Key Market Information Discrepancy on April 18th - A Must-Read! | Alpha Morning Report

By: blockbeats|2025/04/18 09:45:03

Featured News

1.Backpack Platform's Open Interest in Perpetual Contracts Increases by 31.9% in 7 Days, Currently at $129 Million

2.Blur Unlocks Another 23.8 Million Tokens an Hour Ago and Sends Them to Coinbase

3.Coinbase International to List WCT, BABY, KERNEL, PROMPT Perpetual Contract Trading

4.Synthetix Stablecoin sUSD Depreciates to $0.7, 24-Hour Decline of 13.9%

5.a16z Invests an Additional $55 Million to Acquire ZRO with a 3-Year Lockup Period

Articles & Threads

1.《The Girl Who Refused to Have Musk's Baby》

A recent inexplicable rumor has surrounded female KOL Tiffany Fong, who has 340,000 followers on Twitter. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Musk had privately messaged Tiffany requesting a child, only to be rejected. From being SBF's "confidante" to Musk's "procreation target," Tiffany Fong's story appears chaotic on the surface but inherently aligns with the logic of Internet narratives: she, as an outsider, becomes an unexpected protagonist in every storm. These salient points were never truly guided by her, she was just repeatedly drawn into them and then, under the social media spotlight, bestowed with label after label. Without a team, official resources, or capital backing, Tiffany herself cannot explain why SBF trusted her, why Musk approached her, or why she always finds herself on the edge of a storm. She is not a central figure, yet she lives in the shadow of the situation.

2. "A Week of Over 1500% Price Surge for DARK, and the Solana Foundation Network Behind It"

On April 17, the Solana ecosystem AI meme coin DARK briefly surpassed a $32 million market cap, reaching a historic high. Over the past week, its market cap has grown by 1500%. In the midst of a weak Crypto AI cycle, how has this AI project been able to sustain its counter-trend rally? And what is the team behind it, MtnDao, all about?

Market Data

Daily market overall funding heat (reflected by funding rate) and token unlocks

Data Source: Coinglass, TokenUnlocks

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Key Market Information Discrepancy on April 18th - A Must-Read! | Alpha Morning Report

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