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Michael Selig, the chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stated at the Consensus 2026 conference that the CFTC has filed lawsuits against regulatory agencies in about five to six states, including Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, and New York, with the core dispute being the jurisdiction over prediction markets.He mentioned that if different circuit courts issue conflicting rulings, the related cases may ultimately be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Michael Selig stated that the Commodity Exchange Act clearly grants the CFTC exclusive regulatory authority over commodity derivatives, and that prediction market event contracts are financial derivatives traded on federally regulated exchanges, which are fundamentally different from traditional gaming venue models.He believes that some state-level regulatory agencies are attempting to challenge the validity of federal law through local regulations, and the CFTC will continue to file lawsuits against such actions.

North Korean hackers had months of offline contact and infiltration with employees of Drift Protocol before launching one of the largest social engineering attacks in the history of the cryptocurrency industry, resulting in a loss of approximately $285 million.Data from blockchain security company TRM Labs shows that North Korean hackers have accounted for 76% of all cryptocurrency hacking losses in 2026 to date.

According to CCTV News, the Office of the Foreign Investment Security Review Mechanism has legally made a decision to prohibit the foreign acquisition of the Manus project, requiring the parties involved to withdraw the acquisition transaction. Manus was initially developed by the Chinese company Butterfly Effect and became an overnight sensation after its release in March 2025. In June of the same year, it moved its headquarters to Singapore and ceased domestic operations, and in December 2025, it was announced by the American company Meta that it would acquire it for approximately $2 billion.Zhou Mi, a researcher at the Ministry of Commerce's Academy, stated that Manus moved the project to Singapore through funding and corporate transfer before selling it to an American company, which raises suspicions of intentionally evading regulation. If such practices are not controlled, more companies will follow suit, harming national development interests and security.Zhou Mi emphasized that China has consistently maintained an open attitude towards foreign investment but takes a cautious stance on sensitive investments involving key technologies and data security, stating that "evading regulation in a malicious manner will ultimately not achieve the intended purpose."

According to Cointelegraph, the cross-chain protocol ZetaChain disclosed that the security issues involved in its recent approximately $334,000 vulnerability attack event had been reported in advance by researchers in the bug bounty program but were deemed "expected behavior" by the project team at that time and were not addressed.According to the official incident review, this attack originated from a combination of three design flaws that initially appeared to be independent and low-risk: the Gateway contract allowed anyone to send any cross-chain instructions; the receiving end could execute calls on almost any contract, and the blacklist restrictions were too narrow; some wallets retained unlimited approvals for a long time without being cleared. The attacker ultimately combined these flaws to instruct the Gateway to transfer tokens directly to their controlled address, thus completing the asset transfer.ZetaChain stated that this attack involved 9 transactions across four chains: Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and BSC, with the stolen funds all coming from wallets controlled by ZetaChain, and user funds were not affected. The official noted that the attack showed clear premeditation. The attacker funded the wallet through Tornado Cash three days before the attack and deployed a dedicated Drainer contract in advance, while also implementing an Address Poisoning attack.Currently, ZetaChain has begun pushing repair patches to the mainnet nodes, permanently disabling the arbitrary call function and changing the unlimited approval mechanism in the deposit process to "exact amount authorization."

According to CCTV News, on April 8 local time, U.S. Vice President Pence stated during an event in Hungary that the ceasefire reached between the U.S. and Iran is a "fragile truce." He did not disclose more details, only stating that the agreement includes a ceasefire, advancing negotiations, and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Pence mentioned that President Trump has asked the U.S. representative responsible for negotiations with Iran to engage in discussions "in good faith," but also stated that Trump is "eager to see progress."He also stated that the U.S. is prepared to use "extraordinary economic leverage," but Trump has instructed the U.S. side to "not use these means for the time being." Pence said that if Iran negotiates "in good faith," there is a possibility for the U.S. to reach an agreement, but "how the negotiations ultimately proceed depends on Iran."

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) recalled in his new book that after the "9·4" regulatory policy was introduced in 2017, venture capital firms as a whole became more cautious, and Sequoia Capital, which had originally expressed investment intentions, also paused related cooperation. He stated, "Seeing the venture capitalists collectively silent during our most difficult September, I was actually quite disappointed."CZ revealed that prior to this, Sequoia had expressed investment interest at the beginning of He Yi's joining, but chose to wait and see in light of the policy impact. Subsequently, Binance achieved rapid growth from September to October, with the number of users increasing from about 20,000 in August to about 120,000 by late October, ranking among the top ten exchanges globally and becoming profitable.CZ stated that by the end of October, after the risk phase had basically passed, Sequoia re-expressed its investment intentions, but they had proposed to raise the valuation requirement. Ultimately, the two sides could not reach an agreement due to valuation differences. The other party then proposed to pursue legal proceedings, and a week later, four large boxes of legal documents were delivered. CZ said this was the "first time in his life becoming a defendant." CZ mentioned that he later learned that the lawsuit was led by Sequoia's legal team in the U.S., who are skilled at using the media to create public opinion, "the media reporters knew before I, the party involved."

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Chaitanya Jain, the head of Strategy at Bitcoin Treasury Company, stated on the X platform that Strategy purchased approximately 8,000 bitcoins for about $300 million throughout 2022, while in the first two months of 2026, the company has already invested about $4.3 billion to acquire approximately 48,000 bitcoins. This continuous and large-scale institutional buying pattern may permanently change the market structure of the Bitcoin bear market. In this context, Strategy's perpetual preferred stock STRC and MSTR will together form the "ultimate Bitcoin accumulation machine."

