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Mars Finance reports that on April 3rd, the Middle East conflict caused shipping through the Strait of Hormuz to be disrupted, leading to a sharp increase in global shipping costs. The war risk insurance premiums for ships have risen rapidly. Additionally, shipping companies need to consider freight costs, with industry insiders stating that current freight rates have increased by 11 to 12 times. The layered transmission of insurance and rerouting costs continues to impact global trade and supply chain security. (CCTV Finance)

Mars Finance News: On April 3, Lenovo Solution Services released the Qingtian AI core technology foundation “Lenovo AI Foundry,” an enterprise AI foundry factory composed of four major modules including an intelligent agent library and a model platform. It has five hard-core capabilities, including intelligent agent self-evolution and enterprise knowledge ontology, enabling enterprises to forge dedicated intelligent agents. (Wide-angle observation)

If Bitcoin falls below $65k, the liquidation strength of mainstream CEX long positions will reach $65k; if it breaks through $68k, the short liquidation strength will be $754 million. The liquidation chart shows the impact of price fluctuations on the market.

Mars Finance reports that MuXi Co., Ltd., Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and MuXi Co., Ltd. jointly announced the launch of a high-performance GPU operator generation system—Kernel-Smith. According to MuXi Co., Ltd., Kernel-Smith innovatively integrates "stability assessment-driven evolutionary agents" with "post-training paradigms oriented toward evolution," relying on the foundational capabilities of the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory's Scholar Large Model Intern-S1-Pro for in-depth customized training.

Mars Finance News: According to CCTV News, on April 3rd local time, UAE Ministry of Defense spokesperson Humaidi stated in an interview with the media that UAE territory has not been used to launch any attacks on Iran, firmly denying allegations that U.S. forces launched strikes on Iran from bases within the UAE. Humaidi emphasized that the UAE is currently focused on defense while "reserving all military options." He also stated that the UAE will not allow its sovereignty and security to be infringed upon and will take all necessary measures to respond to threats.

On April 2nd, OpenAI and Anthropic announced acquisitions respectively. The former targeted the tech live streaming program TBPN, while the latter acquired AI biotech startup Coefficient Bio for $400 million. OpenAI completed 15 acquisitions in nearly three years, focusing on increasing consumer influence, whereas Anthropic only completed 3 acquisitions, emphasizing enterprise clients and deep technological development, especially in the life sciences field. Both companies are preparing for an IPO in 2026, with different strategies and levels of anxiety.

Disruption of Middle Eastern crude oil transportation has prompted the market to shift towards WTI crude oil, with U.S. oil futures prices surpassing Brent. After the big whale liquidated its long position in BRENTOIL, it redirected funds into WTIOIL, increasing the position size to $35.4 million, with current unrealized gains of $2.72 million.

Mars Finance News: According to CloverPool data, the Bitcoin network has completed a new difficulty adjustment, with the difficulty increasing by 3.87% to 138.97 T. The current Bitcoin network hash rate is 986.02 EH/s, and the next difficulty adjustment is expected to occur in approximately 14 days.

Recently, the market has been sensitive to whether central banks are selling gold. UBS reports that the likelihood of a large-scale sell-off is low, and it is expected that gold purchases will slightly decrease to 800-850 tons by 2026, maintaining a net buying stance. Turkey's gold sales are interpreted as a special case, and data should be analyzed carefully. In the short term, gold prices are influenced by the dollar and real interest rates, while in the long term, geopolitical risks and inflation are the main concerns. Gold prices are projected to average $5,000 in 2026, with a year-end target of $5,600.

Trade.xyz's HIP-3 protocol traditional asset mapping contract on the Hyperliquid platform reached a new high in open interest, totaling $2.16 billion, with a market share exceeding 90%. Meanwhile, due to the impact of the US-Iran situation, crude oil trading has been active, with WTI crude oil's single-day trading volume surpassing $837 million, exceeding ETH trading volume.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China has detected that attackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in Apple terminal products to carry out cyberattacks, affecting users' privacy and system security. Users are advised to update and install patches promptly to fix the vulnerabilities.

Mars Finance reports that on April 3rd, according to market data, STO increased over 25 times on the 8th, "spiking" to $1.86, then plummeted 92%, with the current price at $0.139. Additionally, according to Coinglass data, STO experienced liquidations of $23.2528 million in the past 24 hours, including $7.2551 million in long positions and $15.6994 million in short positions.

Claude Code experienced abnormally high usage limits due to a cache bug over the past month, causing users to face a significant reduction in quotas. Despite the issue lasting for 28 days, Anthropic's response did not offer any compensation to users and instead advised them to reduce their usage, which caused dissatisfaction. This incident exposed issues in service communication and user rights protection.

With the emergence of OpenClaw, AI agents have evolved from simple tools to more intelligent assistants, driving increased focus on Skills. Skills enable agents to work more efficiently in specialized fields, freeing up users' time and energy. People are beginning to see agents as long-term partners, promoting the expansion of AI capabilities. In simple ways, users can turn ideas into Skills without a technical background, greatly facilitating the integration of creativity and market demand.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and nine other departments issued the "Guidelines for Ethical Review and Service of Artificial Intelligence Technology (Trial)", emphasizing ethical requirements such as training data selection, fair decision-making, transparency, and privacy protection to ensure the reasonable use and ethical compliance of artificial intelligence technology.

Mars Finance News: On April 3rd, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, in the past hour, a whale starting with 0xb5a opened a BTC short position with 40x leverage, with a position size of $10.2 million at an average price of $67,159. As of press time, it has partially closed $1.4 million of the position and has set a stop-loss order at $67,102, planning to close the remaining position completely when the price reaches that level. This is the fifth attempt to open a short position by this address within the past 24 hours.

Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index has turned positive again after 15 days, at 0.0019%, indicating a rebound in buying sentiment in the U.S. market and reflecting active institutional participation and optimistic investment mood. A positive premium usually signifies a strong market, while a negative premium indicates the opposite.