Gate News message, April 23 — A finance employee in his 20s at a South Korean company was sentenced to three years in prison by Busan District Court for embezzling corporate funds to invest in cryptocurrency, according to Korean media Newsis. Between 2021 and 2025, the employee transferred company f

SHIB open interest rose 13.45% to $69.79M with price up ~3% to $0.000006231. Futures inflows higher; volumes surged. Technicals show 50-day MA support, RSI 55, MACD bullish; potential move beyond 0.000010. Abstract: This report reviews SHIB market activity on Gate News as of April 22. SHIB open interest rose 13.45% to $69.79 million, with the price up about 3% to $0.000006231. Futures inflows exceeded outflows and total volumes rose, while spot and futures taker data showed mixed biases. Technically SHIB found support near the 50-day MA, RSI sits at 55, and the MACD turned positive, signaling a potential breakout and a possible rally beyond the $0.000010 level after a confirmed channel breakout.

A trader with address 0x5c2 opened a CHIP short after its launch, accumulating 28.85M CHIP (~$2.43M) in 3 hours, while also holding a 1,400-unit short in xyz:SP500 (~$9.94M). Abstract: The note highlights a single address amassing CHIP shorts and xyz:SP500 short positions soon after CHIP's launch, suggesting concentrated bearish bets on both assets.

Gate News message, according to Gate’s official announcement on April 3, 2026 Gate will remove the FORTH, A2Z, VFY, Black Horse, Life K-Line, YZY, AGI, CAMP, and PEAQ perpetual contract trading markets at 16:00 (UTC+8) on April 3, 2026. The platform will close these trading pairs starting from 15:30 (UTC+8) on April 3, and will adjust them to a reduce-only mode; users can only close positions and cannot open new positions. Starting at 16:00 (UTC+8) on April 3, Gate will automatically handle and settle all open positions based on the average index price over the last half hour before the contracts are delisted. Any open orders that are not filled will be automatically canceled. If the price fluctuation in the last half hour is too large, the platform will choose an average index price over a wider range for settlement.

HYPE trades around $40 after a rally, down 3% in 24h. Whale 0xec8 opened a 5x short at $40.04 (~$3.38M) with liquidation at $46.6. Whale 0x4a8 at $39.64 is in loss; liquidation around $41.6 if price rises. Abstract: This brief notes HYPE's near-$40 price after a prior rally and a 3% 24-hour drop, with two large traders: whale 0xec8 holding a 5x short with about $3.38 million exposure and a $46.6 liquidation, and whale 0x4a8 in losses with a looming liquidation near $41.6 if price climbs.

Gate News message, April 22 — OpenGradient (OPG) token surged 128.69% in 24 hours following its listing on a major CEX's Boost platform. The exchange launched the OpenGradient X Launch activity on April 20, offering eligible users a share of 3 million OPG tokens in rewards. Claims opened on April 21

Gate News message, April 22 — According to Onchain Lens, a trader who purchased 44.027 billion FLORK tokens three years ago for $3,936 is now sitting on a position worth $408,000. The unrealized gains on the investment exceed $404,000, representing a return of over 10,300% on the initial

OpenAI Codex hit 4 million MAUs, announced by Sottiaux and Altman; the jump came in under two weeks from 3 million, and rate limits were reset across all tiers to celebrate. OpenAI Codex reached 4 million monthly active users in under two weeks since reaching 3 million, according to statements by OpenAI executives. To mark the milestone, rate limits across all tiers were reset.

Abstract: Bitcoin spot ETFs attracted about $1 billion in net inflows last week, led by BlackRock's IBIT with $906.1 million and Morgan Stanley's MSBT with $71.1 million in its first full trading week, following $786.3 million the previous week. Summary: Bitcoin spot ETF inflows totaled about $1B last week, the largest in three months; IBIT led with $906.1M, while MSBT added $71.1M in its first full week.

Gate News message, April 21 — According to Lookonchain monitoring, Tether issued 2 billion USDT on Ethereum over the past 3 days.