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.

American Battery Materials increased its IPO size to 2.5 million shares at $6 each, aiming to raise $15 million. The company explores lithium resources in Utah and plans to list on NYSE American, currently traded under "BLTH."

Fintech company Superstate completed an additional Series B round of funding on April 13. Invesco Private Capital, a subsidiary of Invesco (Invesco), participated in the round; the specific amount was not disclosed. At the same time, Invesco will manage Superstate’s flagship tokenization fund USTB starting in 2026, with an estimated fund size of about $900 million.

Gate News message. On April 13, according to data from a certain CEX platform, the trader "Cute Woman" currently holds a short position in the RAVEUSDT perpetual contract, with leverage of about 2.01x. The position size is approximately 392k RAVE, the opening average price is about $3.98, the current mark price is about $9.03, the unrealized loss is about $1.97 million, and the return rate is approximately -253%.

Risk management firm Chaos Labs disclosed that the Trump family’s crypto project WLFI has rapidly expanded its lending volume on Dolomite, with collateral utilization nearing its cap. Currently, WLFI’s collateral size far exceeds the transaction volume of a certain CEX, and the team has already repaid about 10 million USD1, with funds highly concentrated on-chain.

Tok-Edge, a digital asset financial services company, will launch a crypto hedge fund aimed at institutional investors, with plans to complete its first round of fundraising of $100 million by 2026. The initial size will be $21 million, and the cornerstone investors will be Marcus Meijer and his investment consortium, which will provide $10 million in funding.

Benchmark reaffirmed its bullish stance on Securitize (SECZ) in its latest research report, setting a $16 price target, and believes the company will benefit significantly from the tokenized asset wave. If it were to capture 0.01% of the NYSE’s market cap, its asset base could double. Securitize has full regulatory credentials and has become the digital transfer agent for the NYSE’s tokenized securities platform. It has also partnered with BlackRock, with the size of its tokenized U.S. Treasury fund nearing $3 billion, but it faces regulatory and technology risks.

On April 10, Hyperinsight data shows that on the Hyperliquid platform, 14 million-level mega whales established crude oil positions: 10 opened WTIOIL long positions, and 4 opened BRENTOIL long positions. All are in the long direction, and there are no new shorts entering the market. The WTIOIL long mega whale liquidation price is $87.7, with an open position size of $5.02 million; the BRENTOIL mega whale liquidation price is $87.2, with an open position size of $1.91 million.

Gate News announcement, April 10, the whale “sets 10 big targets first” (social media account @Jason60704294) has updated its latest positions. Currently, total unrealized profit is $644k. The specific holdings include: BTC short positions of 2567.49 units, entry price $71,554.61, unrealized loss of $644k; ETH short positions of 38,465.22 units, entry price $2,248.74, unrealized profit of $1.37M.

A giant whale recently deployed large-scale hedging positions on-chain, including $30.4 million in BTC long positions and $23.2 million in HYPE short positions, for a total size of about $53 million. As HYPE rises, this portfolio faces losses, with a net loss of roughly $300k. Previously, this address profited $37.1 million across a variety of altcoins using a similar strategy.