A Whale Makes Big Bet by Shorting Oil, Total Position Reaches $74.66 Million

Pony.ai (02026.HK) unveiled its latest Physical AI breakthrough—the PonyWorld World Model 2.0—on April 10. A key upgrade from Version 1.0, the new model now boasts self-diagnosis and targeted evolution capabilities, marking a new R&D paradigm for the autonomous driving firm’s technology.

April 10th. Yi Lihua, founder of Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital), noted during a Binance Square AMA yesterday that market pressure stems from multiple factors—including unmet expectations for a Fed rate cut, Middle East conflicts, delays in crypto regulatory reform bills, and the failure of previously discussed "BTC national strategy" expectations to materialize. Adding the four-year cycle dynamic, he believes this round of corrections may exceed initial plans. However, he stressed his long-term bullish stance on ETH remains unchanged, attributing current volatility to external financial conditions and amplified market cyclicality. Having entered the industry at the end of 2015 and lived through two to three bull-bear cycles, he argues a long-term bullish outlook carries more merit from a long-cycle perspective. That said, one shouldn’t be overly optimistic—respect for market cyclicality and "significant volatility" is a must. Additionally, he expressed great surprise at AI’

On April 10, three U.S. senators questioned former President Donald Trump’s use of a luncheon event as a lure to promote TRUMP coin purchases by offering preferential treatment to attendees, per Politico. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Adam Schiff and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to event organizers requesting documents to clarify Trump’s role in planning, promoting the April 25 Mar-a-Lago gathering, and any potential profits tied to it. The event was restricted to investors holding TRUMP tokens ranked in the top 297. Notably, Trump was also scheduled to attend the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner in Washington, D.C., the same day—raising questions about his ability to attend both. The event’s terms acknowledged Trump “may not be able to attend,” yet organizers still used “contact with the president” as a selling point, the senators noted. They argued this effectively encouraged meme coin purchases to benefit Trump and his family.

April 10 — Per Farside Investors monitoring, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs posted a net inflow of $358.1 million yesterday. Here’s the breakdown by fund: - BlackRock IBIT: +$269.3 million - Fidelity FBTC: +$53 million - Bitwise BITB: +$11.7 million - ARK ARKB: +$4.8 million - Franklin EZBC: +$2.1 million - VanEck HODL: +$2 million - Morgan Stanley MSBT: +$14.9 million Separately, U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs recorded a net inflow of $85.2 million yesterday. Fund-level details: - BlackRock ETHA: +$90.9 million - BlackRock ETHB: +$13.7 million - Fidelity FETH: -$21 million - 21Shares TETH: -$5.5 million - Franklin EZET: -$1.7 million - Grayscale ETHE: -$0.9 million - Grayscale Ethereum Trust: +$9.7 million

April 10th — Per monitoring from The Data Nerd, a wallet potentially tied to Matrixport opened two long positions on ETH and BTC last month, totaling approximately $197 million. The address currently holds around $5 million in unrealized profits and still maintains those positions.

On April 10, TradeXYZ announced the listing of KR200, with support for up to 20x leverage. The Korea 200 (KR200) is a Korean Won (KRW)-denominated, market-cap-weighted index tracking the top 200 leading stocks in Korea, serving as one of the primary benchmarks for the Korean stock market. Its associated oracle directly tracks the index’s KRW-denominated portfolio without currency conversion. As a quanto derivative, KR200’s KRW profits and losses (P&L) will settle in USDC.