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve's Williams stated that the ultimate goal of interest rate cuts is to prevent the policy from becoming too tight.

Gate CBO Kevin Lee recently published an article titled "War, War Never Changes... How Will the Macro Market Move?" regarding the recent situation in the Middle East. He pointed out that geopolitical conflicts themselves do not alter the fundamental operating logic of the market; what truly determines the medium-term direction of assets is the impact of the prolonged conflict on the inflation path and changes in central bank policy orientation.Kevin stated that within hours to days after the outbreak of conflict, crude oil typically experiences significant volatility first, as the market prices in the tail risk of supply disruptions; gold then activates, serving both as a safe haven and an inflation hedge; the stock market faces short-term pressure, with VIX rising rapidly and significant sector divergence.As the situation progresses from several days to two weeks, if energy supply is not continuously damaged, oil prices and risk premiums often retrace, and stocks and crypto assets rebound with the recovery of risk sentiment; however, if high oil prices persist for an extended period, inflation expectations will be systematically elevated, shifting the asset pricing logic from a trading perspective to a macro perspective.The article further emphasizes that what truly changes the trend is not the market reaction on the day of the conflict but the inflation data and policy expectations that gradually emerge weeks later. Over a longer cycle, the market will reprice around the evolution path of inflation, the credibility of monetary policy, and the economic growth outlook. Historical experience repeatedly proves that in high-uncertainty environments, emotional decision-making often comes at a high cost; understanding the transmission sequence and respecting cyclical patterns are key to navigating volatility.

According to Jinshi reports, economists at Capital Economics analyze that as the Iranian conflict evolves, global financial markets may be impacted by fluctuations in investor risk appetite.If the conflict escalates, government bonds may not provide a reliable safe haven, and expectations for monetary easing may be delayed. The dollar may continue to strengthen, mainly benefiting from the termination of interest rate cuts making relative yields favorable for the dollar, as well as the United States' position as a net energy exporter.

According to The Block, on-chain data analysis company CryptoQuant stated that the "ultimate" bear market bottom for Bitcoin is currently around $55,000. However, bear market bottoms typically take months to form, rather than being completed by a single capitulation event.Analysis shows that the realized price of Bitcoin has historically been a major support area during bear markets, and the current price is still more than 25% above that level. Despite Bitcoin dropping to $62,000, resulting in a single-day realized loss of $5.4 billion, a new high since March 2023, a structural bottom has not yet approached. The monthly cumulative realized loss (in BTC) remains far below the bear market bottom level: currently at 300,000 BTC, compared to 1.1 million BTC at the end of the 2022 bear market.Several key valuation indicators have also not entered the historical capitulation zone: the MVRV ratio has not reached the extremely undervalued range; the NUPL indicator has not reached the historical cycle low of about 20% unrealized loss; long-term holders are currently selling at approximately breakeven, while during historical bear market bottoms, they typically endure losses of 30%-40%; about 55% of Bitcoin supply is still in profit, while cycle lows are usually around 45%-50%. CryptoQuant's bull-bear cycle indicator is currently still in the "bear market phase" rather than the "extreme bear market phase," which historically lasts for several months and marks the beginning of the price entering a bottoming phase.

Deribit Chief Commercial Officer Jean-David Péquignot stated at the Consensus HK conference that the long-term upward trend of Bitcoin has currently been disrupted, and it is difficult to repair the technical upward structure before the price reclaims $85,000.Recently, Bitcoin's price has mainly been operating in the range of $60,000 to $70,000, a decline of about 45% from last year's historical high, and it may record a fourth consecutive week of decline. If Bitcoin breaks through $85,000 again, it would mean that buyers have basically absorbed the supply that previously suppressed the market and regained market dominance. At this stage, traders generally view the range of $58,000 to $60,000 as the key ultimate support area for this adjustment cycle.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a certain whale purchased 2,072.9 ETH for $1,925.47 each on the morning of February 10, spending $4 million. After holding for five days, they decided to sell at $2,009.56 five hours ago, ultimately making a profit of $174,000.

According to Coinbob's popular address monitoring, the 'Ultimate Short' address (0x5d2f...) has made multiple reductions to its BTC short position within about 1 hour, cumulatively reducing approximately 31.57 BTC short positions, with a total value of about 2.2456 million USD. After continuous operations during this period, the total value of its BTC short position has decreased from 7.0248 million USD to 4.8323 million USD.The current floating profit of this position is approximately 2.7868 million USD, and the liquidation price has been raised to 175,229.03 USD accordingly. This address is known for establishing BTC short positions around the 120,000 USD price level, consistently shorting various mainstream and altcoins, with its account's floating profit having reached a maximum of 64 million USD. It remains one of the largest BTC short addresses on Hyperliquid.

According to Coinbob's popular address monitoring, the "Ultimate Bear" whale (0x5d2) has built BTC short positions four times since last year, with the first three positions resulting in a total loss of approximately 5.48 million dollars, while the most recent short position has achieved significant profits.This short position has currently accumulated approximately 9.94 million dollars in funding rate earnings, with contract profits exceeding 55.6 million dollars, bringing its total annual profit to 65.5 million dollars. Since December 26 of last year, this address has not made any adjustments. Compared to the peak position of 136 million dollars at the end of October last year, this whale has gradually reduced its position by about 84 million dollars, and after multiple profit-taking withdrawals, it has not replenished the short position.Currently, it still holds a BTC short position with 20x leverage, amounting to approximately 44.5 million dollars, with an average price of about 111,500 dollars, a liquidation price of 106,600 dollars, and an unrealized profit of about 11.2 million dollars (505%).