According to a report by the Associated Press cited by Jinshi, Iran added the phrase "accepting uranium enrichment" to its Persian version of its ten-point ceasefire plan, a detail absent from the English version distributed to journalists by Iranian diplomats. The specific reason for this omission is currently unclear. Trump stated that completely ending Iran's nuclear program is a key objective of this war.
According to a report by Israel's N12 news agency cited by Jinshi, a senior US government official stated that the US had coordinated with Israel beforehand regarding a temporary ceasefire. The US has made it clear to Israel that during the negotiations to be held over the next two weeks, it will firmly insist that Iran remove its nuclear materials, cease uranium enrichment, and eliminate the ballistic missile threat.
Iran says it agrees to negotiations but has "complete distrust" of the United States.
According to Xinhua News Agency, Iran's Supreme National Security Council issued a statement on the 8th, saying that based on the suggestion of Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and with the approval of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran will hold two weeks of negotiations with the United States in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, on the 10th, but Iran "has complete distrust" of the United States.
Yi Lihua, founder of Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital), posted on social media, "The war is confirmed to be over. There are no inside stories, and neither side has any reason to continue fighting. We'll see where to take profits after the rebound. This year's cryptocurrency market is very similar to 2019. Secondary liquidity has plummeted, primary investment confidence is almost nonexistent, Web3 companies are laying off large numbers of employees, and many industry professionals are switching careers. Be greedy when others are fearful. This year is definitely the best time to buy the dip in the secondary market and invest in the primary market, just like in 2019. Institutions that bought the dip in the secondary market and invested in the primary market in 2019 were the biggest winners in the 2020 bull market, and we are working hard to do both of these things well."
Israeli media reports that Israel "is continuing its attacks on Iran."
According to Xinhua News Agency, The Times of Israel quoted a security official on the 8th as saying that despite the ceasefire announced by the United States and Iran, Israel "is still continuing to strike Iran."
Arthur Hayes: The only token I've bought right now is HYPE.
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes posted on the X platform: "The only token we are currently buying is HYPE."
According to CoinDesk, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao revealed in his newly published memoir, *Freedom of Money*, that in November 2022, shortly before FTX's collapse, Sam Bankman-Fried casually asked him for "billions of dollars, like ordering a Bologna sandwich" over the phone. Zhao stated that he never seriously considered acquiring FTX, and signing the non-binding letter of intent was merely a formality to assess whether it could protect users. Zhao wrote, "I had no interest in owning FTX, and I wasn't particularly interested in helping SBF. But we might have had to act to protect users and the entire industry."
US media: Iran and Oman will impose "passage fees" on the Strait of Hormuz during the ceasefire.
According to a report by the Associated Press cited by Jinshi, a regional official revealed that the two-week ceasefire plan includes allowing Iran and Oman to charge tolls for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
According to The Block, Stabble, a decentralized exchange within the Solana ecosystem, issued an urgent notice urging liquidity providers to withdraw their funds immediately because a North Korean employee had previously worked on the project. This warning appears to have been triggered by information from on-chain sleuth ZachXBT, who disclosed that a North Korean developer had worked for several years on Solana's DeFi infrastructure project, Elemental. US authorities had previously warned that North Korean technicians were using fake identities to infiltrate crypto companies, and over the weekend, Drift Protocol stated that its $280 million attack was likely carried out by the same North Korean hackers who carried out the Radiant Capital attack in October 2024.
Coinbase will suspend trading in 25 perpetual contracts on April 21.
According to an official announcement, Coinbase will suspend trading of the following perpetual contracts on Coinbase Advanced and Coinbase International exchanges at approximately 21:00 (UTC+8) on April 21, 2026: TRB-PERP, RARE-PERP, NEIRO-PERP, A-PERP, ME-PERP, XTZ-PERP, KMNO-PERP, RAY-PERP, STX-PERP, ENS-PERP, GMT-PERP, SNX-PERP, 1000FLOKI-PERP, 0G-PERP, ORDI-PERP, NIL-PERP, BIO-PERP, UMA-PERP, BEAM-PERP, INIT-PERP, SOMI-PERP...
Coinbase adds CHIP to its listing roadmap
According to an official announcement, Coinbase has added CHIP to its listing roadmap. The listing of these assets still depends on the availability of market-making support and technical infrastructure. The specific listing time will be announced separately once the relevant conditions are met.
According to an official announcement, Seamless Protocol, the DeFi lending protocol within the Base ecosystem, will be gradually shutting down after two and a half years of operation. The UI will be taken offline on June 30, 2026, at which time the team will no longer provide support. Users must withdraw all assets through the UI before this date, and leveraged tokens must be redeemed before the UI is discontinued. Seamless's vault on Morpho will be closed in an orderly manner. Gauntlet, as the curator, will withdraw all lent assets from the Morpho marketplace, and users can withdraw directly through the Morpho application. Staking SEAM will be gradually shut down due to the termination of its yield source. Core contributors will prepare a governance proposal to distribute the remaining assets of the DAO vault to SEAM token holders.
