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The event titled 'Web3 Dialogues @ HKU - Academia x Industry' is organized by Blockchain@HKU with support from the University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Computing and Data Science, HKU Tech Center, and Core Curriculum Affairs Office. Dr. Han will participate in a fireside chat with HKU professors and engage in open Q&A sessions with students interested in blockchain, digital finance, and emerging technologies.
The investment firm executed a strategic purchase of Bitcoin valued at $2.54 billion. This transaction involved acquiring 34,164 units of the cryptocurrency.
The ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran has concluded, potentially impacting global markets. Tesla is scheduled to release its quarterly financial results this week.
A themed Space event will examine whether DeFi can return to its narrative core amid AI and RWA competition, and how JUST's third buyback cycle signals a shift from high APY to real yield. The discussion will also explore how ordinary users can identify signals and avoid misconceptions during market volatility, with participation rewards offered.
The company has integrated Stripe payment services and added support for KuCoin Web3 and Trust Wallet connections. B.AI has surpassed 1 million users and is expanding its developer tools through partnerships with platforms including KuCoin and Symbiosis.
OKX Founder and CEO Star stated that OKX's risk engine operates normally and remains unaffected by RAVE's market fluctuations. The cryptocurrency exchange announced the additional bounty to support the investigation into alleged market manipulation of the RAVE token, which has declined over 95% from its peak.
The exclusive token generation event for OpenGradient will take place from 9:00 to 11:00 UTC on April 21, 2026. Eligible users must participate using Binance Alpha points, with trading scheduled to begin at 11:00 UTC.
Investment funds flowing into Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have approached the $1 billion mark, signaling strong institutional interest. Meanwhile, a security breach affecting the Kelp protocol has heightened concerns about vulnerabilities in decentralized finance platforms.
The inflows represent the second-strongest weekly performance since January, with total assets under management reaching $154.8 billion. Bitcoin's price approached $78,000 during the same period.
The Solana-based perpetual contract trading platform Pacifica has introduced Vaults on its testnet, allowing users to deposit funds into existing strategy vaults or create custom ones with parameters like deposit limits and profit-sharing ratios. Users included in the April 18 snapshot receive triple loyalty points weekly, with the platform having distributed approximately 333 million points and achieving $2.455 billion in weekly trading volume.
The sales represented a record liquidation by public Bitcoin miners during the first quarter of 2026. Miners redirected capital toward artificial intelligence infrastructure as mining costs increased.
Approximately $395 million in call options are concentrated around the $75,000 strike price. Negative funding rates indicate bearish market positioning, with potential for increased short squeeze risk if prices remain above this level.
The non-custodial staking infrastructure provider integrates RootData's API to incorporate comprehensive project information into its products, improving user experience. Everstake utilizes the platform's industry data to produce more diverse research reports and identify client expansion opportunities based on funding and team information.
A large Ethereum holder has initiated a $100 million long position on the cryptocurrency. Market participants continue to hold short positions on Ethereum despite this significant bullish move.
The cryptocurrency exchange is developing AI agents that integrate with Slack and email to provide high-level feedback to employees. CEO Brian Armstrong stated that the company plans to make it easier for employees to create additional agents, which may eventually outnumber human staff.
The cryptocurrency retreated following Friday's surge as traders monitored a CME futures gap. A DeFi platform exploit affected alternative cryptocurrencies while macroeconomic pressures influenced market sentiment.
Gate Founder and CEO Dr. Han stated that AI is transitioning from an efficiency tool to a core capability in trading systems, now involved in decision-making, risk control, and asset allocation. Gate is developing an AI product matrix including Gate for AI, GateClaw, GateAI, and GateRouter to integrate AI technology into its trading ecosystem.
Data from Coinglass indicates that Bitcoin reaching $78,946 would trigger $1.326 billion in short position liquidations across major centralized exchanges. Conversely, a drop to $71,506 would result in $1.157 billion in long position liquidations.
The decentralized finance protocol experienced a significant reduction in total value locked after a security breach at liquid staking platform KelpDAO. The incident has raised questions about potential broader impacts on the DeFi ecosystem beyond the immediate financial losses.
