Gate News message: On April 4, the Qwen3.6-Plus new model, released for only 1 day, climbed to the #1 spot on OpenRouter’s daily ranking among globally well-known large-model API calling platforms. Data shows that Qwen3.6-Plus’s daily call volume surpassed 1.4 trillion tokens, breaking the platform’s global record for daily calls to a single model.

Cambodia’s National Assembly unanimously passed a new law to crack down on cyber scams that use crypto assets, with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. The bill will be reviewed by the Senate and approved by the King. The core leaders of scam syndicates face severe penalties; analysis suggests this may only shift the crimes, and that coordinated efforts are needed to target corruption and money-laundering networks as well.

Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms sold 3,778 BTC in the first quarter of 2026, raising nearly $290 million in cash and reducing its holdings by about 18%. Several mining companies have cut their positions as well, reflecting rising funding pressure. Despite weakening market demand, some institutions are still accumulating Bitcoin, indicating that demand is concentrating toward participants with stronger financial capacity. In the short term, the price trend will be influenced by the clash between supply and demand.

Gate News message, April 3, CZ posted on a social platform announcing that its new book, 《Freedom of Money》, is planned to be officially released next week. At present, the e-book is open for pre-order, offering the English edition and the Traditional Chinese edition. The English hardcover will be released next week as well, and other language versions will be rolled out in the coming months.

Gate News updates, April 3, according to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, CTSI (Cartesi) is trading at $0.03927. Over the past 24 hours, it is up 73.51%, reaching a high of $0.05399 and falling to a low of $0.02185. The 24-hour trading volume is $8.881 million. The current market cap is approximately $35.6957 million. Cartesi is a Layer 2 foundational infrastructure designed to enable complex and intensive computing to run in a Linux environment outside the blockchain without affecting decentralization and security. Developers can work in a familiar environment without any artificial restrictions and can access well-known development tools. With the Cartesi Machine virtual machine, developers can launch a full Linux or

On April 3, U.S. stock market closed: the Dow Jones fell slightly by 0.13%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose by 0.11% and 0.18%, respectively. Crypto sector performance was mixed: Solana rose 9.41%, while most other digital assets fell. msx.com launched hundreds of decentralized RWA tokens, involving multiple well-known U.S. listed companies.

As of April 3, DRIFT’s price is up 24.16%, now trading at $0.0561, with a market cap of approximately $32.62 million. Drift Protocol, as a decentralized exchange, has performed well in terms of security and liquidity, but trading has been restricted due to recent security incidents and risk management measures by South Korean exchanges, which has increased market volatility.

Former FTX engineer Nishad Singh agreed to pay a $3.7 million penalty to the CFTC to resolve its regulatory issues stemming from the FTX collapse. This case highlights the growing accountability that regulators are demanding from the digital asset industry, as well as the importance of internal industry cooperation in reducing legal risk. Singh’s cooperation demonstrates the impact that transparency and compliance can have on the industry’s development, reminding executives that they must take legal responsibility seriously as they grow.

Well-known trader “Auntie” Brother Maqi closed out about 2,700 Ethereum, cashing out $5.54 million to avoid forced liquidation and leaving nearly 5,000 long positions. This move highlights risk management in leveraged trading, showing that even experienced traders will prioritize position survival first—potentially increasing market volatility as a result.

Gate News update, April 2, a certain Web3 wallet announced the launch of a TRX flexible staking and wealth management feature. The returns come from real on-chain activity, including rewards from TRON Super Representative (SR) voting, as well as rental income obtained by renting out the TRON Energy generated by the staked TRON to USDT-TRC20 users.