Crypto Data and Research Reports

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 message: On April 1, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin’s monitoring, a Bitmine-controlled address received 45,000 ETH today from the digital asset custody institution BitGo, worth approximately $95.3 million. Of this batch of ETH, 25,000 ETH had previously been deposited into BitGo after being introduced by a centralized exchange; then it was combined with the remaining assets to complete this transfer.

The Ethereum Foundation’s Barnabé Monnot introduced an “execution tickets” mechanism at the EthCC conference. The goal is to reduce block proposer monopolistic power by using a protocol auction for transaction execution and ordering rights, thereby increasing transparency and fairness. The revenue from execution tickets will be directly burned, ensuring that MEV profits are fairly distributed to all ETH holders, and lowering the participation barrier for home stakers. This mechanism is a core proposal of the Ethereum roadmap’s “Scourge” phase, and it will effectively prevent transaction censorship.

At the EthCC conference, Protocol Guild contributor cheeky-gorilla said that Ethereum L1 core developers are paid less than the market, and that high-performance projects lure them away with higher salaries, which could cause critical roadmaps to stall. To protect the Ethereum ecosystem, they urged project teams to give back to Protocol Guild with a "1% Pledge," emphasizing the necessity of maintaining L1 development.

In March 2026, total funding in the crypto primary market reached $2.58 billion, up sharply 286.3% from February. DeFi, CeFi, and infrastructure are the main funding areas. The predicted-market projects Kalshi and Polymarket together raised $1.6 billion, accounting for 64.3% of the total. M&A events pushed the broader total funding amount to $4.279 billion.

The crypto market shows steady momentum with a capitalization of $2.33T and a 24-hour volume increase of 28.86%. Bitcoin and Ethereum rose by 1.47% and 3.10%, respectively. Notable gainers include $TRUMP, $GROK, and $PI. DeFi and NFT markets also experienced growth, while Mercado Libre plans to phase out Mercado Coin and CoinShares aims for a Nasdaq debut.

A report released on April 1 shows that on March 30 and 31, Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of $69.4 million and $114 million, respectively, ending the outflow trend. The main sources of inflows were ARK Invest and Fidelity. In the derivatives market, shorts are dominant; the funding rate remains negative, and there is a dense liquidation zone below the current Bitcoin price of $66.5k.

Grayscale research head Zach Pandl said that the current tokenization market is about $27 billion, and is expected to grow to nearly $190 trillion by 2033. Development will be rolled out in phases: early on, institution-led permissioned networks will lead, while in the long term, Ethereum will become the primary platform for decentralized finance.

A report from Google’s Quantum AI team indicates that Ethereum faces five major quantum computer attack risks, which could affect assets worth more than $10 billion. These include exposed “naked whale” wallets, vulnerable administrator keys, and staking systems, among others. Although research has begun on defensive measures, many smart contracts still have future risks.

Vitalik Buterin's recent activity involving meme coins has garnered attention amid Ethereum's market recovery. He continues to sell gifted tokens, reallocating funds toward infrastructure and charity, and advocates for privacy in transactions.

At the EthCC conference, Nethermind founder Tomasz Stanczak said that Ethereum has shifted toward efficient execution and market integration, emphasizing the importance of collaboration between the protocol team and developers, and proposing three major technical directions. In addition, he revealed that he is working on a Taiko-based Rollup project to improve integration with traditional finance.

Ethereum Foundation researcher Jihoon Song presented FOCIL’s progress at the EthCC conference. The project aims to reduce Ethereum’s centralization risk by using a decentralized committee of validators. FOCIL improves blocks’ resistance to censorship by randomly selecting validators and encoding rules, lowers attack risk, and supports account abstraction and privacy protocols. This mechanism has been confirmed as a core feature of Ethereum’s future upgrades.

Gate News, April 1, according to monitoring by BitcoinTreasuries.NET, Strategy accounted for 94% of the total amount of Bitcoin purchased by listed companies in March. In that month, listed companies bought a total of 47,000 BTC, but 9 companies reduced their holdings by 22,000 BTC, narrowing the net increase to 25,000 BTC.

Cardano ranks second among blockchains for quantum attack resistance, following Algorand. Its design, utilizing the eUTXO model to protect public keys, enhances safety. The research highlights future quantum threats, with Cardano preparing proactively for post-quantum security.

An Ethereum Foundation researcher presented the zkAttester client solution at the EthCC conference, addressing the computational burden of node re-execution, allowing validators to verify zero-knowledge proofs directly, lowering CPU performance requirements, shortening the time for new node synchronization, and helping enable Ethereum light verification and scaling.

An Ethereum Foundation researcher, Antonio Sanso, updated the progress on Ethereum’s post-quantum security at the EthCC conference, noting that quantum computing will threaten the ECDSA algorithm in the mid-2030s. Ethereum has completed about 20% of its post-quantum readiness and plans to fully implement quantum resistance from 2028 to 2032. The main challenge is signature size, and the research team will address it through account abstraction and the introduction of LeanVM.

Bhutan's recent transfers of 375 BTC signify a sustained reduction in its Bitcoin reserves, shifting from mining to selling to fund infrastructure projects. After accumulating substantial holdings, the government has begun liquidating assets, indicating altered financial strategies.

B2C2 has designated Solana as its institutional clients’ large stablecoin settlement network, prioritizing support for multiple stablecoins. Despite a recent increase in activity on Solana in stablecoin trading, its market capitalization still lags behind Ethereum and Tron.

Ethereum Foundation researcher CPerezz introduced the VOPS technology at the EthCC conference, aiming to solve Ethereum’s state bloat problem and reduce the storage requirements for full nodes. VOPS nodes only need to store basic fields, reducing storage requirements by 25x, enabling users to participate in transactions, and accelerating Ethereum’s move toward statelessness.