After failing to break above $1.35, the XRP price has fallen back to around $1.31, with an intraday drop of about 1.9%. The market shows clear selling pressure, and reduced liquidity is amplifying volatility; short-term sentiment is tilted toward defense. Key support is in the $1.31 to $1.30 range, and if it breaks down, it could test $1.28.

Charles Schwab Wealth Management announced that its subsidiary will provide direct trading services for Bitcoin and Ethereum via Schwab Crypto accounts, with plans to test and launch in 2026. A waiting list is now open, but external cryptocurrency deposits or withdrawals are not supported.

Bitcoin’s price is trading in a tight range around $67,044, moving within a downtrend channel. The third wave of decline has already retraced by about 5%. Technical indicators show that price momentum is weakening, and short-term holders face losses. Key support levels are $65,750 and $64,920; if those levels break, the price could test as low as $57,883. Investors should monitor market conditions and manage risk cautiously.

Gate News message, April 3, the newly released ranking of CodeArena, an AI programming-focused competition under the globally renowned model blind test leaderboard LMArena, was published. Alibaba’s latest generation large language model, Qwen 3.6-Plus, ranked second on the global leaderboard, surpassing international giants such as OpenAI, Google, and xAI, becoming the highest-ranked Chinese model on that leaderboard.

Solana’s recent price has been trading in a range around $84, and multiple technical indicators suggest a potential rebound. The current head-and-shoulders top structure is similar to early March, but selling pressure in the $85 to $88 range could limit upside. If it breaks above $89.82, it will turn bullish; conversely, if it falls below $78.77, it may test as low as $64. The market is in a stage of choosing direction.

Gate News, April 2, Alibaba released the Qwen3.6-Plus next-generation large language model Qwen3.6-Plus. The model has native multimodal understanding and reasoning capabilities, and can autonomously break down tasks, plan paths, test changes, and complete tasks in scenarios such as front-end web development and warehouse-level complex tasks. Currently, Qwen3.6-Plus has been listed on Alibaba Cloud’s Bailian platform, priced at the equivalent of 2 yuan minimum per million Tokens (tokens) for input; Qwen 3.6 has also launched on Wu Kong, the Qwen App, and other AI applications and platforms.

Hyperliquid co-founder announced on April 1 on a social platform that its mobile app is now live on the Google Play Store. It is currently in an MVP testing version, offering only the deal notification feature, with the goal of collecting user feedback and optimizing the product. Users were reminded to avoid downloading counterfeit apps, and future versions will continue improving functionality.

Analyst Joseph Chai pointed out that bullish momentum in COMEX gold futures could resume. The gold price has been rising for three consecutive days and is expected to test the resistance level of $4,800 per ounce, but downward pressure from the 20-day and 50-day moving averages is forming resistance. At present, the initial support level is $4,400 per ounce.

Microsoft announced new features for Copilot Researcher called Critique and Council, combining OpenAI's GPT and Anthropic's Claude to improve the quality of research tasks. Out of 100 complex tasks, the Critique mode scored 57.4, significantly ahead of other models.

Gibson Dunn law firm noted that although the joint guidance published by the SEC and CFTC has improved, it still does not fully address industry needs, especially regarding ambiguity in the Howey test and secondary market trading. The authors call on the crypto industry to provide feedback, urging the SEC to clearly define regulatory boundaries and avoid enforcement replacing regulation.