Investment firm Benchmark initiates coverage of Securitize with a Buy rating

April 1 — U.S. officials and sources report thousands of American troops are being deployed to the Middle East. Two U.S. officials confirmed the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier was deployed April 1, set to head to the region with three accompanying destroyers. The carrier strike group includes more than 6,000 sailors. Separately, two anonymous U.S. officials note thousands of U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division troops have also arrived in the Middle East. (CCTV News)

April 1st — U.S. semiconductor stocks staged a broad overnight rally, with SanDisk (SNDK) climbing more than 10% and Micron Technology (MU) rising over 7%, per data from HyperInsight monitoring (link: https://t.me/HyperInsight). Ahead of today’s market rebound, a whale with a wallet address starting with 0xa65 on the Hyperliquid platform had already taken a position yesterday afternoon: it opened a 3x leveraged long position on MU, with an average entry price of $322 and a position size of $8.74 million — making it the largest on-chain bullish position on MU. With the sector rallying sharply today, the position’s unrealized gains have hit $504,000 (+15%).

On April 1st, a crypto whale withdrew a total of 6,905 ETH from exchanges WhiteBIT and 001K Bot, per on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa). The average withdrawal price was $2099.38, putting the total value at $14.496 million. The move came shortly after the Iranian president delivered a speech.

On April 1, 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto addressed Bitcoin’s quantum decryption risk on the Bitcointalk forum, proposing that a smooth transition could be achieved through a progressive upgrade to the signature algorithm.

April 1st — Onchain Lens monitoring reports Vitalik has again sold gifted meme tokens, with each fetching 14.5 ETH (valued at roughly $30,000). He also transferred 70,000 USDC and 44 ETH to Railgun for a private transaction.

On April 1, the USD.AI team officially announced via an X post that the CHIP airdrop is now open for claiming. ICO holders and airdrop participants alike can now claim their tokens, with a deadline of May 30, 2026. ### Notes on American English adjustments: 1. **Date phrasing**: Used *On April 1* (more concise than *April 1st* in casual/breaking news contexts). 2. **X platform**: *Via an X post* (natural for U.S. audiences; "X" is widely recognized now). 3. **Term correction**: Fixed *1C0* to **ICO** (standard abbreviation for Initial Coin Offering, critical for clarity). 4. **Flow**: Replaced "Both...and" with *"alike"* for smoother tone; rephrased deadline to *"with a deadline of"* for tighter structure. 5. **Brevity**: Cut redundant phrases (e.g., "officially announced in a post on X" → *"officially announced via an X post"*).