Summary: Over the past 30 days, long-term Bitcoin holders increased their holdings by 303,000 BTC while short-term holders reduced their positions by 290,000 BTC, according to CryptoQuant data. Abstract: The data indicate a shift from short-term to long-term holdings, suggesting accumulation by longer-term Bitcoin investors per CryptoQuant.

AI could halve development costs and add about $22B yearly in profits; global game spend rises to $275B (2026). Benefits skew to major publishers; smaller studios risk. AAA savings ~15%; staffing may shift without large job cuts. Abstract: Morgan Stanley's analysis suggests AI tools could cut video game development costs by about half and generate roughly $22 billion in additional annual profit, as industry spend rises to about $275 billion by 2026. Gains would be uneven, favoring publishers with strong IP and distribution networks (e.g., Tencent, Sony, Ubisoft) while mid-tier studios could struggle. Estimated cost savings for AAA publishers approach 15%, and staffing may shift toward senior engineers and portfolio leads, without a broad plunge in developer employment.

Gate News message. According to Gate's official announcement on April 21, 2026, Gate will list the OpenGradient (OPG) contract and launch derivatives trading services. Gate will launch OPG perpetual contract spot trading (USDT settlement) for the first time on April 21, 2026 at 20:10 (UTC+8), supporting 1-20x leverage. Meanwhile, Gate will add OPG unified account lending and cross-margin leverage trading pairs, and also launch OPG YuCoinBao wealth management, as well as current-account collateralized lending and time-locked collateralized lending features. In addition, within 1 hour after the launch of the OPG perpetual contract, copy trading and trading bot services will be opened. Gate will also introduce OPG Instant Exchange functionality and OPG recurring investment features 1 hour after the OPG spot listing, supporting multiple recurring investment intervals.

Morgan Stanley predicts a 2030 surge in CPU demand from autonomous AI systems, potentially adding up to $60 billion to the CPU market. This shift will impact data center investments and memory requirements, benefiting major chipmakers.

From 21:45 to 22:00 (UTC) on April 19, 2026, the BTC price dropped by 0.44% within 15 minutes. The candlestick range was 74,366.1 to 74,789.3 USDT, with an amplitude of 0.57%. Short-term volatility was concentrated. During this period, the trading volume for large orders rose significantly, market attention increased, and volatility intensified. The main driving force behind this deviation was that U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a large net outflow of $291 million over two days from April 18 to April 19. This reflected institutional funds pulling away in the short term, which led to a marked increase in sell pressure in the spot market. At the same time, BTC perpetual contract

Zoom has partnered with Sam Altman's World to launch a feature detecting real participants versus AI deepfakes during video calls. This aims to combat increasing deepfake fraud, with verification options for hosts and participants.

2026-04-13 22:45 to 2026-04-13 23:00 (UTC), the BTC price recorded a +0.49% return, rapidly fluctuating within the 74148.0 to 74741.9 USDT range, with a swing of 0.80%. During the anomaly window, market attention increased; spot and derivatives trading became active, and volatility intensified. The main driver behind this anomaly is that sustained net inflows into ETFs strengthen buy-side demand in the spot market, while long positions in the derivatives market add leverage; overall, the funding rate remains biased to the upside. BTC perpetual contract open interest rose in tandem, indicating leverage as well

Gate News message: On April 11, according to Lookonchain monitoring, Arthur Hayes bought another 26,022 HYPE tokens (about $1.1 million) today. This is his first add-on position in nearly 3 months. At the moment, Arthur Hayes holds a total of 247,334 HYPE tokens (about $10.44 million), with an unrealized profit of over $2.5 million.

Gate News message. April 8, CZ posted on the X platform stating that his old phone number has been deactivated for many years. He said the identity of the current owner using that number appears suspicious—possibly a hacker or a police officer. CZ said that the new number’s owner previously attempted to apply to be his assistant. CZ reminded users to pay attention to account security and advised them not to add this number.

April 8, the “Silver Iron Head Air Force” whale reduced its ETH short position by about $11.4484 million, and still holds 5,126 short contracts, worth about $11 million. Since April 1, this whale has continued to add positions at 20x leverage and has been performing swing trades, setting long and short positions in different price ranges.