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According to Coinglass data, if ETH falls below $2,196, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $491 million. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $2,405, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $485 million.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $110 million, with long positions liquidated at $49.2649 million and short positions liquidated at $61.2213 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $8.4779 million, Bitcoin short positions at $6.7142 million, Ethereum long positions at $10.8591 million, and Ethereum short positions at $4.5184 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 99,559 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on OKX - ETH-USDT-SWAP valued at $1.1399 million.

The Ethereum Foundation published a summary of the Soldøgn Interop work, which has now basically completed the key goals of the Glamsterdam upgrade, including reaching consensus on the post-upgrade 200 million Gas Limit lower bound, achieving stable operation of the ePBS external Builder process, and finalizing the EIP-8037 Gas repricing parameters.The focus of the Glamsterdam upgrade is to enhance security by increasing the Gas Limit to expand Ethereum's throughput, while EIP-8037 will prevent state bloat caused by high Gas Limits by increasing the cost of state creation.The Ethereum Foundation also stated that most clients have completed stable operation on glamsterdam-devnet-2 and successfully tested the entire process of external Builders. In addition, substantial progress has been made on FOCIL, native account abstraction, and Hegotá upgrade-related features. In the coming weeks, core developers will continue to advance client hardening, testing improvements, and code merging, with final parameters to be publicly confirmed at the AllCoreDevs meeting.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that Eric Trump increased his personal wealth from approximately $190 million to $280 million through American Bitcoin.Meanwhile, the company's stock price, after significant dilution, has fallen about 92% from its peak, resulting in a loss of approximately $500 million for public investors.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was 182 million USD, with long positions liquidated at 71.6178 million USD and short positions liquidated at 110 million USD. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at 12.3016 million USD, Bitcoin short positions at 42.2805 million USD, Ethereum long positions at 16.5427 million USD, and Ethereum short positions at 12.9221 million USD.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 87,856 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Bybit - BTCUSD worth 8 million USD.

According to Coinglass data, the current holdings of whales on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $3.963 billion, with long positions totaling $2.018 billion, accounting for 50.92% of the holdings, and short positions totaling $1.945 billion, accounting for 49.08%. The profit and loss for long positions is $713,200, while the profit and loss for short positions is -$28,853,400.Among them, the whale address 0xa5b0..41 has taken a 15x leveraged long position on ETH at a price of $2,265.48, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of $1,476,400.

In the first quarter of Greg Abel's tenure as CEO, Berkshire Hathaway's cash reserves surged to a record high of $397 billion. At the end of last year, the company's cash reserves had slightly decreased, but they increased significantly in the first quarter due to a net sale of $8.1 billion in stocks during the period.Additionally, Berkshire Hathaway A (BRK.A.N) reported Q1 2026 revenue of $93.675 billion, compared to $89.725 billion in the same period last year, with market expectations of $89.274 billion; net profit was $10.106 billion, compared to $4.603 billion in the same period last year, with market expectations of $11.762 billion. The fair value of fixed-income securities held by Berkshire Hathaway at the end of Q1 2026 reached $17.669 billion, compared to $17.816 billion in the same period last year.Buffett has always viewed cash as "a necessary but undesirable asset," often likening it to oxygen, which is crucial for businesses but not a good investment in itself. Buffett repeatedly emphasizes that Berkshire will never prefer holding cash equivalents over quality businesses; cash is merely a war chest waiting for "super good opportunities." When market valuations are too high and there are no attractive investment targets, he prefers to hoard cash rather than force a purchase; but once a great opportunity arises, he will deploy this ammunition without hesitation. In Buffett's view, cash can provide safe returns in a high-interest-rate environment, but in the long run, it is far less valuable than investing in excellent companies.While Berkshire's cash holdings reach a new high, despite the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices recently hitting historical highs, there are still multiple risk hazards behind the market, and valuations are in a historically high range. Data shows that as of April, the rolling price-to-earnings ratio of the S&P 500 is about 24 times (historical average is about 16 times), and the Shiller price-to-earnings ratio (cyclically adjusted) has risen to over 37 times, at a historically high level, second only to the internet bubble period. This combination of "valuation + high expectations" means that the market has very limited room for error. Furthermore, the current rise in U.S. stocks is built on optimistic assumptions such as "AI-driven profits, falling inflation, declining interest rates, and controllable risks," and any deviation in these variables could trigger amplified shocks in the market.

