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According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, in the past hour, 0xbac opened a 40x leveraged BTC short position, with a scale of 11.67 million USD, an average price of 77,749 USD, and a liquidation price at 81,286 USD. In addition, this address has also placed a market take-profit order, planning to close the position when BTC drops to the integer level of 70,000 USD.

In a report, Deutsche Bank analyst Folkmar Bauer stated that if the Bank of Japan maintains its interest rates on Wednesday and adopts a cautious stance on future rate hikes, the yen may weaken. He noted that the market expects the Bank of Japan to provide a fairly clear signal indicating a possible rate hike in June—at least provided that the conflict in Iran has eased by then.If this signal does not materialize, the Japanese Ministry of Finance's warning about intervention to support the yen will "no longer be of much help." Bauer mentioned that in this scenario, the USD/JPY could rise above 160.

Bitget officially launched the "Blockchain4Youth Learning Center" with its first course, aimed at providing a systematic blockchain learning path for young people and further connecting knowledge learning with career development. After completing the course and passing the assessment, students will receive a certificate of completion issued by Bitget's Chief Marketing Officer Ignacio Aguirre Franco, serving as an official certification of their Web3 capabilities. Certificate holders can gain more industry exposure and priority employment opportunities among the partner employers of the Blockchain4Youth Talent Alliance.To bridge the gap from learning to employment, Bitget has partnered with the Web3 recruitment platform Bondex to provide students with a transparent job-seeking channel and a talent pool connection mechanism. Bondex co-founder Ignacio Palomera stated that the project aims to address the real issues faced by learners, such as "lack of industry connections after completing the course, insufficient effective certification, and unclear job-seeking paths," building a more direct bridge between young talent and recruiting companies.So far, the Bitget Blockchain4Youth series of projects has attracted over 15,000 young participants. Bitget CMO Ignacio Aguirre Franco pointed out that the goal of the learning center is to transform young people's interest in Web3 into a tangible entry path. As the program continues to advance, Blockchain4Youth is gradually evolving from a single event project into a long-term infrastructure focused on Web3 education, career guidance, and talent development.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, Binance's DOGE open interest has increased by nearly 100 million dollars in five days.Since the afternoon of April 23, Binance's contract open interest has risen from 2.31 billion to a peak of 3.23 billion (an increase of 920 million DOGE, nearly 100 million dollars), a growth of 39.8%; meanwhile, the price of DOGE only increased by a maximum of 5% during the same period, which is not matching the growth.

A whale placed two limit buy orders, one for 397.769 BTC and the other for 397.718 BTC, totaling approximately 795.49 BTC, with a limit price of 77686.5 USD, for a total value of about 61.77 million USD.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, after 3 years of silence, a giant whale deposited all 2301 ETH (5.5 million USD) into Kraken.

According to Jinshi reports, Barclays Bank analysts stated in a report that against the backdrop of high inflation, the Federal Reserve is expected to maintain the federal funds target rate range unchanged at this week's meeting, but there is still a possibility of interest rate cuts this year. Analysts said that if inflation falls as expected, the Federal Reserve is expected to gain enough confidence around September to begin easing policy.

According to Coinglass data, the cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index is currently at 48, up 16 points from yesterday. The average over the past 7 days is 37, and the average over the past 30 days is 20.

According to Cointelegraph, a survey of 1,100 active users of CEX.IO in the U.S. shows that the current downturn in the crypto market has forced 36% of American crypto traders to reduce their daily expenses. Among them, 10% stated that this is a significant sacrifice made to maintain their positions, and 37% of respondents have postponed or canceled major purchasing plans due to crypto losses.Additionally, 38% of traders reported experiencing some form of financial disruption since October 2025. A quarter of respondents indicated that they rely on savings to maintain financial stability, and 12% admitted to having missed or delayed payments.Despite the pressure, the majority of traders remain optimistic, with 79% of respondents planning to hold or increase their positions in the next six months.

According to Theblock, a new academic paper concluded that after analyzing all transactions on Polymarket from 2023 to 2025, only 3.14% of accounts were defined as "skilled winners," who were able to consistently and accurately predict short-term price trends and final outcomes. These skilled traders, along with market makers, contributed to over 30% of the platform's total revenue.The paper also pointed out that only 12% of winners belonged to the high-level trader group, while about 60% of "lucky winners" turned into losers in another data sample test. Accounts classified as unlucky or technically poor accounted for 67% of the total, bearing all of the platform's total losses.The paper was co-authored by Roberto Gómez-Cram, Yunhan Guo, Howard Kung from the London Business School, and Theis Ingerslev Jensen from Yale University, covering 1.72 million accounts and over 210,000 markets, with a total trading volume of approximately $13.76 billion.

