Huo Xing Finance reported on April 1 that global equities staged a relief rally after President Trump said U.S. troops would be "withdrawn within three weeks," but concerns over the global economic outlook have yet to ease. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index logged its biggest one-day gain since April 2025 on Wednesday, and the Euro Stoxx 600 climbed 2.5%. Trading activity, though, remained subdued, underscoring how fragile the move may be. In South Korea, the KOSPI's turnover was only about 80% of its monthly average. Investors remain focused on the risk that shipping blockades in the Strait of Hormuz could persist even if a U.S. pullback materializes, leaving a lasting drag on fundamentals. Brent crude has slipped back below $100, but it is still about 37% above pre-war levels. Goldman Sachs and Mizuho Securities warned that structurally higher energy costs could squeeze corporate margins and erode purchasing power. The pressure is most acute in energy-import-dependent emerging Asian markets, which saw $68 billion of capital outflows last month, far surpassing the levels recorded at the start of the pandemic. With earnings season nearing, investors expect the war's impact on profitability to become more visible, raising the risk that the current rebound could fade quickly. (Jinshi)

HuoXing Finance reported that on April 1, Hyperinsight monitoring showed that comments by Trump on a troop withdrawal sparked a sharp shift in market sentiment, pushing both WTI and Brent crude below $100 per barrel. Two Abraxas Capital addresses—the largest on-chain holder of crude oil positions—moved from losses to gains on their short exposure, with combined unrealized profit expanding to $4 million. Total position size climbed to $144 million. Key positions: BRENTOIL short (5x leverage) with a $92 million notional at an average entry of about $103; WTICRUDE short (5x leverage) with a $52 million notional at an average entry of about $98.30.

Crypto-related thefts jumped in March 2026, with more than $52 million stolen across 20 major incidents, according to PeckShield. The figure represents a 96% month-on-month increase from February's $26.5 million, ending what had been the lowest monthly total in 11 months and pointing to a renewed rise in threat levels. PeckShield said the most significant March incident involved Resolv Labs. Chainalysis reported that an attacker compromised Resolv's cloud infrastructure and gained access to its AWS Key Management Service (KMS) environment, enabling the minting of 80 million unbacked USR tokens. USR subsequently crashed, and the attacker ultimately extracted about $25 million in ETH, Chainalysis said. Losses extended beyond Resolv. The USR price collapse triggered bad debt across Fluid, Morpho Blue, and Euler Finance. March also saw a renewed wave of physical and social engineering attacks. Pseudonymous trader Sillytuna reportedly lost $24 million in early March after attackers used violence, weapons, and kidnapping threats. In a separate case, a social engineering attack targeting a Kraken account holder drained roughly $18 million. Venus Protocol (XVS) ended the month with $2.15 million in bad debt. With total crypto losses in Q1 2026 exceeding $164 million, the growing use of hybrid and offline tactics is increasing personal security concerns for high-value holders.

A renewed slide in oil prices has fully liquidated whale wallet 0xc278 after repeatedly adding to a leveraged long. The trader is estimated to have lost about US$1 million. Liquidated position: 211,335 xyz:BRENTOIL, worth US$21.37 million.

Crypto markets are beginning to factor in long-term technology threats after Google published a major quantum computing research update on Monday. Bitcoin (BTC) at $67,265.60 and ether (ETH) showed only modest moves, but tokens tied to quantum-resistant cryptography rallied sharply, signaling rising demand for assets seen as "future-proof." Late Monday, Google's Quantum AI team said quantum computers could potentially break the elliptic-curve cryptography used by Bitcoin with fewer than 500,000 qubits—far below prior estimates. Some analysts pointed to 2029 as a potential timeline for Bitcoin and the broader blockchain ecosystem to strengthen defenses. The research added that a sufficiently advanced quantum machine could attack Bitcoin within nine minutes. A separate report also flagged Ethereum risks, outlining five potential attack vectors that could threaten roughly $100 billion in assets, including DeFi and tokenized holdings. Such quantum computers do not yet exist, and the threat remains years away, but trading activity suggests the narrative is already influencing positioning. Over the past 24 hours, investors have gravitated toward projects emphasizing post-quantum cryptographic designs, security "future-proofing" research, or perceived resilience relative to legacy chains. Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL) and Cellframe (CEL) jumped 50%, according to CoinGecko data. Abelian (ABEL) rose 25%, while Qubic (QUBIC) and QANplatform (QANX) each gained 10%. Privacy-focused Zcash (ZEC) added nearly 7% over the same period. The combined market capitalization of this segment—20 coins in total—climbed 8% to $4.66 billion in the last 24 hours. Data providers often group ZEC with quantum-resistant assets even though it is not yet fully quantum-resistant. It is included due to its advanced cryptographic foundations, including zero-knowledge proofs, and ongoing work on post-quantum secure zk-SNARKs, keeping it within the broader "quantum-aware" narrative. Even as the risk remains largely theoretical, it has been shaping behavior since last year. Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards said concerns over quantum attacks contributed to Bitcoin's decoupling from a rising stock market in the second half of 2025, when BTC fell from $126,000 to $80,000 in the final months of the year. "We have already started to see quantum risk be priced into Bitcoin. It's the primary reason Bitcoin is trading 50% against the S&P 500 and 90% against gold since the inaugural Bitcoin Quantum Summit seven months ago," Edwards wrote in a February report. The period also coincided with a sharp rally in ZEC, which surged more than 1,200% in the second half of 2025 to a peak of $744.

ChainCatcher cited PeckShield monitoring showing LML was hit by an attack that led to losses of about $950,000, sending the LML token down 99.6%. The hacker swapped 950,000 USDT for 450.6 ETH and routed the funds to TornadoCash.

The crypto sector recorded 20 major attacks in March 2026, with aggregate losses of $52 million—up 96% from February. ResolvLabs was hit by an "infinite mint" incident in which 80 million USR were created after an AWS KMS vulnerability was exploited, driving an estimated $25 million loss and triggering systemic insolvency. Venus also came under a sophisticated attack spanning both onchain and offchain vectors, leaving $2.18 million in bad debt. Separately, sillytuna reported $24 million in losses tied to a combination of physical and onchain attacks, while a Kraken whale lost $18 million in a social-engineering scheme. Source: PeckShieldAlert.

Interactive Brokers, a $110B trading firm, has launched Bitcoin and other crypto trading services across Europe, opening access to a market of more than 450 million users.

European crypto asset manager CoinShares has completed its merger with SPAC Vine Hill Capital, closing the transaction on March 31 local time, CNBC reported. The company started trading on Nasdaq on April 1 under the ticker CSHR. The deal values CoinShares at about $1.2 billion, including a $500 million subscription from institutional investors. Founded in 2014, CoinShares oversees $6 billion in assets. Its lineup includes Bitcoin ETFs and onchain asset management services. The firm has posted a profit every year since launch. CEO JeanMarie Mognetti said the U.S. listing is intended to use equity as a currency to speed up expansion in the American market, adding that the decision to go public reflected the company's operational maturity rather than an attempt to time the market.