Bitcoin has experienced a 50% decline followed by partial recovery, with traders monitoring whether the upcoming Las Vegas event will signal another short-term peak. Historical patterns indicate that similar rallies around major conferences have typically not been sustained over time.
Bitcoin maintained positive momentum despite renewed tensions between the United States and Iran. A trader forecasts that Bitcoin's price action will surpass last week's local highs.
CoinShares reports digital asset investment products recorded $1.4 billion in net inflows last week, marking the third consecutive week of positive flows and bringing total assets under management to $155 billion. Bitcoin products attracted $1.116 billion while Ethereum products saw $328 million in inflows, with the United States leading regional inflows at $1.5 billion.
Digital asset investment products have experienced three consecutive weeks of inflows, with total assets under management reaching $155 billion. Bitcoin products accounted for $1.116 billion of the inflows, while Ethereum products saw their strongest weekly performance since January with $328 million.
The address maintains a SOL short position of 254,800 tokens valued at approximately $21.6 million. The new oil position consists of 200,700 contracts worth about $18.08 million.
The Ethereum-based meme token ASTEROID is currently trading at $0.000375 with 24-hour trading volume reaching $49.6 million. The cryptocurrency's narrative originated from a 15-year-old girl's wish to meet Elon Musk, who later agreed to make Asteroid the SpaceX mascot.
Bitcoin's price remains above the maximum pain point with significant positioning at $75,000. Traders may experience either a squeeze or pullback toward the maximum pain level as the options contract approaches expiry.
The Japanese yen stablecoin issuer JPYC has completed approximately $17.62 million in a second closing of its Series B round, bringing its total funding to about $28.93 million. The funds will be used for system and application development, business expansion, and operations related to stablecoin issuance, redemption, trading, and payment.
Data from Coinglass shows the transfer occurred at 17:38 on April 20. The destination wallet remains unidentified.
The KelpDAO hack has triggered ripple effects in stablecoin markets, with Aave recording a $300 million borrowing spike that indicates potential liquidity pressures. This development highlights broader market vulnerabilities following the security incident.
The new Flux product enables lending, borrowing, and DEX swaps to operate from a single liquidity pool. This integration utilizes Fluid's architecture to combine multiple DeFi functions within one unified system.
The Chinese decentralized contract trading platform Sun Wukong has introduced META/USDT and AAPL/USDT perpetual contracts. Both contracts offer maximum leverage of up to 20 times.
Executives from Binance, JPMorgan, Bitstamp and Stable highlighted stablecoin transaction volume growth exceeding 70% year-over-year and surpassing Visa's volume. They emphasized that while blockchain technology enables low-cost cross-border payments, regulatory fragmentation and compliance remain key challenges for global interoperability.
The 'Racing the Future' outdoor exhibition at Victoria Harbour's K11 MUSEA has attracted thousands of visitors since opening to the public, featuring displays of the F1 Red Bull Racing team's 2026 car and equipment. Gate will host a blue carpet ceremony and anniversary dinner on April 20, with platform founder and CEO Dr. Han attending alongside industry representatives.
The Bank for International Settlements General Manager stated that regulatory differences across jurisdictions could trigger regulatory arbitrage without coordinated oversight. He noted that stablecoins, primarily pegged 1:1 to the US dollar, may undermine monetary policies and hinder anti-money laundering efforts, with Tether and Circle dominating approximately 85% of the $315 billion global stablecoin market.
The partnership will integrate Biconomy's high-performance transaction infrastructure to provide secure, transparent financial environments for autonomous AI agents. Both companies aim to create a next-generation financial ecosystem prioritizing security and global accessibility.
Wintermute's APAC team will attend the Money20/20 Asia event in Bangkok. The company plans to discuss OTC trading, liquidity solutions, and yield strategies during the conference.
The Hong Kong initial public offerings for Xizhi Tech and Mabwell Bioscience are available through the StableStock platform. Investors can participate using stablecoins during the subscription period.
The platform enables lending against digital assets representing exposure to private companies such as Anthropic and SpaceX. AgoraLend's presale for the service is currently active.
