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Forbes has released the 39th edition of the Global Billionaires List, with the number of billionaires surpassing 3000 for the first time, reaching 3028 people, and a total wealth of $16.1 trillion, an increase of $2 trillion from last year. According to the list, 15 billionaires have a net worth exceeding $100 billion, with Elon Musk regaining the title of world's richest man with $342 billion, followed closely by Mark Zuckerberg ($216 billion) and Jeff Bezos ($215 billion). In addition, a total of 16 cryptocurrency billionaires made the list, with a total wealth of over 164 billion US dollars and an average net worth of 6.8 billion US dollars. Among them, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng became the world's richest cryptocurrency tycoon with $63 billion. In addition, Tether's CFO Giancarlo Devasini ranks second with $22.4 billion, and Tether related companies JL van der Velde, Paolo Ardoino, and Stuart Hoegner also make it onto the list. Cryptocurrency exchange founders hold important positions, including Coinbase co founders Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam, Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and Tron founder Justin Sun. Other names on the list include Chris Larsen from Ripple, Jed McCaleb from Stellar, investor Tim Draper, and Michael Saylor, founder of Microstrategy. Saylor's company holds 528185 bitcoins, while individuals hold 17732 bitcoins, and their encrypted assets have significantly improved their wealth ranking. Previously, according to the 2025 Hurun Global Rich List, Musk remained the world's richest man, while Zhao Changpeng continued to be the richest person in the cryptocurrency field with a wealth of 160 billion yuan.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), TIS, Ava Labs, and Fireblocks have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly explore the future commercialization and application of stablecoins. According to the agreement, all parties will collaborate to develop a framework for the issuance and circulation of stablecoins, with a focus on researching technical, regulatory, and market infrastructure needs. This discussion is not limited to pilot projects, but will also clarify the specific usage scenarios of stablecoins in commercial applications. In addition, the collaboration will explore the potential applications of stablecoins as settlement tools, including for tokenizing financial assets and settling actual assets such as government and corporate bonds, real estate.

On April 2nd, according to The Block, Elon Musk's social media platform X has filed a request with the US Supreme Court to prevent law enforcement agencies from forcing companies (such as cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase) to hand over users' financial data. In a friend of the court opinion submitted to the Supreme Court last Friday, X Corp. stated that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had obtained Coinbase's three-year trading records through subpoenas without a search warrant, involving over 14000 customers of the exchange, including the trading records of petitioner James Harper. Social media giant X, along with seven other research institutions and advocacy organizations, has jointly questioned the use of so-called 'suspectionless subpoenas', arguing that such demands violate users' privacy rights. X Company claims that the US Internal Revenue Service "obtained a large number of Coinbase user records through mass subpoenas without specific suspicion," thereby violating Harper's Fourth Amendment rights to the US Constitution.

Odaily Planet Daily News: IG analysts stated in a report that if the US announces tariffs early tonight and trade policies remain unclear, risk asset prices may further decline. They stated that investors are still "deeply uncertain about the scope, scale, and objectives of these measures. The lack of transparency has exacerbated investor anxiety, pushing gold prices to record highs." The United States is facing factors such as a slowdown in manufacturing, rising inflationary pressures, and weak consumer spending, which have complicated the role of the Federal Reserve. The global market is currently in a stagnant state, but once the tariff policy is announced, it will face "significant fluctuations", and the stock market, foreign exchange market, and commodity market may experience significant fluctuations. (Golden Ten)