Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison to Be Released Today

**FARTCOIN Flash Crashes 26%+ After 3-Day 57% Surge, Tied to Same Team Behind XPL’s April 3 Collapse** April 9 — Data from Coinglass and HyperInsight monitoring shows FARTCOIN has trended upward since April 6. Early this morning, it spiked over 27% intraday, pushing its 3-day cumulative gain to 57% and hitting a high of $0.252. But at 7:00 a.m. today, the token plummeted over 20% in 5 minutes, then extended losses to a total drop of more than 26% — bottoming below $0.18 and erasing most recent gains. On-chain monitoring links this trade to the same team that triggered a 40% flash crash in XPL on April 3 morning: both tie back to addresses **0xBc1D9760bd6ca468CA9fB5Ff2CFbEAC35d86c973** and **0x3dBE077e7986657E95e1CC50089f17a5a4AF0AaE**. The team began accumulating FARTCOIN shortly after the XPL crash. Their playbook mirrored the XPL incident: 1. Before FARTCOIN’s rally, they funneled funds into Hyperliquid via multiple addresses to open high-leverage long positions. 2. A

On April 9, per official sources, Trade.xyz—a project in the HIP-3 ecosystem—has launched Nikkei 225 Index futures contracts with up to 20x leverage.

On April 9, Goldman Sachs said it has revised down its second-quarter price forecasts for Brent crude and WTI crude to $90/bbl and $87/bbl, respectively, citing a decline in front-end curve risk premiums and rising crude flows through the Suez Canal. (FX678)

On April 9, on-chain analyst Auntie Ai (@ai_9684xtpa) reported that crypto contract whale "Set 10 Big Targets First" (@Jason60704294) has turned a short position from a loss to a profit, now sitting on a floating gain of $1.968 million. - BTC Short: 2,201.507 coins, opened at $71,671.5, position value = $157 million - ETH Short: 7,093 coins, opened at $2,251.23, position value = $15.96 million Per calculations from the tweet’s accompanying image, the total short position size is $173 million, with BTC’s stop-loss range set between $73,000 and $73,500.

Per an official announcement, OKX is set to launch OFC (OneFootball Credits) with the following schedule: - OFC deposits go live: April 9, 2026, 10:00 UTC+8 - OFC auction window: April 9, 2026, 17:00–18:00 UTC+8 - OFC/USDT spot trading launches: April 9, 2026, 18:00 UTC+8 - OFC withdrawals go live: April 9, 2026, 20:00 UTC+8 ### Notes on American English adaptation: 1. Used **"per an official announcement"** (common in U.S. financial/tech updates, more concise than "according to"). 2. Replaced formal phrases like "Deposit Open Time" with natural verbs: **"go live"** (for deposits/withdrawals) and **"launches"** (for trading) — standard in U.S. crypto news. 3. Simplified "Time Slot" to **"auction window"** (common in U.S. market updates). 4. Formatted times with em dashes (**17:00–18:00**) instead of "to" for clarity (U.S. style). 5. Removed redundant HTML formatting for plain-text readability (fits U.S. news briefs).

April 9 — Official sources confirm Global Dollar and Paxos are boosting the USDG stablecoin incentive on Pendle from an initial $150,000 to $390,000, with the enhanced rewards active until the market’s expiry date. Pendle will also continue offering up to 30% PENDLE rewards exclusively for this market. Prior to this update, Pendle’s USDG Total Value Locked (TVL) had already surpassed $10 million.