According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, the whale @Jason60704294, who had set 10 big targets, profited $11.575 million. He tweeted that he had closed his positions, with his long position of 2520.52 BTC ultimately yielding a profit of $11.37 million, from an opening price of $67,449 to a closing price of $71,988. In addition, his SOL long position profited $182,000, and his DOGE long position profited $23,000, recovering the expected loss of $5.247 million from his previous long BTC position.
According to CCTV News, citing Iranian sources early on the 8th local time, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has invited delegations from Iran and the United States to Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, for negotiations. Sharif also stated that the ceasefire between Iran and the United States will take effect at 3:30 AM Iranian time on the 8th (8:00 AM Beijing time on the 8th).
According to Bloomberg, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has released a draft guidance on stablecoin issuance by banks and fintech subsidiaries, covering provisions regarding reserve assets, stablecoin redemption, permitted activities, and capital requirements. FDIC Chairman Travis Hill stated that stablecoins and tokenized deposit products continue to grow and their applications expand due to advancements in digital assets, technological developments in financial institutions, and the Trump administration's support for the crypto industry. This proposal is part of the rule-making work undertaken by the FDIC, OCC, and the Federal Reserve following the passage of the GENIUS Act last year. The FDIC plans to solicit public comment on 144 specific issues, including permitted and prohibited activities, capital requirements, pass-through insurance treatment, and profit restrictions. The proposal will also reaffirm through legislation that tokenized deposits remain deposits under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
According to Jinshi News, Iranian Foreign Minister Araqchi stated that if attacks on Iran cease, Iran's powerful armed forces will halt defensive operations. With coordination with the Iranian armed forces and full consideration of technical limitations, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz is expected within the next two weeks.
According to a report by CCTV cited by Jinshi, Iran's Supreme National Security Council issued a statement early on the 8th local time, stating that, based on the advice of the Supreme Leader and with the approval of the Supreme National Security Council, it accepted Pakistan's proposal for a two-week ceasefire. The statement indicated that Iran rejected all plans put forward by its adversaries and formulated a ten-point plan, which was submitted to the United States through Pakistan.
Trump: Agreed to suspend bombings and attacks on Iran for two weeks
According to Jinshi News, US President Trump stated early this morning: "Based on my talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif and Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir, who requested that I not deploy destructive forces to Iran tonight, and on the condition that Iran agrees to a full, immediate, and secure opening of the Strait of Hormuz, I have agreed to a two-week suspension of bombing and attacks against Iran. This will be a two-way ceasefire! The reason for this is that we have met and even exceeded all military objectives and made significant progress toward a long-term peace agreement with Iran and a Middle East peace agreement. We received Iran's ten-point proposal and consider it a viable basis for negotiations. Almost all past points of contention between the United States and Iran have been resolved, and two weeks will allow the agreement to be finalized and take effect."
Fox News and Kalshi have partnered to integrate predictive market data into multiple news programs.
According to The Block, Fox Corporation has partnered with prediction market platform Kalshi to integrate Kalshi's real-time data into Fox News, Fox Business Network, Fox Weather, and the streaming platform Fox One for visualization of political, economic, weather, and cultural news. Kalshi has previously partnered with CNN and CNBC. This collaboration does not currently include Fox Sports, but Kalshi stated that sports data may be included "in the future."
Circle minted an additional 500 million USDC on the Solana chain.
On-chain data shows that Circle, the issuer of the stablecoin, just minted a total of 500 million USDC on the Solana chain in two separate transactions, and has issued a total of 1 billion USDC in the past 24 hours.
Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF MBST may be listed on April 8.
According to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, the NYSE Arca listing notice for Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust shows that the Bitcoin ETF, codenamed MBST, will be announced on March 23, 2026, with an effective date of April 8, 2026. The exchange will be NYSE Arca, and the security type will be an exchange-traded product.
According to the Rayls blog, the Rayls Public Chain mainnet will officially launch at 11 PM Beijing time on April 30th, simultaneously introducing a staking program and the native stablecoin USDr. After the mainnet launch, network fees will trigger automatic RLS buybacks, 50% burning, and validator reward distribution. Starting in April 2026, the foundation will also burn an additional 10% of the monthly unlocked shares to strengthen the deflationary mechanism.
Robinhood lists Solana ecosystem tokens ORCA and RAY.
Robinhood has announced that its cryptocurrency platform has launched trading of Solana ecosystem tokens ORCA and RAY, which are also available to users in New York State.
