After Donald Trump’s announcement of a two-week temporary ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, the three major U.S. stock indexes rebounded sharply. The Dow gained more than 1,300 points, posting its best performance in nearly a year. The market is confirming a partial bottom, and it is expected that the S&P 500 will rise to 7,300 points within the year. Sectors such as technology stocks are seen as having promising prospects.

According to Gate News, on April 9, Ethereum spot ETFs saw net inflows of $13.84 million yesterday. Among them, BlackRock’s staking version of ETHB performed best, with net inflows of $44.30 million, while the Grayscale series showed more notable net outflows.

Gate News message, April 7, gold supporter Peter Schiff posted, saying that assuming Bitcoin drops to $10k by the end of 2026, it will still be the best-performing asset of the next decade. Schiff said he is sure Michael Saylor will rely on this to keep pushing up the price of Bitcoin and issue more shares to buy Bitcoin. But a 92% drop will make it the worst-performing investment for most long-term holders.

Solana ecosystem DEX aggregator Titan launched the on-chain router DART on April 7. By dynamically allocating trading volume to the best liquidity sources in real time, it reduces trading costs; tests show costs are below 0.02%. In the future, it will expand to more trading pairs, and the DART API will enter the beta testing phase.

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.

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.

Gate News bot message, A crypto community member is seeking guidance from experienced traders who survived the 2018 and 2022 bear markets. The individual posted a question asking OGs (original/veteran traders) to share their single best piece of advice for newcomers currently experiencing their firs

Gate News bot message, market data shows the top 7 best-performing cryptocurrencies in Q1 2026. STABLE recorded an 86% increase, ZRO rose 65%, HYPE gained 56%, TAO climbed 46%, JST increased 42%, RENDER advanced 32%, and TRX posted an 11% gain. Tron is the only Top 10 coin that posted positive growt

The Solana Foundation released a report emphasizing that enterprises need flexible privacy controls and should view privacy as a customizable feature. The report introduces four privacy modes, acknowledges that there is no single best model, and encourages enterprises to combine them based on their needs. Solana's high performance can support the application of privacy technologies, proposing an "audit key" mechanism to enable coexistence between privacy and regulation.

Bernstein analysts point out that Circle's USDC partnership with a certain CEX is a direct play for investing in the stablecoin market. AI agent machine payments could bring incremental demand, but the scale remains small for now. USDC's supply and trading volume have reached all-time highs, with leading market share.