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According to BBX data, several listed companies disclosed their latest reserve actions yesterday, with the core dynamics as follows:Tron Inc. (NASDAQ: TRON) announced that it increased its holdings of 154,494 TRX tokens at an average price of $0.3236 yesterday, further raising the total amount of TRX in its treasury to over 693.3 million tokens.The Jupiter Strategic Reserve Trust, Jupiter Litterbox Trust, increased its holdings by 211,474 JUP yesterday, valued at approximately $36,000. This month, it has accumulated a total purchase of 9,405,535 JUP, valued at about $1.63 million. As of now, its total purchases amount to 113,508,785 tokens, valued at approximately $19.76 million.Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer (NASDAQ: BTDR) released the latest data on its Bitcoin holdings. As of the week of April 24, the Bitcoin mining output was 185.7 Bitcoins, but the same amount was sold during the same period, resulting in a net addition of 0 Bitcoins, and it currently maintains zero Bitcoin holdings.

According to The Block, AWS Marketplace has integrated data services such as Chainlink's Data Feeds, Data Streams, and Proof of Reserve, supporting developers in connecting AWS's computing, storage, database, and API capabilities with blockchain smart contracts.AWS stated that the Chainlink oracle infrastructure provides a secure two-way connection between AWS resources and on-chain smart contracts, making it easier for institutions to develop applications that interact with tokenized assets and smart contracts in a familiar AWS environment.

According to PR Newswire, Valour, a subsidiary of DeFi Technologies, has secured approximately $11 million in institutional investment to purchase its Hedera (HBAR) related ETP products, with about $10 million corresponding to products listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and about $1 million corresponding to Valour Hedera SEK listed on the Swedish Spotlight Exchange.DeFi Technologies stated that these two transactions were facilitated by its Abu Dhabi seminar, reflecting the growing institutional demand for gaining exposure to Hedera through regulated exchange-traded products and supporting its asset management growth in the German market.

According to The Block, Thom Tillis, a key negotiator for the U.S. Senate Banking Committee and a Republican senator from North Carolina, stated that the committee is unlikely to schedule a hearing to revise and vote on the cryptocurrency market structure bill within April.The main disagreement in the current legislation centers on how to handle rewards for stablecoins. The existing draft proposes to prohibit rewards for idle stablecoin accounts but allows earnings from trading activities; banking representatives are concerned that such earnings will attract deposits away from traditional banks, while cryptocurrency companies argue that limiting rewards will hinder innovation. Tillis suggested that the committee postpone the review until May.Previously, Senator Bernie Moreno warned that if the bill fails to pass before May, "digital asset legislation will not advance in the foreseeable future."

According to Crypto In America, the U.S. CLARITY Act has entered a critical negotiation period this week, and whether it will receive the long-awaited committee review in April or be postponed until May will depend on recent progress. The Senate Banking Committee will focus on the confirmation hearing of Federal Reserve Chair nominee Kevin Walsh at the beginning of the week. After that, the committee must decide by Friday whether to notify the review of the bill in order to hold a vote in the week of April 27.The banking group represented by the North Carolina Bankers Association is lobbying against the stablecoin yield restriction provisions in the bill, urging members to call Senator Thom Tillis's office to request amendments. It is reported that industry groups are also reaching out to other committee members.After more than two months of negotiations, crypto companies and banks reached a compromise at the end of last month, which the crypto industry is generally satisfied with. However, after the White House Council of Economic Advisers report downplayed the risks of stablecoin yields to the banking system, calls for amendments from the banking side have intensified.Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council, criticized banks on the X platform for "further lobbying out of greed or ignorance." Senator Tillis proposed holding an in-person "crypto carnival" meeting, but this may extend the timeline. He emphasized that there are still issues to negotiate but expressed optimism about scheduling the review in the coming weeks.In addition to yield issues, the bill also needs to address ethical and DeFi-related provisions. This week's progress will determine the fate of the bill, and the market is highly attentive.

