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According to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin fell to a nearly two-month low on Tuesday, as the divergence between cryptocurrencies and traditional stock markets continued to deepen. Bitcoin briefly dropped to $70,023 on Coinbase, the lowest level since April 7, with a daily decline of over 4% and a weekly decline of 8%, down 44% from the October peak of $126,000.Meanwhile, the S&P 500 index set a new historical high of over 7,600 points on Monday, and the Nasdaq index peaked above 27,000 points. Andri Fauzan Adziima, head of research at Bitrue, stated that Bitcoin is currently the only major asset in a downtrend, and this divergence is worth noting, indicating that Bitcoin resembles a high-beta risk asset linked to macro sentiment rather than an independent hedging tool.Santiment noted that the gap between traditional stocks and cryptocurrencies has become hard to ignore, leading investors to increasingly prefer stocks over Bitcoin and altcoins, with capital often rotating from crypto to the stock market. However, Santiment pointed out that this pattern will not last forever; when mainstream influencers begin discussing the dominance of stocks, it usually indicates that market sentiment is overly biased towards stocks, and market trends often move contrary to the expectations of most traders.

According to Cointelegraph, there is a clear divergence in the industry's views on the current trends in the cryptocurrency market. Economist Timothy Peterson stated that Bitcoin may slowly rise in the summer, expecting to reach a temporary peak by the end of July and perform relatively flat.

According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin has continued to be under pressure after failing to break through $83,000, dropping to its lowest level since early April, currently reported at $73,526, with a 24-hour increase of only 0.07%. This pullback extends the downward trend of the past three weeks and forms a series of lower lows since October of last year, seen as a potential bear market signal.Ethereum has also weakened, briefly dropping to $1,965 before slightly rebounding above $2,000. Meanwhile, U.S. stocks continue to outperform the crypto market, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures both rising 0.15%, approaching historical highs.

The Trump family's AI infrastructure project WorldClaw and VergeX AI announced a strategic cooperation, with both parties working together to promote the development of next-generation AI-native trading infrastructure and accelerate the construction of the emerging Agentic Trading market.It is reported that VergeX AI will integrate WorldClaw's AI access layer into its Harness-driven autonomous multi-agent trading infrastructure to achieve a more scalable, more accessible, and more cost-efficient professional-grade AI trading system deployment. Currently, VergeX AI is building an autonomous multi-agent trading operating system for the AI-native financial era, with its core Harness architecture serving as the layer for agent collaboration and task orchestration, supporting trading execution across multiple markets including cryptocurrencies, US stocks, foreign exchange, and commodities.In addition, both parties stated that this cooperation aims to lower the barriers to building professional-grade AI trading agents and jointly promote the development of next-generation autonomous financial system infrastructure. The market generally believes that as AI Agents evolve from auxiliary tools to autonomous market participants, autonomous agents, AI-native execution systems, and programmable financial infrastructure are becoming the next trillion-dollar track that the industry is focusing on.

According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market sectors show a mixed performance. The SocialFi sector rose 5.90% in 24 hours, with Toncoin (TON) significantly increasing by 8.73%. The DePIN sector increased by 2.99%, with Render (RENDER) rising 9.24% and Grass (GRASS) rising 13.67%.In other sectors, the AI sector rose 0.06%, with Unibase (UB) increasing by 18.95%; the Layer2 sector also rose 0.06%, with Celestia (TIA) increasing by 11.44%.Additionally, the Layer1 sector fell by 0.28%, but NEAR Protocol (NEAR) rose by 12.14%; the CeFi sector decreased by 0.35%, with Bitget Token (BGB) remaining relatively strong, increasing by 0.71%; the Meme sector fell by 1.23%, while MemeCore (M) rose against the trend by 3.63%; the PayFi sector decreased by 1.26%, with Ultima (ULTIMA) surging by 1.59% during the day; the DeFi sector fell by 2.22%, with Hyperliquid (HYPE) pulling back by 3.28% after reaching a new high, dropping below $60.The cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical market performance show that the ssiSocialFi and ssiLayer2 indices rose by 7.27% and 0.09% respectively, while the ssiRWA index fell by 9.13%.

