Gate News message, April 21 — Prominent whale trader Dr. Profit has deployed $1 million in a bearish bet against altcoins, spreading the capital across 100 separate positions with independent margins to limit liquidation risk to 1% per position. Dr. Profit also holds a $120,000 BTC short and

A global exchange has launched Event Contracts, allowing users to bet on Bitcoin and Ethereum price movements over set timeframes. This simplified trading option features low costs and automatic settlement, aimed at easing short-term investment strategies.

A trader known as epsteinfiles has placed a $12,300 bet with Lookonchain, predicting that MicroStrategy will hold over 1 million BTC by December 31, 2026, with a flawless track record in past bets.

The message says that on April 13, a certain account placed a win bet of about $58k on Bilibili Gaming in the League of Legends esports World Cup China qualifiers, with a win rate of over 77%. Bilibili Gaming has been in good form recently, while JD Gaming has performed poorly; the winner will have a chance to advance to the main esports World Cup event.

A whale-sized investor was already down $345k when betting that the Iranian regime would collapse on June 30, and the prior investment also failed. The market’s judgment rules are strict, and only under specific conditions is a regime collapse recognized; ordinary regime change is not considered.

Gate News message, April 11, on-chain data shows that whale traders who “set 10 major targets in advance” have accumulated a WBTC position of $4.7 million since yesterday (April 10), with an average cost of $72,720.78. This address (0x0EA…34a54) previously placed a heavy bet of $270 million to go short; this time is its first position-building operation in about a month.

Gate News message, April 11, Tesla’s FSD driver-assistance software received regulatory approval in the Netherlands, becoming the first EU country to approve the software for on-road use. Tesla said it hopes other EU member states will take similar action. Widespread adoption of FSD is at the core of Tesla’s growth strategy. A large portion of the company’s current valuation of roughly $1 trillion depends on Musk’s bet that AI-driven self-driving software and robotaxi services will become the company’s primary revenue sources in the future.

The White House warns staff not to use their positions to bet in prediction markets, especially by engaging in unusual trading activity before policies suddenly change. Accounts that have already profited more than $600k through prediction have drawn criticism, and critics suspect that someone used insider information to profit. The White House confirmed the authenticity of the warning.

A prediction platform shows that on April 9, an account lost more than $4.3 million. In the NBA Bulls vs. Wizards game, it bought the Bulls point spread. Before the game, the Bulls were ranked 12th in the Eastern Conference, and the Wizards were ranked 15th.