According to the Wall Street Journal, "Fed mouthpiece" Nick Timiraos wrote that Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari, and two other regional Fed presidents oppose maintaining the wording "the next step is more likely to be a rate cut" in this week's policy meeting, believing that the next rate adjustment could be either a rate hike or a rate cut.Outgoing Fed Chair Powell stated that the committee is gradually shifting from a "rate cut bias" to a "neutral stance," and indicated that if a rate hike is needed in the future, the Fed will first move to a neutral position before signaling a rate hike.Nick Timiraos analyzes that there has been a significant shift in the internal discussions about the interest rate path at the Fed, with the focus no longer primarily on when to resume rate cuts, but rather on under what conditions a rate hike may be necessary. Since the Fed began issuing policy statements in 1994, there has been little disagreement on how to describe the policy direction (rather than actual interest rate changes).

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that after AMD expanded its capacity at the Rockdale site in Texas, Riot Platforms' stock price rose by 8%, highlighting Riot's transition from Bitcoin mining to AI data centers.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC falls below $74,332, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.706 billion. Conversely, if BTC breaks above $82,012, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.492 billion.

Binance Alpha will launch the Billions Network (BILL) airdrop on May 4.Eligible users can go to the Alpha page to claim the airdrop using Alpha points after trading opens. More details will be announced soon.

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr posted on the X platform, stating that the adjusted realized price range model calibrated to Bitcoin's current circulating supply shows that this round of Bitcoin falling to the key range of $59,000 marks the beginning of a true medium to long-term bottoming process. Bottoming is not a short-term process and will not be completed in one to two weeks; the baseline scenario is expected to take about six months.Axel Adler Jr emphasized that although Bitcoin has seen some recent increases, the core factor driving market stabilization is not emotional recovery or local rebounds, but rather the return of long-term real demand. This means that the bottom may only be truly established when the market begins to reprice future value and spot buying continues to recover.

According to Cointelegraph, MN Trading Capital founder Michael van de Poppe stated on the X platform that Bitcoin does not need a new narrative or catalyst to return to the psychological threshold of $100,000. He pointed out that "as prices rise, narratives will emerge on their own," believing that the current level is still a good accumulation zone.Van de Poppe also noted that market attention has recently shifted to technology sectors such as AI. As of Friday's close, Nvidia (NVDA) shares have risen 5.08% year-to-date, while Bitcoin has fallen about 10% during the same period. The last time Bitcoin reached $100,000 was on November 13 last year, and it dropped to an annual low of $60,000 in February. At the time of writing, it is at $78,250, having risen 14.49% in the past 30 days.Veteran trader Peter Blandt previously told Cointelegraph that the Clarity Act is a positive development for the industry, but it is unlikely to be the main catalyst for a significant rise in Bitcoin prices. Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Faryar Shirzad stated on Friday that after the announcement of new stablecoin yield terms, "it's time" to finalize the Clarity Act. Additionally, White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt mentioned this week at the Las Vegas Bitcoin Conference that a "major announcement" regarding the Trump administration's Bitcoin reserves will be released in the coming weeks.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $249 million, with long positions liquidated at $83.4138 million and short positions liquidated at $166 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $18.047 million, Bitcoin short positions at $80.5252 million, Ethereum long positions at $16.9893 million, and Ethereum short positions at $25.7364 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 94,830 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Bybit - BTCUSD worth $8 million.

