Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

Gate News message, on April 7, the U.S. news network Fox News officially integrated the Kalshi platform, using prediction market mechanisms to add accountability to news reporting while encouraging content to be closer to the facts. As one of the three major mainstream U.S. news networks, Fox News hopes to use prediction markets to eliminate bias, strengthen accuracy, and ensure that news reporting is not influenced by political stances, with correctness as the guiding principle.

Gate News message, April 7, public chain project Rayls announced that its mainnet will go live on April 30 at 23:00. At the same time, Rayls staking plans and its native stablecoin USDr will also be launched. USDr is Rayls’ native, U.S. dollar–backed stablecoin, used to pay network transaction fees.

Gate News message: On April 7, Ethereum Treasury company SharpLink posted on the X platform that since launching its ETH treasury strategy, the company’s cumulative Ethereum staking reward revenue has reached 16,947 ETH. In addition, the Ethereum staking rewards SharpLink received last week were 511 ETH.

Gate News message, on April 7, according to Iranian state media The Tehran Times, Iran has shut down all diplomatic and indirect communication channels with the United States.

Gate News update, April 7, Fluent posted a tweet saying that registration is now open for the BLEND token public offering, targeting $1 million in funding with a FDV of $100 million, with full unlock at TGE. On April 13, the token public offering will close, and the mainnet will go live 2 weeks after the end of the public offering. The total supply of the BLEND token is 1 billion, with an initial unlock of 75 million; 100 million will be allocated to the foundation, 225 million to investors, 200 million to the team, and 400 million to ecosystem expansion.

Gate News message. April 7, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the team is developing a decentralized search engine called hypersearch. The product is built on a distributed hash table (DHT, a decentralized data storage technology) architecture.

Gate News update. On April 7, U.S. stocks opened lower: the Dow Jones Industrial Average (the U.S. blue-chip benchmark index) fell 0.2%, the S&P 500 (the U.S. large-cap benchmark index) fell 0.18%, and the Nasdaq Composite (the U.S. tech-sector benchmark index) fell 0.3%. Large-cap tech stocks broadly traded lower: Arm (ARM.O) fell 2.8%, Nvidia (NVDA.O) fell 0.8%, and Tesla (TSLA.O) fell 1.7%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index fell 0.38%.

With rising demand for AI computing power and the rapid deployment of low-Earth-orbit satellites, space has become a new area for countries to invest in. Beijing plans to establish a space computing power innovation center to drive breakthroughs in key technologies and enable the use of computing power in space.

There is uncertainty regarding Kevin Walsh’s nomination for Federal Reserve chair, because Republican senators oppose moving forward with the nomination, especially as Powell is still under investigation. New York Fed President Williams said this uncertainty does not affect the Federal Reserve, and Powell can continue serving in his position before Walsh is confirmed.

CleanSpark, a clean-energy Bitcoin mining company, has released its March operating report, showing it mined 658 BTC during the month and sold 405 units of spot and 500 units of options BTC. As of March 31, it held 13,561 BTC, had deployed about 224k mining machines, and had a hashrate of 50.0 EH/s.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, SPCE (VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS INC) has surged by 24% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market

French banking analyst Kit Juckes issued a report stating that if the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged this year, the U.S. dollar will fluctuate. The market expects G10 central banks to raise rates, but Sweden’s economic growth forecast is only slightly higher than that of the United States, which limits the dollar’s appreciation. If the Federal Reserve cuts rates, the dollar could fall.

AVAX One Technology announces it will advance its AI infrastructure strategy, signing a 10MW microgrid data center FEED plan located in Alberta, using low-cost natural gas power. At the same time, it invests in the purchase of 220 Bitmain mining machines to increase computing power, forming a dual-track layout of “mining + AI.”

Gate News update: On April 7, the Cardano Foundation announced the launch of the $80 million Orion Fund with Draper Dragon, aiming to support strategic initiatives by Cardano-native and integrated enterprises, expand on-chain utility, and strengthen the ecosystem. The fund will be managed by Draper Dragon, with the Cardano Foundation serving as the charter manager and providing the necessary ecosystem and technical support.

Gate News bot message, Gate market data shows that UNHON is up 10.03% over the past 24 hours, with a current price of 309.08 USDT.

The Financial Services Commission of Korea requires all domestic cryptocurrency exchanges to reconcile accounts every 5 minutes to address internal control vulnerabilities exposed by recent payment incidents. The new regulations include establishing automated reconciliation systems, setting standards for when trading must be paused, and strengthening reviews of high-risk processes, with the goal of improving asset security.

Polymarket data shows that the probability of a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran by May 15 has fallen to 37%. The total trading volume of this event contract exceeds $107 million. U.S. Vice President Vance reiterated the final deadline for Iran, while Trump threatened that there will be strikes if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened.

Gate News message, April 7, the Federal Reserve’s Williams said that the monetary policy can be adjusted if necessary; for now, it may be observed for the time being. He expects this year’s GDP growth to be 2% to 2.5%, with the unemployment rate remaining stable. Williams noted that the labor market situation is quite complex and expects that core inflation will fall later this year.

CME Group plans to launch Avalanche (AVAX) and Sui (SUI) futures contracts on May 4, 2026, further expanding its lineup of cryptocurrency derivatives; the offerings are currently awaiting regulatory approval. Participants may choose either micro or standard contracts.

Eightco Holdings disclosed in its latest holdings that total assets amount to $321 million, including 277,222,975 Worldcoin tokens and a $90 million investment in OpenAI, making it one of the largest public-market participants in WLD. The CEO said that holding Eightco is equivalent to indirectly owning OpenAI.