Kulipa’s stablecoin card issuance infrastructure platform completed a $6.2 million seed round on April 2, led by Flourish Ventures and 1kx. Founder Axel Cateland said the financing was structured as a SAFE form; previously, it completed a $3.0 million funding round in 2024.

Gate News update: On April 2, the Solana liquidity protocol Meteora issued a statement saying that all funds on Meteora are safe, and that all platform features and the treasury have not interacted with the Drift protocol.

Gate News reports that on April 2, Solana liquidity protocol Orca CEO Michael Hwang posted a tweet stating that Orca was not affected by the Drift attack incident and that users’ funds are safe. Michael Hwang pointed out that Orca’s smart contracts have passed four audits, ensuring their security and reliability.

Gate News, April 2, Unitas Protocol, a yield generation protocol, released a statement saying it was not affected by the Drift Protocol attack incident. Unitas Protocol has no exposure on Drift; all collateral is safe; all strategies (including the JLP Delta-neutral strategy) are running normally, and user funds are secure. Collateral can be accessed via Accountable and Primus

On April 1, Kulipa announced that it has completed a $6.2 million seed round. Flourish Ventures and 1kx led the investment, aiming to provide white-label stablecoin payment card services for fintech companies. The funding was structured as a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE); no further details have been disclosed yet.

With the U.S. stock market falling and gold performing poorly, investors have poured heavily into U.S. Treasury bond ETFs. In March, net inflows reached $30 billion, mainly concentrated in ultra-short-term products. Analysts recommend holding cash and waiting patiently.

2026-03-31 08:30 to 08:45 (UTC), ETH’s short-term return recorded -0.66%, with the price range between 2039.73 and 2054.49 USDT, and the amplitude reaching 0.72%. During this period, market volatility intensified, with a clear increase in trading attention, reflecting investors’ rapid reaction to risk events and a rise in safe-haven sentiment. The main drivers behind this unusual move were a significant drop in the number of active addresses on-chain (down about 14.49% from the previous day to 490,239), which weakened network liquidity and reduced the market’s ability to absorb demand. Meanwhile, trading volumes also declined, indicating a cautious market sentiment and a wait-and-see attitude among investors.

Due to the impact of the Middle East situation, the gold market has been extremely volatile, with this month’s expected decline reaching 14.6%. Even though Trump has signaled a more conciliatory stance, geopolitical conflicts have pushed up oil and gas prices, putting pressure on gold’s performance. Analysts believe that the outlook remains optimistic in the long and medium term, but in the short term, gold prices may face pullback pressure.

Against the backdrop of the U.S.-Iran conflict, Bitcoin has not shown the characteristics of a safe-haven asset; instead, it has fallen in tandem with risk assets. 10x Research noted that investors have misread Bitcoin’s attributes and relied on outdated models. Although Bitcoin ETFs attract new investors’ attention to macro variables, not all indicators are applicable—some retail traders have seen losses worsen due to an incorrect narrative.

Steakhouse Financial releases the latest updates on the security incident. The official website is still offline, but the Steakhouse Vaults site is operating normally, and there are no issues with the deposit and withdrawal functions. The attack originated from a phone-based social engineering assault, which resulted in the theft of domain management permissions, and the website’s DNS now points to a malicious IP. The official team has rolled back all changes, and users’ assets are safe.