Mainstream Crypto News and Updates

Gate News, April 6, LD Capital founder Yi Lihua posted on social media saying that it looks like the war is finally going to end. Although he doesn’t understand politics, it’s still surprising that it has gone on for so long and now. He believes that after it ends, the market will rebound for a while rather than reverse. For an investment strategy, Yi Lihua suggests that if it’s a long-term trend investment, buying ETH at a bottom under $2,000 can get you to the top of the bull market; if it’s a short-term swing trade, you can take profit based on the level.

Bitcoin BTC$69,892.51 climbed to near $70,000 as traders reacted to signs of possible de-escalation in the Iran war and amid a short squeeze that liquidated more than $270 million in shorts. Crypto prices rose, along with equity index futures and equities, as Axios reported that the U.S. and Iran a

The race for the top crypto opportunities in 2026 is heating up as the market regains momentum. Investors are once again searching for projects with the right mix of utility, adoption, and growth potential. Three names dominating the conversation right now are BlockchainFX (BFX), Solana (SOL), and

Gate News message, a trader identified as "0x338" has established a long position on ETH with 25x leverage. The position involves 11,912 ETH with a total value of $25.6 million.

Gate News message: April 6, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), monitoring shows that the trader "first sets 10 big targets" currently holds 2,250.15 BTC long positions, with a total position value of about $156 million. The trader's average opening price is $67,193.72, the current unrealized profit is about $5.52 million, and the liquidation price is $55,423.

XRP Ledger validator Vet warns the XRP community after a social engineering scam drained $280 million from Solana's Drift Protocol, highlighting the need for caution and vigilance among builders in light of increasing crypto vulnerabilities.

Gate News message, April 6, BTC breaks through the 70,000 USDT mark, currently reported at 70,040 USDT, up 4.57% over the past 24 hours.

Gate News bot 消息，Gate 行情显示，BTC 突破 70000 USDT，现价 70000 USDT。

From 2026-04-06 09:00 to 2026-04-06 09:15 (UTC), the BTC price traded within the 69216.0 to 69739.9 USDT range. Within 15 minutes, it delivered a +0.58% return, with an amplitude of 0.76%. During this period, large trades dominated and drove prices higher; market attention increased in the short term, and overall volatility rose slightly. The main driving force behind this move is that large capital operations accelerated in and out of markets with weak liquidity. On-chain data shows that the average BTC transfer amount surged from $42,602 24 hours ago to just before the incident.

The Korea Financial Services Commission requires all cryptocurrency exchanges to set up a system to verify assets every 5 minutes, and to complete it by the end of May. It found that some exchanges’ verification frequency is insufficient and that there are defects in their trading circuit breaker mechanisms; all exchanges are required to publish their asset balances and submit to audits. The regulatory measures stem from an operational mistake at an exchange in February.

Gate News bot message, Gate market display, ETH breaks through 2150 USDT, current price 2150.28 USDT.

Gate News message: April 6, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale yeti.hl deposited 2,190,000 USDC into HyperLiquid 30 minutes ago and bought 58,884 HYPE at a price of $37.21 per HYPE token.

Gate News message: On April 6, CoinAnk data shows that in the past 24 hours, liquidations across the entire network totaled $195 million, including long liquidations of about $41.33 million and short liquidations of about $153 million. Shorts accounted for 78.5%. By coin type, Bitcoin liquidations were about $83.85 million and Ethereum liquidations were about $44.48 million.