In Q1 2026, the Ethereum-to-Bitcoin price ratio reached a three-month high at 0.0313. Ethereum added 284,000 users and surpassed $180 billion in stablecoin supply. Bitcoin remained strong above $74,000, driven by significant ETF inflows.

CoW Swap suspended its protocol after DNS hijacking redirected users to a fraudulent site, resulting in over $1 million in crypto theft. The incident led to precautionary actions and user warnings, while security measures were implemented.

Gate News message, TRON's protocol revenue reached $82.69M in Q1 2026, second only to Hyperliquid among all chains. At the same time, TRON's TVL reached $4.52B.

Qwen AI Glasses S1 are now available for sale, featuring multimodal interaction with voice and visual capabilities, starting at 3,499 yuan ($480) after discounts and subsidies.

Shin Hyun-song, nominated as Bank of Korea governor, discussed the future coexistence of Korean won stablecoins at a parliamentary hearing. He emphasized plans to enhance the digital currency ecosystem, including Project Hangang Phase 2 and participation in the Agora project for cross-border payments.

Rakuten Wallet has launched XRP as a payment method, allowing users to buy XRP with Rakuten Points and spend it at millions of merchants in Japan. This integration expands XRP's reach to a vast, non-crypto user base within Rakuten's extensive ecosystem.

Amazon is set to acquire Globalstar for $11.6 billion, enhancing its satellite communications capabilities. The deal is aimed at boosting Amazon's Project Kuiper, enabling direct-to-device services by 2028, and may reshape competition in the market.

Gate News message, April 14 — WTI crude oil futures (U.S. benchmark crude oil) extended losses to 4%, trading at $87.113 per barrel as of April 15.

Microsoft is expanding its data center capacity in Narvik, Norway, leasing 30,000 Nvidia chips. This builds on a previous $6.2 billion investment, initially aimed at supporting OpenAI's Stargate plan, which remains under exploration amid regulatory concerns.

Fluidstack is in talks to raise $1 billion at an $18 billion valuation, following a significant deal with Anthropic. The startup, leveraging former Bitcoin miners to build custom data centers, signals a shift in AI companies toward dedicated infrastructure, creating new revenue opportunities.