U.S. stocks rose across the board on Thursday. The Dow rose 0.58%, the S&P 500 rose 0.6%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.8%. Tech stocks were broadly higher, with Amazon up more than 5%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index fell 1.3%, while NIO and Baidu fell more than 4.5%. Crypto-related stocks showed mixed performance.

Securitize, an asset tokenization platform, appointed Brett Redfearn as President and a member of the board of directors on April 9. Redfearn previously served as Chair of the advisory committee and has extensive experience in regulation and market structure, helping advance the development of capital markets.

Crypto analyst Ali Martinez says that current market volatility could provide cycle-level get on board opportunities, and has set multiple key price ranges based on on-chain data. The main support band is $63,111 to $70,685; if it breaks below, it could lead to a liquidity vacuum. In the long term, BTC is approaching its historical uptrend line, and it’s recommended to accumulate in batches.

BitMine Immersion Technologies announced that it has officially been upgraded to the New York Stock Exchange and will stop trading on NYSE American. At the same time, it has expanded the authorized total amount of its share repurchase program to $4.0 billion. Currently, the company holds about 4.8M ETH and has completed 79% of its target.

Gate News, on April 9, Greenlane Holdings, a Nasdaq-listed BERA treasury company, announced that its board of directors has approved a $2 million stock repurchase plan. Meanwhile, the company’s full-year financial report shows that after adding 7.5 million BERA tokens, as of April 7, 2026, its BERA holdings have increased to 77.9 million tokens, roughly 32% of the current circulating supply of BERA.

On April 8, Hyperbot data showed that as the price of Brent crude oil fell below $90 per barrel, multiple leveraged trading positions held by Rune, the founder of Sky (formerly MakerDAO), suffered losses across the board; their total value dropped to approximately $3.952 million, with an unrealized loss of more than $610,000.

This article compiles cryptocurrency news for April 8, 2026, focusing on the latest updates on Bitcoin, Ethereum upgrades, Dogecoin price action, real-time cryptocurrency prices, and price predictions. Today’s major events in the Web3 space include: 1、SEC report disclosure: In the crypto case “under the Gary Gensler era,” it “didn’t benefit investors”; 2、Trump cancels “Doomsday,” Bitcoin surges to $72k, and global markets rebound across the board; 3、FBI report: Losses from cryptocurrency scams reach $11.4 billion, with older people becoming the largest group of victims.

After the United States and Iran reached a ceasefire agreement, global financial markets rebounded, and the price of Bitcoin surged sharply, with stock markets around the world rising in tandem. Analysts say Bitcoin is gradually becoming a risk asset that is highly linked to the macroeconomy, and in the future, price movements will be driven by geopolitical factors and liquidity.

Gate News message: On April 8, the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) officially released guidance for financial institutions and their financial-technology subsidiaries on the use of stablecoins. FDIC Chair Travis Hill said on Tuesday during a Board meeting in Washington that the new guidance will set out corresponding rules on areas including reserve assets, stablecoin redemptions, permitted activities, and capital requirements to address the growing adoption of digital currencies in the financial system.

On April 7, on the Predict platform, the FDV prediction market regarding Polymarket’s token launch day saw a sharp drop, with a 13% probability that FDV would be greater than $2 billion. Polymarket announced an upgrade to its trading engine and the launch of the stablecoin Polymarket USD, sparking controversy in the market over whether this would be considered a token issuance, which caused the probabilities for related events to fluctuate.