U.S. Dollar Index is down 1.00% today, currently trading at 101.92

On April 18th, based on official information, the Binance Launchpool 68th phase Launchpool project Initia (INIT) pool has currently received more than 18.4 million BNB, 2.291 billion USDC, and 555 million FDUSD. This round of Launchpool commenced at 8:00 a.m. today and will conclude at 8:00 a.m. on the 24th.

On April 18th, Kathy Jones, the Chief Fixed Income Strategist at the Charles Schwab Center for Financial Research, indicated that investors should not ignore the potential for Trump to follow through on his threat to dismiss Powell. She remarked, "He is extremely eager to fire Powell and reduce interest rates, and this is very evident." Although Powell reaffirmed on Wednesday that current law safeguards Federal Reserve members from being dismissed by the White House for political reasons, an upcoming Supreme Court ruling is likely to make it simpler for Trump to do so. Analysts led by Krishna Guha at Evercore ISI cautioned that the ruling in the Trump v. Wilko case might enhance the president's authority, enabling the dismissal of institutions that were previously regarded as immune to political influence, thereby weakening the independence of the Fed and other government agencies. (FX678)

On April 18th, according to an official announcement, Huobi HTX launched the AERGO/USDT perpetual contract on April 18th, and the maximum leverage is 20x. Meanwhile, Huobi HTX is hosting the AERGO Contract Trading Party from 3:00 PM on April 18th to 3:00 PM on April 25th (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to $10,000. The event includes: 1. New User Benefits: Users who have never conducted contract trading and complete AERGO/USDT contract trading, with a cumulative trading volume ≥100 USDT, can receive an equivalent of 3 USDT in $HTX (a total of 3,000 USDT equivalent in $HTX in the prize pool); 2. Trading Party: Users participating in AERGO/USDT contract trading with a cumulative effective trading volume of ≥10,000 USDT can share an equivalent of $7,000 USDT in $HTX based on their trading volume ranking.

April 18th. On Thursday in local time, US President Donald Trump stated that the continuously escalating tariffs between the US and China may soon come to a halt. When speaking at the White House regarding the tariff issue, Trump said, "I don't wish to keep raising tariffs because at a certain moment, people will stop buying." Possibly due to this news, international oil prices surged by nearly 3% yesterday, and copper prices also rebounded significantly. This morning, the Asia-Pacific stock markets responded positively, with notable gains in the Japanese, South Korean, and Australian stock markets. (Wall Street Journal)

On April 18th, according to a report by Cointelegraph. Based on the latest report from the blockchain analytics platform DappRadar, there were 21 "Rug Pull" incidents in the early part of 2024. In contrast, there were only 7 incidents from 2025 to the present. This indicates a declining frequency year by year. However, since the early 2025, the Web3 ecosystem has lost nearly $6 billion due to such incidents. 92% of this loss was attributed to the collapse of Mantra's OM token (the token's founder denies this was a "Rug Pull"). In contrast, the total loss from "Rug Pull" incidents in the same period of 2024 was $90 million. DappRadar analyst Sara Gherghelas pointed out that although the frequency of such incidents has decreased, their destructiveness has increased. Scams are becoming more sophisticated and are often orchestrated by professional teams. The nature of these incidents is also evolving. Many incidents in the first quarter of 2024 originated from DeFi protocols, NFT projects

On April 18th, as monitored by PeckShield, the address tagged by the KiloEx attacker has remitted approximately 1.4 million USDT back to KiloEx.