Bittensor (TAO) Completes First Halving

**OKX Launches OKX Universe (Orbit) Creator Incentive Program, First Rewards Distributed April 2** Per official announcements, OKX has officially rolled out its community product’s OKX Universe (Orbit) Creator Incentive Program on April 2. The program uses a fixed bonus pool structure, with weekly rewards distributed based on content quality and user engagement (weighted appropriately). Rewards are sent every Wednesday following the end of each weekly calculation period, with nearly 100,000 USDT in monthly content incentives up for grabs. No sign-up is required—eligible creators get rewards auto-deposited to their accounts. Launched on March 23, the program’s first batch of qualified creators will receive their rewards on April 2. Separately, OKX Universe recently introduced AI-powered algorithmic recommendations and integrated trading components, bridging the gap between trading and information to reshape the path from knowledge to transaction. This incentive program is th

April 2 — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps released a statement saying it has conducted the 90th round of its “Firm Response-4” operations, targeting steel and aluminum facilities in the region linked to the United States. (CCTV)

April 2 — Per Onchain Lens monitoring, BlackRock has deposited 1,360 BTC (~$90.28 million) and 15,103 ETH (~$30.82 million) to Coinbase just 5 minutes ago.

April 2nd, per HyperInsight monitoring (via their Telegram channel @HyperInsight), a whale with an address starting with 0xcab attempted to bottom-fish ETH long positions twice today—both trades closed at breakeven, resulting in a total loss of roughly $17,000. Subsequently, within the past half hour, the same address reversed course, opening a 25x leveraged ETH short position. The position size is $4.89 million, entry price is $2,033, and liquidation price is $2,076 (about 2% above entry). Currently, the whale holds a minor unrealized loss of roughly $11,000 (-5%).

As of April 2nd, market data shows STO tokens have surged 2,458% — or 25.5x — over the past 8 days, climbing from $0.0727 to a peak of $1.86 (per Binance pricing). However, in the 30 minutes after 17:20 Beijing time today, the token flashed crashed 70%, tumbling to a low of $0.528. It’s now trading at $0.66, still up 164% in the past 24 hours. Notably, even as Bitcoin and Ethereum remain firmly in a bear market lately, some long-dormant coins have started to rally. Take Binance’s current top 5 gainers — including STO — all of which were in a long-term downtrend but began rising 5-6 days ago. They all dropped simultaneously after STO’s crash, with the following details: - NOM: Began rallying 6 days ago, peaked with a cumulative gain of 590% → Plummeted as much as 27% post-17:20 - SOLV: Began rallying 4 days ago, peaked with a cumulative gain of 137% → Plummeted as much as 26% post-17:20 - D: Began rallying 5 days ago, peaked with a cumulative gain of 180% → Plummeted as much as 29

Bloomberg reported on April 2nd that some of the world’s largest hedge funds—known for stable returns—suffered losses in March as the Middle East conflict roiled energy, bond, and equity markets, forcing traders to unwind crowded positions. Insiders noted multi-strategy funds including ExodusPoint Capital Management, Balyasny Asset Management, and Millennium Management gave back all or part of their gains from the prior two months amid the declines. Still, some standout winners emerged: Kepos Capital’s Alpha Fund and Swiss firm ADAPT Investment Managers.