Overnight Market Highlights! Catch Up in 1 Minute | 4/15
➡️Crypto Market
$BTC Finally, it broke through the 74,000 mark, reaching a high of around 75,000, and is currently trading at approximately $74,700, a new one-month high. Despite the chaotic geopolitical situation, it managed to carve out its own path.
$ETH Even more volatile than BTC, it surged over 8% in 24 hours to around $2,370, and the stablecoin supply broke through a record high of 180 billion, indicating a recovery in on-chain funds.
$SOL Following the rebound, it rose by about 6% to around $84, but overall it still followed the trend and did not develop its own story.
Overall, BTC fund inflows have turned positive for the first time since January, and $80,000 is the next key test level.
➡️Global Stock Markets
1. All three major U.S. stock indexes rose, with the S&P 500 up 1.02% and nearing its all-time high, the Nasdaq up 1.23%, and the Dow Jones up 0.6%, as the market bet on a U.S.-Iran deal and lower-than-expected PPI data.
2. Goldman Sachs' Q1 profits surged, with both M&A business and stock trading hitting record highs, leaving Wall Street raking in profits.
3. Japanese and South Korean stock markets opened higher, with the South Korean KOSPI index rising 2.5%, and sentiment in the Asia-Pacific market followed suit.
Gold prices rose to $4,836 during the session, hitting a near three-week high, supported by both safe-haven demand and expectations of interest rate cuts.
Brent crude oil fell to around $95 a barrel, a weekly drop of about 12.7%, with the expectation of a ceasefire directly hammering down oil prices.
➡️Macroeconomic Dynamics
1. The first round of talks between the US and Iran in Islamabad broke down. The US said Iran's stance on uranium enrichment was too hardline. Trump then announced a naval blockade against Iran. The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier was only 200 kilometers from the Iranian coast. Iran threatened to open fire. The two-week ceasefire has not yet expired, and the situation is escalating again.
2. The minutes of the Fed's March meeting showed more officials mentioning the possibility of interest rate hikes. A source close to the Fed stated that the ceasefire has made the Fed's decision-making more difficult, with both upside risks to inflation and downside risks to employment remaining. It's yet another situation where no one dares to make a move.
3. Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Spot ETF officially listed on the NYSE Arca, with a fee rate of only 0.14%. On the first day, it saw a net inflow of approximately $34 million, buying about 430 BTC – traditional financial giants are getting involved.
4.Tether Tether and Circle CEOs launched self-custodied wallets and released the open-source AI toolkit QVAC SDK. At the same time, they visited South Korea to meet with financial institutions. Stablecoin giants are frantically grabbing territory in Asia.
5.CowSwap The security risks in the DeFi sector have escalated once again due to a front-end attack; a fake Ledger app caused users to lose $9.5 million, highlighting the recurring issue of wallet security.
6.Circle Circle refused to freeze $232 million worth of stolen USDC in the Drift hack, citing an "ethical dilemma." A US law firm has launched a class-action lawsuit against Circle—should centralized stablecoins be frozen? There is no standard answer to this question.
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