According to PR Newswire, Bitcoin mining company Ionic Digital announced a mining output of 28.05 BTC in March, a month-on-month decrease of 14.9%, with an average daily hash rate of 2.04 EH/s, a month-on-month decrease of 19.4%.In terms of assets, Ionic Digital stated that the company still maintains a zero-debt structure as of now, and did not sell any Bitcoin in March. As of March 31, the total Bitcoin holdings increased to 2815.6 BTC, an increase of approximately 28.2 BTC compared to the previous month.

The Ethereum NFT marketplace Foundation has officially announced its permanent closure. Founder Kayvon Tehranian posted on X stating that the original plan was to sell the platform to a buyer interested in continuing operations, but the deal ultimately fell through, and the company deemed it not worth searching for other buyers. The platform's infrastructure has been shut down, with no plans for relaunch.In January of this year, Tehranian transferred ownership of Foundation to the digital art display company BlackDove, at the time calling this move a step for the platform's long-term development. However, BlackDove only conducted a full due diligence after completing the operational handover and ultimately determined that building a proprietary marketplace was more feasible, leading to the termination of the collaboration.Since its launch, Foundation has facilitated approximately $230 million in primary sales and has hosted iconic auctions featuring artists such as Jen Stark, James Jean, and Edward Snowden. This closure has once again raised questions about the permanence of NFTs hosted on centralized infrastructure.

Binance announced today that as part of the merchant partner review, Binance Pay has terminated support for payment functionality on the RedotPay platform as of April 3, 2026.The announcement emphasized that other services of Binance Pay are unaffected, and users can still transfer cryptocurrency to friends and family via email, phone number, or Binance ID (UID), and can use cryptocurrency payments at over 21 million merchants worldwide, including national QR code networks in multiple countries.Binance stated that it will continue to expand new merchant partners to provide users with more options.

The ETH/BTC exchange rate has risen to a 10-week high, with Ethereum's recent performance outperforming Bitcoin. This ratio has broken through the resistance level of a downward trend line since 2025 and is above the 50-day and 100-day exponential moving averages.XWIN Research points out that the employee statement released by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission explains that DeFi front-end and wallet interfaces do not need to register as broker-dealers under conditions such as non-custodial and neutral fee structures, which has boosted Ethereum's strength. On-chain data shows an upward trend in active addresses, and the Coinbase premium gap is also improving, indicating that U.S. institutional demand is recovering.Enterprise-level accumulation is accelerating, with Bitmine increasing its holdings by 279,000 ETH in the past 30 days, currently holding 4.87 million ETH, accounting for over 4% of the circulating supply. In the futures market, global ETH open interest has reached $16.37 billion, with the funding rate still negative, indicating that shorts are dominant. However, open interest on Binance has increased by 10.47% to $6.04 billion, and the funding rate has turned positive, creating an extreme imbalance between global shorts and Binance longs.

According to Bloomberg, Carlyle Group raised $1.5 billion in the first round of fundraising for its newly established asset-backed investment fund, as the private equity giant continues to expand its credit business.Pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and other institutional investors participated in the fund—Carlyle Asset-Backed Income Fund. Unlike most fixed-term credit funds, this fund will adopt a "perpetual" structure with no set expiration date. The individual requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the information.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee posted a video on the X platform showing that Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin stated in an interview that after communicating with Michael Saylor, he found that the Ethereum treasury strategy could perform better than Strategy.Lubin pointed out that using Bitmine's model as an example, by allocating 100% of funds to ETH and participating fully in staking, compound growth can be achieved from day one. Compared to simply holding Bitcoin, Ethereum can also drive the balance sheet from a "holding" type to a "revenue + allocation" type through staking rewards and a multi-layer return mechanism within the ecosystem.

The oracle service Pyth announced the official launch of the Pyth Data Marketplace and has gained support from six major financial institutions as data publishers. The institutions joining include Euronext, Exchange Data International, Fidelity Investments, OTC Markets Group, SGX's FX data business, and Tradeweb. These institutions previously distributed data primarily through traditional data vendors and proprietary terminals.The Pyth Data Marketplace allows institutions to distribute various proprietary data, including macroeconomic indicators, over-the-counter (OTC) pricing, and foreign exchange benchmarks, while retaining ownership, pricing rights, and attribution rights of the data.

