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According to options analyst [email protected] (@BTC__options), on April 10, a total of 27,000 BTC options expired, with a Put/Call Ratio of 0.71, a max pain level at $69,000, and a notional value of $1.94 billion; meanwhile, 151,000 ETH options expired, with a Put/Call Ratio of 0.77, a max pain level at $2,050, and a notional value of $330 million. Market-wise, spurred by news of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire this week, BTC surged past $72,000—breaking out of its recent consolidation range. BTC options’ market share has consistently exceeded 80%, with open interest concentrated in late April and late June expiries; trading activity is dominated by the current-month (late-April) expiry. In terms of volatility, BTC’s implied volatility (IV) across major tenors dropped sharply to around 40%, while ETH’s IV across major tenors also declined to approximately 60%. Skew continues rising, albeit modestly. Analysts note that BTC’s performance this year has been weak both in price and market热度 (heat). Although this week’s sustained rebound is rare, indicators such as fund flows suggest the crypto market remains driven by broader markets, with most of its own metrics pointing to bearish characteristics.
According to on-chain analyst The Data Nerd (@OnchainDataNerd), a wallet address疑似 belonging to Matrixport opened two long positions on ETH and BTC last month, totaling approximately $197 million; the positions remain open as of now, with unrealized profits of roughly $5 million.
According to data from Trader T (@thepfund), yesterday’s Ethereum spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $106 million, a significant increase compared to the previous day (April 8), when net inflows stood at $13.84 million. Specifically: BlackRock’s ETHA saw net inflows of $90.94 million; BlackRock’s staking version ETHB recorded net inflows of $13.67 million; Grayscale’s mini ETH ETF registered net inflows of $9.67 million; 21Shares’ TETH experienced net outflows of $5.53 million; Franklin’s EZET posted net outflows of $1.68 million; Grayscale’s ETHE reported net outflows of $0.9 million; and Fidelity’s FETH, Bitwise’s ETHW, Invesco’s QETH, and VanEck’s ETHV all recorded zero net inflows for the day.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai_9684xtpa), the RAVE token surged 232% in price over the past 24 hours. This surge appears linked to two addresses associated with the project team, which deposited 18.58 million RAVE tokens to Bitget near the start of the price rally (approximately 10 hours ago). At that time, the token price stood at just $0.43, making the entry cost roughly $8 million. At the current price of $1.027, those tokens are now valued at approximately $19.08 million.
According to data from Trader T (@thepfund), Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $305 million yesterday, marking a significant rebound from the previous day’s net outflows of $124 million on April 8. Among them, BlackRock’s IBIT accounted for $269 million in net inflows—over 80% of the day’s total; Morgan Stanley’s MSBT saw $14.9 million in net inflows; Bitwise’s BITB recorded $11.73 million; Ark Invest’s ARKB brought in $4.78 million; Franklin Templeton’s EZBC added $2.08 million; and VanEck’s HODL contributed $2.04 million. Fidelity’s FBTC, Invesco’s BTCO, and other products registered zero net inflows that day.
Sam Dare, founder of Covenant AI, announced that Covenant AI has officially exited the Bittensor network. Previously, Covenant AI completed the largest decentralized LLM pretraining project in history—Covenant-72B (a 72-billion-parameter model developed by over 70 independent contributors)—which drew attention from NVIDIA’s CEO and was cited by an Anthropic co-founder. In its statement, Covenant AI accused the Bittensor network of long concentrating actual control in the hands of co-founder Jacob Steeves (“Const”), rendering the so-called “three-signature multisig governance” merely a theatrical performance of decentralization, with real power never truly distributed. Recently, Jacob Steeves unilaterally imposed punitive measures against Covenant AI, including: suspending its subnet earnings, revoking its community channel moderation privileges, unilaterally deprecating its subnet infrastructure, and exerting economic pressure via large-scale token dumping during the ongoing conflict between the two parties. Covenant AI stated it cannot continue fundraising, recruiting talent, or soliciting community resources on a network where the promise of “decentralization” can be unilaterally revoked by a single individual. Its research outcomes, team, and models will depart alongside the team, and a new project—including related progress—will be publicly announced shortly.
According to on-chain analyst Yujin (@EmberCN), a whale/institution has established large-scale crude oil short positions on Hyperliquid, totaling approximately $74.47 million, with an unrealized profit of about $1.2 million. Specifically, the address opened a short position of 399,000 barrels of WTI crude oil at $95.4 per barrel (valued at $37.88 million), generating an unrealized profit of approximately $200,000; and opened a short position of 390,000 barrels of Brent crude oil at $96.4 per barrel (valued at $36.59 million), generating an unrealized profit of approximately $1 million.
According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), the swing trader address 0x4F51 recently sold its remaining 1,000 ETH for approximately $2.22 million, incurring a loss of roughly $1.44 million on this trade. Since January 27, 2025, this address has executed four swing trades, three of which resulted in losses, accumulating a total loss of $2.45 million.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a wallet associated with Metalpha deposited 7,200 ETH—worth approximately $15.79 million—into Binance.
According to on-chain analyst Ember (@EmberCN), approximately 116 million ONDO tokens (valued at roughly $30.21 million) have been transferred from the Ondo Finance multisig wallet to Coinbase over the past ~six weeks. The transfer pattern shows a clear regularity: roughly 20 million ONDO tokens are transferred weekly from the multisig wallet to another multisig address, followed by multiple smaller transfers to Coinbase within several days.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a newly created wallet deposited 2 million USDC into HyperLiquid and purchased 49,731 HYPE tokens at a price of $40.22.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), Grayscale staked 83,200 ETH approximately two hours ago, valued at roughly $183 million.
