【Blockchain Briefing 0415】

I. Macroeconomic data:

1. US dollar index: closed up 0.692% at 106.01

2. Treasury bond prices: 10-year US Treasury yields finally closed at 4.510%. The 2-year US Treasury yield, which is most sensitive to the Fed's policy rate, closed at 4.894%

3. Gold price: closed down 1.19% at $2,344.25 per ounce

4. WTI crude oil: WTI crude oil finally closed down 0.09% at $85.4 per barrel

5. Stock market: Dow Jones closed down 1.24%, S&P 500 fell 1.45%, and Nasdaq fell 1.62%

6. USDCNY: 7.261

7. Rate hike expectations: According to the Fed's interest rate monitor, the probability of maintaining interest rates at 5.25-5.50 in May is 94.1%, and the probability of cutting interest rates to 5.00-5.25 is 5.9%.

8. Cryptocurrency: The overall market value rose by 2.86% to $2.31T, the 24-hour trading volume fell by 0.33% to $140.1B, and the stablecoin market value increased by 0.38% to 151.38B

9. ETH staking: The current staking amount is 31.47METH, and the staking rate is 26.18%

II. 9 ETF holdings data:

Updated on April 12:#Grayscaledecreased by 262 $BTC (-18 million US dollars), and currently holds 315,931 $BTC (21.73 billion US dollars).#Blackrockincreased by 2,734 $BTC (+188 million US dollars), and currently holds 269,314 $BTC (18.52 billion US dollars).

9 ETFs (including #Grayscale) added 2,707 $BTC (+$186.23 million).

III. Yesterday's macro news:

1. Iran-Israel conflict-Iran launched missile and drone attacks directly on Israel for the first time in history. Iran stressed that its retaliation against Israel is over unless Israel retaliates. Sources said that the United States blocked Israel's counterattack plan at the last minute on Sunday. Israel's wartime cabinet is still divided on the timing and method of responding to Iran's attack. Biden stated: Do not support Israel's counterattack, the United States will not participate in offensive operations against Iran. The G7 group and its partners will consider imposing more sanctions on Iran. Iran: No intention to conflict with the United States, if the United States takes military action against Iran, it will retaliate in proportion.

2. OPEC+ is closely watching Israel's potential response to Iran's air strikes. Kazakhstan will continue to reduce production to compensate for excess oil production in the first quarter in accordance with the OPEC+ production cut agreement.

3. The Biden administration's new regulations restrict oil and gas drilling, and oil companies face environmental cost pressures.

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