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According to Wall Street News, HSBC stated, "We welcome the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's issuance of stablecoin licenses. We plan to launch a Hong Kong dollar-denominated stablecoin in the second half of 2026."

To enhance market liquidity and user experience, Binance will adjust the minimum nominal value of the USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts for BTCUSDT and BTCUSDC from 100 USDT/USDC to 50 USDT/USDC.The adjustment is expected to be completed within 4 hours and will not affect existing orders or normal trading.

According to official news, HTX DAO has confirmed its appearance at the 2026 Blockchain Forum. During this period, Wendy Wang, the head of HTX CIS region, and Tigran Akhunts, the head of P2P business in the CIS region, will be invited to attend and give speeches, discussing compliance and development opportunities in different global regional markets, as well as the evolution trends of the cryptocurrency trading market in the CIS region.In addition, in the authoritative industry selection at this forum, HTX and its global advisor Sun Yuchen received multiple heavyweight award nominations. Among them, HTX was nominated for "Best International Cryptocurrency Exchange of the Year," and Sun Yuchen was nominated for "Most Influential Cryptocurrency Figure of the Year."The Blockchain Forum is the largest cryptocurrency summit in the CIS region, which will be held from April 14 to 15 in Moscow, where more than 20,000 participants from around the world will gather to discuss topics such as Web3, cryptocurrency, mining, and artificial intelligence.

According to OnchainLens monitoring, a newly created wallet deposited 3.82 million USDC into HyperLiquid 30 minutes ago and opened a short position of 9,395.67 ETH with a leverage of 20 times, with a nominal value of 19.7 million dollars.

According to Jin Shi reports, a source told CNBC that the U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on April 16 to review the nomination of Kevin Warsh as Chairman of the Federal Reserve.Another criminal investigation surrounding the Federal Reserve is still ongoing, examining whether current Chairman Powell made false statements to Congress regarding the expensive renovations of the Federal Reserve's office building. Meanwhile, Warsh's nomination process is still moving forward, which could lead to a conflict between the two parallel processes pushed by the Trump administration.Banking Committee member Thom Tillis has already stated that he will not vote to confirm Warsh until the investigation is concluded, meaning Trump cannot advance both processes simultaneously. However, by continuing to push for the hearing, Trump is clearly still trying to achieve this goal. The Senate Banking Committee has not yet listed the hearing on the public agenda.

According to PR Newswire, the derivatives market CME Group announced that the average daily trading volume of cryptocurrency contracts in March reached 210,000 contracts, with a nominal value of $7.98 billion, an increase of 19%. Among them, the average daily trading volume of micro Bitcoin futures increased by 6%, reaching 77,000 contracts; the average daily trading volume of Ethereum futures increased by 53%, reaching 19,000 contracts.In addition, the overall average daily trading volume of contracts on the CME platform in March reached 41.1 million contracts, setting a monthly record with a year-on-year increase of 33%; the average daily trading volume in the first quarter reached 36.2 million contracts, setting a quarterly record with a year-on-year increase of 22%.

Digital asset insurance provider Soter Insure announced the launch of Ethereum-denominated slashing insurance. This innovative insurance product was developed in collaboration with Galaxy Digital and provides critical security for Ethereum validators and institutional stakers. It addresses the core risk of slashed assets due to protocol violations by validators in Ethereum staking, with both premiums and claims denominated and settled in ETH. This solves the problem of insufficient coverage in traditional USD-denominated insurance when ETH prices rise, thereby eliminating the "currency mismatch risk."

Greeks.live macro researcher Adam posted on platform X that today 23,000 BTC options are expiring, with a Put Call Ratio of 0.88, a maximum pain point of $70,000, and a nominal value of $1.6 billion. 176,000 ETH options are expiring, with a Put Call Ratio of 1.04, a maximum pain point of $2,150, and a nominal value of $370 million.The current rebound in the crypto market has been declared over, with Bitcoin briefly falling below the $70,000 threshold. In the past week, $75,000 has often been mentioned as a key resistance level, with 5% of options expiring at this price by the end of the month. The final breakthrough failed, falling back to around $70,000. Next Friday is the quarterly settlement, and from the options market data, $75,000 is the price with the most concentrated positions, making it an absolute resistance level. The lower levels of $65,000/$62,000/$60,000 are all areas of dense positions and can be considered as support for a decline.This week, the implied volatility (IV) and realized volatility (RV) of major expiration options have remained basically unchanged, with the main expiration IV for BTC at 50% and for ETH at 70%. The RV continues to decline, causing the volatility risk premium (VRP) to rise continuously. Only options accounting for 5% of the total positions are expiring, continuing to hit record lows. Despite the volatility, Bitcoin's trading activity remains at extremely low levels. Due to the price decline, the skew has decreased across the board, and the market is still in a bear phase, with bullish forces being very weak.

