Lithium stocks surged on April 17 due to rising crude oil prices amid Middle East tensions. Key companies like Sigma Lithium and Albemarle saw significant gains as demand for battery energy storage systems is expected to grow.

Alibaba plans to launch a quadruped robot through its Amap unit, entering the consumer robotics market. Amap is also exploring humanoid robots. The quadruped market is predicted to grow from $3.45 billion in 2025 to $11.26 billion by 2032.

Gate News message, April 13, decentralized exchange Uniswap recently saw its daily trading volume surpass $2 billion, setting a new high in nearly one year. Data shows that Uniswap’s trading volume surge is mainly driven by growing expectations that recent spot Ethereum ETFs will be approved, with market activity rising significantly. Uniswap is one of the largest decentralized exchanges in the Ethereum ecosystem; its current main trading pairs include ETH/USDC, ETH/USDT, and other mainstream assets, and demand for stablecoin swaps continues to grow.

Market maker Keyrock and tokenization platform Securitize jointly released a report predicting that the on-chain transferable distributed RWA market will grow from $29.0 billion to $400.0 billion, an increase of over 1,000%. It is expected that by 2028, RWA perpetual contracts could account for 50% of the total on-chain derivatives market. Currently, tokenized RWAs account for less than 0.1% of the global tokenizable market.

SpaceX will face nearly $5 billion in losses in 2025, mainly due to increased investment in AI infrastructure and computing power. While high capital expenditures may weigh on profits in the short term, core businesses such as Starlink continue to grow.

AI company Anthropic has restricted access to its new AI system, Claude Mythos Preview, after finding thousands of critical software vulnerabilities in testing. Many of these vulnerabilities had gone unnoticed for years, including security issues across multiple operating systems and cryptographic protocols. Industry experts warn that AI-driven cyberattacks will grow significantly, and that the balance between technical innovation and security defenses must be prioritized.

A 2026 FBI report shows that cryptocurrency scams continue to grow, with losses reaching $11.37B in 2025, and people age 60 and older are the primary victims. Investment fraud and cryptocurrency ATM scams are especially prominent, with the highest losses in California. Despite increased law enforcement efforts, the risk continues to rise, and greater security awareness is needed.

Goldman Sachs’ research report says that technology stock valuations have become relatively cheap, making this a good time for investors to enter the market. Even though returns in the technology sector have been lackluster, its earnings performance remains strong—especially with an expected growth of 44% in the S&P 500.

Gate News message, April 7, a16z crypto data and fund strategy lead Daren Matsuoka posted on X that stablecoin trading volume has continued to grow for 10 straight quarters, and the growth accelerated after the “GENIUS Act” (the U.S. stablecoin regulatory bill) was introduced.

Gate News message, April 5, according to DefiLlama data, despite cooling in the crypto market, the stablecoin market continues to grow rapidly. Over the past week, the total stablecoin market capitalization increased by 0.43%, and the circulating market cap reached $317.26B, hitting an all-time high. At the same time, USDT’s market share has continued to decline, falling below 60% and currently at 58.03%. Sky’s stablecoin USDS performed outstandingly: over the past week, its circulating market cap grew by 9.57%, currently at $8.92B, becoming the third-largest stablecoin by market cap.