In 2026, the asset composition of U.S. residents saw a significant shift. The proportion of stock market–linked assets rose to a record high, and household wealth became increasingly dependent on the capital markets. However, as the market environment changed, major stock indexes generally weakened, geopolitical tensions intensified market volatility, and consumer spending may be affected, thereby weighing on economic growth. Future trends will require monitoring the market’s ability to absorb adjustments and the impact of external shocks.

DeFi lending protocol Aave, after launching its V4 upgrade in 2026, despite significant technical optimizations, saw the token price fall to a 52-week low point, reflecting the market’s focus on macro liquidity and risk appetite. While Aave’s V4 upgrade strengthens its position as core infrastructure, it is difficult in the short term to translate into demand for the token, showing a disconnect between the price and the protocol’s evolution.

Gate News message, April 3, Alibaba released a newly upgraded Wan2.7-Video video generation model. The model covers four major functional modules: text-to-video, image-to-video, reference-to-video, and video editing, expanding AI capabilities from generating from a single asset to end-to-end creation.

Gate News reports that on April 3, Polymarket announced it has reached an exclusive prediction market partnership with Spain’s La Liga. La Liga becomes the first major European football league to partner with a prediction market platform. Following the agreement, official match prediction markets for teams such as Real Madrid and FC Barcelona will be available exclusively on Polymarket.

On April 2, gold and silver prices fell to $4,596.98 per ounce and $70.366 per ounce, respectively. The volatility indices BVIX and EVIX rose slightly. The U.S. dollar strengthened slightly against the Chinese yuan and the Japanese yen. Major European stock indexes generally declined, while U.S. crude oil prices rose by 13.45%. The Gate platform supports trading across a variety of financial market products.

Gate News update, April 2, according to an official announcement, the prediction market platform Polymarket has integrated Pyth Pro as the data source for its new series of traditional asset contracts. Polymarket will rely on Pyth Pro data to provide the daily rise and fall and daily closing markets for gold, silver, and major stock index ETF, and will ensure full transparency throughout via real-time price charts updated every second.

Gate News message, seven major token unlock events are scheduled for April. $RAIN ranks first with an unlock value of $294.26M, followed by $ZRO at $45.56M, $TON at $43.08M, $UDS at $42.02M, $STABLE at $30.95M, $ADI at $29.89M, and $PUMP at $15.84M.

At the EthCC conference, an AWS researcher conducted high-pressure testing on the Ethereum Verkle tree, revealing four major performance bottlenecks facing statelessness and proposing optimization solutions, which are expected to improve node operating efficiency by more than 3x.

A Deutsche Bank research report shows that the three major AI systems believe AI’s impact on inflation is negligible. Among them, the probability that AI will raise inflation is higher than the probability of a statistically significant reduction, mainly due to demand-pull inflation pressures driven by an investment boom.