Pierre Rochard, the Bitcoin Maximalist OG, on Mining, Markets and Modern Finance

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to BitMart's market report on April 8th, the total market value of the cryptocurrency market is $2.52 trillion, up 3.4% from the previous day. BTC experienced increased intraday volatility, briefly hitting $75000 before rebounding above $80000; ETH fell to around $1400 after a large settlement by the blockchain giant whale, and then followed the market's rise back to $1600. The ETHD is now at 7.5%, a new low in nearly 4 years; Shanzhai coins have generally rebounded, but their resilience is weak; The overall long short ratio is 1.001, and market sentiment remains sluggish.

Analysts suggest the yuan's depreciation may lead to capital flight into bitcoin.

On April 8th, a new study showed that the number of people in Singapore owning cryptocurrencies is increasing, with young users leading the way in using cryptocurrencies to meet daily financial needs such as online shopping and paying bills. The number of Singaporean residents owning cryptocurrency is increasing, and by 2024, the proportion of those owning digital assets will reach 26%, up from 24.4% in 2023. Among those who hold cryptocurrency, the majority (52%) have already used cryptocurrency to purchase goods and services, with 67% planning to increase their use of cryptocurrency for payments in the future. In addition, Generation Z and Millennials (i.e. those aged between 16 and 44 as of 2025) are leading in cryptocurrency holdings, with approximately 40% of them holding cryptocurrencies. Among this group of people, 41.1% use cryptocurrency for online shopping, 35.9% use cryptocurrency to pay bills, and 27% use cryptocurrency to purchase in store retail goods. (Straits Times)

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According to AiCoin monitoring, a large amount of funds flowed out of the US spot BTC ETF market yesterday, with a net outflow of up to 97.7 million US dollars. Among them, BTCW was the largest outflow, with a net outflow of 0 million US dollars per day; Next is GBTC, with a total of 74 million US dollars. And the grayscale GBTC outflow was 74 million US dollars. According to the "Spot BTC ETF Tracking" real-time trading strategy developed by AiCoin, there is a significant positive correlation between the inflow of ETF funds and BTC prices. Subscription indicators can be used to automatically place orders based on the flow of funds in the program. Data for reference only