Vitalik: Ethereum Foundation is currently using DVT-lite to stake 72,000 ETH

April 14th, 202X Per Coinglass data, Bitcoin has hit $74,000 today. Funding rates across major centralized (CEX) and decentralized (DEX) exchanges show a notable decline in bearish sentiment, with rates broadly returning to neutral. Detailed funding rate figures are available in the accompanying chart. BlockBeats Note: Funding rates are fees set by crypto exchanges to align perpetual contract prices with their underlying assets. They facilitate fund transfers between long and short traders—exchanges do not collect this fee. The mechanism adjusts traders’ holding costs or profits to keep contract prices close to the underlying asset’s value. Rate context: - 0.01% = baseline rate - >0.01% = general bullish market - <0.005% = general bearish market

April 14th: HTX data shows ZAMA temporarily surged 33% on Upbit listing news. It’s now trading at $0.0324, with a reported market cap of $60.4 million and fully diluted valuation (FDV) of $352 million.

On April 14th, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry invited the U.S. and Iran to Islamabad for a second round of talks. Dates and times for this follow-up round have not yet been finalized, Al Jazeera reports.

April 14: Sources report a U.S.-Iran delegation will hold talks in Pakistan later this week. An Investinglive analyst noted this is essentially the same news as Tuesday’s earlier reports: both sides plan to meet in Islamabad on Thursday. But as the “echo chamber effect” amplifies, market participants are being swayed by this optimistic mood and jumping on the trend. Notably, even though the latest updates are just a readjustment of last week’s events, markets are growing more confident of a positive outcome. Meanwhile, the ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is dragging on. Still, we can’t rule out the chance of a peace deal. Notably, U.S. President Trump is pushing this issue urgently. It seems an agreement will eventually be reached. The only unknown: what’s next for the Strait of Hormuz and how will events unfold there? Right now, market participants are ignoring these questions and going with the flow. (Jinse)

April 14th — Official sources confirm Binance Alpha will launch a new airdrop today at 6:00 PM Beijing time. This event features an upgraded "Alpha Blind Box" model, with the airdrop pool holding tokens from multiple projects. Users need at least 235 Binance Alpha Points to claim a token reward (first come, first served). Claiming the airdrop will cost 15 Binance Alpha Points. The airdrop has three reward tiers: Common (80% of the pool), Rare (15%), and Hidden (5%), each tied to a different Alpha Blind Box value. Users are assigned to a tier upon claiming, with rewards distributed based on tier proportions. If rewards aren’t fully claimed, the points threshold will automatically drop by 5 points every five minutes.

April 14: The market’s core tension on April 14 shifted from a straightforward energy price spike to a battle over “energy transit rights and supply reliability.” Amid U.S. pressure on Iranian ports and the Strait of Hormuz, plus Saudi Arabia’s warning of a potential retaliatory Red Sea blockade, markets are growingly worried about global energy supply chain stability. This shows up not just in rising oil prices, but more crucially in a shift in pricing logic: WTI’s rare premium over Brent signals funds shifting from “global benchmark” bets to “physical deliverability” — a move that officially reclassifies energy from a commodity to a strategic asset. On the policy and market response front, this dynamic has amplified inflation’s sticky risks. Fed officials have explicitly noted that sustained high oil prices would gradually pass through to other goods, meaning future inflation may no longer be a short-term blip — it could become widespread. Meanwhile, the EU is prepping energy pr