【Blockchain Brief 0425】
I. Macroeconomic data:
1. US dollar index: closed up 0.12% at 105.82
2. Treasury bond prices: 10-year US Treasury yield closed at 4.646%. The 2-year US Treasury yield, which is most sensitive to the Fed's policy rate, finally closed at 4.941%
3. Gold price: closed down 0.25% at $2,315.70 per ounce
4. WTI crude oil: WTI crude oil finally closed down 0.69% at $82.75 per barrel
5. Stock market: Dow Jones closed down 0.1%, S&P 500 rose slightly, and Nasdaq rose 0.1%
6. USDCNY: 7.268
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 100%, and the probability of cutting interest rates to 5.00-5.25 is 0%.
8. Cryptocurrency: The overall market value fell by 2.38% to $2.38T, the 24-hour trading volume increased by 19.64% to $83.7B, and the stablecoin market value increased by 2.13% to 155.59B
9. ETH staking: The current staking amount is 31.81METH, and the staking rate is 26.46%
II. 9 ETF holdings data:
Updated on April 24:#Grayscalereduced 538 $BTC (-35.08 million US dollars) and currently holds 303,683 $BTC (19.8 billion US dollars).#Blackrockadded 569 $BTC (+37.14 million US dollars) and currently holds 274,462 $BTC (17.9 billion US dollars).
9 ETFs (including #Grayscale) increased their holdings by 949 $BTC (+61.88 million USD).
3. Yesterday's macro news:
1. EIA crude oil inventories in the United States fell by 6.368 million barrels in the week ending April 19, the largest drop since the week ending January 19, 2024; EIA strategic petroleum reserve inventories in the United States increased by 793,000 barrels in the week ending April 19, the largest increase since the week ending January 26, 2024, and the 19th consecutive week of increase.
2. The yen fell below 155 against the dollar. Ochi, a senior official of Japan's ruling party, said that a fall in the yen to 160 could prompt authorities to take action.
3. Biden signed a $95 billion bill that includes aid to Ukraine, Israel, and TikTok's "no sale or ban" bill; TikTok said it would challenge the bill in court.
4. Ukrainian drones hit two oil reserves in Russia's Smolensk region.
5. Israel is ready to launch the Rafah operation immediately. The plan has been submitted to the United States, and the United States said it is still in dialogue on this matter.
6. Israel said it attacked 40 Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon; the Israeli Defense Minister said that half of the commanders of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon were killed in the attack.
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