Despite weakness in the crypto market, the stablecoin market continues to grow. Over the past week, total market capitalization rose by 0.43%, reaching $317.26B, a new all-time high. The market share of USDT fell to 58.03%, while the circulating market cap of USDS under Sky increased by 9.57%, becoming the third-largest stablecoin.

In the first quarter of 2026, funding for crypto startups nearly reached $5 billion, down 16% year over year. Funds flowed into practical sectors, where prediction markets led the way, raising more than $1.7 billion. Top investment institutions are accelerating their entry, and major funding projects include Kalshi and Polymarket.

Gate News: Message, on April 4, according to crypto analyst Ai Yi monitoring, three addresses holding Chainlink non-circulating supply collectively transferred 2.5 million LINK to a certain CEX over the past 4 hours, worth approximately $21.65 million.

Gate News message, Circle destroyed another 250 million USDC four hours ago. Over the past month, Circle has destroyed a total of 10.25 billion USDC on Solana. According to Lookonchain's earlier report on April 3, 2026, Circle has been destroying 750 million USDC per day over the past four days, tot

A certain account placed a $340k bet on a prediction platform, predicting that the 76ers would beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, with an opening average entry price of 6035¢. The game was held today, and both the 76ers and the Minnesota Timberwolves are ranked sixth in their respective divisions.

Gate News update: On April 3, according to Lookonchain monitoring, Circle has continued minting USDC over the past 4 days. The daily minting amount is 750 million tokens, for a total of 3 billion minted USDC over 4 days.

Gate News message, on April 3, edgeX released an announcement stating that it has permanently destroyed 2.52837 million EDGE tokens. The announcement stated that the burning of EDGE tokens obtained from the buyback has officially been initiated; going forward, it will permanently destroy the tokens obtained from the buyback once every 24 hours.

A Bank of Canada research report states that Aave V3 on Ethereum is expected to achieve zero non-performing loans in 2024, with a total loan volume of about $6 billion. The report analyzes the effectiveness of over-collateralization and automatic liquidation mechanisms in protecting lenders, finding that leveraged loop transactions are mainly driven by large investors, liquidation activity is concentrated in a small number of assets, and it has little impact on market prices.

Gate News message, April 3, CertiK monitoring data shows that in March 2026 there were 46 security incidents recorded (excluding phishing), with total losses of approximately $39.8 million. This is the highest number of recorded security incidents in a month since November 2024. CertiK said that after hitting a low point in the third quarter of 2025, security incidents increased again in the fourth quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, with more and more instances of code vulnerabilities being exploited over the past two quarters.

As of April 2026, the Ethereum Beacon Chain staking contract holds more than 82 million ETH, accounting for about 68% of the total supply. Multiple exchanges and institutions hold large amounts of ETH, and among individual holders, Vitalik Buterin is the largest holder. The U.S. government holds about 62k ETH.