Former Goldman Sachs executive, author of "Global Macro Investor," and co-founder and CEO of Real Vision Raoul Pal stated on social media, "The ETH/BTC exchange rate has become very interesting now, consistent with the trends of the business cycle (ISM rising) and increasing liquidity. From a long-term chart perspective, the trend remains very constructive. Since 2017, ETH has largely maintained its value relative to BTC; if this chart continues to develop along the current trend, ETH should outperform BTC over time.This is also intuitively reasonable: as a smart contract platform, ETH's total addressable market (TAM) is fundamentally different from the 'store of value' property of BTC. BTC primarily carries the total savings value, while ETH can carry the value of economic activity itself. Because of this difference, the dominance of smart contracts relative to BTC will continue to rise over time."

Tether is pushing investors to participate in a new round of financing at an estimated valuation of about $500 billion. If market demand does not meet expectations, the fundraising process may be delayed.Reports indicate that the company has been exploring financing plans since last year, but some investors are cautious about the valuation. If this valuation is achieved, Tether's size will surpass most U.S. banks, second only to JPMorgan Chase. Previously, the company discussed raising about $15 billion to $20 billion through private placements, but the related plans still carry uncertainty.

Renowned on-chain detective ZachXBT has once again criticized Circle, stating that the Drift hacking incident occurred during U.S. trading hours, with millions of USDC transferred from Solana to Ethereum via CCTP (Circle's cross-chain protocol), while Circle remained inactive and took no action.A few days ago, Circle casually froze at least 16 corporate hot wallets, which are still slowly being unfrozen. ZachXBT concluded, "Circle is the bad actor in this industry."

An executive from Bithumb stated that they will "focus on preparing for an IPO by 2027." CFO Jeong Sang-gyun mentioned at the company's annual shareholders' meeting that Bithumb is "strengthening accounting policies and internal controls" after signing an IPO consulting contract with Samjong KPMG. Previously, Bithumb had planned to go public in 2025.At the shareholders' meeting, CEO Lee Jae-won was re-elected for another two years. During his tenure, Bithumb faced a six-month operational suspension and a $24 million fine from South Korean regulators for allegedly violating anti-money laundering regulations.Additionally, another major exchange in South Korea, Upbit's operator Dunamu, also plans to conduct an IPO after completing a stock swap with Naver Financial, expected to take place in September.

The first batch of issuer licenses in Hong Kong was originally scheduled to be issued in March 2026, but it has not materialized as planned. A spokesperson for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) responded that the HKMA is fully committed to advancing the licensing process and will make announcements to the public at the appropriate time.Regarding who will obtain the first batch of stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong, the market has previously focused on two major Hong Kong dollar issuing banks, HSBC and Standard Chartered. HSBC has not publicly disclosed whether it has submitted an application for a stablecoin license. However, as early as mid-January this year, there were rumors in the market that HSBC had a good chance of obtaining the first batch of licenses. Currently, there is no clear official disclosure on why the issuance of stablecoin licenses has been delayed beyond the anticipated timeline.Individuals close to the stablecoin license applications revealed that the HKMA has been in close contact with the first batch of potential compliant licensees, and there are still proposed amendments regarding the issuance matters. In addition, the second batch of compliant stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong is also in the application process. Reliable sources indicate that Futu Securities and OSL Group are strong contenders for the second batch of licenses.

Microsoft announced on Monday the launch of two new features for Copilot Researcher—Critique and Council—combining OpenAI's GPT with Anthropic's Claude for the same research task.Critique adopts a sequential collaboration model: GPT is responsible for planning the research, retrieving information, and generating the first draft, while Claude serves as a strict reviewer, checking the accuracy of facts and the quality of citations; Council allows both models to independently generate reports in parallel, with a third referee model comparing differences and summarizing discrepancies.In the DRACO benchmark test covering 100 complex research tasks across 10 fields including healthcare, law, and technology, Copilot equipped with Critique scored 57.4 points, leading the second place by nearly 14%, far surpassing Claude Opus running alone with a score of 42.7 points.