According to Odaily Planet Daily, Arthur Hayes stated that Bitcoin will not see a substantial increase until the Federal Reserve provides liquidity to fill the black hole in bank balance sheets. He believes that AI is destroying the income of knowledge workers and causing consumer credit defaults, which will ultimately force the Federal Reserve to intervene and push up Bitcoin prices. Arthur Hayes predicts that Bitcoin will reach $150,000 to $200,000 in the summer of 2026, $250,000 to $500,000 by the end of the year, and $1 million in 2028. Michael Saylor posted on the X platform that Strategy has spent approximately $2.54 billion to buy 34,164 Bitcoins, at an average price of approximately $74,395. As of April 19, 2026, the institution held a total of 815,061 Bitcoins, with a total acquisition cost of approximately $61.56 billion and an average price of approximately $75,527. They believe that the accumulation of corporate and ETF holdings will lead to non-linear repricing, and if Strategy holds 7.5% of the total Bitcoin supply, the long-term target price is $10 million.

According to an official announcement, Bitget has launched USDT-based OPG perpetual contracts with leverage ranging from 1x to 20x. Contract trading bots will also be available simultaneously.

According to an official announcement, BitMart will list Genius Terminal (GENIUS) on April 23rd at 12:00 PM (UTC+8), with the GENIUS/USDT trading pair available. Genius Terminal is the first privacy-focused on-chain ultimate trading terminal, a next-generation product following aggregators, cross-chain bridges, and wallet plugins, designed for professional users who want to enjoy DeFi functionality without the hassle of complex experiences. The platform requires no multi-authorization bridging or asset wrapping, has no signature pop-ups, supports programmable trading strategies, and unifies spot trading, perpetual contracts, pre-issued tokens, and yield management in a single account. Orders are executed via the Genius Bridge Protocol across 150+ DEXs on 9 blockchains. The Ghost Orders feature allows transactions to be split across up to 500 wallets for on-chain privacy. The project is invested in by YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), with CZ serving as an advisor.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Asian markets opened very strongly and actively, especially Japan and South Korea. However, some Asian markets have now given back some of their gains. All of this points to the typical volatility triggered by the Iran-Iraq conflict. Initially, especially on Wednesday, we saw many investors optimistic about the conflict—the ceasefire was maintained, and there seemed to be a strong desire to end the war. Investors often make decisions based on what will happen in the future, hence we saw those stock markets rise to record highs. Now, especially with these attacks still ongoing, no plans for peace talks, and no clear path to truly ending the conflict—some caution has returned, so we are seeing these stock markets fall back to lower levels. (Jinshi)

According to Odaily Seer's monitoring, in the Polymarket prediction event that "the US will invade Iran before 2027," a high-win-rate account (ID: Car, address: 0x7c3db723f1d4d8cb9c550095203b686cb11e5c6b) with profits exceeding $1.25 million currently holds approximately $34,000 in "No" positions, with an average opening price of 66.8¢. According to the market rules, the standard for determining an "invasion" is: the US launching a military offensive aimed at establishing control over any Iranian territory before 23:59 (ET) on December 31, 2026. If no such military action occurs, the market will settle for "No." The rules specifically emphasize that the territorial scope is based on the actual control situation as of November 4, 2025. Odaily Seer continuously monitors the prediction market, seeing changes before pricing.