Kevin Warsh, a leading candidate for the next Federal Reserve Chairman, recently submitted a 69-page financial disclosure document for his Senate hearing.

According to an official announcement, Bitget has launched USDT-based GENIUS perpetual contracts with leverage ranging from 1x to 20x. Contract trading bots will also be available simultaneously.

According to the Associated Press, International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol said in an interview on Thursday that Europe's aviation fuel supply "may only last about six weeks," and warned that flight cancellations could "soon" occur if oil supplies continue to be disrupted due to the war with Iran. He called the Strait of Hormuz crisis "the biggest energy crisis in history." Birol said, "There used to be a band called 'Terror Strait.' Now it's a real 'Terror Strait,' which will have a significant impact on the global economy. The longer this situation lasts, the greater the negative impact on global economic growth and inflation." Birol stated that this will drive up gasoline, natural gas, and electricity prices, with countries reliant on Middle Eastern energy sources, including Japan, South Korea, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, bearing the brunt, before spreading to Europe and the United States. If the strait does not reopen, some European flights may be canceled due to fuel shortages.

According to the official announcement, JustLend DAO officially completed its third JST token buyback and burn today, burning a total of 271,337,579 JST tokens, corresponding to a value of approximately $21.3 million. The tokens have been transferred to the black hole address. The funds for this burn came from the protocol's net proceeds in the first quarter of 2026 and past accumulated proceeds. As of April 16, 2026, the cumulative number of JST tokens burned has reached 1,356,228,332, accounting for 13.70% of the total supply. JustLend DAO will continue to perform buybacks and burns quarterly and will regularly and transparently disclose progress to the community to jointly promote value creation.

Cointelegraph reported on its X platform that Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin Trust saw a net inflow of over $103 million in just six trading days after its launch, surpassing the net inflow of WisdomTree's Bitcoin Fund.

Data from shipping analysis firm Lloyd's Register shows that most cargo ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz recently used routes mandated by Iran to hug the coastline, part of Iran's plan to control the waterway. Since April 13, approximately 15 of the 27 large merchant ships tracked by Lloyd's have used this route; no ships used non-Iranian routes. Other vessels travel to and from the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, which sits directly on the strait. The data also shows that 81% of ships transiting the strait since April have connections to Iran. The US-sanctioned oil tanker RHN entered the Persian Gulf on Wednesday and was still sailing near the Iranian coast on Thursday, with no destination listed. Lloyd's analysts stated, "Ships are still transiting daily, most of them connected to Iran." (Jinshi)

According to Lookonchain, Abraxas Capital (Alpha Bitcoin Fund) has just deposited 1,993 BTC into Kraken, worth $148 million. Since March 14, Abraxas Capital (Alpha Bitcoin Fund) has cumulatively deposited 9,582 BTC into Kraken, worth $691 million, and currently still holds 20,337 BTC, worth $1.51 billion.

A cryptocurrency address has achieved substantial gains through strategic investments, according to Foresight News. The address, beginning with 7Be6hv, initially spent 0.1 SOL, equivalent to $8.5, to purchase 6,636 BELIEF tokens and subsequently staked them. As a result of staking, the address received 25.06 SOL, valued at $2,160, and 2.9 million BELIEF tokens, currently worth $7,768, as staking rewards. This strategic move transformed an initial investment of $8.5 into approximately $9,928, marking a return rate of 1,169 times the original investment.

HIVE Digital Technologies, a publicly listed Bitcoin mining company, has announced a private placement of $75 million in 0% exchangeable senior notes due in 2031. According to Foresight News, the funds will be used for GPU procurement, data center expansion, and general corporate purposes. The company has also received conditional approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange, with expectations to transition its stock from the TSX Venture Exchange to the TSX Exchange around April 30. In addition, HIVE is shifting part of its operations towards high-performance computing and artificial intelligence workloads. In March, the company revealed plans to gradually cease ASIC-based Bitcoin mining activities at its facility in Boden, Sweden, due to a tax dispute with the local government. The facility will be upgraded to a Tier 3 high-performance computing data center to support GPU clusters.

Binance Futures will launch three new USDT-margined perpetual contracts on April 20, according to a Binance Announcement. MSFTUSDT, tracking Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT), goes live at 13:30 UTC; AVGOUSDT, tracking Broadcom Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGO), at 13:40 UTC; and BABAUSDT, tracking Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd ADR (NYSE: BABA), at 13:50 UTC. Each contract offers maximum 10x leverage, settles in USDT, carries a capped funding rate of ±2% per eight-hour interval, trades 24/7, and supports multi-assets mode.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, trader 7Be6hv spent 0.1 SOL ($8.5) to buy 6636 BELIEF and staked it, receiving 25.06 SOL ($2160) and 2.9 million BELIEF (current value $7768) in staking rewards.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has issued a stark warning: China possesses the infrastructure, talent, and computing power needed to develop an AI systems that could infiltrate into the US security system.

Kalshi is adding a parent portal, selfie checks and family monitoring tools to stop minors from using its prediction market platform by bypassing age verification rules. The move comes as the company faces rising regulatory pressure and legal disputes in the US, while competition in prediction markets is also growing.

We analyzed the crypto prediction markets on Polymarket and selected 10 assets that best reflect the current true attitude of funds.

A controversial governance proposal from World Liberty Financial has triggered a wave of investor outrage, forcing early backers into a four-year vesting timeline just as the Trump-linked token plunges to near all-time lows—raising fresh concerns over control, transparency, and the true cost of political crypto.

Anthropic has started asking some Claude users to verify their identity with a government ID and, in some cases, a live selfie before accessing certain features, using a third-party provider called Persona.

Global innovation in Web3 and stablecoins is accelerating, while Hong Kong's official policy framework still emphasizes control rather than empowerment.

Following Morgan Stanley and BlackRock, Goldman Sachs has also applied for a Bitcoin ETF.

In the past few cycles, observing the changing relationship between cost base and price behavior has been one of the best perspectives for observing BTC emerging from a bottoming structure.

Polymarkets, predictions, Polymarkets are not truth-telling machines. Golden Finance: Everyone is citing odds, but no one is verifying them.