S&P 500 e-mini futures and Nasdaq 100 futures fell in overnight trading after President Trump's 9 PM ET Wednesday address on Iran did not deliver the ceasefire signal markets had expected. Futures dropped as much as 1.3% for the S&P 500 and 1.6% for the Nasdaq, while Brent crude rebounded about 4.8% to near $106 a barrel as investors rotated toward traditional havens.

SpaceX has reportedly filed a confidential IPO draft with the U.S. SEC, with Bloomberg and CNBC saying the reports were published April 1, 2026. The company is said to be targeting a valuation above $1.75 trillion and raising as much as $75 billion, though AP News described a possible $75 billion raise at about a $1.5 trillion valuation.

On April 2, Binance announced a national program in Ukraine called the Digital Resilience Lab to support local Web3 projects through grants, mentorship, and ecosystem access. The initiative includes a grant pool of up to $500,000, with leading teams eligible for up to $25,000 each, and is open to students, veterans, and entrepreneurs.

Drift Protocol on Solana lost about $285 million in an exploit, including stablecoins such as Circle's USDC. ZachXBT said Circle failed to freeze $230 million USDC that was bridged from Solana to Ethereum via CCTP and claimed it had roughly six hours to act. Multiple protocols reportedly paused activity after the incident, while Circle's CRCL stock extended a decline with MFI falling to 19 and BBP indicating seller dominance.

Ethereum recorded a new quarterly high of 200.4 million transactions in Q1 2026, up about 43% versus the prior quarter. Daily activity peaked at 2.897 million transactions on February 7, 2026, then eased to about 2.363 million by April 2. The quarter's rise coincided with 12.6 million active addresses between January 1 and March 31 and an Ethereum stablecoin market cap near $164.4 billion.

Drift Protocol suspended deposits and withdrawals after an exploit drained about $280 million via admin-level access. The Solana-based DEX said the attacker took over Security Council permissions using pre-approved transactions, then removed withdrawal limits and added a malicious asset. The incident underscores how governance, multisig approvals, and signing workflows can become key DeFi attack surfaces.

Ripio founder and CEO Sebastián Serrano argues that tokenization delivers the most value when applied to already-liquid, high-demand assets such as US dollars, government bonds and major financial instruments. He says USD-backed stablecoins succeeded because they upgraded existing rails where trillions already move, while pilots for tokenized Treasury bills, currencies and stocks follow the same logic. By contrast, he contends that illiquid, bespoke assets like many NFTs and niche RWAs struggle to generate deep markets, reliable collateral use and broad network effects.

Hyperliquid's HYPE fell below $35, dropping 6.5% over 24 hours after a $376 million token unlock added fresh selling pressure. The unlock equaled 2.39% of circulating supply, while open interest climbed to $1.56 billion and traders watched support near $33 with resistance at $40–$43.