Franklin Templeton's Sonar Desai asserts that the U.S. dollar will retain its status as the preferred global currency due to the size of the U.S. economy, market depth, and institutional credibility. He argues that no credible alternatives exist and that the dollar's current weakness is cyclical, not structural.

Gate News, according to the exchange’s official announcement, Gate will delist the trading markets for 12 tokens including GX, IMAYC, LOOT, PLANCK, AURASOL, WATER, HMT, WAMPL, DEFI, FWOG, WLTH, LIQ. The delisting affects services such as spot trading pairs, quantitative grid trading, Yu'ebao, and leveraged trading. The specific timeline is as follows: related token deposit services have been suspended; all new leveraged borrowing and collateralized borrowing will be closed before 2026-04-16 16:00 (UTC+8); trading services will be suspended at 2026-04-22 11:00 (UTC+8). Among them, IMAYC will not support withdrawals for now due to an on-chain abnormality; withdrawals will resume once the issue is resolved. After the trading markets are taken offline, users who still hold the relevant tokens in Gate as of after 2026-05-06 may apply for repurchase. The repurchase price range varies from GX 0.000006594 USDT to WAMPL 0.15774 USDT, and the maximum compensation amount per user is 100 USDT. Users need to submit their applications during 2026-05-06 to 2026-05-13.

Edith Sithole Chen Yik-ting, CEO of HKEx, cautions against extending trading hours in Hong Kong, highlighting potential disadvantages for local investors and emphasizing the importance of product offerings over operational hours. She also noted robust IPO interest from international companies and investors.

Michael Okoh, co-founder of Thepeer, refuted allegations of missing funds before the company's shutdown, clarifying that claimed investments were never made and funds were fully accounted for. He cited internal governance issues, not fraud, as the problem.

X product owner Nikita Bier hints at a plan to launch a product aimed at fixing the encryption industry, drawing market attention. Speculation links it to X’s financial ecosystem expansion, possibly including features such as payments, digital wallets, and stablecoins. X’s official account has not yet made a formal response. Musk says the early public version of X Money will go live in April.

Gate News announcement, according to an official announcement from Gate Gate has removed the trading markets for 27 tokens including FURY, SYLO, GEC, SLICE, NAOS, BITCAT, RENA, SAVM, TRG, CHER, TAPROOT, VALUE, SOP, NLC, MPT, NAM, MOONPIG, AA, GGG, SMOLE, MPH, GPUAI, ALPACA, ROOM, ZBU, and TCT. After evaluation, these tokens do not meet the standards for enabling trading. For users who have submitted forms and meet the requirements, Gate has deposited the corresponding buyback amounts into the users' accounts. After delisting, users can continue to use Gate as a wallet to store assets for these coin types. The specific delisting time for wallet functions and the operational details will be notified separately.

A certain cryptocurrency exchange was extorted by a criminal organization, which claimed it would release internal system access videos. The exchange confirmed it had not suffered a systemic breach, that customer funds are safe, and that due to improper conduct by customer service personnel, data from approximately 2,000 accounts was accessed. The exchange has revoked the relevant permissions and strengthened security controls. The company is working with law enforcement agencies to investigate.

Bernstein’s research report states that the Bitcoin pullback reflects market concerns about the risks of quantum computing, and argues that the quantum threat is manageable and does not constitute a systemic risk. Current technological progress provides a cushion for Bitcoin, giving developers 3 to 5 years to push forward a post-quantum upgrade. Institutional investors will help drive consensus formation, but user migration remains the main challenge.

Gate News message. On April 13, on X, the on-chain analytics platform Glassnode said that after a dramatic deleveraging in early October 2025, the open interest (OI) of XRP perpetual futures contracts fell sharply from 7 billion coins to 2 billion coins, a decline of 71%. Since then, market positions have been further compressed, with OI dropping another ~25% to 1.5 billion coins. The current market has not yet rebuilt speculative positions, indicating that derivatives traders overall are still staying cautious and risk appetite has not clearly recovered.

Gate News, April 13, OpenAI praised its alliance with Amazon in a memo, saying that Microsoft "limits its ability to reach its customers." Denise Dresser, OpenAI's newly appointed Chief Revenue Officer, said in the memo that the alliance with Amazon is viewed as a key growth driver for OpenAI's enterprise business. So far, Microsoft has not responded to requests for comment on the matter. (CNBC)