U.S. Senator: If Powell Is Fired by Trump, It Will Trigger a Market Collapse

Iranian officials have not yet confirmed reports that an Iranian delegation will travel to Islamabad—Pakistan’s capital—next Tuesday (April 21), Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported on April 19. (CCTV International News) PolyBeats monitoring shows that while Iran has not verified the delegation news, odds for the next round of U.S.-Iran diplomatic talks on the prediction platform Polymarket are still climbing across key dates. Current odds: 85% for a meeting before Monday (April 20), 91% before Tuesday (April 21), and 94% before Wednesday (April 22).

April 19: Bobby Lee, founder of Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital), says protecting your principal is critical during a bear market. Amid rising on-chain theft cases, many have lost their principal chasing just a few percentage points in returns. Like most past investment missteps, all investments carry risk—whether funds are on an exchange or tied to yield farming. The top priority right now is to always have a take-profit/stop-loss strategy in place and plan for worst-case scenarios. Otherwise, the biggest regret would be missing the next bull market because you’ve lost your principal. While you should approach investing with optimism, risk management needs to be strict.

April 19th: Defillama founder 0xngmi noted the KelpDAO hack has sparked a bank run across DeFi lending protocols, triggering a chain reaction of panic withdrawals—even hitting Solana-based protocols and those not directly affected. Key net outflows: - Aave: $6.2B (-23%) - Morpho: $716M (-9%) - Sky: $272M (-4%) - JupLend: $76M (-8%) 0xngmi added total DeFi TVL (Total Value Locked) has directly evaporated nearly $10B. “No winners in such events—only the entire industry’s ‘cake’ shrinking, with everyone taking a hit,” he said.

April 19th — Onchain Lens data shows a whale deposited 3 million USDC into Hyperliquid before ramping up its BTC short position. The address currently holds 700 BTC in a 30x-leveraged short position, valued at approximately $52.89 million. Its entry price is $75,919, with a liquidation price of $80,839.93.

On April 19th, LookOnChain monitoring data reveals that 80 days prior, trader 0x5811 invested $542 to purchase 7.43 billion ASTEROID tokens. The day before ASTEROID’s price surged, the trader liquidated all 7.43 billion tokens for $405 total—suffering a $137 loss. Now, the value of those 7.43 billion ASTEROID tokens has topped $2.6 million, leaving the trader with a massive missed profit opportunity.

April 19th — Former President Trump said in a message Tuesday that Iran fired in the Strait of Hormuz the previous day, a blatant violation of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement. Multiple weapons were aimed at a French vessel and a British tanker, he noted, calling the move “quite unfriendly.” Trump added his representatives will travel to Islamabad, Pakistan, arriving tomorrow night for negotiations. He also said Iran recently announced closing the strait, but the U.S. blockade had already achieved that — Iran inadvertently helped, yet faces $500 million in daily losses, while the U.S. has incurred no losses. Many ships are now heading to Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska to load goods, he claimed, crediting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for “always eager to play hardball.” The U.S. has proposed a very fair and reasonable agreement, Trump said, hoping Iran will accept it. If not, “the U.S. will take out every power plant and bridge in Iran. No more Mr. Nice Guy! T