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Crypto Market BTC continues to hold above $74,000, currently trading around $74,600. Overnight, it maintained a slightly bullish trend, briefly breaking through $76,000 last night. In the short term, risk appetite is recovering, while on-chain data shows an increase in exchange inflows, indicating that selling pressure is also increasing. ETH is currently trading around $2,360. Open interest in futures contracts has risen to $25.4 billion, indicating renewed activity in leveraged funds; however, market sentiment is not yet fully exuberant, making higher volatility more likely in the near future. Hot Topics 1. Bitwise's spot Avalanche ETF (BAVA) was listed on the NYSE on April 15th, and it also features a staking yield design. The altcoin ETF market continues to expand, with institutions extending their product lines beyond BTC and ETH. 2. The WLFI unlocking proposal sparked controversy, with Justin Sun publicly criticizing it as "world tyranny" and listing five major problems, including voting freeze, anonymous governance, and punishment for opposition. The governance risks of Trump concept projects continue to rise. 3. The "Binance Life" token continues to be manipulated. On-chain data shows that the suspected manipulator withdrew another 30 million tokens from Binance. In the past three days, the token has surged by about 112%, and the related addresses hold 22.7% of the total supply, indicating an alarmingly high concentration of tokens. 4. Regarding the unusual token movements, DeSci and the old meme continued to be active: BIO rose by over 98% in 24 hours, VITA rose by over 81%, and NEIRO rose by over 25%; on the other hand, highly volatile tokens began to pull back, with RAVE falling by over 43% in 24 hours, indicating a significant increase in short-term capital divergence. In the macro market and stock market, US stocks continued their upward trend overnight, with the S&P 500 rising 0.8% and hitting a new all-time high, the Nasdaq rising 1.6%, and the Dow Jones slightly declining 0.1%. The core trading logic in the market remains "to prevent further escalation of the US-Iran tensions and to prevent oil prices from spiraling out of control." Cryptocurrency stocks continued to benefit from market sentiment: HOOD rose approximately 10.4%, COIN rose approximately 6.2%, and MSTR rose approximately 4.5%. The correlation between cryptocurrencies and stocks remained very evident. AI Hot Topics Anthropic is gradually implementing new identity verification requirements, requiring some users to submit government-issued documents such as passports, driver's licenses, or ID cards, and to complete verification with a real-time selfie. There is much discussion in the community that some users who have bypassed internet restrictions will once again be barred from access. Gold prices continued to trade at high levels, with spot gold reaching around $4,847, supported by safe-haven demand and inflation concerns. Oil prices did not continue to spiral out of control, with Brent crude closing overnight around $94.93. The market is still betting on a possible easing of tensions in the Middle East; if expectations of a ceasefire and negotiations continue to develop, there is still room for the risk premium in crude oil to be eroded.
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07-08 20:31

The Bank of Korea has released a regulatory proposal suggesting that personal stablecoin transactions exceeding $10,000 should be limited to transfers from verified wallets.

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07-08 20:22

Gate responded to online rumors of user asset theft: An urgent investigation is underway, and preliminary assessments indicate it is an isolated incident.

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Justin Sun has staked $430 million in Ethereum on Lido, yielding an annualized return of approximately $9.5 million.

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