Tether CEO: The team is developing a decentralized search engine called Hypersearch.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that the team is developing a decentralized search engine called hypersearch, which is based on a distributed hash table (DHT) architecture.
According to CME Group's official website, CME Group (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) announced plans to launch Avalanche (AVAX) and Sui (SUI) futures contracts on May 4th, pending regulatory approval. The new products include AVAX futures (contract size 5,000 AVAX) and Micro AVAX futures (500 AVAX), as well as SUI futures (50,000 SUI) and Micro SUI futures (5,000 SUI), providing institutional and individual investors with different contract size options. CME stated that its cryptocurrency derivatives trading volume averaged approximately $8 billion per day in March, a 19% year-over-year increase. Starting May 29th, all CME cryptocurrency futures and options will support 24/7 trading.
US Vice President Vance: The deadline for Iran is 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday.
According to Jinshi News, US Vice President Vance stated that the strike on the USS Halke does not signify a strategic shift. He reiterated that the deadline for action against Iran is 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday. We will receive a response from Iran by 8 p.m. Eastern Time. The US is confident that Iran will respond. Iran has never been the fastest negotiator, and it remains so.
Trump: The entire Iranian civilization will perish tonight.
US President Trump, speaking about Iran, said that the entire civilization will perish tonight and never recover. "I don't want that to happen, but it's very likely to happen. However, now that we have achieved a complete and thorough regime change, with a new, wiser, and more mature government in power, perhaps something truly transformative will happen—who knows? Tonight we will know all this; it is an extremely important moment in the long and complex history of the world."
Crypto hedge fund Split Capital has returned funds to external investors, and founder Zaheer Ebtikar has announced his joining stablecoin startup Plasma as Chief Strategy Officer. Ebtikar stated that the fund achieved approximately 100% returns in 2024 and 20% in 2025, and its assets under management once reached "eight figures" in US dollars. However, he believes the crypto hedge fund model is unsustainable, partly because large institutions can directly gain exposure through crypto ETFs issued by companies like BlackRock and Fidelity. Split Capital will operate on a small scale with only its own capital going forward. Plasma is preparing to launch a consumer-facing stablecoin application, positioning itself as a competitor to new types of banks such as SoFi and Revolut.
According to the Beijing Youth Daily, the Ministry of State Security recently issued a statement pointing out that with the surge in the use of AI "tokens," various scams using gimmicks such as "token investment," "get rich quick by hoarding tokens," and "profit from over-the-counter trading" have frequently emerged. Some of these activities are suspected of being illegal financial activities and may even be used by foreign intelligence agencies to steal data and infiltrate funds, endangering national economic and data security. The article emphasizes that tokens are essentially digital identity credentials and carriers of AI billing and rights, not investment products. It warns the public to be wary of low-priced token packages, so-called token wealth management, and mining projects, and to avoid logging in, transferring funds, or filling in private information in insecure network environments. If any abnormalities are discovered, the public should promptly stop the losses and report to the relevant authorities.
According to Bloomberg, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, through the Frontier Model Forum established in partnership with Microsoft, are jointly identifying and blocking "adversarial distillation" activities originating from China and other regions. This aims to prevent third parties from massively using their closed model outputs to train copycats. These companies claim that Chinese teams like DeepSeek are allegedly using distillation techniques to replicate their cutting-edge model capabilities, circumventing security alignment mechanisms, creating price competition, and are considered potential national security risks. The US government has already proposed supporting the establishment of industry information-sharing mechanisms in its AI action plan, while US companies are seeking clearer compliance guidance under antitrust rules.
According to the CoinShares Research Blog, digital asset investment products recorded net inflows of approximately $224 million last week, but this turned into a slight outflow in the latter part of the week due to stronger-than-expected retail sales data and more hawkish interest rate expectations. By region, Switzerland contributed the most inflows at approximately $157.5 million, followed by Germany and Canada at $27.7 million and $11.2 million respectively, while the United States only saw approximately $27.5 million. By asset class, XRP saw a weekly inflow of approximately $119.6 million, the highest since mid-December 2025, with cumulative inflows reaching $159 million this year, representing 7% of assets under management; Bitcoin saw inflows of approximately $107.3 million, but still experienced a net outflow of approximately $145 million this month. Meanwhile, products shorting Bitcoin recorded inflows of $16 million, the highest since mid-November last year.
Reuters, citing a senior Iranian source, reported that Tehran has rejected any temporary ceasefire agreement with the United States. Tehran has set preconditions for talks with the US on "lasting peace." These preconditions include an immediate cessation of attacks, guarantees against future attacks, and compensation for damages. Under a permanent peace agreement, Tehran demands fees for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, with fees varying based on ship type, cargo, and current passage conditions.
