The popular AI framework Virtuals Protocol will host an in-person meet-up in Hong Kong on Friday, January 17.

April 24th — Per HTX market data, KAT (Katana) briefly surged above $0.019, posting a 24-hour gain of over 70%. The token is now trading at $0.01845, with a market capitalization of $47 million. KAT is the native token of Katana, an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain focused on decentralized finance (DeFi).

Per Coinglass data as of April 24, Bitcoin’s cumulative short liquidation intensity across major centralized exchanges (CEXs) would hit $647 million if the token breaks above $79,000. Conversely, a drop below $77,000 would trigger $597 million in cumulative long liquidation intensity on those same major CEXs. **Note from BlockBeats**: Liquidation charts do not display the exact number or value of contracts set to be liquidated. Instead, the bars reflect how significant each liquidation cluster is compared to adjacent clusters — in other words, its intensity. Accordingly, these charts illustrate how much the underlying asset’s price will be impacted when it hits a specific level: a taller liquidation bar signals a stronger price reaction driven by a liquidity cascade.

April 24 — Polymarket has added Steam account login support, per the platform’s official website.

April 24 — According to Hypurrintel data, HypeStrat, the treasury arm of HYPE Treasury Company, has added 186,877 HYPE tokens to its holdings over the past four days, with the purchase valued at $7.6 million. As of now, HypeStrat holds 19.15 million HYPE tokens (worth approximately $7.8 billion) alongside $1.12 billion in cash.

April 24 — Pre-market trading for U.S. semiconductor stocks continued to climb, per Bitget data. Intel (INTC) extended gains to 30%, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose more than 10%, Arm Holdings (ARM) jumped over 8%, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) gained 4%.

On Thursday, April 24, Strategy founder Michael Saylor declared “Winter’s over” on X. His firm has since picked up an extra 13,927 bitcoins, pushing its total holdings to 780,897 BTC. But market analysts aren’t all on board with that take. AdLunam co-founder and market analyst Jason Fernandes noted: “Even if the Bitcoin winter is over — and I don’t buy that view — altcoins are still in a deep chill.” Quantum Economics founder and ex-eToro senior market analyst Mati Greenspan argues that since the October 10 flash crash (which wiped out roughly $19 billion in liquidations in 24 hours), Bitcoin’s price moves and the broader crypto market’s haven’t even qualified as a crypto winter. “I’m not sure I’d strictly call the latest price moves a crypto winter — this looks more like a big retracement in a wider bull market cycle,” he said. Still, Greenspan backs Saylor’s hint that Bitcoin has hit bottom and is set to keep climbing. “Yeah, I think we’ve probably seen the bottom,” he added