Gate News message. On April 8, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin’s monitoring, a DeFi whale repaid a 4.14 million DAI loan on Spark about 9 hours before an Israel-Iran ceasefire proposal was agreed upon, then retrieved 264.4 WBTC worth of collateral and transferred it to a certain CEX to sell at a price of about $67,990 per WBTC, for a total value of approximately $17.98 million. Six hours later, the Israel-Iran ceasefire proposal was agreed upon; as a result, the BTC price rose 5%, causing the whale to miss out on about $1 million in potential gains.

Gate News message: On April 8, the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) officially released guidance for financial institutions and their financial-technology subsidiaries on the use of stablecoins. FDIC Chair Travis Hill said on Tuesday during a Board meeting in Washington that the new guidance will set out corresponding rules on areas including reserve assets, stablecoin redemptions, permitted activities, and capital requirements to address the growing adoption of digital currencies in the financial system.

Gate News message, April 8, the trader "set 10 big goals first" (@Jason60704294) disclosed on social media that he has closed out his BTC and ETH long positions, choosing to take profit and exit. In this trade, his 4x leverage long on BTC generated a profit of about $12.12 million, and his 2x leverage long on ETH generated a profit of about $728k, for a total profit of more than $12 million.

Crypto hedge fund Split Capital’s founder Zaheer Ebtikar announced the closure of the fund and is switching to become Chief Strategy Officer at stablecoin company Plasma. He believes the crypto hedge fund business model is no longer viable, mainly due to the impact of traditional financial institutions launching digital asset ETFs, which led to a sharp drop in demand. At the same time, crypto venture capital has also been squeezed out, and major coin prices have fallen by nearly 50%.

The Solana Foundation has launched STRIDE and SIRN, a security framework led by Asymmetric Research. The former provides independent security assessments and proactive monitoring, while the latter is responsible for real-time response and threat sharing. The initiative aims to improve ecosystem security, and all projects are available for free use.

Web3 asset data platform RootData recently mapped out 16 of Ripple’s Web3 partners, covering key areas such as RWA tokenization, RLUSD stablecoin distribution, and ODL payments. It emphasized prioritizing real-world use cases and efficiency, while traditional partners focus on increasing ODL trading volume and compliance.

This article summarizes cryptocurrency news for April 7, 2026. Focus areas include the latest Bitcoin updates, the Ethereum upgrade, Dogecoin price action, real-time cryptocurrency prices, and price predictions. Today’s major events in the Web3 space include: 1、The Solana Foundation launches the dual security program STRIDE and SIRN, covering protocol assessments and incident response; 2、Troubles involving OpenAI hit Worldcoin: an Altman credibility crisis triggers a drop in the WLD price; 3、The SEC moves first: independent crypto fundraising rules will be rolled out, and the CLARITY Act is set for an escalation in its ongoing standoff.

Polygon announces that the Giugliano hard fork will be activated on April 8, aiming to improve transaction confirmation speed and fee transparency, and support high-throughput payments and tokenized assets. The upgrade will embed fee parameters into the block header and roll out new RPC endpoints to optimize the developer experience. In addition, this upgrade is a major improvement for Polygon after experiencing multiple issues; despite market expectations, the POL token is still down by nearly 5%.

Traditional finance giant Charles Schwab plans to launch “Schwab Crypto” in the second quarter of 2026, offering spot trading of Bitcoin and Ethereum to 38.9 million customers. This model will lower the investment threshold, change the previous way investors indirectly allocate to crypto assets, and meet market demand. Meanwhile, with low fees and a large customer base, Schwab may disrupt existing crypto platforms, and in the future it may also roll out stablecoin products to build a digital asset ecosystem.

Gate News, April 7, Monad co-founder Keone Hon posted a call urging DeFi protocol operators to immediately use dedicated signing computers to perform multisig wallet operations and stop using everyday computers. Keone Hon pointed out that everyday computers are highly susceptible to compromise; once controlled, even if a hardware wallet is connected, the signing process may still be maliciously altered, creating serious security risks. In addition, the Monad Foundation may in the future introduce incentive mechanisms to encourage the team to adopt this security solution.