According to CoinGlass data, on April 1 the cryptocurrency market saw total liquidations of $299 million over the past 24 hours, affecting 112,410 people. Long and short positions were liquidated at $104 million and $195 million, respectively. BTC and ETH liquidation amounts were $91.6349 million and $68.5673 million, respectively. The largest single liquidation was $17.1773 million.

Gate News update. On April 1, according to people familiar with the matter, Usman Ahmad, CEO of Zodia Markets, the cryptocurrency trading company under Standard Chartered, has left the company. The Zodia Markets website shows that Nick Philpott, who previously served as the company’s head of partnerships, has been appointed interim CEO. As of now, both Zodia Markets and Standard Chartered’s spokespeople have declined to comment on the matter.

Amid rumors of a partnership between American Express and XRP ultimately falling through, it was actually announced that it would become the NFL’s official payments partner, without mentioning Ripple. The prior hype misled people, leading to a negative market reaction, and the XRP price dropped by about 29%. Analysts warn investors to stay alert to false information and social-media hype.

Gate News, on March 31, within the past 24 hours, the total liquidation amount across the cryptocurrency market reached $306 million, including $188 million liquidated from long positions and $118 million liquidated from short positions. By coin type, BTC recorded a liquidation amount of $123 million, and ETH had $91.1157 million liquidated. In the past 24 hours, a total of 75,507 people were liquidated; the largest single liquidation occurred on a certain CEX for the ETH-USDT trading pair, valued at $11.7556 million.

Cornell University student Ella Hough has introduced an interactive calculator that simulates using MicroStrategy preferred stock to replace Social Security for retirement savings, showing the investment potential and risks. Although it offers access to high dividends, the model includes risks such as dividends not being guaranteed and the effects of inflation, emphasizing the importance of retirement planning and intergenerational differences, and encouraging younger people to reexamine traditional Social Security and investment strategies.

StakeStone announced that its Stone Wallet QR code payment feature is officially live, aiming to lower the barriers to crypto payments. It supports multiple mainstream payment standards across the Asia-Pacific region and uses a zero-fee model, serving retail users and people in communities underserved by financial services.

According to CoinGlass data, as of March 29, the cryptocurrency market liquidations over the past 24 hours totaled $98.29 million, including $65.26 million liquidated long positions and $33.04 million liquidated short positions. Liquidation amounts for BTC and ETH were $23.24 million and $24.17 million, respectively, with 60,849 people liquidated. The largest single liquidation was $2.15 million, occurring on the BCHUSDT trading pair.

Gate News report, on March 28, in Miami, Florida, President Trump stated at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) summit that Bitcoin is very powerful, and the United States must stay ahead in this trend. He emphasized that many people currently want to use virtual assets (especially Bitcoin) for payments, and the U.S. must be at the forefront of this trend.

According to CoinGlass data, on March 27th, the total amount of liquidations in the cryptocurrency market reached $498 million in the past 24 hours, with long positions being dominant. BTC and ETH saw liquidations of $209 million and $136 million respectively, affecting a total of 126,417 people. The largest single liquidation amounted to $6.3388 million.

Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security has detained several individuals related to the cryptocurrency platform ONUS, accusing them of embezzling investor funds through false advertising, involving billions of dollars. Investigators claim the suspects manipulated token supply and demand, with 140 people already summoned for questioning. The ONUS platform claims to have 7 million users and a market value of approximately $25 million, but has not yet responded to these allegations.