Blockchain.com has launched self-custodied perpetual contract trading, powered by HyperLiquid.

Bitcoin surged above $78,000 on April 22, data from HTX shows, currently trading at $78,021 with a 24-hour gain of 2.89%.

On April 22, per Onchainlens monitoring data, a whale address deposited 2 million USDC into HyperLiquid 12 hours ago and purchased 50,080 HYPE tokens at a price of $39.94 each.

On April 22, per HyperInsight monitoring (link: https://t.me/HyperInsight), HYPE rebounded to around $40 and fluctuated this morning following a market uptick, with a 3% drop over the past 24 hours. A new whale address (0xec8) on Hyperliquid opened a 5x leveraged short position on HYPE in the past hour, with an average entry price of $40.04, a liquidation price of $46.6, and a position size of approximately $3.38 million. Additionally, among whales that opened positions today, the address (0x4a8) has the closest distance to its liquidation price. It opened a long position at an average price of $39.64 at 1 a.m. — this position will trigger liquidation if HYPE rises to $41.6. Address: 0xdf86c7c9069e9bd5bac9d97e21f9aa10f728fb86

April 22nd — Per Farside monitoring, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs registered a net inflow of $11.8 million yesterday (April 21st), with the following breakdown: - BlackRock IBIT: +$39.3 million - Fidelity FBTC: -$6.6 million - Bitwise BITB: -$12.7 million - ARK ARKB: -$14.5 million - VanEck HODL: -$4.3 million - Morgan Stanley MSBT: +$10.8 million - Grayscale GBTC: -$17.5 million - Grayscale Bitcoin Mini BTC: +$17.3 million U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs, by contrast, posted a net inflow of $43.4 million yesterday, with the breakdown below: - BlackRock ETHA: +$37 million - BlackRock ETHB: +$15.5 million - Fidelity FETH: -$2.9 million - Bitwise ETHW: +$2 million - Grayscale ETHE: -$12.1 million - Grayscale Ethereum Mini ETH: +$3.9 million

April 22 — Trump said in a social media post that Iran’s finances are on the brink of collapse. He claimed Iran needs to open the Strait of Hormuz urgently due to a severe financial shortage, with the country losing $500 million a day. Military and police personnel are also voicing complaints over unpaid wages.

On April 22, on-chain analyst AI Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) reported that the contract whale "Set 10 Big Targets First" reopened a long position today, realizing a $1.226 million profit. The entry price was $75,731, with a total position of 717.491 BTC—valued at roughly $55.6 million.