Gate News update: On April 3, according to CoinAnk data, over the past 24 hours, liquidations across the entire market totaled $248 million, including approximately $125 million liquidated from long positions and approximately $123 million liquidated from short positions. By coin, Bitcoin liquidations were about $48.13 million, and Ethereum liquidations were about $28.34 million.

Based on the latest data, Ethereum’s market share in non-USD stablecoins has fallen from 90% in 2023 to 65% as of February 2026, while other blockchains have rapidly risen. Despite this, Ethereum still remains the primary stablecoin issuing chain, and the number of unique senders has increased significantly.

On April 2, the total net outflow from Ethereum spot ETFs was $71,168,800, including a outflow of $46,663,500 from BlackRock’s ETHA and an outflow of $16,803,900 from Grayscale’s ETHE. The total net assets currently amount to $11.699 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio of 4.69%.

Ethereum currently accounts for about 65% of non-USD stablecoin supply, down 25 percentage points from the beginning of 2023. Even though other blockchains are catching up, Ethereum remains the primary choice for stablecoin issuance, and the number of active senders is expected to rise from 2000 to 12000.

Ethereum France负责人 Jerome de Tychey said at EthCC that blockchain technology is shifting from early adoption to widespread mainstreaming, and that in the future it will become a core technology for the next 20 years, and announced that the 10th EthCC will be held in 2027 in Cannes, France.

From 2026-04-02 14:30 to 14:45 (UTC), the ETH price surged rapidly, with a return of +1.52%. The price range was 2038.01 to 2071.65 USDT, and the amplitude reached 1.65%. During this period, market attention noticeably increased, capital flows accelerated, and short-term volatility intensified. The main drivers behind this unusual market move are a significant rise in on-chain activity and the innovative effects across the DeFi and NFT ecosystems. Data shows that the number of active Ethereum addresses jumped from 380,000 to 840,000, an increase of as much as 121%. In the same period, the average daily trading volume rose from 1 million to 2.5 million USDT.

Gate News, on April 2, the New York–based ETF provider Global X announced the launch of the Global X Ethereum Covered Call Options ETF (ticker: EHCC). The ETF uses an options strategy to provide exposure to Ethereum-related investments, aiming to generate returns without directly holding digital assets. Global X said this is its first fund created in connection with a cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin.

The CME Group released March cryptocurrency futures contract data, with average daily trading volume reaching 210,000 contracts, up 19% month over month. Micro Bitcoin futures saw an average daily increase of 6%, while Ethereum futures rose 53%. Overall futures contract trading hit a new monthly high, up 33% year over year. Average daily trading volume in Q1 also reached a new quarterly high.

At the EthCC conference, an AWS researcher conducted high-pressure testing on the Ethereum Verkle tree, revealing four major performance bottlenecks facing statelessness and proposing optimization solutions, which are expected to improve node operating efficiency by more than 3x.

On April 1, the U.S. spot Ethereum ETF saw a net outflow of $7.02 million, with BlackRock and Fidelity being the main outflow sources, while Grayscale ETHE and other parts of the products pulled in inflows against the trend.