In the last 1 hour, the entire network saw a total of $61.8 million in liquidations, with the primary liquidated position being a short.

April 23: The market has ramped up bets that the Bank of England will raise interest rates, with expectations for a 62-basis-point hike later this year. (FXStreet)

April 23rd – Per HyperInsight monitoring, the S&P 500 index surged to a new high last week and has tested resistance three consecutive times, with its trading range narrowing gradually while the bottom support level continues to rise. Hyperliquid’s S&P 500 contract dipped below $7,100 in pre-market trading and is currently trading at $7,090. The platform’s largest S&P 500 long position totals $66.28 million, with an average entry price of $6,891 (opened April 10). The holder has not reduced the position during the holding period, and unrealized profits remain at $1.9 million. This address was previously the “largest ZEC short” whale, having taken bearish positions on multiple altcoins in the crypto market. Its current top crypto portfolio position is a $7.76 million short on HYPE, with an average entry price of $36.91 and an unrealized loss of $0.76 million. Address: 0xd47587702a91731dc1089b5db0932cf820151a91

April 23, 2026 — Per Binance’s official announcement, its Dual Investment service will add Tether Gold (XAUt) starting at 5:00 PM UTC+8 today. Users can now earn extra rewards via the XAUt strategy.

April 23rd — Per data from HyperInsight Monitoring (Telegram: https://t.me/HyperInsight), a whale wallet with the address starting with 0xa875 entered a 20x leveraged long position on ETH in the past hour. The position has a size of 7,000 ETH (equivalent to ~$16.34 million) at an average entry price of $2,350. As of now, it’s sitting on an unrealized loss of $100,000 (-13%). Notably, this address had previously opened a long position on BTC. It held the position for nearly 34 days before closing it on April 14th, locking in a final profit of $1.92 million. Since then, the wallet has stayed on the sidelines observing market activity. Full Address: 0xa875890465da20062bcf3b024bf7d54e69c725a8

April 23 — Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reports the vice speaker of Iran’s Parliament has announced the first revenue from the Hormuz Strait toll has been deposited into the Central Bank of Iran.

April 23rd — KelpDAO announced in an official statement today that over the past few days, the team has been actively working to address the incident with support from partners, allies, and the community. Ongoing discussions are moving in a positive direction, and efforts are accelerating to reach a viable resolution. The project team emphasized its core "user-first" principle, noting it will roll out subsequent measures gradually, prioritizing the protection of all users’ interests. Over the past four days, the Kelp team has worked around the clock, collaborating closely with various stakeholders and making substantive progress on multiple potential resolutions. This includes the Arbitrum Security Council freezing the stolen funds, as well as SEAL 911 conducting a preliminary investigation to provide objective, clear analytical support for the situation. Kelp noted its current priority remains protecting users’ asset security and strengthening the protocol itself. This incident