Gate Research VIP Weekly Report: Optimistic Outlook Drives Stock Market to New Highs; Hack Triggers DeFi Capital Outflows (April 13–19, 2026)

BTC briefly attempted to break the key psychological level of $75,000 but later pulled back under pressure from tightening macro liquidity expectations. ETH underperformed BTC in this rebound. Assets such as DeXe and edgeX led the market, rising by over 51% and 45% respectively. Gate announced that subscriptions for its first Pre-IPOs project, SpaceX (SPCX), will soon open. Following the KelpDAO rsETH hack, the Ethereum-centered DeFi ecosystem experienced significant capital outflows, with a net outflow of approximately $411 million over 7 days, extending to chains such as Arbitrum. The incident, rooted in a cross-chain bridge vulnerability, resulted in an estimated $292 million loss in assets. This hit Aave's liquidity and lending structures particularly hard, triggering a rapid decline in TVL.