In the past week from April 6 to April 12, major global events (brief)

💰【Binance Alpha Weekly Review (Brief)】

☀️ Number of airdrops issued in the past week: 3

⭐️ 1 Pre-TGE, 4 days off

⭐️ Highest and lowest thresholds: 243/240

⭐️ Average value of airdrops: 30 U

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☀️ Global financial and cryptocurrency market major events simplified review

🌍 Keywords:

「Ceasefire and lockdown reversal」、「CPI counteracting interest rate cuts」、「Predicted market surge」

🏛 【Macro and geopolitics: From Liberation Day rebound to lockdown panic】

⭐️ 📅 4/8 Two-week ceasefire flash crash: Trump announced a two-week bombing halt, triggering a 15% flash crash in oil prices (WTI dropped to $91), while US stocks saw a historic rebound (Dow up +1325 points in a single day).

⭐️ 📅 4/11-12 Negotiations collapse and blockade order: Led by JD Vance, the Islamabad negotiations broke down, and Trump ordered the Navy to blockade the strait to intercept vessels, causing oil prices to V-shape rebound to $105, with geopolitical black swans regaining pricing power.

⭐️ 📅 4/12 US March CPI stubborn: Inflation data recorded at 3.3% (driven by a 21.2% surge in gasoline), the probability of a Fed rate cut in July sharply reduced to 33.6%, the inflation nightmare returns.

💰 [Major Events in Crypto: ETF Support and Sector Rotation]

⭐️ 📅 Prediction market sees another explosion: ADI Predictstreet received exclusive authorization for FIFA 2026 World Cup, with tokens skyrocketing 4x in a single week; Binance synchronously integrates Predict.fun, keeping this sector's heat at market number one.

📅 Pre-IPO/Launch: Bitget IPO Prime first launch SpaceX preSPAX (valuation $1.5 T, subscription $61.1 million); no Binance Prime Sale, but RAVE is up +49.7% on Coinbase.

🏢 [Institutional Movements and Legal Events]

⭐️ 📅 FDIC finalizes stablecoin framework: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) officially released guidance for banks participating in stablecoin operations. This framework fully opens the clearing channels between traditional commercial banks and regulated stablecoins, marking the crypto industry’s official entry into the 'compliant stablecoin era.'

📅 Wall Street institutions scoop up DeFi: In anticipation of the historic benefits of FDIC regulation going live, public documents show that multiple Wall Street asset management firms significantly increased their holdings in MakerDAO, Aave, and other underlying yield protocol tokens this week, indicating a notable trend of institutions scooping up DeFi blue chips.

📊 [Market Review: Slight uptick, extreme fear sentiment]

⭐️ Wide fluctuations: BTC experienced a rollercoaster from 68.9k to 73.7k, ultimately showing resilience with a 1.8% rise around 71k; ETH rose 8.4% to $2,285.

Traditional assets: Oil experienced a dramatic V-shaped shakeup, ultimately closing down 6.7%; US stocks rebounded strongly (S&P 500 +2.51%); gold completely detached from traditional logic, rising in a counter-trend safe haven by 3.0%.

Sentiment index: The fear and greed index is firmly stuck at 13, deep in 'extreme fear,' with on-chain data showing that whales are still dominating net selling.