The proposal aims to simplify Orderly Network's revenue structure and redirect resources toward growth initiatives. Voting on the governance measure is scheduled to conclude in the near future.
The Boost feature automates supply-borrow cycles within a single transaction using user-defined leverage settings. This functionality is now operational in the protocol's Core Pool.
Tether introduced a self-custodial mobile wallet on April 14. Visa and Stripe became validators on the Tempo blockchain, indicating growing institutional adoption of stablecoins.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will provide subsidies of up to 40 million yen to support stablecoin implementation initiatives. This program represents a shift from policy planning to administrative implementation in Japan's approach to digital currency adoption.
The company has partnered with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud while supporting 52 models from 20 providers including OpenAI and Anthropic. Its TapClaw platform has deployed over 1,200 AI agents since March 2026, with plans to expand globally and launch enterprise services.
Long positions accounted for $277 million of the total liquidations while short positions saw $140 million in losses. The data shows 144,268 traders were liquidated during this period, with the largest single liquidation being a $9.63 million Bitcoin trade on Binance.
Joseph Chalom, who previously led BlackRock's blockchain and digital assets team, stated that Ethereum dominates three major use cases: stablecoins, asset tokenization, and decentralized finance. He warned that if stablecoins become the payment rails for trillions of transactions in the AI agent economy, Asian regulators should not allow them to be dominated by the US dollar and Treasury bonds, which will trigger geopolitical competition to advance local stablecoin legislation.
The CLOSE token offering attracted over 51,000 participants and raised 99,082,862 USDT with no lock-up period after settlement. The platform allowed participation using JU, USDT, BTC, and ETH while implementing a dynamic allocation model that increased allocation rates by 0.2% for every additional 5 million USDT raised.
The cryptocurrency exchange has fully redeemed related funds from the chain ahead of schedule, with the expected arrival date before 18:00 UTC+8 on April 20, 2026. Users' principal and accumulated earnings will be automatically redeemed to their funding accounts without requiring additional operations.
OCBC Bank will support the token issuance architecture design for the GOLDX Token, while its asset management arm Lion Global Investors provides the underlying fund's investment framework and governance structure. The tokens represent physical gold funds and will be issued on both Ethereum and Solana blockchain networks.
According to Gate market data, S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures both fell by 0.6%. Dow Jones futures also declined by 0.7%.
Data from Coinglass reveals that major exchanges show varying funding rates, with Binance at -0.0048%, OKX at 0.004%, Bybit at -0.0014%, and Gate at -0.0055%. The funding rate is a mechanism used in perpetual futures contracts to align contract prices with the underlying asset's spot price.
The French publicly traded company Capital B has purchased an additional 12 Bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 2,937 BTC. The company currently ranks 26th in the Bitcoin 100 ranking of major holders.
Whales on the Hyperliquid platform maintain long positions worth $1.747 billion and short positions worth $1.679 billion, with long positions currently showing unrealized losses. A specific whale address executed a 20x leveraged long position on ETH at $2,289.26, now holding $973,300 in unrealized profit.
The investment will be allocated to Hashed Ventures' third venture investment fund, which focuses on supporting new business areas including digital asset wallets and stablecoin payment settlements. Hecto Innovation and Hecto Financial, both part of the Hecto Group, participated in this funding round.
A RAVE manipulation address transferred 20 million tokens to Bitget within 10 minutes, valued at approximately $10.67 million. The address has moved a total of 42.996 million RAVE tokens to centralized exchanges today, with a cumulative value exceeding $34.97 million.
The Ethereum-based meme cryptocurrency WOJAK has reached a market capitalization of approximately $39.86 million according to GMGN data. Odaily has issued a reminder to investors about the high volatility associated with meme coins.
Data from Coinglass shows the transaction occurred on April 20 at 15:07. The transfer involved a significant amount of the stablecoin moving from the exchange to an unidentified destination.
BIT's analysis indicates Bitcoin has been in an adjustment phase since October last year due to weak capital flows and limited new market inflows. Recent data shows Tether's circulation increased by approximately $30 billion, with overall stablecoin market capitalization recovering, suggesting early-stage liquidity improvement that could precede price movements.
