Raoul Pal ETH Price Call: Expected to Outperform BTC Over Time Based on Current Trend

April 8th — Per Hyperinsight Monitoring, the "Low-Leverage Long Crude Oil" whale sharply boosted its long WTI crude position at 1 AM today as WTI traded above $111/bbl. The position hit $20.2 million, a bet that US-Iran tensions would escalate further following the Trump-era deadline. However, the tide turned quickly: expectations of a US-Iran ceasefire materialized, sending oil prices plummeting. The whale reversed course later that day, incurring a $3.63 million loss. It landed among the top three addresses for intraday losses on the Hyperliquid platform—and held the largest intraday loss across crude oil assets. Address: 0x7f5ff9f8da891ffe5229e33b90959ae1e6d5f47e

April 8th: CZ shared in his new memoir *The Binance Story* that he was born in Qinkou Town, Ganyu County, Jiangsu Province—about an eight-hour drive north of Shanghai. Both his parents hailed from small villages: his father worked at the local radio station, tasked with maintaining the county’s broadcasting system, while his mother taught math and history at the village middle school. At age 3, the family moved to Zhonghu Village, near his maternal grandmother’s house. They stayed in a teacher’s dorm with a dirt floor—no concrete. Living conditions were rough back then: no running water, and the closest well was 300 meters away. A few years later, the family installed a hand pump, which sparked his early interest in technology.

On April 8th, Hyperinsight (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight) reported that “Brother Ma” Huang Licheng was forced into liquidation on March 26th, leaving only roughly $90,000 in his account. Subsequently, he deposited $700,000 into Hyperliquid to top up his funds and launch a new round of long positions. His address currently holds a long position of 10,875 ETH—valued at $24.29 million—with unrealized gains exceeding $1 million and a liquidation price of $2,061.19.

On April 8, per HyperInsight monitoring (via its Telegram channel at https://t.me/HyperInsight), the "Silver Ironhead Air Force" whale closed 6,100 ETH short positions—valued at roughly $11.45 million—locking in a small profit. It still holds ~5,126 ETH in short positions (worth ~$11 million), with an entry price of $2237.4 and a liquidation price of $3079.42. Since opening a 20x-leveraged ETH short on April 1, the whale has consistently added to its short position, at one point holding over 10,000 ETH (valued at more than $20 million). Not taking a one-way directional bet, the whale is swing trading: it currently holds 5,126.93 ETH in long positions (established in the $2180–$2200 range) and 10,869.56 ETH in short positions (set in the $2260–$2340 range).

April 8th — Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has released his new book *The Binance Story*, featuring endorsements from three prominent figures: Ray Dalio (founder of Bridgewater Associates), Larry Fink (co-founder of BlackRock), and Zhang Yong (founder of Haidilao). In his preface for the book, CZ shares key personal and career milestones: - He grew up in a rural area of Xinpu, with both parents as teachers, starting elementary school at age 5. - At 12, he and his family relocated to Canada, where he worked at McDonald’s and a gas station. - During the 2014 Bitcoin bear market, he sold his house to buy Bitcoin—marking his entry into the crypto space. - After transitioning from a host to the crypto industry, it took three more years to launch Binance. - CZ emphasizes he founded Binance at age 40, describing his entrepreneurial journey as “more exciting than a movie.” *(Note: The original text contained a typo referring to “CZ first met CZ,” which was logically adjusted t

April 8: OpenClaw has rolled out version 2026.4.7, with key updates including: - OpenClaw inference capabilities - Music and video editing tools - Session branching and resumption - Webhook-powered TaskFlows - Support for the Arcee, Gemma 4, and Ollama visual models - A new memory-wiki persistent knowledge system This release adds core features while introducing a dedicated persistent knowledge system.