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BlockBeats News, April 19th, according to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin falls below $73,000, the total long liquidation strength of major CEXs will reach $538 million. Conversely, if Bitcoin breaks above $77,000, the total short liquidation strength of major CEXs will reach $607 million. BlockBeats Note: The liquidation chart does not show the exact number of contracts to be liquidated or the exact value of the liquidated contracts. The bars on the liquidation chart actually represent the importance of each liquidation cluster relative to adjacent liquidation clusters, that is, the strength. Therefore, the liquidation chart shows to what extent the target price will be affected when it reaches a certain level. A higher "liquidation bar" indicates that the price will experience a stronger reaction due to a liquidity cascade once it reaches that level.

On April 19, The Wall Street Journal reported that Iran quickly reversed its position on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, exposing the growing rift between the country's political leadership and its military hardliners. Iranian Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian announced on Friday that the Strait of Hormuz was 'completely open.' However, this statement quickly provoked a strong backlash within Tehran. A recording obtained by the newspaper revealed that a person claiming to be a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy stated via maritime radio that the Strait remained closed and that vessels needed permission to pass. 'We will open the Strait according to our leader's orders, not by believing some childish tweets,' said one crew member, indicating that other vessels were responding to this warning. Around the same time, the Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard, criticized the Foreign Minister for announcing this policy on social media. The agency stated, 'The Foreign Ministry should reconsider this mode of communication.' Senior hardliner lawmaker Morteza Mahmoudi called for the dismissal of Amir-Abdollahian, claiming that his statement led to a drop in oil prices and handed a gift to the United States.

Foresight News reports that Morpho co-founder and CEO Paul Frambot posted on Twitter regarding the Kelp DAO attack, stating that Morpho smart contracts are secure and operating normally. Out of thousands of isolated markets, only two markets involve rsETH-collateralized lending, totaling about 1 million USD in ETH; among over 500 Morpho Vaults, only two have exposure to these markets. Thanks to the fully isolated market design, all other Vaults remain unaffected, though second-order effects due to the broader ecosystem exposure cannot be ruled out. Meanwhile, Morpho announced the preemptive suspension of MORPHO token transfers via the OFT cross-chain bridge on Arbitrum, which will only resume once the root cause of the rsETH incident is identified.