A Bitcoin whale executed a $10 million transfer, sparking market speculation about the timing of the transaction. The movement has drawn attention to potential market impacts and investor strategies.
The exchange will also provide trading bot services for these pairs. Users can enjoy zero maker fees for Binance Life/U, ENJ/U, GIGGLE/U and ORDI/U spot and leverage trading pairs during the promotional period.
OKX Global Chief Commercial Officer Lennix Lai announced the development of an on-chain operating system designed to serve both human users and AI agents. The system leverages OKX's existing wallet infrastructure and X Layer network to enable automated trading through natural language commands.
HashKey Exchange CEO announced the launch of Hong Kong's first physical gold ETF, which is fully compliant with local regulations. The company has also received approval from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to issue Asia's first co-branded credit cards with Shanghai Commercial Bank and has signed memorandums of understanding with multiple Asian financial institutions for various collaborations.
Jupiter stated it has not received any notifications or signs of being affected by the recent Vercel platform security incident. The company has implemented all recommended security measures, completed key rotations, and conducted comprehensive system log reviews without finding any suspicious activity.
The HTX Genesis Hackathon, organized by HTX DAO and B.AI, will feature presentations from HTX Global Advisor Justin Sun, HTX DAO Ambassador Molly, and HTX Ventures Data Analyst Frank Mao. The event focuses on AI and Web3 infrastructure to identify innovative projects and provide funding and ecosystem support for their development.
The digital asset trading platform will feature industry guest sharing, panel discussions, and jazz performances at The Murray hotel. CoinUp maintains over $3 billion in asset reserves and a $50 million user protection fund.
Yuga Labs Vice President 0xQuit stated that multiple Aave pools have reached 100% utilization, trapping depositors. The protocol risks accumulating more bad debt if ETH price declines and liquidations remain inefficient.
The decision has led to business and revenue losses to competitor Aave, though SparkLend maintains sufficient ETH withdrawal liquidity. Aave is experiencing liquidity shortages across multiple networks despite gaining users from Spark.
A Bitcoin whale on Hyperliquid holds a $10.04 million leveraged long position with liquidation at $72,776 and recently placed a stop-loss order at $73,869 to reduce risk. Another major short position on the platform currently shows $700,000 in unrealized profit with most gains being used for position rolling.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong predicts AI agents will soon outnumber company employees. He also forecasts these agents will conduct more onchain transactions than humans.
Binance Co-CEO He Yi stated the company is focusing on organizational growth and innovation rather than cost-cutting layoffs, with AI enhancing employee productivity. She revealed Binance has expanded to commodities trading and aims to serve 30 billion users as global financial infrastructure for daily payments and wealth management.
Gold and silver prices experienced minor declines in opening trading, with gold dropping 0.49% to $4,795.56 and silver falling 0.52% to $80.28. Gate platform reported significant trading volume increases for metal contracts, with gold contract trading up 326.77% to $79.36 million and silver contract trading surging 964.24% to $55.29 million over 24 hours.
The transaction was executed at an average price of $41.46 per token according to market sources. Chuan retains 8,529 HYPE tokens valued at approximately $349,000 following the sale.
Significant one-time token unlocks valued over $5 million involve UDS, ZRO, H, XPL, MBG, HYPER, LMTS, INIT, KAITO, SOSO, and MON. Major linear unlocks exceeding $1 million daily include RAIN, SOL, CC, TRUMP, and WLD, with total value surpassing $330 million.
Bitcoin traded at $74,335 following Iran's reimposition of controls on the Strait of Hormuz, with the cryptocurrency experiencing a modest 1.6% decline. This contrasted with a 5.7% surge in Brent crude oil prices and a 1.2% drop in European equity futures.
The leveraged whale executed a 15x long position for 4000 ETH worth $9.06 million on the Hyperliquid platform. The position was opened at an average price of $2264.1 per ETH.
The BTC/HYPE exchange rate has increased to 1821 following a 6.3% decline in HYPE price. A whale on Hyperliquid maintains a $53 million combined position with $31.4 million in leveraged BTC longs and $22.58 million in leveraged HYPE shorts, currently showing a net profit of $500,000.