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According to The Block, Bitcoin mining infrastructure company Luxor Technology announced a deepened partnership with MicroBT, committing to invest $100 million in the procurement of WhatsMiner mining machines.As part of the agreement, MicroBT signed a letter of intent to invest in Luxor through its investment management firm Inflection Technology Ltd., with the specific amount undisclosed. In addition, Luxor will support WhatsMiner mining machines through its LuxOS firmware, with new features including power switching completed within 30 to 60 seconds, improved startup speed during power limitation events, and will be rolled out in phases. Mining operators running LuxOS will have access to a complete service system including Luxor mining pool, hash rate derivatives, energy services, and fleet management tools.

Microsoft had evaluated the possibility of acquiring the AI programming tool company Cursor, but ultimately did not proceed with the deal. Subsequently, SpaceX quickly reached an agreement to obtain an option to acquire Cursor at a valuation of $60 billion, with a $10 billion penalty for cancellation if the acquisition is not completed.Cursor is currently an important player in the AI programming sector, benefiting from the strong demand for automated programming tools from developers. Competition in this field has become increasingly fierce, with OpenAI and Anthropic being major players. On the other hand, Microsoft is facing multiple pressures, with its stock price down 10% this year, underperforming its peers in the hyperscale data center sector.

According to Gate market data, U.S. software stocks generally fell before the market opened due to weak earnings reported by IBM. Microsoft fell 1.5%, Adobe fell 2.1%, and CrowdStrike fell 2.4%.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock indices rose before the market opened, with the Nasdaq up 0.51%, the Dow up 0.26%, and the S&P 500 up 0.34%.The seven major tech stocks rose before the market opened, with Apple (AAPL) up 0.22%, Microsoft (MSFT) up 0.74%, Alphabet (GOOGL) up 0.23%, Amazon (AMZN) up 0.53%, Nvidia (NVDA) up 0.43%, Tesla (TSLA) up 0.4%, and Meta (META) up 0.6%.

ChainCatcher reported live that HashKey Group Chairman Xiao Feng shared a keynote speech titled "Innovation of Economic Models for Intelligent Agents—The Fusion Revolution of AI Tokens, Blockchain Tokens, and Fully Homomorphic Encryption" at this year's 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival. He pointed out that the two major business characteristics of blockchain technology are trustlessness and permissionlessness, but public transparency leads to data exposure, making it difficult for compliant institutions like banks to directly go on-chain. With fully homomorphic encryption chips expected to be launched in the second half of this year, achieving performance of about 1000 transactions per second, privacy computing technology is about to reach commercial thresholds.He proposed that the fusion of AI Tokens, blockchain Tokens, zero-knowledge proofs, and fully homomorphic encryption technology is the ultimate form of the intelligent agent economy. He used hospitals as an example: medical data, after being fully homomorphically encrypted, becomes Tokens, and anyone can call the data for computation through the blockchain in a permissionless manner, but cannot access personal privacy information, thus turning hospitals into "Token factories." Individuals can also put their encrypted health check data on-chain, issuing demands to global insurance companies, which can calculate and provide personalized optimal insurance plans in an encrypted state using their actuarial models, eliminating the need for insurance brokers and intermediaries.He specifically corrected a common misunderstanding: AI Tokens are not the currency unit of the intelligent agent economy, but rather the means of production, encompassing everything from electricity, chip computing power, to large models, algorithms, and applications, depicting the production process of intelligent agents. The currency of the intelligent agent economy must be programmable, divisible, and capable of real-time settlement, because when AI Agents call APIs, they may only need a few cents each time, and the costs of existing banking payment systems cannot support such small payments. Digital currency is the "blood" of the intelligent agent economy, and a brand new financial service system designed for machines rather than humans will definitely emerge in the future.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock indices rose before the market opened, with the Nasdaq up 0.31%, the Dow up 0.02%, and the S&P 500 up 0.14%.Most of the seven major tech stocks rose before the market opened, with Apple (AAPL) down 0.15%, Microsoft (MSFT) up 1.54%, Alphabet (GOOGL) up 0.27%, Amazon (AMZN) up 0.12%, Nvidia (NVDA) up 0.41%, Tesla (TSLA) up 0.71%, and Meta (META) up 0.42%.

