A whale purchased 67,648 HYPE at an average price of $38.49, worth approximately $2.6 million

April 9 — As US-Iran tensions ease in phases, Wall Street is increasingly leaning on a trading playbook tied to the Trump administration’s style: “TACO Trading” (short for “Trump Always Chickens Out”). Wall Street broadly expects the president’s hardline geopolitical rhetoric to typically fizzle into compromise, framing escalating tensions as buying opportunities. Data shows markets had already positioned for risk assets ahead of Trump’s announcement pausing military action against Iran. The S&P 500 notched its first weekly gain in six weeks, while option markets saw little risk premium — suggesting investors were largely unconcerned about extreme outcomes. Institutional views note markets are repeating a familiar cycle: conflict escalation → emotional pressure → de-escalation → asset rebound. Some analysts say systematic investors may be in one of the most profitable environments in history. But warnings persist: such broad consensus could erode markets’ ability to constrain

April 9 — Southeast Asia’s first OpenClaw Agentic Trading Event is set to launch in Singapore this Wednesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. SGT. Co-hosted by Moss (an open platform for AI trading agents), Lightspeed Venture Partners, early-stage blockchain VC Faction, and BlockBeats, the event will highlight how top Southeast Asian developers are building agent-based trading applications using OpenClaw. On-site guests include co-founders of perpetual DEX project Grvt, co-founders of blockchain VC Superscrypt, and developers from the OpenClaw Singapore community.

April 9 (per UK ITV News) — Iran’s deputy foreign minister addressed two key issues in his latest remarks: 1. **Strait of Hormuz Status**: He denied reports the Strait of Hormuz had been closed, noting the waterway remains open to all civilian ships and dismissing related claims as inaccurate. However, he said vessels transiting the strait must contact Iranian authorities in advance for safe passage guidance due to wartime sea mines—all vessels that have coordinated with Iran have been granted passage. 2. **Lebanon Ceasefire & Islamabad Talks**: An Iranian delegation will travel to Islamabad for peace talks only if Israel halts its attacks on Lebanon, he stated. He stressed any regional peace deal must include Lebanon, adding the “next few hours will be critical.” He also disclosed Iran was on the verge of retaliatory action last night but exercised restraint due to diplomatic considerations and after the U.S. called on Israel to agree to a ceasefire. For now, Iran is keepi

April 9: Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Moghadam, abruptly took down a social media post announcing his delegation’s visit to Pakistan for a conference—undermining prospects for the first round of U.S.-Iran peace talks set for Islamabad. The White House confirmed Thursday that U.S. Vice President JD Vance will lead a delegation to Pakistan Saturday to participate in the negotiations. Fundamental disagreements have emerged between the U.S. and Iran over a ceasefire agreement reached earlier this week: - **Lebanon**: Iran insists the ceasefire must cover Lebanon and demands Israel halt attacks on Hezbollah; Trump and Vance, however, flatly reject this, saying Lebanon was never part of the ceasefire terms. - **Uranium Enrichment**: Iran maintains the agreement must safeguard its right to uranium enrichment, while the U.S. explicitly states it “will not accept” this. Iranian Parliament Speaker Kalibaf issued a statement Wednesday listing three purported violations—the breached L

April 9th: Per HyperInsight monitoring (https://t.me/HyperInsight), a whale address starting with 0x2fc opened a 40x-leveraged short position on BTC just 20 minutes ago. The position totals 423.4 BTC — valued at $30.2 million — with an average entry price of $71,113 and a liquidation price of $71,941. This comes after the whale lost over $2.4 million in the past week. Within 30 minutes of opening the position, the whale’s floating loss has hit 11%. It is now the address closest to liquidation among multi-million-dollar whales on the Hyperliquid platform. Address: 0x2fc3195efbf91ad90854bc3c02fe739895c23460

April 9: Per Hypurrintel data, Hyperliquid Strategies Inc has acquired 220,000 HYPE tokens (valued at ~$8.58 million) since March 19. The firm currently holds $112.6 million in cash reserves. In total, Hyperliquid Strategies Inc holds 18.82 million HYPE, with an approximate value of $738 million.