According to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, Abraxas Capital opened a 10x leveraged short position on crude oil (CL) on the decentralized perpetual contract platform Hyperliquid within the last 13 hours, involving 146,601 contracts with a nominal value of approximately 13.98 million USD.Its associated wallet address 0x5b5d has achieved a historical cumulative profit of 165.94 million USD on Hyperliquid.

According to Jin Ten's report, based on a Bloomberg survey, economists have pushed back their expectations for the Federal Reserve's next rate cut from March to June, but still anticipate two rate cuts of 25 basis points each before the end of the year. The survey shows that nearly one-third of economists express concerns about Kevin Warsh, the chairman nominee proposed by Trump. The median of the survey indicates that economists expect interest rates to be in the range of 3% to 3.25% by the end of this year.

According to market news, there will be $2.3 billion worth of Bitcoin options and $380 million worth of Ethereum options expiring tomorrow. The Bitcoin options Put Call Ratio is 1.69, with the maximum pain point at $69,000; the Ethereum options Put Call Ratio is 0.85, with the maximum pain point at $1,950.

UPBIT will terminate trading support for Nomina (NOM) on March 30, 2026, at 15:00. The affected trading pairs include NOM/KRW, NOM/BTC, and NOM/USDT. Users must complete withdrawals by April 30, 2026, otherwise, withdrawals will not be possible.

According to data from Greeks.live, 116,000 BTC options will expire this Friday, with a Put Call Ratio of 0.76, a maximum pain point of $75,000, and a nominal value of $7.9 billion. 206,000 ETH options will also expire this Friday, with a Put Call Ratio of 0.77, a maximum pain point of $2,200, and a nominal value of $980 million.Greeks.live analyst Adam stated that the current cryptocurrency market remains sluggish, with the entire February trend weakly oscillating above $60,000. Tomorrow, options representing 20% of the total open interest will expire, totaling nearly $9 billion, with Bitcoin's open interest reaching a peak in recent years. Thanks to a rebound in the past two days, the implied volatility of Bitcoin and Ethereum has increased this week, with BTC's main expiry IV at 47% and ETH's main expiry IV at 65%. The downward price trend has eased somewhat, but market confidence is still lacking.In terms of trading, large bullish options dominate the market, with a significant amount of medium to long-term bullish trades following yesterday's rebound. From the main options data, the Skew has also rebounded comprehensively, indicating a bottom-fishing force in the market. Adam added that the market is still in a bear phase, with no new funds entering the cryptocurrency space and no obvious hotspots, while pessimistic sentiments are prevalent on social media, suggesting that bottom panic may not have arrived yet.

According to Deribit data, at 16:00 tomorrow, the options expiration will take place, including:BTC options nominal value of 7.9 billion USD, put/call ratio of 0.76, maximum pain point of 75,000 USD;ETH options nominal value of 967 million USD, put/call ratio of 0.77, maximum pain point of 2,200 USD.

According to CoinDesk, data from Deribit shows that as Bitcoin experiences a significant pullback to around the $66,000 range, the nominal value of $40,000 put options has reached approximately $490 million, highlighting an increased demand for hedging against downside risks in the market.Additionally, Bitcoin options with a nominal value of about $7.3 billion will expire at the end of this month, with $566 million accumulated at the $75,000 strike price, which is currently the "maximum pain point." Although the total number of call options still exceeds that of put options (63,547 call option contracts versus 45,914 put option contracts), the open interest ratio between the two stands at 0.72. However, the large put positions at lower strike prices indicate a clear demand for downside protection, as traders hedge against potential further declines while maintaining exposure to a rebound.

According to Jinshi reports, the Trump administration is preparing for the nomination of Walsh as the Federal Reserve Chairman.

According to Deribit data, at 16:00 tomorrow, the options expiration will take place, including:BTC options nominal value of 2.52 billion USD, put/call ratio of 0.76, maximum pain point of 75,000 USD;ETH options nominal value of 390 million USD, put/call ratio of 0.93, maximum pain point of 2,200 USD.

According to sources, Eurozone finance ministers will discuss the issuance of euro-denominated stablecoins and ways to enhance the euro's monetary status through more joint EU debt.