Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

Gate News update: On April 1, the U.S. will release its March ADP employment report tonight at 20:15 (known as “the little nonfarm,” a leading indicator for nonfarm employment data), followed by the release of the U.S. February retail sales month-over-month rate (known as “terrible data,” reflecting the strength or weakness of the consumer market). The market will get the latest data on the U.S. labor market and consumer market, and the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate path may change accordingly.

B2C2 has designated Solana as its institutional clients’ large stablecoin settlement network, prioritizing support for multiple stablecoins. Despite a recent increase in activity on Solana in stablecoin trading, its market capitalization still lags behind Ethereum and Tron.

Gate News update. On April 1, U.S. President Trump said he is strongly considering having the United States withdraw from NATO because NATO failed to join his war against Iran. Trump called NATO a “paper tiger” and said that having the United States withdraw from NATO is “not up for further discussion.”

Gate News, April 1, BTC’s current trading price is 21% higher than its realized price (the average purchase cost of all circulating BTC). Data shows that BTC’s realized price is $54,286, and the current premium level is the lowest in the past three years, with a premium performance close to the historical cycle’s bottom-range behavior.

Ethereum Foundation researcher CPerezz introduced the VOPS technology at the EthCC conference, aiming to solve Ethereum’s state bloat problem and reduce the storage requirements for full nodes. VOPS nodes only need to store basic fields, reducing storage requirements by 25x, enabling users to participate in transactions, and accelerating Ethereum’s move toward statelessness.

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%.