The U.S. March ADP Employment Figure Exceeds Expectations

On April 3rd, according to Laura Shin, the host of Unchained, Josh Goltyry (also known as Tiger) of GIGA Whale was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for a Ponzi hedge fund fraud and was ordered to pay a restitution of $3.2 million.

On April 3rd, as per an official announcement, Bybit has initiated the XAUT Perpetual Contract settled in USDT, and the leverage can reach up to 50 times.

On April 3rd, as reported by CNBC, Kate Moore, a Citigroup analyst, stated that since Trump announced the tariff policy, investors should now stay away from risky assets.

On April 3rd, the analyst Adam from Greek.live posted on social media, saying, "After Trump announced a 10% comprehensive tariff and a 25% automobile tariff, the overall sentiment within the group is bearish. Although this is lower than the market's expectations, it is still regarded as negative news. The key Bitcoin price levels that the market is closely watching are $83,000 - $87,000, which was a support area." Option liquidity remains in a strongly bearish state. Traders have noticed a large number of put option purchases, including 700 contracts of $79,000 put options expiring at the end of April. Traders anticipate continued volatility and fluctuations. There is a possibility of a poor Friday close, and Bitcoin may potentially fall below $83,000, which would wipe out the entire rally.

On April 3rd, based on CoinGecko data, the total value of the cryptocurrency market has dropped below $2.75 trillion and is currently at $2.747 trillion, with a 24-hour decline of 4.6%. On the day of the official inauguration of Trump's second term (January 20th), the total value of the cryptocurrency market was $3.621 trillion. So far, the value of the cryptocurrency market has evaporated by $874 billion.

On April 3rd, StakeStone has initiated the STO token airdrop for claiming, and the claiming period is 30 days.