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On April 1st, per the UK’s *The Daily Telegraph*, former President Trump said he’s seriously weighing U.S. withdrawal from NATO after the alliance declined to join his proposed conflict with Iran. He labeled NATO a “paper tiger” and claimed U.S. exit from the alliance is “no longer necessary to consider.” This marks the strongest signal yet that the White House no longer views Europe as a reliable defense partner—after allies rejected his request to deploy warships to reactivate operations in the Strait of Hormuz. Asked if he’d rethink U.S. NATO membership after the conflict ends, Trump responded: “I’d say that’s no longer necessary to consider. I’ve never been convinced by NATO—always knew they’re a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way.” He added: “We’ve been on autopilot this whole time, including with Ukraine. Ukraine isn’t our problem. This was a test: we supported them there, but they didn’t support us.” (FX Street)

April 1st (The Block) — Cryptocurrency liquidity provider B2C2 has designated Solana as its core network for stablecoin settlement with institutional clients, routing and settling large-scale stablecoin trades primarily via the blockchain. The firm will support stablecoins including USDC, USDT, PYUSD, USDG, USD1, EURC, and FDUSD on Solana. Founded in 2015, B2C2 is a pure institutional liquidity provider whose clients include Standard Chartered Bank, Anchorage Digital, and Bitget. Robinhood previously disclosed in SEC filings that B2C2 is one of its two main crypto market makers. Solana’s position in the stablecoin sector continues to strengthen: its stablecoin trading volume hit $650 billion in February this year, doubling the prior monthly record; its stablecoin market cap roughly doubled in 2025, rising from ~$5 billion to ~$15 billion. Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Western Union, and Worldpay have all integrated Solana. However, Solana’s stablecoin market cap still lags far behind

On April 1, QQ announced its official native integration with OpenClaw’s official platform, making it the first social platform in China to be officially natively integrated with the platform. (Golden Ten)

On April 1, HyperInsight monitoring data shows: An address starting with 0x704 opened a 50x-leveraged short position on the S&P 500 early this morning. The position has an average entry price of $6,512 and a liquidation price of $6,578 — it’s currently just ~0.26% away from liquidation, with a floating loss of 53%. Additionally, among multi-million-dollar long positions on Hyperliquid, the one closest to liquidation belongs to a whale address starting with 0x965. This whale holds a $17.2 million position, with an average entry price of $6,532 and a liquidation price of $6,451.

April 1st: DefiLlama data reveals Hyperliquid’s March revenue hit $61.4 million, a slight dip from February’s $62.02 million and a 10.6% year-on-year drop from March 2025’s $68.73 million.