Bitget has added popular stock contracts such as NVIDIA and SanDisk to its platform, with leverage of up to 20x available.

April 16 — Data from The Block shows U.S.-Iran talks have curbed volatility in oil trading pairs, while U.S. equities have surged. On the Trade.xyz platform, open interest for S&P 500 index contracts has jumped over 40% in two days, rising from a range low of $281 million on April 14 to $407 million — now the largest open interest on the platform. Conversely, open interest for WTI Crude and Brent Crude contracts has dropped sharply, falling from $845 million and $352 million on April 14 to $389 million and $274 million, respectively.

April 16 – The U.S. super PAC Sentinel Action Fund, backed by the Solana Foundation, announced it will join its sister advocacy group Right Vote in committing $8 million to support Republican Jon Husted’s U.S. Senate re-election bid against Sherrod Brown in Ohio, aiming to block crypto skeptic and former Senator Sherrod Brown from returning to the chamber. Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show the Solana Foundation has donated $750,000 to Sentinel Action Fund, while Multicoin Capital has contributed $250,000.

April 16th — Per GMGN monitoring, the Solana ecosystem memecoin BULL briefly topped $11 million in market cap last night. It has since retraced to $8.9 million, holding onto a 30% 24-hour gain with $3.4 million in 24-hour trading volume. The memecoin’s earlier rally was fueled by interactions between the official Shib Twitter account and the BULL community’s account. BlockBeats notes that memecoins are extremely volatile, often driven by market sentiment and hype rather than real value or use cases. Investors are advised to exercise caution amid these risks.

April 16: Per analyst Alicharts, Bitcoin is at a key turning point, testing its 100-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) as resistance—marking the third such attempt in six months. The prior two tests ended in rejection: - Last October: Bitcoin was rejected, triggering a 30% drop from $116,000 to $80,000. - This January: Another rejection led to a 39% plunge from $97,000 to $59,800. Alicharts warned a third rejection here would be a significant structural failure, potentially triggering a triple-top pattern that could push BTC back toward its yearly low of $59,800. If Bitcoin breaks through this barrier and closes above the 100-day SMA, upside potential will open. The breakout would clear a path to $80,000–$84,000, confirming the macro correction may have concluded.

On April 16, per HyperInsight monitoring (https://t.me/HyperInsight): In the past 10 minutes, an address starting with 0x965 opened a 40x-leveraged long position on BTC totaling $12.6 million, at an average price of $74,959 with a liquidation price of $73,980. Shortly after, the address set an extremely tight stop-loss at $74,700—just $200 from the current price. Earlier today, the same address opened tens of millions of dollars in S&P 500 index long positions twice, attempting to chase the rally. Previously, it initiated multiple short positions on crude oil. Overall, the bias leans toward betting on a recovery in risk market liquidity. Address: 0x9657aa2cd45f2cfe77bef47f026bd835edcd165c

April 16 — Former Trump senior aide and White House advisor Stephen Miller said that if Iran takes the wrong path, the United States can indefinitely continue blocking Iranian ports. (Al Jazeera)