According to Cointelegraph, cryptocurrency market analyst Michaël van de Poppe stated that Bitcoin has fallen below the key support range of $75,000 to $76,000. If it cannot recover above $76,600, it will be difficult to support expectations for new highs, and the price may drop to the $60,000 range. He also pointed out that there are several CME Bitcoin futures gaps above, with the highest being above $79,000, and that market pullbacks that occur on Fridays often turn bullish again.

According to HyperInsight monitoring, Huang Licheng has reduced his Ethereum long position, currently only 9 dollars away from the liquidation price, with losses exceeding 2.7 million dollars in the past month. He currently holds:A long position in ETH worth 8.91 million dollars, with an opening price of 2,314.57 dollars, and an expected liquidation price of 2,220.22 dollars;A long position in BTC worth 7.93 million dollars, with an opening price of 80,864.5 dollars, and an expected liquidation price of 78,748 dollars.

According to The Block, Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom stated that the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are advancing 24/7 trading, and the U.S. Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is promoting tokenized collateral, along with Bullish's acquisition of Equiniti, indicating that the public equity on-chain process may be faster than the market expects.Meanwhile, several Ethereum reserve companies have significantly retreated from their summer 2025 highs, with a noticeable contraction in the market value to net asset value ratio. Chalom mentioned that some companies are under pressure due to prematurely issuing preferred stock or convertible bonds; Sharplink focuses more on equity financing and staking yields while trying to keep the balance sheet simple.He also stated that over the past year and a half, Bitcoin and Ethereum have behaved more like risk assets, but as stablecoins, tokenized assets, DeFi, and AI applications expand on Ethereum, Ethereum may further differentiate from Bitcoin in the long term.

As the first CEX platform to connect with Polymarket, Gate's data shows that in the prediction event related to "What will the price of gold (GC) be by the end of June 2026," the overall market expectation remains relatively strong. Among these, the probability of the gold price exceeding $5,000 is 51%, the probability of exceeding $4,900 is 68%, and the probability of reaching $4,600 is about 80%; meanwhile, the probability of being below $4,500 is 55%. Overall, the market maintains a high level of attention on the medium to long-term trend of gold, with some divergence in capital expectations.Gate's performance in the Polymarket collaboration channel continues to lead, currently ranking in the top two, with a significant increase in user participation scale, reflecting the growing activity and depth of participation of platform users in the prediction market. Users can directly access the prediction market through the Gate App, entering the Polymarket page from the platform's homepage Alpha, and participate in event predictions using USDT in their exchange accounts. This integration marks a key step for Gate in merging the cryptocurrency trading ecosystem with the prediction market, providing users with a diversified market experience from expectation judgment to trading participation.

According to Bloomberg, Poland's largest digital asset trading platform Zondacrypto has stated that it is on the verge of bankruptcy after attracting approximately $100 million in deposits from Polish users and has stopped providing services for customer accounts.The Polish national prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into suspected fraud against it. The report notes that Zondacrypto is registered in Estonia, and its bankruptcy crisis is putting political pressure on Donald Trump's allies in the Polish presidential office.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock indices showed mixed trends, with the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq both turning down, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently up 0.77%.

Bitcoin fluctuated around $76,000 on Thursday. After the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged, market focus quickly shifted to internal policy divisions and macro uncertainties. Analysts pointed out that Bitcoin remains suppressed below the key resistance range of $78,000 to $79,000, lacking breakthrough momentum in the short term.Kraken's chief economist Thomas Perfumo stated that the current market is more concerned about the policy uncertainties brought about by the "division" within the Federal Reserve rather than the inaction itself, especially against the backdrop of Chairman Jerome Powell's continued tenure alongside expectations of Kevin Warsh potentially taking over, leading to a lack of clear policy transition. Glassnode data shows that Bitcoin is still "trapped" below the True Market Mean, with resistance concentrated in the $78,000 to $79,000 range and support located between $65,000 and $70,000.Although selling pressure has eased, demand is insufficient to support a sustained upward breakthrough. On the macro level, the Federal Reserve has rarely shown severe divisions, which the market interprets as an increase in uncertainty regarding the inflation path. Institutions such as Bitget Wallet and 21Shares pointed out that expectations of "maintaining high interest rates for a longer term" are suppressing the performance of risk assets, leading the crypto market into a wait-and-see phase.In terms of capital flows, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs have recorded net outflows for three consecutive days, with approximately $138 million flowing out on April 29 alone; Ethereum ETFs saw outflows of about $87.7 million during the same period. Although some individual products still have inflows, the overall trend indicates that institutional demand is cooling.Meanwhile, while CME positions and ETF assets under management have stabilized, there has not yet been a strong signal of capital returning. The derivatives market shows that short positions in perpetual contracts have reached historical highs; if sentiment improves, it may trigger a short squeeze, but the current market remains characterized by low volatility and low confidence. Overall, Bitcoin is caught between an improving support structure and weak demand, with continuous ETF outflows, policy uncertainty, and macro risks collectively suppressing its breakthrough of key resistance levels.

