The US Dollar Index (DXY) experienced a short-term plunge of 40 points, currently trading at 102.11.

On April 15th, based on DappRadar data, in the past 7 days, the Unique Active Wallets (UAW) of the Abstract Network, which is supported by Pudgy Penguins' parent company Igloo, has seen a 130% growth and reached 110,000. Meanwhile, the network's transaction volume has increased by 42% and reached 1.38 million transactions. The Dapp transaction volume has increased by 94% and reached $3.83 million.

On April 14th, as per official information, Axelar has entered into a partnership with OneKey to launch a co-branded limited-edition hardware wallet. This wallet is based on the OneKey Classic 1S, with Axelar's mascot Sharky serving as the design motif. It is reported that Axelar currently provides support for 74 chains and has integrated more than 600 smart contracts. Its DeFi partners encompass dYdX, Frax, Lido, and PancakeSwap. Meanwhile, traditional enterprise partners include Deutsche Bank, Microsoft, Onyx (J.P. Morgan), and other entities.

On April 15th, as per 4E monitoring, the U.S. government temporarily put off tariffs on electronic products, which boosted market sentiment. However, later, Trump stated that there was no tariff "exemption" and that the related products were just moved to another tariff category. This inconsistent policy signal led to fluctuations in market sentiment. The U.S. stock market opened higher on Monday but turned lower during the day. All three major indexes fell at one point but finally closed higher. At the close, the Dow rose by 0.78%, the S&P 500 rose by 0.79%, and the Nasdaq rose by 0.64%. The Big Seven Tech Stocks Index rose by 0.18%. The overall cryptocurrency market followed the mild upward trend in the U.S. stock market. Bitcoin fluctuated around $85,000 in general. Last week, Strategy announced that it had purchased 3,459 bitcoins for $286 million (with an average price of $82,618), which somewhat boosted market sentiment. As of the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading at $85,031,

On April 15th, as monitored by @ai_9684xtpa, following a two-day break, the "OG who purchased 100,000 ETH in the 2015 ICO" once more sold 612 ETH (equivalent to 1 million US dollars), with a cost as low as $0.31. Currently, he still retains 29,577 ETH (amounting to 47.98 million US dollars). At the rate of selling approximately 630 ETH every two days, it will take nearly another three months to sell the remaining part.

On April 15th, Arthur_0x, the founder of DeFiance Capital, tweeted that the most significant issue in the current crypto market is the collusion between project teams and liquidity providers to manipulate prices. The process is not transparent, making it hard to distinguish genuine demand from artificial demand. Centralized exchanges (CEX) turn a blind eye to this behavior, resulting in a lack of confidence in the altcoin market, absurd TGE pricing, and most new coins experiencing a plummet of 70%-90% after listing. He warned that if the industry does not self-correct, the market will continue to lose its appeal to investors.

On April 15th, the Hong Kong-listed company Hongya Holding Limited purchased approximately 10 bitcoins on April 11th, with a transaction value of around 6.2778 million Hong Kong dollars (approximately 806,700 US dollars). After this acquisition, Hongya Holding's total bitcoin holdings amounted to about 28.88 bitcoins, and the total investment was about 19.6335 million Hong Kong dollars (about 2.5268 million US dollars). The company indicated that the funds for this purchase came from the group's available cash reserves.