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Well-known analyst Tom Lee said in an interview that despite the U.S.-Iran conflict and rising oil prices, the stock market did not fall, showing that the market has strong resilience. He believes that most S&P constituents have undergone significant adjustments, that the worst-case scenario for the overall market may already be behind us, and that there is room for upside from here. He is bullish on Ethereum as well as technology, industrial, and mid- and small-cap stocks.

On April 9, a whale address starting with 0x9fa opened an approximately $4.35 million ETH long position with 10x leverage, with an entry average price of $2,179 and a liquidation price of $2,001. Subsequently, the address planned to take profit at $2,220 and place a $4.45 million sell order.

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.

A bold statement from Mysten Labs has pushed Sui back into the spotlight, especially as the conversation around scalability and real-world crypto payments continues to evolve. The claim centers on one idea. Future financial systems will demand fast and near-free transactions, and that

Gate News message. On April 9, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin monitoring, the Ethereum Foundation’s current plan is to sell 5,000 ETH. So far, it has completed the sale of 3,750 ETH, worth $8.3 million, with an average selling price of $2,214.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies increased its holdings by 71,252 Ether units last week, bringing its total to 4.8M units, with a total value of about $10.3 billion. Chairman Tom Lee believes Ether is at the tail end of its winter season and noted its hedging value amid the conflict in Iran. Since the outbreak of the war, Ether has gained a cumulative 6.8%.

The Ethereum Foundation and Biconomy have teamed up to launch the ERC-8211 standard, enabling AI agents to dynamically execute multi-step DeFi actions within a single signed transaction, determining parameters in real time based on on-chain state and overcoming the static limitations of ERC-4337. This standard does not require a fork at the protocol layer, making it easier for developers to adopt and further accelerating the integration of AI and DeFi automation.

A bold statement from Mysten Labs has pushed Sui back into the spotlight, especially as the conversation around scalability and real-world crypto payments continues to evolve. The claim centers on one idea. Future financial systems will demand fast and near-free transactions, and that

Bitmine has accumulated 4.8M ETH, nearly 4% of the supply, while expanding staking operations to generate up to $282M annually. With $11.4B in total holdings, the firm plans to list on the NYSE, solidifying its status as a leading Ethereum holder.

BlackRock’s iShares Staked Ethereum Trust launched in March under its brand, with a management fee of 0.25% and a staking-reward commission of 18%. Industry insiders believe the commission includes multiple costs, and it may decrease in the future. Some people question whether such a high fee is justified, especially when comparing it to staking rates for retail investors.

Gate News update, April 8, market data shows that Ethereum fell below the $2,200 mark, and the 24-hour gain narrowed to 6.1%.

2026-04-08 14:30 to 14:45 (UTC), the ETH spot market saw a rapid pullback, with the return rate recording -0.85%. The candlestick price range fluctuated between 2202.51 and 2227.59 USDT, with a swing amplitude of 1.13%. During this period, trading volume rose by about 10% versus the previous hour on a quarter-hour basis, short-term market volatility intensified, and mainstream investor attention noticeably increased. The main driving force behind this unusual move is that the ETF capital inflow momentum, which was strong on April 6, significantly weakened on April 8; institutions and some of the capital that had flowed in earlier chose to realize profits in the spot market, bringing concentrated selling.

Gate News bot 消息，Gate 行情显示，ETH 跌破 2200 USDT，现价 2198.15 USDT。

Gate News message, the Ethereum Foundation has sold 416.67 ETH in exchange for $933,340 DAI. The foundation continues to hold additional ETH holdings.

Between 13:30 and 13:45 (UTC) on 2026-04-08, the ETH price fell from 2265.79 USDT to 2234.72 USDT within 15 minutes, with a range of 1.37%. The candlestick return rate was -1.11%. The unusual downside move drew widespread attention from the market. Short-term volatility was significantly higher than in the surrounding periods, reflecting that trading sentiment was disrupted and driven by sudden dominant factors, and liquidity risk intensified. The main driving force behind this anomaly was a large-scale, synchronized transfer of whale funds into trading platforms. On-chain data shows four transfers with each amount exceeding 10k ETH, and exchange inflows

Gate News, on April 8, according to data monitored by Arkham, about an hour ago, BlackRock transferred 8,513 ETH worth $19.14 million to a certain CEX address via its Ethereum exchange-traded fund ETHA; additionally, it transferred 416.654 BTC worth $29.86 million to a certain CEX address via its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund IBIT.

An Ethereum researcher proposed the EIP-8142 “Block-in-Blobs” proposal, aiming to encode transaction data into blobs to reduce bandwidth requirements. Through data availability sampling and cryptographic commitments, it ensures correctness and data availability, thereby unifying to a “data gas” billing model and improving the reliability of zkEVM use cases.

Crypto expert proclaims pioneer altcoin Ethereum (ETH) will 3x – 4x.  This surge is expected to occur by the next 6 months. This falls in line with the many bullish expectations for ETH to hit new ATHs this year. The price of the pioneer crypto asset Bitcoin (BTC) just experienced a surg