According to SoSoValue data, the overall cryptocurrency market is on an upward trend, with the RWA sector performing exceptionally well, rising 4.81% in 24 hours. Among them, Pendle (PENDLE) increased by 7.39%, Centrifuge (CFG) rose by 7.17%, and Ondo Finance (ONDO) and Keeta (KTA) increased by 5.44% and 5.89%, respectively.At the same time, Bitcoin (BTC) rose by 2.36%, breaking through $79,000; Ethereum (ETH) increased by 3.5%, approaching $2,400. Other standout sectors include: the NFT sector, which rose 3.85% in 24 hours, with Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) increasing by 13.1%; the DeFi sector rose by 3.74%, with Lido DAO (LDO) increasing by 23.71%; the AI sector rose by 3.56%, with OriginTrail (TRAC) increasing by 12%.In other sectors, the Meme sector rose by 2.13%, with SPX6900 (SPX) increasing by 9.79%; the PayFi sector rose by 1.97%, with SafePal (SFP) increasing by 9.89%; the Layer2 sector rose by 1.89%, with Celestia (TIA) increasing by 4.03%; the Layer1 sector rose by 1.5%, with Algorand (ALGO) increasing by 4.16%; the CeFi sector rose by 1.23%, with NEXO (NEXO) increasing by 1.88%.The cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical market trends show that the ssiRWA, ssiNFT, and ssiDeFi indices rose by 6.37%, 4.24%, and 3.49%, respectively.

Blockchain Capital partner Spencer Bogart posted on X platform that the total transaction volume of Kalshi and Polymarket is nearly equal, both around $12 billion (the former at $12.29 billion and the latter at $12.22 billion). Excluding sports-related transactions, Polymarket's non-sports category transaction volume is $7.5 billion, while Kalshi is only $1.6 billion.Despite the positioning differences between the two in the prediction market, it is strange that they are still classified in the same category.

North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis stated on Sunday local time that he would support the confirmation of Kevin Warsh's appointment as Federal Reserve Chairman, thereby clearing the last major obstacle for Trump's chosen successor to Powell.Tillis had refused to vote in support of Warsh for months, stating that he would not push for the confirmation of any Federal Reserve nominee as long as the Justice Department's criminal investigation into Powell was ongoing, calling the criminal investigation an attack on the independence of the central bank. However, that investigation appears to have concluded last Friday.

According to Jinshi reports, as the situation in the Middle East drives up oil prices, traders in the U.S. Treasury market are closely monitoring this week's Federal Reserve meeting to assess officials' views on the inflation outlook. The market generally expects the Federal Reserve to maintain interest rates on Wednesday, but traders tend to believe that there will still be rate cuts before the end of the year. Swap market data shows that the probability of a rate cut before the end of the year has risen to around 40%. Traders will listen carefully to Powell's remarks at the post-meeting press conference to gather insights on his plans after his term ends in May next year. Meanwhile, a series of U.S. Treasury auctions will also take place this week to test market demand at the current yield levels.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a certain whale deposited 300 bitcoins (worth $23.4 million) into Binance after being inactive for two years.Three years ago, this whale withdrew these 300 bitcoins from Bitfinex, when the price of bitcoin was $19,329, resulting in a profit of $17.6 million.

According to The Block, Ciarán Fitzpatrick, the global head of ETF products at JPMorgan Securities Services, stated: "We believe that tokenization will definitely drive changes in the market, not only for ETFs but for the entire fund industry as well."Ciarán Fitzpatrick pointed out that given the many benefits that tokenization may bring, such as more convenient subscription and redemption, "almost instant settlement," and uninterrupted access, experiments with ETF tokenization are still ongoing. He added: "I think tokenization will become part of the ETF ecosystem, but it will be a few years before we see some really good use cases."

According to Jinshi reports, after the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, when asked if he was worried about facing a threat to his life, U.S. President Trump said, "This (presidency) is a dangerous profession." However, he stated that he did not want to live in fear.He also joked that if his Secretary of State Rubio had told him in advance about the risk of violence, he might not have run for president.