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As President Trump predicts the end of the Iran war, market expectations of a cooling of the situation have led to a sharp drop in crude oil prices, and European government bond yields have fallen significantly, with the 10-year German bund yield hitting a low. The market is focused on whether communication between the warring parties will lead to a substantial de-escalation.

ME News Report, April 1 (UTC+8): Prediction market data shows that the "Cavaliers vs Lakers" trading volume in the past 24 hours reached $5.8M, with a significant increase in market activity.

Recently, institutional Bitcoin buying has approached a historical high, with ETFs and Strategy collectively accumulating 94k coins, but the market net demand is -63k coins, and other participants have sold 157k coins. Market sentiment is extremely panicked, demand is weak, and the bottom relies on ETFs to absorb the supply.

Data from April 1st shows market capitalization across various sectors including commodities, government bonds, and institutional funds. BlackRock and Grayscale have released Q2 outlooks, focusing on the RWA sector. Midas raised $50 million in funding to accelerate RWA integration. Overall market sentiment remains stable, with future attention on relevant regulations and institutional pilot progress.

ME News Update, April 5 (UTC+8): Prediction market data shows, "How does the U.S. military enter Iran...?" Trading volume in the past 24 hours reached $10.0M, with a significant increase in market activity.

Australia became the first country to pass comprehensive digital asset regulation legislation with the enactment of the "2025 Company Amendment (Digital Asset Framework) Act" on April 1. The law requires crypto trading platforms and custodial service providers to obtain financial services licenses and comply with regulations such as customer asset protection. It also introduces two new regulated categories: digital asset platforms and tokenized custody platforms.

The NCAA "Final Four" games are about to begin. According to Polymarket data, the University of Michigan has a 35% chance of winning the championship, ranking first. The University of Connecticut will face the University of Illinois, and the University of Michigan will compete against the University of Arizona in intense matchups. The total trading volume has already exceeded $24.9 million.

Data from April 1 shows that the market capitalization of stablecoins such as USDT and USDC continues to grow. USDC trading volume hit a record high, while updates on Ethena token unlocks and the HKMA's delayed license issuance remain in market focus. Overall, the stablecoin market performance remains steady.

ME News Report, April 4 (UTC+8), Iranian senior official Mohsen Rezaee posted on social platform X that "Instead of replacing American generals, it's better to impeach Trump." He stated, "They claimed to have destroyed Iran's air defense system, but as always, they lied. Perhaps instead of replacing military commanders, it's better to impeach Trump." Previously, there were reports that U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had dismissed several senior U.S. military officials, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Source: PANews)

Data from April 1st shows market capitalization across various sectors including commodities, government bonds, and institutional funds. BlackRock and Grayscale have released Q2 outlooks, focusing on the RWA sector. Midas raised $50 million in funding to accelerate RWA integration. Overall market sentiment remains stable, with future attention on relevant regulations and institutional pilot progress.

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun opposes the Bitcoin BIP-110 and BIP-54 protocol upgrades on the X platform, believing there is no urgency to address the current issues. He emphasizes that most problems are not sufficient to justify modifications, and only "repeated transactions" have repair value.

Researcher Ladislaus von Daniels from the Ethereum Foundation introduced the zkAttester client solution at the EthCC conference, aiming to simplify the verification process through zero-knowledge proofs, improve node performance requirements, shorten synchronization time for new nodes, and thereby promote Ethereum's scalability and decentralization.

ME News, April 4 (UTC+8): As Bitcoin developers urgently seek quantum-safe solutions and Ethereum prepares for “Q-Day,” Solana is trying to respond to potential threats ahead of time. Currently, Project Eleven is collaborating with the Solana Foundation to deploy quantum-safe signatures (Post-Quantum Signatures) on the test network, simulating how the network would operate after replacing the existing cryptographic algorithms. Initial results show that quantum-safe signatures are approximately 20–40 times larger than the current signatures, leading to a decline in network transaction-processing speed of about 90%, directly impacting Solana’s design advantages, which are known for high throughput and low latency. In addition, Solana’s public-key design leaves the entire network 100% exposed to quantum-attack risk, allowing hackers to choose any wallet…

BitMart will hold a "Daily Lottery" event from April 1 to April 30. Users can earn lottery chances by completing deposit and trading tasks. The prize pool includes Amazon gift cards, BTC, ETH, luxury goods, and other rewards.

On April 16, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing to review Kevin Wosh’s nomination to serve as Chair of the Federal Reserve. At the same time, the investigation into the current Chair, Powell, is still ongoing and may affect Wosh’s nomination process. Committee members have stated that they will not vote to confirm until the investigation is completed.

As President Trump predicts the end of the Iran war, market expectations of a cooling of the situation have led to a sharp drop in crude oil prices, and European government bond yields have fallen significantly, with the 10-year German bund yield hitting a low. The market is focused on whether communication between the warring parties will lead to a substantial de-escalation.

Nick Timiraos of the Federal Reserve pointed out that in March, 178k new jobs were added, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.3%, but wage growth slowed to its lowest level in five years. The average of only 22.5k jobs per month may reflect economic fragility and could be affected by supply shocks in the future. Inflation concerns also limit the Federal Reserve's policy options.

Ethereum Foundation researcher CPerezz introduced the "Partially Stateless Validity-Only Proofs" (VOPS) scheme at the EthCC conference, aiming to reduce Ethereum node storage requirements, support low-resource nodes to participate in transactions, and enhance decentralization security. The scheme updates account tables through state differentials without storing complete contracts, reducing node storage needs by up to 25 times.

Certik co-founder and CEO Gu Ronghui will attend the inaugural Global Web 4.0 Conference at Hong Kong Digital Harbor on April 22, 2026, with the theme "Innovation and Integration of AI + Digital Assets." The conference will gather industry leaders to discuss the convergence of AI and digital assets.