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Sky announced that it is building Laniakea, a standardized infrastructure framework for institutional-level capital deployment, for its Sky Agent Network.Currently, Sky Protocol manages over $11 billion in USDS circulation and generates returns through strategies such as DeFi lending, private credit, and compliant real-world assets. Laniakea will serve as the underlying infrastructure to enhance the scalability and efficiency of capital allocation, further advancing on-chain finance towards institutional levels. The project aims to address the current issue of over $300 billion in idle stablecoins and the lack of unified infrastructure.Laniakea will achieve standardization from four dimensions: smart contracts, risk and governance, data infrastructure, and legal compliance, allowing new capital products to avoid redundant construction of underlying frameworks, thus enabling modular expansion and scalable deployment. At the same time, through unified risk measurement and loss layering mechanisms, it ensures that risks are transparent and responsibilities are clear.Under this framework, Sky Agents (Primes) will develop investment strategies and compete for capital allocation based on unified standards, while specific products (Halos) will quickly land based on shared infrastructure. Laniakea will also encode the entire protocol's operational status in a machine-readable manner, providing a foundation for AI-driven real-time risk control and capital scheduling.As the capital scale expands and returns increase, Sky expects to strengthen the value capture capability of the SKY token through buyback and staking mechanisms.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $435 million, with long positions liquidated at $288 million and short positions liquidated at $146 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $113 million, Bitcoin short positions at $52.1323 million, Ethereum long positions at $98.6102 million, and Ethereum short positions at $52.2739 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 108,237 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Binance - ETHUSDT worth $11.9852 million.

According to CoinGlass data, the total liquidation amount in the cryptocurrency market in the past 24 hours reached $450 million, with long positions liquidated at $281 million and short positions liquidated at $169 million.The liquidation amount for BTC reached $167 million, and for ETH, it was $161 million. In the past 24 hours, a total of 110,130 people were liquidated, with the largest single liquidation occurring on the ETH-USDT trading pair on Binance, valued at $11.9852 million.

According to PR Newswire, BitMine increased its holdings by 101,901 Ethereum last week, marking the highest weekly purchase volume since the week of December 15, 2025. As of April 26, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,078,386, accounting for approximately 4.21% of the total Ethereum supply.Currently, the total value of the cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investment assets held by BitMine is approximately $13.3 billion, which includes $940 million in cash, 200 Bitcoins, $200 million in equity assets from Beast Industries, and a $91 million investment in Eightco Holdings (ORBS). Additionally, it has staked 3,701,589 Ethereum (73% of total holdings), valued at approximately $8.8 billion, with a current annualized staking yield of about $264 million.BitMine Chairman Tom Lee stated that the company's ETH holdings surpassed 5 million this week, achieving this accumulation in just 10 months, and has completed 84% of its goal to hold 5% of the total ETH supply. Tom Lee noted that multiple research reports suggest ETH is gradually becoming a "store of value" asset and will be used as collateral in digital asset financial transactions. Since the outbreak of the U.S.-Iran war, ETH has outperformed the S&P 500 by 1,696 basis points, making it one of the best-performing assets globally (second only to crude oil).He also pointed out that Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual drivers of Wall Street's on-chain tokenization and the growing demand for public neutral blockchains from AI intelligent systems, indicating that this round of the crypto winter has entered its final phase.

Tether announced the launch of the Mining Development Kit (MDK). MDK is an open-source, full-stack development framework designed to provide Bitcoin miners and developers with unified control over their entire infrastructure stack.MDK adopts an open modular architecture and Agnostic interface, combining a JavaScript backend SDK and a React UI component library to replace the closed proprietary systems that have led to fragmented mining operations over the years. The framework is suitable for all users, from home miners to gigawatt-scale mining farms, supporting Windows, macOS, and Linux, and capable of avoiding vendor lock-in. MDK includes a standalone core layer (MDK Core) and a UI development kit, enabling rapid development of operational dashboards, automated workflows, mining pool management tools, and analytics pipelines.Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that MDK will provide the infrastructure support for the next generation of Bitcoin mining focused on automation and optimization. Previously, Tether had open-sourced its mining operating system MOS.

According to official news, Strategy increased its holdings by 3,273 BTC at an average price of approximately $77,906 last week, with a total value of about $255 million. The BTC return since the beginning of 2026 has reached 9.6%.As of April 26, 2026, Strategy holds a total of 818,334 BTC, with a total purchase cost of approximately $61.81 billion, at an average price of about $75,537.

According to GMGN monitoring, the Meme coin ASTEROID on the Solana chain surged by 30% within 1 hour, reaching a market capitalization of 7 million USD, with a 24-hour increase of 160% and a trading volume of 5.2 million USD during the same period. This token has been online for 10 days, and this morning it briefly rose above 9 million USD.In addition, the same narrative Meme coin ASTEROID on the Ethereum chain maintains a high market capitalization, currently reported at 129 million USD, with a 24-hour decrease of 13.3% and a trading volume of 19 million USD during the same period.ChainCatcher reminds users that Meme coin trading is highly volatile, largely relying on market sentiment and speculative concepts, and has no actual value or use case. Investors should be aware of the risks.

According to official news, B.AI has made several advancements this week in product iteration and ecological layout: the BAIclaw landing page has undergone a complete visual and interactive renewal, and the website's multilingual support has expanded to 10 languages, further solidifying its global usability; in terms of infrastructure, strategic partnerships with Biconomy, MoonPay, and Pundi X have significantly optimized the Web3 payment link, greatly lowering the entry barrier for users. Meanwhile, B.AI's multi-chain LLM service continues to evolve, covering intelligent search, boundaryless mode, and memory functions, with significantly enhanced interactive performance. In the future, with the upcoming subscription system, points incentive mechanism, and core Skills like "Sun Yuchen Brain," B.AI is accelerating the construction of a fully functional intelligent ecological matrix, relying on the deep integration of AI Agent and Web3.

