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The cryptocurrency market has been continuously declining. According to Coinglass data, in the past 4 hours, the total liquidation across the network was 109 million USD, with long positions liquidated at 93.385 million USD and short positions liquidated at 15.1367 million USD.In the past 24 hours, a total of 90,576 people were liquidated globally, with a total liquidation amount of 278 million USD. The largest single liquidation occurred on Binance - ETHUSDT, valued at 6.6561 million USD.

According to Gate market data, both the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indices have turned positive, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently down 0.39%.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH falls below $2,188, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $883 million. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $2,416, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $842 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC falls below $72,914, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.279 billion. Conversely, if BTC breaks above $80,474, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $970 million.

According to The Block, the Solana ecosystem multi-signature protocol Squads announced the completion of a $18 million strategic financing round, led by Solana Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, L1D, and others. This round of financing is an equity round, bringing its total financing amount to $42.9 million. Squads will use the funds from this round to expand its stablecoin enterprise financial platform, Altitude.It is reported that Altitude, the stablecoin payment platform under Squads, allows businesses to conduct 24/7 global payment settlements in stablecoins through self-custody wallets, and connects to the global payment network through compliance and risk control systems.

The Ethereum Foundation has announced the list of grants and ecosystem support projects for the first quarter of 2026, focusing on cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs (ZK), protocol security, and core infrastructure development, continuously strengthening the Ethereum underlying technology stack and long-term scalability.This quarter's funding covers several key areas. At the protocol and client level, projects include optimizations for the Geth and Erigon clients, upgrades to the Lighthouse client, and the development of network monitoring tools after the Pectra upgrade, with a focus on improving network performance and attack resistance. Additionally, projects such as HSM key management, the validator security tool Vero, and the DISC-NG node discovery mechanism have also received support to enhance node-level reliability and institutional compliance capabilities.In the areas of cryptography and ZK, the foundation continues to invest in projects such as the analysis of the Poseidon hash function, research on Gröbner basis attacks, exploration of quantum-resistant and homomorphic mixed encryption, and formal verification of RISC-V zkVM, further strengthening the security boundaries of zero-knowledge proofs and cryptographic infrastructure.In terms of the developer ecosystem, the BuidlGuidl education system upgrade, ERC standard community building, WalletConnect clear signature library, and Open Creator Rails toolchain are continuously advancing to lower development barriers and enhance user interaction security. Meanwhile, L2BEAT continues to provide transparency analysis for Layer 2, strengthening the data infrastructure for scaling ecosystems.Furthermore, the foundation supports privacy technologies (such as Tor integration and Privacy Pool SDK), decentralized identity (did:ethr standard upgrade), DAO governance research, and public goods experimental projects, covering a complete ecological structure from the protocol layer to the application layer. Overall, this round of funding continues Ethereum's long-term investment in the three core directions of "cryptography + ZK + protocol engineering," emphasizing the support for future multi-layer scaling and institutional-level application implementation through infrastructure and standardization development.

According to Gate market data, the Dow Jones Index opened down 21.95 points on April 29 (Wednesday), a decrease of 0.04%, at 49,119.98 points; the S&P 500 Index opened down 11.58 points, a decrease of 0.16%, at 7,127.22 points; the Nasdaq Composite Index opened down 109 points, a decrease of 0.44%, at 24,554.8 points.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $231 million, with long positions liquidated at $73.8547 million and short positions liquidated at $157 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $18.616 million, Bitcoin short positions at $50.7051 million, Ethereum long positions at $14.1307 million, and Ethereum short positions at $42.1335 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 79,600 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Binance - ETHUSDT worth $6.6561 million.

According to CoinDesk, Securitize, a tokenization platform supported by BlackRock, announced a partnership with global stock transfer agent giant Computershare, allowing U.S. listed companies to issue on-chain tokenized equity (Issuer-Sponsored Tokens, ISTs) outside of the existing stock system.Under the plan, investors will have the option to hold shares through traditional securities accounts or directly hold corresponding on-chain equity assets through digital wallets. Computershare will continue to act as the transfer agent, responsible for managing shareholder registries, dividend distributions, and handling corporate actions such as stock splits.Reports indicate that the core of this structure is to avoid the common "wrapped shares" model found in the traditional crypto market. Unlike derivative tokens that only represent a claim to shares, ISTs will directly represent real equity ownership, rather than a mapping certificate of off-chain stocks.Carlos Domingo stated that ISTs are not derivatives built on existing stocks, but rather allow U.S. issuers to create real equity directly in token form.Data shows that Computershare currently serves over 25,000 companies and acts as the transfer agent for about 58% of S&P 500 companies. The market believes that this collaboration signifies that blockchain infrastructure is gradually entering the backend system of the core U.S. securities market, which may further promote the on-chain settlement, equity registration, and asset circulation of U.S. stocks.

