Odaily Planet Daily reports that Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, speaking to the media before attending the Executive Council meeting, was asked about the suspension of the basketball betting tax. He stated that the Civil Rights and Youth Development Bureau needs to conduct regular reviews and wants to manage risks before continuing to implement the basketball betting tax policy, which he believes is appropriate. Lee emphasized that the suspension is not solely due to gambling, but also related to cryptocurrencies. The Hong Kong government has seen a significant increase in illegal gambling "prediction markets," which is related to the ability to bet through cryptocurrencies; therefore, the policy should not be blindly pushed forward. (HK01)

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Brian Clark, director of defense concepts at the Hudson Institute in Washington, stated, "Trump has expressed his aversion to the Iranian leadership for years, and he seems to have been seeking a legacy move that could permanently change Iran, making it at least a 'neutral or even more friendly country to the US.' Therefore, from this perspective, it's not a new goal he's suddenly pursuing. Both the US and Israeli leadership believe that now might be the time to finally and completely subdue the Iranian regime, as it is currently in a passive position. But this may reflect a lack of historical foundation and experience among the US and Israeli leadership, because Iran has never been a country whose existing leadership structure can be easily overthrown." (Jin Shi)

According to Huoxun Finance, monitoring shows that after the market rose this morning, HYPE rebounded to around $40 and fluctuated, still down 3% in the last 24 hours. On the Hyperliquid platform, the latest whale address to open a short position in HYPE, 0xec8, opened with 5x leverage in the past hour, at an average price of $40.04 and a liquidation price of $46.6, with a position size of approximately $3.38 million. In addition, among whales with positions exceeding $1 million today, the address closest to the liquidation line, 0x4a8, opened a position at 1:00 AM today at an average price of $39.64. It has now turned from profit to loss; if HYPE rises to $41.6, this position will trigger liquidation.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, the Shanghai Cyberspace Administration has added one generative AI service that has completed its registration, providing a large-scale voice model service for Tesla's in-vehicle system. In response, a Tesla representative stated on April 22nd, "Stay tuned." (Yicai)

According to SoSoValue data, the crypto market saw mixed performance across sectors, with the Meme sector performing particularly well, rising 4.81% in the last 24 hours. MemeCore (M) surged 26.97%, while BUILDon (B) and Cheems Token (CHEEMS) rose 8.05% and 5.54% respectively. Bitcoin (BTC) rose 0.34%, fluctuating narrowly around $76,000; Ethereum (ETH) rose 0.01%, remaining above $2,300. In other sectors, Layer 1 rose 0.85% in the last 24 hours, with Cosmos Hub (ATOM) up 3.00%; PayFi rose 0.66%, with Monero (XMR) up 8.07%; CeFi rose 0.15%, with Binance Coin (BNB) up 0.19%. Additionally, Layer 2 fell 0.07%, but Starknet (STRK) rose 5.43%; DeFi fell 0.22%, with JUST (JST) rising 11.06%. The crypto sector indices, which reflect the historical performance of the sector, show that the ssiMeme, ssiRWA, and ssiLayer1 indices rose by 3.59%, 2.15%, and 0.29%, respectively.