BlockBeats News, April 18th. According to official sources, within 3 hours of the opening of subscriptions for the Bitget IPO Prime Phase I project preSPAX, the total number of participants has reached 4,633, and the total subscription amount has exceeded $70,061,640.

This subscription adopts a first-come, first-served model, and the channel will be closed once the subscription limit is reached. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

BlockBeats News, April 18th - According to the Iraqi News Agency, the Iraqi Ministry of Oil announced that oil exports from all oil fields will resume in the next few days.

Four energy sources stated that after more than a month of interruption due to blocked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq has restarted oil exports from the south on Friday, with one oil tanker already loading crude oil.

BlockBeats News, April 18th - Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization Kitack Lim stated on the 17th that currently about 20,000 seafarers and nearly 2,000 ships are stranded in the Persian Gulf. He called on all countries to increase diplomatic efforts to support the IMO's initiative to evacuate stranded seafarers in the Gulf region.

Lim urged countries to assist in clearing various hazards in the Strait of Hormuz, such as mines threatening commercial shipping, to provide tangible protection to the shipping industry, including access to insurance at a reasonable cost, in order to resume normal operations as soon as possible.

Earlier on the 18th, according to Iranian media, an Iranian military spokesperson stated that due to the United States "repeatedly violating its commitments," control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous status. The strait is currently under the strict management and control of the Iranian armed forces.

BlockBeats News, April 18th, according to Xinhua News Agency, Iran's Tasnim News Agency reported that Iran has not agreed to hold the next round of talks with the United States.

Earlier, former U.S. President Trump said that U.S.-Iran negotiation representatives may meet this weekend, and he expected the two sides to finalize a final agreement to end the war. Trump believed that an agreement would be reached within one or two days.

BlockBeats News, April 18th. The spot Bitcoin ETF recorded a net inflow of approximately $996 million last week, marking the strongest weekly performance in three months and indicating a significant resurgence in market risk appetite. Specifically, the pace of fund inflows accelerated last week:

- A single-day inflow of $664 million was recorded on Friday, the highest of the week
- $412 million and $186 million flowed in on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively
- Thursday saw a slowdown in inflows to $26 million
- Monday recorded a net outflow of approximately $291 million

As of Friday, the total assets under management of the spot Bitcoin ETF have exceeded $101 billion, with a daily trading volume of nearly $4.8 billion. Market analysts believe that the capital inflow is mainly due to the easing of geopolitical risks, especially the easing of tensions between the US and Iran and the resumption of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. This has weakened the demand for traditional safe-haven assets such as the US dollar, driving funds into the crypto market and other risk assets.

From a structural perspective, Bitcoin is currently still in a period of range-bound trading, with resistance around $75,000 and support forming around $72,000. The market is in a "liquidity redistribution" phase and has not yet formed a clear trend.

BlockBeats News, April 18th, Cathie Wood, the founder of ARK Invest, adjusted her holdings yesterday, selling a total of approximately $2.57 million worth of cryptocurrency-related stocks, while increasing her position in the traditional technology and biotechnology sectors. Specifically, the reductions on that day were as follows:

· Circle Internet Group: 11,465 shares, approximately $1.21 million
· Bullish: 31,417 shares, approximately $1.36 million

Among them, Circle is currently facing collective lawsuits pressure due to its failure to freeze related assets in the Drift Protocol attack incident; Bullish, on the other hand, saw its stock price rise by about 5% as the market warmed up with the easing of the situation in the Middle East.

At the same time, Wood instead increased her holdings in:

Netflix: 26,161 shares, approximately $2.54 million
Alamar Biosciences: 537,463 shares, approximately $11.96 million

It is worth noting that although Netflix announced first-quarter revenue of $12.25 billion and profit of $5.28 billion, its stock price fell by nearly 10% on that day due to performance slightly exceeding expectations; Alamar, on the other hand, surged by about 33% on its Nasdaq debut, with a market value of $1.53 billion.

BlockBeats News, April 18th, according to lookonchain monitoring, the renowned trader address J3jfq8 (who previously achieved over 3500x returns on MOODENG) made another move 4 hours ago, spending 10,000 USDC to buy approximately 1.12 million SPIKE tokens.

Looking back at their previous transactions, when the market cap of MOODENG was only about $320,000, this address opened a position with 8.1 SOL (approximately $1,072) to acquire 33.4 million tokens. Subsequently, they sold in batches through DEX and MEXC, realizing profits of at least $3.8 million in total, with a return of over 3500x.

Analysis suggests that this address's latest move may trigger a short-term capital follow-up effect. However, such highly volatile assets pose significant risks, and returns heavily rely on early liquidity and timing of exit.

BlockBeats Note: Most meme coins lack practical use cases and experience large price fluctuations. Please be cautious of asset protection and avoid FOMO.

BlockBeats News, April 18th, according to EmberCN monitoring, a whale sold 12,400 ETH that was used for leveraged longing, realizing a profit of 400 ETH ($950,000).

In February, the whale borrowed $28 million USDT from Aave to buy 12,802 ETH at an average price of $2,187. In the past few days, after the ETH price increased, the whale sold a total of 12,402 ETH to repay the loan with $28.16 million USDT, at an average selling price of $2,271.

The whale accumulated debt to buy 12,802 ETH, sold 12,402 ETH to repay the loan, and earned 400 ETH in profit.

BlockBeats News, April 18, according to the 24-hour monitoring of the Strait of Hormuz, the volume of vessel activity in the strait has increased, with several ships carrying liquefied petroleum gas and chemicals passing through the strait. (Cailian Press)

BlockBeats News, April 18th, Vitalik Buterin tweeted that the DNS registrar of eth.limo was attacked. He advised users not to access vitalik.eth.limo or other eth.limo related pages temporarily. Users are advised to wait until the official confirmation of the restoration before accessing the website.