An address created a position with 2015 ETH, equivalent to about $4.13 million

On April 5, per Arkham’s monitoring, Dragonfly transferred MNT worth $2.12 million to Bybit. This marks the first time in two months funds have been withdrawn from a known wallet, and it’s the largest holding outside of BGB.

On April 5, Coinglass data indicates Bitcoin remains range-bound, with funding rates across major centralized (CEX) and decentralized (DEX) exchanges now fully bearish—specific rates are detailed in the accompanying chart. **BlockBeats Note**: Funding rates are fees set by crypto exchanges to align perpetual contract prices with underlying asset values. They facilitate fund exchanges between long and short traders; exchanges do not collect these fees. The mechanism adjusts traders’ holding costs or profits to keep contract prices close to the underlying asset. Rate benchmarks: - 0.01% = base rate - >0.01% = broadly bullish market - <0.005% = broadly bearish market

Alternative data shows that as of April 5th, the cryptocurrency Fear & Greed Index stands at 12—up from 11 the previous day—indicating a slight easing of market "fear" sentiment. Note: The Fear & Greed Index ranges from 0 to 100, with the following components: Volatility (25%), Market Trading Volume (25%), Social Media Hype (15%), Market Surveys (15%), Bitcoin’s market dominance (10%), and Google Trends Analysis (10%).

April 5 — According to The New York Times, the second pilot of a U.S. F-15E fighter jet shot down recently has been evacuated to Kuwait for treatment. During the rescue, U.S. forces destroyed two "stranded" military transport planes. The pilot evaded Iranian search teams in a mountainous area for over 24 hours with only a sidearm, per reports. U.S. special operations forces deployed hundreds of troops for the mission, which included exchanges of fire with Iranian forces.

On April 5, Iran’s Hataam al-Anbiya Central Command of the Armed Forces announced that its Revolutionary Guard troops, along with Basij militia and law enforcement commandos, had destroyed an enemy aircraft in southern Isfahan in response to U.S. efforts to rescue a downed pilot. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) also confirmed the same day that joint operations across Iranian armed forces branches had downed the aircraft during the U.S. pilot rescue mission. U.S. officials have not yet verified the Iranian claims. Separately, *The New York Times* reported on its website that two U.S. military transport planes malfunctioned and became stranded during a pilot rescue mission in Iran on April 5. The U.S. later dispatched three additional aircraft to continue the mission and destroyed the two disabled planes.

April 5th: Per monitoring from HyperInsight (Telegram: https://t.me/HyperInsight), the address tied to "Brother Whale" Huang Licheng today added an ETH long position with 25x leverage, totaling 7,500 coins (roughly $15.24 million). The position currently holds an unrealized loss of $306,000, with an entry price of $2,073.1 and a liquidation price of $1,988.3.