According to Odaily Planet Daily, Arthur Hayes stated that Bitcoin will not see a substantial increase until the Federal Reserve provides liquidity to fill the black hole in bank balance sheets. He believes that AI is destroying the income of knowledge workers and causing consumer credit defaults, which will ultimately force the Federal Reserve to intervene and push up Bitcoin prices. Arthur Hayes predicts that Bitcoin will reach $150,000 to $200,000 in the summer of 2026, $250,000 to $500,000 by the end of the year, and $1 million in 2028. Michael Saylor posted on the X platform that Strategy has spent approximately $2.54 billion to buy 34,164 Bitcoins, at an average price of approximately $74,395. As of April 19, 2026, the institution held a total of 815,061 Bitcoins, with a total acquisition cost of approximately $61.56 billion and an average price of approximately $75,527. They believe that the accumulation of corporate and ETF holdings will lead to non-linear repricing, and if Strategy holds 7.5% of the total Bitcoin supply, the long-term target price is $10 million.

According to Lookonchain monitoring data, a whale address (0x65B4) bought back 7,448 ETH at a price of $2,350 each, for a total value of approximately $17.5 million. Three days prior, this same whale sold 10,829 ETH at a price of $2,300 each, for a total value of approximately $24.91 million.

According to Natalie Newsom, Senior Blockchain Investigator at CertiK, real-time deepfakes, phishing attacks, supply chain attacks, and cross-chain vulnerabilities will be the main sources of crypto hacking. The crypto industry has already lost over $600 million to hacking attacks, including the $293 million Kelp DAO vulnerability and the $280 million theft from Drift Protocol, both linked to North Korean hacking groups. Newsom warns that the accelerating development of artificial intelligence will make attack methods more sophisticated, including more realistic deepfakes, autonomous attack proxies, and "proxy AI" that can automatically scan for smart contract vulnerabilities. However, AI can also be used as a defensive tool. CertiK advises investors to verify URL authenticity and use cold wallets to store assets to reduce risk.

According to an official announcement, Bitget has launched USDT-based OPG perpetual contracts with leverage ranging from 1x to 20x. Contract trading bots will also be available simultaneously.

According to an official announcement, BitMart will list Genius Terminal (GENIUS) on April 23rd at 12:00 PM (UTC+8), with the GENIUS/USDT trading pair available. Genius Terminal is the first privacy-focused on-chain ultimate trading terminal, a next-generation product following aggregators, cross-chain bridges, and wallet plugins, designed for professional users who want to enjoy DeFi functionality without the hassle of complex experiences. The platform requires no multi-authorization bridging or asset wrapping, has no signature pop-ups, supports programmable trading strategies, and unifies spot trading, perpetual contracts, pre-issued tokens, and yield management in a single account. Orders are executed via the Genius Bridge Protocol across 150+ DEXs on 9 blockchains. The Ghost Orders feature allows transactions to be split across up to 500 wallets for on-chain privacy. The project is invested in by YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), with CZ serving as an advisor.