ERCOT warns Texas's power demand may quadruple by 2032, driven by AI data centers and population growth, potentially requiring capacity equivalent to 300 new nuclear reactors. Major tech companies are adopting self-supply models with long-term power agreements, while challenges like grid capacity and costs remain.

The BNB Foundation completed its 35th token burn, destroying 1.569 million BNB and reducing the total supply to approximately 134.8 million BNB. The goal is to lower the supply to 100 million BNB, supporting the ecosystem's long-term health.

From 2026-04-15 19:30 to 19:45 (UTC), the BTC price fluctuated between 74,706.2 and 75,276.9 USDT. Within 15 minutes, the return reached +0.46%, and the range was 0.76%. Trading activity in the market for this window was active: spot trading volume rose 18% compared with the previous hour’s average. Volatility increased in the short term, and overall market attention improved. The main drivers behind this abnormal move are the short-term amplification of spot market trading volume and the coordinated increase in long positions in the derivatives market. Derivatives futures open interest (Open Interest) during this period, on a month-over-month basis,

2026-04-15 14:30 to 2026-04-15 14:45 (UTC), the BTC price’s return over 15 minutes was -0.62%. The quoted range was 73,905.4 to 74,448.0 USDT, with a swing of 0.73%. Market volatility quickly intensified, drawing widespread attention from investors, and short-term trading activity became active. The main driver behind this unusual movement was BTC net inflows to exchanges. On-chain data shows that during this period, about 6 BTC ($420,690) moved into exchanges, combined with the fact that the market’s overall order book depth has been continuing since February

From 13:30 to 13:45 (UTC) on 2026-04-15, ETH recorded a -0.60% return at a short-term high, and the price fluctuated within 2317.79 - 2333.92 USDT, with an amplitude reaching 0.69%. In the preceding 24 hours, ETH had risen strongly, with the highest gain reaching 9.5%, and market attention noticeably heated up. The negative return during this period reflects a rapid shift in local sentiment in the high-price area. The main driver behind this move is long liquidation profit-taking in the derivatives market and partial deleveraging (cutting) of local leveraged funds. In the ETH futures market over the past 24 hours, the shorts

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has proposed a governance plan locking 62.2 billion WLFI tokens for two years, with different vesting schedules for advisors and early supporters. This aims to enhance long-term governance in DeFi and includes a token burn requirement.

Gate News, according to Gate’s official announcement Gate’s Yuebi Bao launches an ETH 7-day term wealth management product with an additional rewards pool. Subscription users can enjoy a 10% annualized return bonus. This rewards pool cumulatively provides 500,000 OFC in additional rewards, using a first-come, first-served mechanism. The additional rewards will be distributed to users’ accounts on a daily basis in the form of an equivalent amount of OFC. The platform has an overall cap on the total activity rewards and a limit on the maximum amount each individual user can receive.

Copper prices rose as traders reacted to U.S.-Iran peace talks, reversing a six-week decline. Improved market sentiment, driven by increased Chinese demand and easing inflation fears, suggests long-term growth in copper demand, particularly from AI data centers.

Gate News message, according to Gate’s official announcement on April 15, 2026 Gate launches a “Crazy Wednesday” campaign, running from April 15, 2026 at 14:00 to April 19, 2026 at 16:00 (UTC+8). Users complete multiple tasks to unlock mystery boxes, with a chance to win XRP tokens and Glenfiddich whisky. The mystery box tasks include multiple categories such as flash swaps, spot, and futures trading, as well as top-ups, invitations, and VIP upgrades, and each tier corresponds to a different number of mystery box openings. Campaign Two launches a USDT wealth-management product, with a 14-day fixed-term annualized yield of 6%. New users can also participate in a 3-day product offering 100% annualized yield. In addition, Yu’e Bao also offers multi-currency wealth-management options such as USAT, USDD, 0G, and APT, with annualized returns of up to 300%. Campaign Three introduces a boosted rewards policy for staking users, offering up to a 16% annualized return for staking BTC, ETH, and SOL; for SOL staking, staking 0–1 coins can yield up to 16% annualized.

Gate News message, according to the Gate official announcement on April 15, 2026 Gate will list Genius Foundation (UTC+8)GENIUS(GENIUS perpetuity contract spot trading at 10:30 )UTC+8 on April 15, 2026. It supports USDT settlement, with a leverage ratio of 1–20x. At the same time, it will launch GENIUS unified account lending and borrowing, isolated-position leverage trading pairs, as well as GENIUS spare-coin wealth management, demand-deposit collateralized lending, and fixed-term collateralized lending. 1 hour after the GENIUS spot trading goes live, Gate will sequentially launch the GENIUS fast swap feature and the DCA function. The fast swap feature supports exchanging GENIUS for USDT or other supported tokens, while the DCA function supports choosing multiple intervals, such as hourly and daily. In addition, within 1 hour after the perpetual contract goes live, copy trading and trading bot services will be opened.