Multiple senior core executives at OpenAI’s Stargate data center have left the company, signaling a major strategic shift in the company’s AI infrastructure rollout. The project faces issues related to funding, partnerships, and geopolitical risks, and OpenAI is re-evaluating its compute infrastructure build-out strategy.

On April 11, DefiLlama data shows that crypto startups raised $76.0 million in funding this week, bringing 2026’s total to nearly $500 million. Major deals include Pharos’s $44.0 million Series A round, Oh’s $7.5 million Series A round, and Kulipa’s $6.2 million seed round, covering blockchain, Web3 AI, and crypto wallet services.

The three major U.S. stock indexes finished mixed, with the Nasdaq up 0.35% to set an eight-session winning streak, while the S&P 500 fell 0.11% and the Dow Jones fell 0.56%. Tech stocks were broadly higher, and the Nasdaq’s gain for the week reached 4.68%. Blockchain-related stocks showed mixed performance.

Gate News message, major cryptocurrencies advanced this week following a two-week cease-fire deal. According to the 7-day performance data, SIREN topped the list of top 10 gainers with a 398.6% increase. ZEC rose 61.2%, while Dash climbed 51.6%. MON gained 31.1%, and morpho increased 22.3%. Arbitrum

April 10, according to reports: If Bitcoin breaks above $75k, the liquidation strength of short positions on major CEXs will reach $75k; if it falls below $71k, the liquidation strength of long positions will reach $1.25B. The liquidation chart shows liquidation strength, not the exact contract values.

From 2026-04-10 14:00 to 14:15（UTC）, BTC rose 0.53% within a 0.71% trading range, with the price moving between 72251.9 and 72765.3 USDT. During this time window, on-chain data show that both trading volume and the number of transfers remained consistently high, market volatility intensified, and attention on the short term increased. The main driver behind this unusual move is that whale-class investors concentratedly withdrew BTC from a certain major exchange. In about 10 minutes, the related on-chain transfers totaled approximately $420,690, reflecting that institutions and large funds are accelerating their self-custody behavior, clearly stepping up their asset management pace.

According to DefiLlama data, on April 10 on-chain Perp DEX market trading volume fell, with Aster’s trading volume in second place. The major trading volume rankings were, in order: Hyperliquid, TradeXYZ, and Aster.

On April 10, Hyperinsight data shows that on the Hyperliquid platform, 14 million-level mega whales established crude oil positions: 10 opened WTIOIL long positions, and 4 opened BRENTOIL long positions. All are in the long direction, and there are no new shorts entering the market. The WTIOIL long mega whale liquidation price is $87.7, with an open position size of $5.02 million; the BRENTOIL mega whale liquidation price is $87.2, with an open position size of $1.91 million.

Gate News message, on April 10, BlockBeats released the March trading platform rankings. The data shows that in March 2026, the spot trading volume of major CEXs decreased by 21.35% compared with February, and the perpetual futures trading volume decreased by 6.14% compared with February. In the same period, the perpetual futures trading volume of major Perp DEXs decreased by 9.35% compared with February, while website traffic increased by 26.58%.

2026-04-10 01:30 to 2026-04-10 01:45 (UTC), the BTC price rose from 71863.2 USDT to 72383.6 USDT. Within 15 minutes, the return was +0.60%, and the range reached 0.72%. During this period, market volatility was significant: spot buying orders on major exchanges were active in the short term, attention quickly heated up, and it showed a rapid price response driven by capital inflows. The main driver behind this anomaly is that whale wallets, in early April, coordinated concentrated short-term transfers to trading platforms totaling 42,000 BTC, for this year’s