According to a report from CoinShares' research department, digital asset investment products recorded a net inflow of $1.2 billion this week, marking the fourth consecutive week of positive inflows. Total assets under management (AuM) rose to $155 billion, the highest level since February 1. Among them, Bitcoin led with an inflow of $933 million, bringing the year-to-date total inflow to $4 billion; Ethereum saw inflows of over $190 million for the third consecutive week; XRP returned to net inflow after a week of outflows.Regionally, the United States dominated this week's inflows ($1.1 billion), while Germany, Switzerland, and Canada also recorded positive inflows, indicating a broadening demand. Additionally, blockchain stock ETFs have cumulatively attracted $617 million over the past three weeks, setting a record for weekly inflows, reflecting growing interest from institutional investors in this sector. The market is currently focused on the FOMC meeting on April 28-29, which may create some disturbances in short-term sentiment.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $293 million, with long positions liquidated at $123 million and short positions liquidated at $170 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $38.2742 million, Bitcoin short positions at $56.7637 million, Ethereum long positions at $40.334 million, and Ethereum short positions at $70.7189 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 87,041 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Binance - ETHUSDT worth $11.9852 million.

According to Arkham monitoring, "Brother Magi" is currently long on $44.2 million BTC and $41.8 million ETH on-chain, totaling $86 million. In the past 6 months, he has incurred a loss of $73.44 million trading cryptocurrencies.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $242 million, with long positions liquidated at approximately $103 million and short positions liquidated at approximately $139 million. Among them, Bitcoin liquidations were about $78.37 million, and Ethereum liquidations were about $85.78 million.

According to Coinglass data, Binance had a net inflow of 40.2876 million USDT in the past hour.

According to Jinshi reports, Allianz Chief Economic Advisor Mohamed A. El-Erian stated that the price shocks caused by the Middle East war have pushed market expectations toward an environment of "interest rates remaining at higher levels for a longer period," affecting almost all systemically important central banks, with the sole exception being the Bank of Japan. He pointed out that the current situation, accompanied by negative demand shocks from "second-round effects," poses a potential risk of spreading to financial instability, highlighting the uncertainty of the outlook.

According to Jinshi reports, Danske Bank analyst Asger Wilhelm Dalsjo stated in a report that as the Middle East conflict enters its ninth week, central banks will assess its current impact and future expectations. This week, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of Canada, the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and the European Central Bank will hold policy meetings. The analyst said, "This week, monetary policy decisions will become the main driving force for the market." It is expected that the aforementioned five central banks will keep interest rates unchanged, but their assessments of the economic impact of the Middle East conflict will be closely monitored.

Issue 9 of BALLS has officially launched, with a winning rate of 5.8%, a launch price of 0.151 USDT, a new issuance yield of 51%, and an overall capital yield of about 3%. There is no lock-up period after the asset settlement for this issue of BALLS; the funds will be available as spot immediately, allowing users to choose to sell or withdraw instantly.Issue 10 of ASTEROID will officially open for subscription today at 16:00 and will end on April 29 at 16:00. This issue continues the multi-currency participation mechanism, allowing users to participate in the subscription using JU / USDT / BTC / ETH, with the platform uniformly converting and allocating based on U. A dynamic winning rate model will be introduced in this round; for every increase of 5,000,000 USDT in the raised amount, the winning rate will increase by 0.2%. Successfully inviting friends to participate can share a token reward of up to 20% of the final issuance amount.

According to SoSoValue data, the net inflow for Bitcoin spot ETFs during the last trading week (Eastern Time from April 20 to April 24) was $824 million.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest net inflow last week was BlackRock ETF IBIT, with a weekly net inflow of $733 million, bringing IBIT's historical total net inflow to $65.37 billion. The second was Ark & 21Shares ETF ARKB, with a weekly net inflow of $59.6 million, and ARKB's historical total net inflow currently stands at $1.610 billion.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest net outflow last week was Grayscale Bitcoin Trust GBTC, with a weekly net outflow of $59.01 million, and GBTC's historical total net outflow has reached $26.22 billion.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is $102.64 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (market cap relative to total Bitcoin market cap) of 6.60%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $58.23 billion.

According to SoSoValue data, last week's trading day saw a net inflow of $9.44 million for the SOL spot ETF.The SOL spot ETF with the highest net inflow last week was the Bitwise ETF BSOL, with a weekly net inflow of $6.2 million, bringing BSOL's historical total net inflow to $825 million. Following that is the Fidelity ETF FSOL, with a weekly net inflow of $2.8 million, and FSOL's historical total net inflow currently stands at $158 million. As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of the SOL spot ETFs is $883 million, with an ETF net asset ratio (market cap relative to total SOL market cap) of 1.77%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $1.02 billion.

According to SoSoValue data, last week's trading day (Eastern Time) saw a net inflow of $15.74 million for the XRP spot ETF.The XRP spot ETF with the highest net inflow last week was the Bitwise ETF XRP, with a weekly net inflow of $8.86 million, bringing the total historical net inflow for XRP to $426 million. Following that was the Franklin ETF XRPZ, with a weekly net inflow of $4.66 million, currently totaling $349 million in historical net inflow for XRPZ. As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of the XRP spot ETF is $1.1 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (market cap relative to total XRP market cap) of 1.23%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $1.29 billion.