Gate News message, April 12, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) statistics, the short positions of the contract whale “first set 10 big targets” (@Jason60704294) are currently up $3.21 million. Of this, the BTC short positions are 2,567.49 BTC, with an opening price of $71,554.61, and an unrealized profit of $1.19M; the ETH short positions are 38,465.22 ETH, with an opening price of $2,248.74, and an unrealized profit of $2.03M.

CryptoQuant analyst Amr Taha noted that a major Bitcoin whale inflow to a certain CEX platform first fell below $3 billion; the market value of long-term holders recovered to $49 billion, while short-term holders fell to -$54 billion. This indicates that weak hands are distributing Bitcoin, while long-term holders are re-absorbing it.

Bitcoin’s short-term trading difficulty is increasing. Analyst Murphy recommends adopting a DCA (dollar-cost averaging) strategy over the next six months, with a win rate approaching 100%. He emphasizes the need to distinguish between investing and trading, avoid wishful thinking, follow the long-term trend, and strictly adhere to short-term trading discipline.

Gate News message: On April 12, RAVE briefly surged more than 40%, reaching a high of $2.97 and currently trading at $2.4.

Gate News message, April 12, in the past 24 hours total liquidations across the market reached $231 million. Of this, long liquidations were about $142 million, and short liquidations were about $88.3557 million. By coin, Bitcoin liquidations were about $72.2491 million, and Ethereum liquidations were about $63.7792 million.

Gate News message. On April 12, according to on-chain data monitoring, Sky (formerly MakerDAO) co-founder Rune’s 7x leveraged Nasdaq 100 short positions have all been closed. He currently still holds 20x leveraged WTI crude oil futures long positions, 7x leveraged Brent crude oil long positions, and 20x leveraged S&P 500 short positions, and all of them are in a loss position. His overall position value has now fallen to about $680k, with an unrealized loss of about $60k, and the return on investment is -21.78%.

Genius announced its first-season airdrop plan, which will distribute 70M GENIUS. Users can choose to claim immediately or lock it up for one year. Immediate claiming will face a 70% burn penalty, while locking up can receive 100% allocation. This mechanism is designed to attract long-term community members and prevent short-term speculation.

Gate News, April 12. According to Coinglass data, liquidations across all exchanges in the past 1 hour totaled $90.75 million. Of that, long liquidations were $85.0 million, accounting for 93.7% of the total liquidation amount; short liquidations were $5.75 million, accounting for 6.3%.

From 01:30 to 01:45 (UTC) on 2026-04-12, the BTC price saw significant volatility within the 71,560.0–73,017.1 USDT range. The candlestick return rate recorded -1.75%, and the amplitude reached 2.00%. During this period, market attention increased, the trading atmosphere clearly became more cautious, and heightened volatility triggered short-term capital vigilance. The primary driving force behind this unusual move is the continued deterioration of liquidity in the derivatives market: CME futures open interest fell to a 14-month low, and institutional arbitrage capital accelerated its withdrawal. Futures trading volume trended lower over the long run, and arbitrage basis compression caused the market to deepen in…

2026-04-12 01:30 to 2026-04-12 01:45 (UTC), the ETH price dipped briefly. The candlestick data shows a 15-minute return of -2.46%, with a price range of 2219.38 to 2283.74 USDT and a volatility of 2.82%. During this period, market attention rose rapidly, spot and derivatives markets saw a clear increase in volatility, and investor sentiment was relatively cautious. The main driving force behind this unusual move is the expiration of large-scale derivatives options contracts. The total notional value of ETH options is about 669 million USD, and the Put/Call ratio