In the last 72 hours, over 10,000 BTC have flowed into CEX.

On April 1st, per OnchainLens data, a crypto whale purchased 21,000 ETH (valued at $44.74 million) from Binance and currently holds 25,000 ETH (worth $53.28 million).

On April 1st, per MLM Monitor: Paragon (PARA) staked 500,000 HYPE tokens (roughly $18.5 million worth) two days prior, then launched its HIP-3 decentralized exchange, Para, on the mainnet 8 hours ago—securing trading pairs TOTAL2, OTHERS, and BTCD.

April 1: Per HyperInsight monitoring, a whale with an address starting with 0x198 today opened a 25x leveraged long position on GOLD, with a size of $4.24 million, an average entry price of $4,610, and a liquidation price of $4,606. As gold’s spot price climbed above $4,720, the position’s current unrealized gain has reached $114,000 (+60%). Among all on-chain whales holding PAXG and GOLD gold positions, this address is the closest to its liquidation price.

As of April 1, CME’s FedWatch data shows the probability of the Federal Reserve hiking rates by 25 basis points in April has fallen to 0.5%—down from a brief 12.4% on March 23. Rate hike odds are now nearly negligible, with a 99.5% chance rates will remain unchanged.

On April 1, Bitget market data indicates U.S. crypto-related stocks posted broad gains in pre-market trading. Key movers include: - Circle (CRCL): +2.64% - American Bitcoin (ABTC): +2.56% - Bit Digital (BTBT): +2.31% - Sharplink Gaming (SBET): +2.02% - Gemini (GEMI): +1.81% - Robinhood (HOOD): +1.52% - Coinbase (COIN): +1.41% - Riot Platforms (RIOT): +1.42%

April 1st, QCP noted in a post that a recent Google paper has reignited debate over quantum computing and cryptography security—specifically Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), the scheme used by Bitcoin and Ethereum. This is a long-term structural issue, not an immediate market risk—and that distinction is critical. ECC security relies on the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem to protect private keys, making it computationally infeasible to derive a private key from its corresponding public key. The same standard secures banking networks, encrypted communications, and global financial infrastructure—including the SWIFT system. If quantum computing breaks ECC, the impact will be global, not limited to digital assets. Technically speaking, the computing power needed to crack ECC is still a long way off. To date, the world’s most advanced quantum systems represent only a tiny fraction of that required threshold—roughly 1,000 times short—meaning practical attacks remain a dist