount has not been disclosed. GSR has acquired Autonomous and Architech, aiming to become a “Web3 investment bank” for global digital asset and RWA capital markets, providing end-to-end services. Founded in 2023, Libeara has generated more than $1 billion in on-chain assets and has obtained a license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Gate News message, April 8, today the Hong Kong stock market opened, the Hang Seng Index (Hong Kong’s benchmark stock index) rose 2.61%. The oil sector’s performance was mixed: China National Offshore Oil (00883.HK) fell 5.26% at the open, PetroChina (00857.HK) fell 2.69% at the open, and Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical (00386.HK) rose 0.65% at the open.

On April 8, the U.S. stock market closed: the Dow fell 0.18%, the S&P 500 rose 0.08%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.1%. The crypto market was mixed—TRON fell by more than 7.92%, while CRCL rose by more than 2.14%. The decentralized RWA trading platform msx.com has launched hundreds of RWA tokens.

Gate News message: On April 8, The Times of Israel, citing a security official, reported that despite the United States and Iran having announced a ceasefire, Israel is "still continuing to strike Iran."

Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas revealed that Musk may set the stock ticker for the SpaceX IPO as SPCX, a ticker that was previously held by Matt Tuttle. The news was proposed by Will Hershey, founder of Roundhill Investments.

Gate News, April 8, according to monitoring by Hyperinsight, the ETH price broke above $2,200. Around 3:00 this morning, a certain whale opened an ETH short position worth $22 million. As the coin price rose, the short position came under pressure; the whale closed the position to cut losses, ultimately recording a loss of $1.47 million. At present, the whale has a buy order for 5,000 ETH, with the order price set at $2,229.

Gate News update, April 8, Lighter officially posted on the X platform saying that since the TGE (token generation event), the project team has repurchased 10 million LIT tokens, accounting for 4% of the current circulating supply.

On April 7, XRP spot ETF recorded a net inflow of $3.3202 million in a single day. Among them, the Bitwise XRP ETF had the largest net inflow, at $1.9005 million; the Franklin XRP ETF recorded a net inflow of $1.4197 million. Currently, the total assets net asset value (NAV) of the XRP spot ETFs is $922 million, and the historical cumulative net inflows have reached $1.21B.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, GER40 (DAX 40) has surged by 3% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.

Gate News message, a whale previously known for a "100% win-rate on $CL" is experiencing significant floating losses. The trader opened a $CL (2x) long position 6 hours ago, but following a 2-week ceasefire announcement between the USA and IRAN, the oil market declined sharply. The whale currently h

A cryptocurrency project linked to Donald Trump, World Liberty Financial, has once again sparked controversy due to its collaboration with the Southeast Asian blockchain project AB DAO. Investigations show that AB DAO has ties to individuals who are subject to U.S. and U.K. sanctions. WLFI said it had completed due diligence, but was not aware of the resort project that AB DAO allegedly promoted.

Gate News message, April 8, DeepSeek’s website and app launched two new modes early this morning. Among them, the Quick mode is for everyday conversation scenarios, providing instant responses; the Expert mode is designed for complex problems and supports deep-thinking functionality, but it requires waiting during peak hours and does not support attachment or voice upload.

Gate News message: On April 8, according to Alternative.me data, the crypto Fear and Greed Index rose to 17 today, up from 11 yesterday (April 7), but the market overall is still in a state of “extreme fear.”

Base Chain DeFi lending protocol Seamless Protocol announced its shutdown, operating for more than two and a half years. Users need to withdraw their assets before June 30, 2026. The shutdown is due to the leverage token failing to find product-market fit, along with a lack of liquidity and sustainable revenue. The team will submit a proposal to distribute the remaining assets to SEAM token holders.