PANews reported on April 12 that "shorting the United States" has almost become a consensus around the world in the past week. In the crisis of trust triggered by "the rise and fall all depends on Trump", American assets have been sold off frantically, especially US bonds and the US dollar. After a week of huge fluctuations, uncertainty surrounding Trump's tariff policy, concerns about trade tensions, and concerns that the economy may be severely hit remain. Investors will pay close attention to further developments, while also turning their attention to the actual economic impact. The following are the key points that the market will focus on in the new week: Tuesday 0:00, 2027 FOMC voting member, Richmond Fed President Barkin will speak on "Getting Through the Economic Fog"; Tuesday 6:00, 2026 FOMC voting member, Philadelphia Fed President Harker will speak on the role of the Federal Reserve; Tuesday 7:40, 2027 FOMC voting member, Atlanta Fed President Bostic will speak on monetary policy; Wednesday 10:00, China's first quarter GDP annual rate; Thursday 0:00, 2026 FOMC voting member, Cleveland Fed President Hammack will participate in a Q&A; Thursday 20:30, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending April 12; Thursday 1:15, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell will speak at the Chicago Economic Club; At 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, 2025 FOMC voting member, Kansas Fed President Schmid and Dallas Fed President Logan will hold a fireside chat on the U.S. economy and banking industry.

PANews reported on April 12 that veteran futures and options trader Jim Iuorio wrote an article on the CME official website analyzing the reasons for the recent weak performance of Bitcoin. He pointed out that there are two main reasons: First, after Bitcoin reached a peak of $109,000 in mid-January, the positive news has been digested by the market, and it is expected that after the news is confirmed, it will choose to sell, resulting in an increase in the liquidation of long positions at the same time; Second, many institutional traders have included Bitcoin and the Nasdaq index in the same investment portfolio. When the Nasdaq falls sharply, it will trigger a sell-off of Bitcoin to meet margin requirements.

After DWF Labs received 1 million stablecoins on April 3, it received another 5 million USD1 on the BSC network 9 hours ago, and then cross-chained to the Ethereum mainnet. In addition, Wintermute should be the top institution holding USD1 on the chain. Currently, the four addresses hold a total of 57 million USD1, which is 9.5 times the size of DWF Labs' holdings.

Babylon tweeted that the Bitcoin staking feature is now live. For the first time, Bitcoin can be staked to provide proof-of-stake (PoS) security for Babylon Genesis and receive staking rewards in return. To ensure security, only 1,000 Bitcoins from the first phase Cap-1 are currently allowed to register. After a 24-hour buffer and testing period, Bitcoin staking was officially activated at 18:04:03 (UTC+8) on April 11 at the Babylon Genesis block height of 27,600.

The Ethereum spot ETF with the largest daily net outflow yesterday was the Grayscale ETF ETHE, with a daily net outflow of US$26.052 million. The current historical total net outflow of ETHE has reached US$4.226 billion.

The Bitcoin spot ETF with the largest single-day net inflow yesterday was the Ark Invest and 21Shares ETF ARKB, with a single-day net inflow of US$11.2835 million. Currently, ARKB's total historical net inflow has reached US$2.584 billion.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the Trump family's crypto project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) bought 4.89 million SEIs with 775,000 USDC, with an average price of $0.158. It currently holds a total of 5,983,278 SEIs.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, the address 0x62A...795B2 has sold a total of 4,482 ETH in the past 14 hours, worth $7.05 million, with an average price of $1,572. 9 hours ago, he deposited 1,000 ETH into Kraken, and sold the remaining 3,482 ETH on the chain through guccilorian.eth; this address has frequently interacted with block builders Beaver Builder and Titan build.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, four hours ago, a whale sold 3.7 million Fartcoins (worth $3.32 million) at $0.9.

In response to the Wall Street Journal report that "CZ agreed to provide prosecutors with evidence of Sun Yuchen's financial crimes when he pleaded guilty," Sun Yuchen tweeted: "I am not aware of the rumors currently circulating on the Internet. CZ is my mentor and friend, and he has given me attention, guidance and direction in the process of my entrepreneurship. To this day, his principles and style of doing things are still the highest standards I pursue as an entrepreneur. At the same time, the U.S. Department of Justice has always been one of our closest and most trusted partners at T3FCU. We have worked together to handle a large number of important cases aimed at protecting global users and punishing illegal criminal groups around the world. Whether it is CZ or our partners at the Department of Justice, we always maintain direct and frank communication. I have full trust in each of them. Under the wise leadership of President Trump's encryption policy, the U.S. encryption industry is bound to usher in greater success. As one of the president's earliest selected cryptocurrencies, TRX will also be a beneficiary of this success."

Pakistan has launched its first comprehensive policy framework to regulate virtual assets and virtual asset service providers (VASPs) in an effort to curb money laundering, support innovation and attract foreign investment. The policy was developed by a dedicated government agency under the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) Agency. The proposed framework, which is subject to legislative approval and input from digital asset companies operating in the country, is expected to be rolled out in phases starting in 2026.

According to the Wall Street Journal, people familiar with the matter revealed that Binance executives met with U.S. Treasury officials last month to discuss relaxing U.S. government regulation of the company, while the company is also exploring a business deal with a cryptocurrency business of the Trump family. Some people familiar with the matter said that Binance executives have asked Treasury officials in Washington to replace a U.S. monitor responsible for overseeing the exchange's compliance with anti-money laundering laws. The move would mark the company's first step back into the U.S. market. The company admitted in 2023 that it had violated these laws.

Several members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expressed support for the establishment of a digital asset regulatory sandbox at the second digital asset roundtable, allowing crypto exchanges such as Coinbase to freely experiment in new areas, including providing tokenized securities trading.