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Ledger Chief Technology Officer Guillemet stated that 2026 could become the most severe year for DeFi hacking incidents. KelpDAO suffered a $292 million exploit, exposing how a single point of failure can trigger a chain reaction across the system. As DeFi protocols become increasingly interconnected, trust is being eroded.

Golden Ten Data reported on April 20 that oil prices surged over 5% in early trading on Monday. The Iranian Parliament Speaker, Kalibaf, then posted on social media: "Speculating on ‘emotion-driven digital oil’ is just like using ‘sentiment hedging’ to allocate in US Treasuries when risk appetite in the Strait of Hormuz cools down—both are essentially a ‘house of cards’ that only makes sense on paper. The difference is: oil at least has the ‘Brent crude spot benchmark’ as a backstop; and US Treasuries? They rely solely on sentiment from start to finish." Kalibaf also included a certain financial terminal command for querying the Brent crude spot price.

According to CME "Federal Reserve Watch" data, the probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates by 25 basis points in April is 0.5%, while the probability of keeping rates unchanged is 99.5%. By June, the probability of a cumulative rate cut of 25 basis points is 4.5%, the probability of keeping rates unchanged is 95%, and the probability of a cumulative rate hike of 25 basis points is 0.5%.