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Gate News message. On April 12, data from a certain CEX market shows that ETH is currently trading at $2,212, down 55% from its all-time high. ETH’s all-time high was $4,957 on August 25, 2025.

Gate News message: On April 12, U.S. President Trump reposted an article with the headline "If Iran Doesn’t Capitulate, the President Holds a 'Trump Ace': A Naval Blockade" and copied and posted that headline. The article states that if Iran refuses to accept the final agreement proposed by the United States on Saturday, Trump can choose to blow Iran back to the "Stone Age," as he vowed, or once again adopt the naval blockade strategy that had previously been successfully implemented in Venezuela.

MiniMax announced that its M2.7 model is officially open-sourced, achieving SOTA performance of 56.22% and 57.0% on the SWE-Pro and Terminal Bench 2 benchmark tests, respectively. The model is available on Hugging Face and has the ability to build complex agent frameworks.

Argentina’s National Securities Commission revises the definition of eligible investors, bringing virtual assets within the scope of recognition. In addition, investors must hold at least 350k UVA. Furthermore, new crowdfunding financing provisions have been added, allowing non-eligible investors to participate in certain offerings. The maximum investment per transaction is 3,000 UVA, with a total cumulative limit not exceeding 10k UVA.

Gate News message. On April 12, according to on-chain data monitoring, Sky (formerly MakerDAO) co-founder Rune’s 7x leveraged Nasdaq 100 short positions have all been closed. He currently still holds 20x leveraged WTI crude oil futures long positions, 7x leveraged Brent crude oil long positions, and 20x leveraged S&P 500 short positions, and all of them are in a loss position. His overall position value has now fallen to about $680k, with an unrealized loss of about $60k, and the return on investment is -21.78%.

Gate News message: On April 12, according to Lookonchain monitoring, an address withdrew 3.6 million ETHFI from a certain CEX 1 hour ago and sold it all in a single transaction, receiving 1.587 million USDC in return.

Wang Yongli analyzed U.S. cryptocurrency asset policy in his article, saying that its classified regulatory bill is an important development and worth global emulation. But he also stressed that it should be viewed dialectically, and that effective regulation should be implemented to support the innovative development of crypto assets.

The Ether Machine treasury company, The Ether Machine, and Dynamix Corporation’s $1.6 billion SPAC merger agreement was terminated due to unfavorable market conditions. The merger aimed to list The Ether Machine on Nasdaq; after the termination, Dynamix will receive a $50 million termination fee.

Genius announced its first-season airdrop plan, which will distribute 70M GENIUS. Users can choose to claim immediately or lock it up for one year. Immediate claiming will face a 70% burn penalty, while locking up can receive 100% allocation. This mechanism is designed to attract long-term community members and prevent short-term speculation.

Gate News, April 12. According to Coinglass data, liquidations across all exchanges in the past 1 hour totaled $90.75 million. Of that, long liquidations were $85.0 million, accounting for 93.7% of the total liquidation amount; short liquidations were $5.75 million, accounting for 6.3%.

Gate News, April 12. Lookonchain monitoring shows that the well-known trader “Maji” saw their 13-win streak come to an end. Due to the market downturn, they just closed a Bitcoin long position, incurring a loss of about $192k.

On April 12, the X product lead Nikita Bier announced that the new tool has officially gone live to identify original content creators and distribute revenue, aiming to incentivize the creation of high-quality original content, improve the user experience, and continuously refine the revenue-sharing program.

From 01:30 to 01:45 (UTC) on 2026-04-12, the BTC price saw significant volatility within the 71,560.0–73,017.1 USDT range. The candlestick return rate recorded -1.75%, and the amplitude reached 2.00%. During this period, market attention increased, the trading atmosphere clearly became more cautious, and heightened volatility triggered short-term capital vigilance.
The primary driving force behind this unusual move is the continued deterioration of liquidity in the derivatives market: CME futures open interest fell to a 14-month low, and institutional arbitrage capital accelerated its withdrawal. Futures trading volume trended lower over the long run, and arbitrage basis compression caused the market to deepen in…

2026-04-12 01:30 to 2026-04-12 01:45 (UTC), the ETH price dipped briefly. The candlestick data shows a 15-minute return of -2.46%, with a price range of 2219.38 to 2283.74 USDT and a volatility of 2.82%. During this period, market attention rose rapidly, spot and derivatives markets saw a clear increase in volatility, and investor sentiment was relatively cautious.
The main driving force behind this unusual move is the expiration of large-scale derivatives options contracts. The total notional value of ETH options is about 669 million USD, and the Put/Call ratio

Morgan Stanley’s head of digital asset strategy, Amy Oldenburg, said the firm will treat tokenized money market funds as a future direction, while also considering tax-loss harvesting services and Bitcoin-related products. The firm has filed ETF applications for Ethereum and Solana, and manages $9.3 trillion in client assets.

Gate News message, April 12, Aave announced that, because multiple assets have reached their maximum capacity, Aave V4 has increased deposit limits this time to accommodate additional liquidity. In addition, Aave said that deposit and borrowing limits will continue to be gradually raised as funds are filled.

Gate News: On April 12, the Ethereum price broke through the 2300 USDT level and is currently trading at 2306.82 USDT, with an intraday gain of 2.75%.

Gate News update. On April 12, according to Ai Yi monitoring, the swing whale nemorino.eth sold 2,950 ETH at a price of $2,304.4 about 4 hours ago, worth approximately $6.8M. During April 7 to April 8, the address opened the position at an average price of $2,213. The sold portion has realized a profit of about $267k, while the remaining portion is still up by about $72k.

Gate News message: On April 12, market data showed that Bitcoin fell below $72,000, with a 24-hour drop of 0.92%.

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the company is moving forward with AI experiments, especially a system called “green dot,” which helps employees resolve device issues and drink preparation. In the future, Starbucks plans to improve the seamlessness and personalization of the ordering experience by using applications to predict users’ ordering needs.