Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

According to CryptoRank data, political-topic trading volume is the highest in the market during the first quarter of 2026, while sports-related trading makes up only a small portion. The top five assets by trading volume are all related to political events, indicating the market’s focus on political forecasting.

Visa executives, during their visit to South Korea, said that the country is the best place to conduct stablecoin experiments, with 17 million cryptocurrency investors, and strong performance in the field of artificial intelligence. Visa is optimistic about South Korea’s future potential in combining stablecoin and AI businesses.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps jointly launched the “True Promise-4” operation on April 5, striking multiple facilities related to Israel and the United States, including the Haifa oil refinery and natural gas and petrochemical plants in the UAE, causing the facilities to halt operations and widespread fires.

According to Ember monitoring, in the first month of Spark’s buyback program, 571,957 USDS were repurchased, and 26.6 million SPK were purchased at an average price of $0.0215. The expected annual buyback will reach 12% of the circulating supply, about 320 million SPK.

Gate News message, April 6, on-chain investigator @tayvano_ posted and disclosed that North Korean IT workers had participated in building multiple well-known crypto protocols, with projects that can be traced back to the DeFi Summer era, including SushiSwap, THORChain, Harmony, Ankr, Shib, and Yearn. @tayvano_ also added that the “7 years of blockchain development experience” marked on these North Korean IT workers’ resumes is not false.

Gate News message. On April 6, according to today's CME “FedWatch” data, the probability that the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged in April is 98.4%, and the probability of a 25-basis-point rate hike is 1.6%. The probability that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged cumulatively by June is 96.6%, the probability of cumulative 25-basis-point rate cuts is 1.8%, and the probability of cumulative 25-basis-point rate hikes is 1.5%.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, VIX (VIX) has dropped by 1.5% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.

Gate News bot 消息，Gate 行情显示，BTC 突破 69000 USDT，现价 69028 USDT。

Gate News message, on April 5, the ETH price broke through the 2100 USDT mark, and is currently trading at 2101.17 USDT, with a 24-hour gain of 1.7%.

Gate News bot message, Gate market display, ETH breaks through 2100 USDT, current price 2104.87 USDT.

2026-04-05 22:30 to 2026-04-05 22:45（UTC）, the BTC price fluctuated in the range of 67416.0 to 67986.7 USDT. Within 15 minutes, the return reached +0.79%, and the amplitude was 0.85%. The rapid change on the market quickly drew attention, with volatility increasing, but overall trading volume did not show extreme amplification, and sentiment was mainly cautious and volatile. The main drivers behind this move are the continued withdrawal of institutional funds and large capital net outflows to outside trading platforms. On-chain data shows that in the past 24 hours, the whole-network BTC net outflow was -2,1

2026-04-05 22:30 to 2026-04-05 22:45 (UTC), within 15 minutes ETH’s return rate reached +0.79%, closing in the price range of 2053.03 to 2072.18 USDT. The amplitude was 0.93%. Market volatility has increased somewhat, and related on-chain and structural data highlight a rising level of market attention. The main driver behind this move is the synchronized increase in the number of active on-chain addresses and trading volume. Within 10 minutes, the active transaction value reached $420.7k, and the number of active addresses rose to more than 20k, indicating that actual user participation is continuing to

Gate News bot 消息，Gate 行情显示，BTC 突破 68000 USDT，现价 68000 USDT。

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, XTIUSD (WTI Crude USOIL) has surged by 12% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market

2026-04-05 15:15 to 2026-04-05 15:30 (UTC), during this period ETH’s return within 15 minutes was +0.97%, the price range was 2040.32 to 2063.89 USDT, and the amplitude reached 1.15%. During this period, market attention increased, volatility clearly intensified, and short-term capital remained active, driving ETH slightly higher. The main drivers of this abnormal move are ETH’s net outflows from exchanges and the persistently high DeFi locked-in amount. According to on-chain data, the 24-hour net outflow amount reached -11,970.54 E

2026-04-05 15:15 to 15:30 (UTC), the BTC price fluctuated within the 66,938.9 to 67,529.9 USDT range, with a 15-minute return of +0.84% and a volatility (amplitude) of 0.88%. During the same period, market trading activity increased: the number of active on-chain addresses over 10 minutes reached 420,690, short-term buying sentiment improved, and attention to the market was boosted. The main drivers behind this move are persistent liquidity tightness in the spot and derivatives markets. Current trading volume is significantly lower than the range since the end of 2023, and the threshold for buy-side pressure to push prices higher has dropped markedly.

A Middle East scholar, Mohammad Ali Shabani, says the U.S. may carry out its threats against Iran's infrastructure, which could escalate the situation in the region. Iran, meanwhile, has sent a defiant signal by attacking Kuwait's infrastructure, and the risk of a serious escalation within the next 24 hours is high.

According to analysis, on April 5 an address received 30.99 million STO tokens worth $5.98 million, and then deposited 10 million tokens to a CEX, earning a profit of $207k. During the April 2 price peak, this batch of tokens was up by $52.33 million.

News that President Trump is gravely ill and hospitalized spread online in the U.S. on April 4, and the White House communications director posted to deny it, saying that Trump works in the White House and accusing the media of inventing conspiracy theories. White House officials said that Trump has never stopped working and criticized users who spread false information.

Peter Schiff said that Bitcoin has risen only 12% over the past five years and has underperformed the Nasdaq, the S&P 500, gold, and silver; Michael Saylor then responded that Bitcoin has been the best mainstream asset since August 2020, emphasizing the importance of the time frame.