Gate.io Launches INIT Perpetual Contract Pre-trading

On April 5, Crowdfund Insider reported Western Union has completed its acquisition of Dash, a Singapore-based digital wallet company formerly owned by Singtel. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. This marks the U.S. payment firm’s first digital wallet in the Asia-Pacific region and signals its push beyond traditional remittance services into digital financial offerings.

April 5 (NBC) — Prediction market platform Polymarket has issued an apology for allowing users to wager on the fate of a U.S. pilot whose fighter jet was shot down over Iran. Earlier, a U.S. official confirmed a two-seat F-15E “Strike Eagle” was downed Friday: one crew member was rescued, the other remains missing. A now-deleted market let users bet on when the pilot would be rescued (most guessed Saturday), with the title: “US Confirms Pilot Will Be Rescued on...?” U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton — a former Marine veteran who served in Iraq — slammed the market on X, calling it “outrageous” that people would wager while Iran conducts a perilous search-and-rescue operation. In response to Moulton’s post, Polymarket apologized and said it had taken the market down. “We immediately removed the market as it does not align with our integrity standards,” the company stated. “This content should not have been posted, and we are investigating how it bypassed our internal review processes.”

On April 5th, per on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), a new address accumulated 2,015 ETH (valued at $4.13 million) 11 hours ago at an average entry price of $2,049.53 — and has since transferred the funds to another address.

(FXStreet) — On April 5th, Iranian media reported that Iran has warned the U.S. and Israel that if tensions continue to escalate, the entire region will become "your hell."

April 5 (Reuters) – A top Israeli defense official said Saturday local time that Israel is preparing to strike Iran’s energy facilities but currently requires U.S. approval first. He added the strikes could come as early as next week. The remarks came after U.S. President Donald Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum, fueling fresh concerns over whether Washington would back Israel in additional military action against Iran.

April 5 (Xinhua) — Iranian Armed Forces Hatam Anbia Central Headquarters Commander Abdollahi responded Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 48-hour ultimatum, emphasizing the Iranian military will firmly defend the country’s rights, protect its assets, and make aggressors pay a price. Iran’s Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) reported later that day that Abdollahi accused Trump of taking “helpless, frantic, unbalanced and stupid actions” after a string of failures, in an attempt to threaten Iran’s infrastructure and national assets. Abdollahi stressed that if the U.S. and Israel carry out such attacks, “we will relentlessly launch sustained, devastating strikes against all U.S. military and Israeli infrastructure.” He warned the U.S. and Israel that “we have followed through on everything we have said” since the start of this imposed war on Iran.