According to Ai Yi's report, on-chain data and contract information show that two addresses hold approximately 80,000 ETH long positions on the decentralized derivatives platform Hyperliquid, with a total floating profit of about 3.11 million USD. Among them, address 0xa5b...01d41 holds 40,000 ETH long positions with an opening price of about 2265.5 USD, resulting in a floating profit of about 1.526 million USD; address 0x6c8...d84f6 holds 40,000 ETH long positions with an opening price of about 2265.4 USD, resulting in a floating profit of about 1.528 million USD.

According to Coinglass data, the total open interest of BTC contracts across the network has increased by 6.58% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at 58.4 billion USD. Among them, Binance's open interest is 10.582 billion USD, OKX's open interest is 3.352 billion USD, Bybit's open interest is 4.746 billion USD, and Gate's open interest is 5.321 billion USD.

According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $3.902 billion, with long positions totaling $1.987 billion, accounting for 50.91% of the holdings, and short positions totaling $1.916 billion, accounting for 49.09%. The profit and loss for long positions is $1.8399 million, while for short positions it is -$30.1227 million.Among them, the whale address 0xa5b0..41 has taken a 15x leveraged long position on ETH at a price of $2265.48, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of $1.5484 million.

Concerns about quantum computing in Bitcoin always revolve around a "Satoshi-related problem." If a sufficiently powerful quantum computer emerges, millions of Bitcoins stored in old wallets with exposed public keys may face the risk of being stolen, including approximately 1.1 million Bitcoins that are allegedly owned by the anonymous creator Satoshi, currently valued at about $84 billion.Senior developer Jameson Lopp and five other developers formally proposed this plan through BIP-361 in mid-April, which aims to gradually phase out addresses vulnerable to quantum attacks over a five-year timeline and freeze any coins that fail to complete the migration. However, this proposal creates another issue: Satoshi and all other long-dormant holders would have to publicly "reveal themselves," or risk losing access to their assets.Dan Robinson, a general partner at Paradigm, released a proposal on Friday that suggests a way to circumvent this trade-off, with the core concept being "Provable Address Control Time Stamps" (PACTs). The main idea of PACTs is not to move coins, but to timestamp ownership proofs on specific dates, without disclosing any information externally until the wallet owner truly needs to spend.If Bitcoin later implements a soft fork to freeze coins vulnerable to quantum attacks, the protocol could include a rescue path that accepts STARK proofs (a type of zero-knowledge proof that remains secure against quantum computers), proving that the holder created their commitment before the existence of quantum hardware. When the holder wishes to spend, they submit this proof, and the network releases the corresponding coins. This redemption process will not reveal any information about the address, amount, or even the original timestamp creation time.

According to Cointelegraph, the amount of venture capital funding in the crypto sector dropped to $659 million in April, the lowest monthly total since July 2024.

MN Trading Capital founder Michael van de Poppe stated that Bitcoin may not need a new story or catalyst to drive it back to $100,000—Bitcoin has not reached that price for nearly five months. In a post on X on Friday, van de Poppe posed the question, "What kind of narrative can push Bitcoin to $100,000?" He then stated, "No narrative is needed to push the price." He added, "Prices rise, and narratives will emerge. That’s why relying solely on math, statistics, and logic is enough to win, and why the current ranges of Bitcoin are still good accumulation zones."Many participants in the crypto market still believe that Bitcoin needs a strong narrative to drive prices upward. Recently, the market's focus has been on potential catalysts such as the Federal Reserve's interest rate decisions, regulatory progress in the U.S., and inflows into spot Bitcoin ETFs. Some participants also pointed to the potential passage of the CLARITY Act as a factor that could drive Bitcoin upward. However, veteran trader Peter Brandt stated that the CLARITY Act is a positive step for the industry but is unlikely to be the main catalyst for pushing Bitcoin prices higher. Brandt said, "Is this a macro development that shakes the world? No. It's certainly necessary, but it is not an event that should redefine value." Meanwhile, White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt stated this week at the Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas that a "major announcement" regarding President Trump's Bitcoin reserves will be made in a few weeks.