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In the past 24 hours, the total liquidation amount across the entire network reached $765 million, including $591 million in short liquidations, with most of them occurring on Bitcoin and Ethereum. A total of 163,244 people were liquidated, and the largest single liquidation amount reached $15.7517 million.

Mars Finance News, on April 18, according to Iranian media reports on the 18th, the spokesperson for the Iranian military stated that due to the United States' "repeated breaches of promises," control of the Strait of Hormuz has been restored to its previous state, and the strait is currently under the strict management and control of the Iranian armed forces. (Xinhua News Agency)

On April 18th, CryptoQuant analysts stated that Bitcoin rebounded from $74k to $78k due to US-Iran news, exhibiting classic short squeeze characteristics, especially after the market absorbed $357 million in short liquidations. However, this rally does not represent fresh demand and may be difficult to sustain.

According to Coinglass data, the total holdings of whales on the Hyperliquid platform are $3.715B, with the long and short positions nearly balanced. The whale address is fully short at a BTC price of $67,992.1, and the current unrealized profit and loss is -$9.0449 million.

Mars Finance reports that, according to Vitalik Buterin (@Vitalik Buterin), the DNS registrar for eth.limo has been attacked. Users are advised not to visit vitalik.eth.limo or other eth.limo-related pages for now, and to wait for official confirmation of normal operation before accessing them.

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In December 2025, NVIDIA quietly spent $20 billion to acquire an AI chip company called Groq.
On April 17, 2026, OpenAI announced it would purchase over $20 billion worth of chips from another AI chip company, Cerebras. On the same day, Cerebras officially filed for an IPO with the NASDAQ, aiming for a valuation of $35 billion.
Two sums of money, nearly identical in amount. One is an acquisition, the other is a purchase. One comes from the world's largest AI chip seller, the other from the world's largest AI buyer.
These are not two separate events; they are two symmetrical actions in the same war. The battlefield is called: AI inference.
Most people haven't noticed this war because it has no explosions, only rows of financial announcements and technical discussions circulating among Silicon Valley engineers. But it

Mars Finance reports that on April 18, the Iranian Foreign Ministry stated: The option to move Iran's enriched uranium abroad has been rejected. (CCTV News)

On April 18th, as the market warmed up, various cryptocurrency market indices rebounded, and the total market capitalization of stablecoins increased to $321.41B, with USDT circulation rising by 1.26%. The total value locked (TVL) in DeFi across the entire network rebounded to $99.68B, while DEX trading volume grew by 16.27%.

Recently, 12 companies have submitted IPO applications to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, including well-known companies such as Amlogic Semiconductor and Desay SV. Listed companies like Huagong Tech and Huasheng Lithium Battery have performed well in their respective fields, and are expected to achieve higher operating income and net profit by 2025. This trend indicates strong market demand for intelligent technology and lithium battery materials.

Original Title: Frontier Systems for the Physical World
Original Author: Oliver Hsu
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Reprinted: Mars Finance
Deep Tide Guide: This article by a16z researcher Oliver Hsu is the most systematic “physical” since 2026

Mars Finance News, April 18th, data shows that the US Bitcoin ETF had a net inflow of $663.9 million yesterday, including IBIT with a net inflow of $284 million, FBTC with a net inflow of $163.4 million, and ARKB with a net inflow of $117.9 million.
This data marks the largest single-day inflow since mid-January of this year.
This optimistic sentiment may be closely related to the US-Iran situation; the easing of tensions has directly affected market expectations for Federal Reserve interest rates, shifting from rate hikes to rate cuts. (Cointelegraph)

Mars Finance reported that on April 18, market sources said that Russia’s presidential envoy of Vladimir Putin stated that the U.S. exemption for Russian oil will affect more than 100 million barrels of in-transit oil. (Jin10)

Mars Finance News, April 18 — The online police in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China, recently reported a scam case using the guise of "Metaverse" and "virtual currency."
The criminal gang promoted face recognition payment devices, initially attracting users through a points system, then lured investors to purchase their self-issued "air coins," and continued to extract money through lock-up, price manipulation, and "currency exchange" methods.
Ultimately, they defrauded over 130 investors of approximately 35 million yuan.
The court found that the defendant committed fraud with the purpose of illegal possession, with a particularly large amount involved, and sentenced them to 10 years in prison and a fine of 200,000 yuan.

Mars Finance reports that on April 18, the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization announced the reopening of some Iranian airspace. (Xinhua News Agency)

Mars Finance News: On April 18, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a wallet linked to Tim Draper deposited 150.84 BTC (worth $11.62 million) into a CEX (possibly Coinbase) after holding for a year, resulting in a loss of $2.57 million.
Billionaire Tim Draper is a well-known venture capitalist who was an early investor in Tesla, Skype, Coinbase, Ledger, and

Mars Finance reports that on April 18, analyst Alicharts pointed out that ETH has broken through the upper trendline of the ascending triangle and the key resistance level of $2,385. This price level will become support, and as the supply above is cleared, the technical target of this pattern is now $2,900.

Mars Finance News: On April 18, Hitch Open in collaboration with Zhiyuan launched the HOPE AI Autonomous Decision Ping Pong Challenge. This event is the world's first AI autonomous decision-making robot ping pong competition, with Zhiyuan's expedition A3 humanoid robots participating in the first batch. The competition is based on the Hitch Open platform, focusing on evaluating robots' dynamic perception, real-time decision-making, and continuous confrontation capabilities. (Wide-angle observation)

Bitcoin Ahr999 "Bottom-Fishing" Indicator broke above 0.45 on April 18th, entering the dollar-cost averaging zone, indicating that Bitcoin's price is within a relatively reasonable range, suitable for regular fixed-amount investments. This indicator helps investors develop timing strategies.