According to Coinglass data, the current holdings of whales on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $3.574 billion, with long positions of $1.791 billion, accounting for 50.11% of the total holdings, and short positions of $1.783 billion, accounting for 49.89%. The profit and loss for long positions is -$21.9696 million, and for short positions, it is -$8.6275 million.Among them, the whale address 0xa5b0..41 has taken a 15x leveraged long position on ETH at a price of $2269.15, currently showing an unrealized profit of $1.6081 million.

According to Fortune, the White House has released a list of 37 donors for the construction project of the White House Ballroom under the Trump administration. The budget for the project has increased from the initial $200 million to $400 million, primarily funded through tax-deductible private donations. The list shows that several technology and cryptocurrency companies participated in the donations, including:MetaAppleAmazonGoogleMicrosoftCoinbaseRippleTetherPalantir TechnologiesIt was reported that Alphabet, Google's parent company, reached a settlement with Trump earlier this year regarding the YouTube ban incident, and allocated $22 million of the settlement to the construction of the ballroom; defense contractor Lockheed Martin reportedly donated over $10 million.In addition, several individuals from the cryptocurrency industry are also on the list, including:Charles CascarillaCameron WinklevossTyler WinklevossIt was reported that Trump is currently accelerating the progress of the ballroom project and linking it to the security needs of the White House. Previously, the East Wing of the White House was demolished in 2025 to make way for a new building of approximately 90,000 square feet.

According to Jinshi, citing a notice from Yaocai Securities, it was announced that the acquisition of Ant Wealth Holdings has been fully completed. Yaocai Securities stated that this acquisition will accelerate its digital transformation and upgrade. It will also ensure stable operations and strictly adhere to regulatory requirements in both mainland China and Hong Kong.Yaocai also refuted market rumors: "The company mainly serves local clients in Hong Kong and will not expand brokerage services to clients with mainland identities. In addition, Yaocai has no plans to venture into tokenized assets or other Web3 areas."

Coinglass data shows that in the past 24 hours, the liquidation amount of DOGE reached 21.77 million USD, with short liquidations amounting to 21.31 million USD and long liquidations amounting to 460,000 USD. The largest single liquidation was 751,614 USD, and the average liquidation volume over the past 7 days is in an extreme state.In addition, today's DOGE liquidations are mainly concentrated on Binance (49.86%), Bybit (14.17%), and Gate (10.63%), indicating that these exchanges have gathered a large number of active leveraged trades.

According to Bloomberg, cryptocurrency payment company MoonPay has acquired Israeli crypto security startup Sodot and established a new division called "MoonPay Institutional," focusing on serving institutional clients' needs for digital assets.This division will provide services such as trading, tokenized securities, payments, wallet management, and stablecoin issuance to large traditional financial institutions. Former acting chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Caroline D. Pham will lead this division; she will join MoonPay at the end of 2025 as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, BlackRock transferred 1,473 BTC and 5,738 ETH to Coinbase, with a total value of approximately $128 million, of which BTC is valued at about $114.34 million and ETH at about $13.38 million.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH falls below $2,228, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.171 billion. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $2,438, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $536 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC falls below $74,003, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $1.518 billion. Conversely, if BTC breaks above $80,975, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $714 million.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Parallel Web Systems, an AI infrastructure company founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has completed a $100 million Series B financing round, with a post-money valuation of $2 billion.This round was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from existing investors such as Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, and Khosla Ventures. Parallel provides efficient web search and access control infrastructure for "long-cycle" AI agents, having raised a total of $230 million, with around 50 employees, serving over 100,000 developers and enterprise clients. The current focus is on expanding the sales, marketing, and R&D teams, continuously laying out the enterprise-level "AI agent web" scenario.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock indices showed mixed results before the market opened, with the Nasdaq up 0.18%, the Dow down 0.11%, and the S&P 500 down 0.01%.The seven major tech stocks showed mixed results before the market opened, with Apple (AAPL) down 0.22%, Microsoft (MSFT) down 0.23%, Alphabet (GOOGL) down 0.01%, Amazon (AMZN) up 0.09%, Nvidia (NVDA) up 0.31%, Tesla (TSLA) up 0.1%, and Meta (META) down 0.12%.

According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, in the past hour, Brent crude oil futures surged during the pre-market session of U.S. stocks, reaching a high of 108 dollars. The BRENTOIL platform on Hyperliquid saw a 24-hour increase of 3%, with prices having basically recovered to the levels before the significant drop at the beginning of the month, recovering nearly a month's worth of losses recently.A certain BRENTOIL short whale faced forced liquidation multiple times during this round of increases, with a total liquidation scale reaching 2.75 million dollars, recording a loss of about 250,000 dollars. This short position was opened on April 24.