Flow Capital is Bringing a $150 Million Private Credit Fund onto the Blockchain

April 17th: Upbit will list the SOON/KRW trading pair, per official sources.

Per on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai9684xtpa), on April 17th, the top-ranked ASTEROID leaderboard address—held by Ily—purchased the token for roughly $5,920 at an average entry price of $0.00043. Current unrealized gains sit at ~$130,000, good for a 2163% return on investment (ROI).

April 17th — Per HyperInsight monitoring, the on-chain hedging whale dubbed the "HYPE Largest Short" continued to place TWAP orders thick and fast overnight and this morning after HYPE’s price dropped below $45.5. As of press time, it has sold over 190,000 HYPE spot tokens, valued at roughly $8.5 million. It still maintains a spot position worth $19.5 million, potentially eyeing gradual realization of spot profits. Additionally, the address holding a $24.1 million short position has not shown any signs of trimming its position. Previously, its strategy entailed hedging downside risk on its spot holdings via short positions. However, after closing out its spot position, the address failed to unwind its short position, leaving it with a $5.6 million unilateral downside exposure and aiming to profit from an extended pullback. As the market pulled back slightly to ~$43.5, pressure on the heavily hedged short position—which had been deep in unrealized losses amid hedging activity—has

April 17, 2026 — A notable trend of project contractions and shutdowns has taken hold in the 2026 crypto industry, with multiple infrastructure, public chain, and application-layer projects announcing closures or entering liquidation processes. - **Mint Blockchain** today announced it will cease all operations, requiring users to complete asset withdrawals by October 20. - **Seamless** (Base ecosystem lending protocol) previously said it will shut down its frontend interface on June 30 and discontinue services. - **Dmail Network** (privacy email system) also announced it will gradually cease all operations starting May 15, 2026. Several infrastructure, wallet, and tooling projects are also exiting: - **Leap Wallet** (Cosmos ecosystem wallet) will stop operating on May 28; users must complete asset migration by then. - **Intergaze** (NFT-focused zero-Gas chain) will finalize asset liquidation 14 days before its cross-chain closure. - **Parsec** (on-chain data analytics t

April 17 — Farside monitoring data shows U.S. Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs posted net inflows of $26.1 million and $18 million, respectively, yesterday.

April 17: OKX will list USDS for spot trading, per an official announcement.