As a CEX platform connecting to Polymarket, Gate's data shows a significant divergence in market expectations regarding the prediction event "Will silver (SI) reach the target price by the end of June?" The probability of reaching $65 by the end of June is 61%, while the probability of being below $60 is 48%. Against the backdrop of macro uncertainty and fluctuations in the metal market, the market's judgment on the price path of metals is becoming cautious, and the long-short game continues to heat up. Meanwhile, according to CoinGlass data, the 24-hour trading volume of silver (XAG) contracts on the Gate platform reached $112 million, ranking among the top globally.In addition, Gate Polymarket has completed a new round of functional upgrades and launched the "Upgrade Experience, Enjoy Up to 5,000 USDT Compensation Benefits" campaign simultaneously. During the event, new users can enjoy up to 100 USDT compensation on their first order, while existing users can receive up to 5,000 USDT in compensation, with a reward pool of 10,000 USDT for the earnings leaderboard. In the trend of accelerating integration between prediction markets and derivatives trading, Gate continues to enrich trading scenarios and strengthen platform liquidity and user participation experience.

According to independent analyst Markus Thielen, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) currently has a cumulative purchase cost of approximately $62 billion for Bitcoin. Even though Bitcoin has been in a consolidation phase over the past two quarters, the company continues to finance through the capital markets and increase its BTC holdings.Historically, the stock price of Strategy has been highly correlated with the price of Bitcoin. During bull markets, it shows stronger elasticity and relative performance, but when market momentum weakens, the stock price sometimes declines earlier than Bitcoin. Currently, the stock price of Strategy ($169) and Bitcoin ($78,658) have shown some divergence. If past patterns still apply, a subsequent convergence of the two may indicate an improvement in Strategy's relative performance, but ultimately it still depends on the overall market environment.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock indices showed mixed trends, with the Nasdaq index rising over 1%, the S&P 500 index increasing by 0.4%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 0.3%.

According to Cointelegraph, Hyperliquid's native token HYPE retested $45 on Tuesday, marking the highest level since October 31, 2025. This rebound has accumulated a 108% increase from the annual low of $21 on January 21. However, market signals are mixed: spot buying is weak, and the cumulative volume delta (CVD) for spot has dropped to -41.48 million, diverging from the price increase, indicating that the rise is mainly supported by passive demand rather than aggressive spot buying.Futures sentiment is cautious, with the futures CVD remaining flat at around -748 million for nearly a month. Although open interest (OI) has risen to 1.38 billion, the weak futures CVD suggests that traders lack confidence in chasing the price up. Additionally, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes predicts that if Hyperliquid continues to capture market share from centralized exchanges, HYPE could rise 200% to $150 by August this year. Currently, HYPE is priced at $43.5, which is 27% lower than its historical high of $59. Analysts warn that if bullish momentum fades, the market may be more susceptible to sharp volatility driven by liquidations.

Binance will stop leveraged trading and delist FC Barcelona Fan Token (BAR), PIVX (PIVX), and Verge (XVG) on April 17, 2026, at 14:00. At the same time, Binance's staking loan will remove the above tokens from the list of borrowable and collateralizable tokens, and automatic liquidation will take place. Users should actively repay outstanding loan orders to avoid potential losses.