Castle Labs (@castle_labs) published a post stating that the current crypto market is undergoing a profound paradigm shift—speculative models prioritizing extraction are gradually giving way to investment logic oriented toward revenue generation. The article notes that since 2026, the broader crypto market has performed poorly: most assets have seen sustained price declines, ETF funds have continued flowing out, project shutdowns have intensified, and institutional VC investments have grown increasingly conservative. The key catalysts for this shift were last October’s large-scale liquidation event and the ongoing market reflection triggered by gold consistently outperforming Bitcoin. On the revenue data front, among the roughly 5,700 protocols tracked by DeFiLlama, only 3.5% generated over $100,000 in revenue over the past 30 days—and fewer than 1% actually distributed earnings to token holders. The article focuses on top revenue-generating protocols—including Hyperliquid (HYPE), Pumpdotfun (PUMP), Tron (TRON), Sky (SKY), Jupiter (JUP), Aave (AAVE), and Aerodrome (AERO)—analyzing their price-to-sales ratios (P/S) and token holder return metrics. It argues that protocol revenue—and its capacity to feed value back to token holders—is becoming the core metric investors use to evaluate and select projects. Regarding institutionalization trends, traditional financial giants—including NYSE, Robinhood, BlackRock, and Franklin Templeton—
According to ZachXBT’s disclosure, Gurhan Kiziloz—allegedly a co-founder of Spartans—is the mastermind behind Blockdag Network. The project raised over $300 million from retail investors through social media advertisements promoting unrealistic return expectations and fake partnerships. Its token sale lasted for more than two years, and pre-sale funds are suspected to have been transferred out via Middle Eastern over-the-counter (OTC) channels. During this period, Gurhan Kiziloz is accused of spending heavily on luxury items such as high-end cars, real estate, and premium watches. In October 2025, ZachXBT publicly identified him as a genuine co-founder, after which he was blocked by Gurhan Kiziloz; shortly thereafter, Gurhan Kiziloz publicly admitted his involvement. To date, at least 10 to 15 victims have claimed losses tied to this project. ZachXBT advises investors to steer clear of all projects associated with him.
Crypto analyst Ali published a detailed analysis on X, arguing that rather than debating whether Bitcoin has hit its bottom, market participants should focus on whether the current volatility represents a “generation-defining entry opportunity.” Based on long-term trend lines, on-chain liquidity, and cost distribution metrics, Ali delineates the core “value range” for this cycle. On the support side, the UTXO Realized Price Distribution (URPD) shows a significant concentration of coins in the $63,111–$70,685 range, forming the current primary support zone; if price breaks below $63,111, the market may enter a liquidity vacuum. From a long-term perspective, Bitcoin is approaching the key upward trend line from the past decade (approximately $56,000–$60,000), a level historically associated with accumulation phases preceding major rallies.
According to ZachXBT, BitcoinDepot filed an 8-K on April 6, 2026, stating that it discovered the theft of 50.9 BTC on March 23; on-chain tracking shows that 19 high-confidence theft addresses had already transferred a total of 54.45 BTC as early as March 20—3.55 BTC more than disclosed—and the funds ultimately flowed into KuCoin, indicating the company may have detected the anomaly three days late.
According to CoinDesk, as market sentiment improves, the Bitcoin options market is undergoing a notable shift: the $80,000 call option on Deribit has become the most actively traded, with open interest exceeding $1.6 billion—surpassing the previously dominant $60,000 put option (which held approximately $1.41 billion in open interest). Analysts suggest that the recent temporary ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran has driven oil prices lower, easing inflation expectations and potentially strengthening market anticipation of Federal Reserve rate cuts—thereby benefiting risk assets including Bitcoin. Additionally, asset management firm 21Shares stated that, against the backdrop of sustained ETF inflows and rising institutional holdings, Bitcoin could potentially reach $100,000 by the end of Q2—if geopolitical tensions ease further and the regulatory environment improves. However, risks remain: the current ceasefire is fragile, and any escalation in Middle Eastern conflict could trigger a rebound in oil prices, dampening market risk appetite and thereby capping Bitcoin’s upside potential.
According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin is currently trading at approximately $71,200, while Ethereum trades at $2,185; the broader market remains range-bound. Bloomberg analyst Mike McGlone warned that if Bitcoin fails to reclaim $75,000, it risks falling as low as $10,000; conversely, Fundstrat founder Tom Lee believes the market bottom has already been established. In derivatives markets, Bitcoin futures open interest rose to 726,000 BTC, with the 24-hour Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) remaining positive for two consecutive days and funding rates slightly above zero—indicating an overall bullish bias. In contrast, CVD and funding rates for ETH, XRP, and Solana are marginally negative. The volatility index continues to decline, with the market anticipating price swings of only about 2.5% around Friday’s inflation data release. Among altcoins, MANA and AERO each rose roughly 6%; however, MANA’s gain coincided with a 25% surge in open interest, suggesting leveraged trading drove much of the move. Market participants are closely watching whether Bitcoin can decisively break above and hold $75,000—if achieved, it could trigger capital rotation into oversold altcoin sectors.
According to The Block, Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy, stated that Bitcoin may have already bottomed near $60,000, as forced sellers have gradually exited the market. Saylor also expressed skepticism regarding the security threat posed by quantum computing, describing the associated risks as still “theoretical” at present and believing the issue can be adequately addressed in the future—thus warranting no excessive concern.
Binance has announced the completion of the DAI (DAI) token swap and rebranding to USDS (USDS), and has enabled deposits and withdrawals for the new USDS token. Spot trading pairs BTC/USDS, ETH/USDS, and USDS/USDT will go live on April 9, 2026, at 16:00 (UTC+8).