KERNEL experienced a brief 20% surge before retracing, currently trading at $0.3247.

On April 16th, CBS News, citing multiple sources, stated that although the White House has been attempting to claim that Trump administration officials have been unified on U.S. tariff policy, internal differences over the policy had emerged weeks prior to Trump signing the so-called "reciprocal tariff" executive order on April 2nd. A senior Trump adviser was reported to have warned in private conversations that some tariff proposals could have a catastrophic impact on global financial markets and send the U.S. economy into a downward spiral. CBS reported that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bennett and Trump's trade and manufacturing policy adviser Peter Navarro had a confrontation in late March in the office of White House Chief of Staff Susan Wells. According to multiple sources, Navarro advocated for a uniform 25% tariff on $3 trillion worth of imported goods, while Bennett, a former Wall Street investor, warned that this move would trigger market turmoil and outlined various risk s

On April 16th, based on the analysis of renowned financial analyst Jim Bianco, the Federal Reserve has not intensified its efforts to prompt banks to raise their holdings of government bonds through regulatory reforms. This stance is in sharp contrast to the expectations of Wall Street and the White House. The current Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Powell, may face two possible outcomes: either being directly dismissed by Trump or being significantly marginalized.

On April 16th, based on LookOnChain's monitoring, the TRUMP project team withdrew $4.6 million USDC from the pool by extracting liquidity 13 hours ago. Subsequently, the funds were cross-chain transferred to Ethereum and have been deposited into Coinbase Prime.

On April 16th, based on the data of the Uniswap Foundation, after Gauntlet provided continuous UNI incentives for two weeks to 12 pools on Unichain, the TVL of Unichain soared to over $71 million. Prior to this, the TVL of Unichain was less than $1 million, and the USDC/USDT0 Pool reached $44 million. Currently, the total daily rewards for the 12 Unichain Pools are around $330,000 worth of UNI. The USDC/USDT0 Pool rewards 7,784 UNI per day (worth around $40,600).

On April 16, spot gold surged to above $3280 per ounce, reaching a brand-new all-time high. The price increased by $50 within the same day.

On April 16th, former US President Biden delivered a public speech, stating, "Within less than 100 days, this administration has brought about such tremendous destruction and devastation. They have launched a full-scale attack on the Social Security Administration. It is really remarkable." In his speech, Biden also criticized the tone of the new administration, claiming that it is out of line with American values. He said that Americans "do not think that sympathy is a sign of weakness" and "do not think that cruelty is a sign of strength." (Golden Finance)