Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

In the first quarter of 2026, crypto hackers stole about $169 million in assets from 34 DeFi protocols. Losses fell significantly, but there were still major attack incidents. Security risks have not declined; hacker activity is tied to market cycles, and attack methods are diversified. The industry needs to strengthen audits and risk controls to meet these challenges.

According to CoinGecko data, on April 3, a certain CEX had trading volume of $865 million; the top five tokens were XRP, BTC, ONT, USDT, and ETH, with XRP having the highest trading volume at 13.81%.

Gate News update: On April 3, according to CoinAnk data, over the past 24 hours, liquidations across the entire market totaled $248 million, including approximately $125 million liquidated from long positions and approximately $123 million liquidated from short positions. By coin, Bitcoin liquidations were about $48.13 million, and Ethereum liquidations were about $28.34 million.

A research team at MIT warns that AI chatbots may lead users into a “delusion spiral” phenomenon—where selective presentation of information guides bias—and that this cannot be fully eliminated simply by reducing false information or improving awareness, potentially affecting society and mental health.

On April 3, Greeks.live data showed that BTC and ETH options expiration conditions were weak. BTC options market share was above 80%, and rebuilding market confidence will require time and funding support.

CORE3 is a crypto risk-rating agency created by HAI Group that has rated 1,426 crypto projects and 253 exchanges. World Liberty Financial, owned by the Trump family, received an F-grade, with a loss probability as high as 68.01%. CORE3 aims to improve the security of DeFi protocols and exchanges, and welcomes industry feedback.

U.S. government job openings fell to 701,000 in February, the second-lowest level since December 2020. Layoffs at private companies are intensifying, consumer confidence is weakening, and it reflects an underperforming labor market that could foreshadow a rise in the unemployment rate.

Based on the latest data, Ethereum’s market share in non-USD stablecoins has fallen from 90% in 2023 to 65% as of February 2026, while other blockchains have rapidly risen. Despite this, Ethereum still remains the primary stablecoin issuing chain, and the number of unique senders has increased significantly.

Drift on the X platform confirmed that it has obtained key information related to the exploit attack, and sent messages to the ETH wallets of the four stolen funds, saying it would like to talk. The attack caused at least $200 million in losses, and subsequent updates will be released after third-party attribution is completed.

Gate News, April 3, Jupiter Strategic Reserve Trust Fund Jupiter Litterbox Trust increased its holdings by 737,738 JUP worth approximately $116,000 yesterday (April 2).

Gate News message, April 3, Polymarket prediction market data shows that the probability of USD.ai having an FDV over $100 million on the day after launch is 92%, the probability of over $150 million is 85%, and the probability of over $200 million is 50%. As of now, trading volume in this prediction market has already exceeded $2.5 million.

Korea Investment & Securities is moving forward with the acquisition of Coinone, the third-largest crypto exchange, and is currently working to persuade financial regulators and the National Assembly. The soon-to-be introduced regulations will set the maximum shareholding limit for controlling shareholders at 15%-20%, creating opportunities for outside buyers.

Gate News update: On April 3, according to an SEC filing, Grayscale submitted an S-1 amendment for its Bittensor (TAO) trust to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The trust is a passive investment product that primarily holds the native token TAO from the Bittensor network, aiming to give investors a way to gain exposure to TAO tokens by holding shares of the trust.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, CHCUSD100 () has dropped by 1.5% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.

Gate News update, April 3, glassnode data shows that large whales holding between 100 and 10,000 bitcoins are currently experiencing massive losses. Its 7-day moving average realized losses have now exceeded $200 million per day.

Gate News message, a whale sold 1,323 ETH for $2.7 million USDC at a price of $2,041, incurring a loss of $1.28 million after holding the assets for 2 months. The whale initially withdrew 1,327.48 ETH valued at $3.99 million from CEX and currently holds 5.76 ETH worth $11.8K. Address: 0x3511BF7472Ef

On April 2, the total net outflow from Ethereum spot ETFs was $71,168,800, including a outflow of $46,663,500 from BlackRock’s ETHA and an outflow of $16,803,900 from Grayscale’s ETHE. The total net assets currently amount to $11.699 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio of 4.69%.

Gate News message: On April 3, according to monitoring by The Data Nerd, the swing-trading whale pension-usdt.eth yesterday (April 2) increased its ETH short position by $41 million using 3x leverage. It currently holds a total ETH and BTC short position of about $107.5 million.

Gate News message, April 3, CZ posted on a social platform announcing that its new book, 《Freedom of Money》, is planned to be officially released next week. At present, the e-book is open for pre-order, offering the English edition and the Traditional Chinese edition. The English hardcover will be released next week as well, and other language versions will be rolled out in the coming months.

Gate News updates, April 3, according to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, CTSI (Cartesi) is trading at $0.03927. Over the past 24 hours, it is up 73.51%, reaching a high of $0.05399 and falling to a low of $0.02185. The 24-hour trading volume is $8.881 million. The current market cap is approximately $35.6957 million. Cartesi is a Layer 2 foundational infrastructure designed to enable complex and intensive computing to run in a Linux environment outside the blockchain without affecting decentralization and security. Developers can work in a familiar environment without any artificial restrictions and can access well-known development tools. With the Cartesi Machine virtual machine, developers can launch a full Linux or