「Strategy Opponent Play」 Continues to Increase Leverage Short Positions on Bitcoin and Ethereum, Current Unrealized Loss Exceeds $4 Million

On April 14, The Block reported that top startup accelerator Y Combinator has made its first all-stablecoin investment: it disbursed $500,000 in USDC to prediction market startup Totalis across three transactions on the Solana blockchain, with the assets held in custody on financial operations platform Ramp. Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan noted the accelerator will offer stablecoin payment options to all YC-backed startups—not just crypto-focused businesses. Totalis plans to use Ramp to simultaneously execute stablecoin-to-fiat trades and pay credit card bills directly from its stablecoin account.

**People’s Daily Warns of Crypto Trading Risks Tied to Financial Self-Media Misinformation** On April 14, the People’s Daily published an article flagging chaos in financial self-media accounts that disrupt the capital market. The piece specifically targeted accounts spreading false income claims—including “100x crypto gains” and “earn $1 million monthly trading coins”—to drive traffic to cryptocurrency trading platforms. The article also cited a prior notice from the People’s Bank of China and eight other departments, reaffirming that all virtual currency-related activities are classified as illegal financial activities. It noted that accounts and platforms providing traffic referral or technical services for illegal crypto trading are suspected of violating laws and regulations, and may pose risks to financial security and anti-money laundering efforts.

On April 14, Insiders.bot—the Polymarket-focused smart money copy trading and analysis platform—announced the launch of its official web version. The platform offers Polymarket traders real-time insider wallet signal tracking, one-click smart copy trading, and a professional dashboard with built-in take-profit and stop-loss tools. Its goal: enable everyday users to replicate smart money gains while outperforming them via strategy optimization. Compared to its prior Telegram version and beta web iteration, the official web release adds copy trading strategy backtesting/optimization settings, a market data analysis dashboard, a multi-market monitoring dashboard, plus enhanced security and faster trade execution speed.

April 14: Prediction platform Kalshi dropped a video teaser teasing a new product launch set for April 27. The clip features a green spiral forming an endless loop, ending with the word “Timeless” appearing. The community is speculating the update could roll out perpetual prediction markets with no expiration date—moving past Kalshi’s original time limits on event-based contracts to boost trading flexibility.

On April 14th, X Product Lead Nikita Bier posted on X: “The crypto market has had a rough year—maybe it’s time to launch a new project to turn things around.” Notably, before taking on the role of X Product Lead, Nikita Bier served as a long-time advisor to Solana.

Local time on April 14, a Pakistani diplomatic source said Pakistan is calling for a 45-day extension of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement. The current ceasefire between the two countries is set to expire on April 22. Since the last round of negotiations, Pakistan has engaged with multiple parties to build a broad alliance, aimed at either extending the ceasefire deadline or resuming technical-level contacts to pave the way for a second round of political talks. Mediators have been assisting the U.S. and Iran in exchanging information on outstanding issues, hoping to persuade both sides to extend the ceasefire by at least 45 days. (CCTV News)