According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will launch the MSFT USDT perpetual contract on April 20, 2026, at 13:30 (UTC), the AVGO USDT perpetual contract at 13:40 (UTC), and the BABA USDT perpetual contract at 13:50 (UTC).These contracts track the stock prices of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO), and Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) respectively. The above contracts support up to 10x leverage and multi-asset mode.

According to the official announcement, in order to meet the market demand for trading in the AI-related sector of US stocks, Bitget stock contracts have now launched six popular underlying assets: AMD, AMAT, SNDK, STX, LITE, and FLY, covering areas such as chips, semiconductor equipment, and storage. The aforementioned contracts support a maximum leverage of 20 times. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock indexes fell before the market opened, with the Nasdaq down 0.03%, the Dow down 0.13%, and the S&P 500 down 0.05%.The seven major tech stocks showed mixed results before the market opened, with Apple (AAPL) up 0.08%, Microsoft (MSFT) up 0.68%, Alphabet (GOOGL) down 0.29%, Amazon (AMZN) up 0.02%, Nvidia (NVDA) down 0.64%, Tesla (TSLA) down 0.49%, and Meta (META) up 0.14%.

According to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), trader epsteinfiles spent $12,300 betting that MicroStrategy will hold more than 1 million BTC before December 31, 2026. The trader only participates in bets related to MicroStrategy, and all previous bets have been successful.

According to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, trader epsteinfiles spent $12,300 betting that MicroStrategy will hold over 1 million BTC before December 31, 2026.This trader only participates in bets related to MicroStrategy, and all previous bets have been successful.

According to Gate market data, in pre-market trading of US stocks, star technology stocks generally softened, with Micron Technology down 1.7%, Broadcom down 1.5%, and both AMD and NVIDIA down 1.4%.

According to BBX data, the recent global cryptocurrency market's true public disclosures show that the "coin hoarding consensus" among listed companies and the infrastructure of treasury management are steadily advancing. The core data is as follows:$330 million counter-cyclical increase: MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: $MSTR) recently submitted an 8-K filing confirming that it has purchased 4,871 BTC for approximately $330.7 million in cash (average price of about $67,868). Its total holdings have now reached 767,000 BTC, further solidifying its position as the world's largest corporate Bitcoin holder.Breakthrough in corporate treasury infrastructure: Ripple has officially launched the first enterprise treasury management system (TMS) with native digital asset capabilities. This system aims to address the cumbersome processes CFOs face in manual reconciliation and compliance auditing between traditional fiat currencies (connectable to over 500 banks globally) and digital assets.$1.2 billion institutional net inflow: Binance Research's latest market insights show that after experiencing consecutive outflows, the spot Bitcoin ETF recorded a net inflow of $1.2 billion in March, indicating that long-term institutional funds are undergoing structural accumulation of positions.1% treasury allocation bottom line: Charles Schwab's latest research report points out that even if a company or portfolio allocates only 1% to 3% of Bitcoin, its extreme volatility can profoundly reshape the risk exposure of the balance sheet under market pressure.

NASDAQ-listed company AVAX One Technology (AVX) announced the advancement of its AI infrastructure strategy. The company has signed a FEED plan for a 10MW AI/HPC microgrid data center, located in Alberta, Canada, leveraging the local low-cost natural gas power to create a high-cost-performance, scalable dedicated AI computing facility. The project is designed by BlueFlare and is one of the first AI computing centers in the area.At the same time, the company invested less than $500,000 to purchase 220 Bitmain S21 Pro mining machines, increasing Alberta's computing power from 150 PH/s to over 200 PH/s. This move serves as a transitional cash flow source during the construction period of the AI center, achieving a dual-track layout of "mining + AI computing power" to quickly monetize existing power capacity.

According to PR Newswire, Nasdaq-listed company MicroCloud Hologram announced it will invest $400 million to upgrade the Bitcoin protocol to defend against quantum attacks. The company plans to develop a quantum-resistant protocol based on a multi-layer hybrid encryption architecture on top of the existing Bitcoin transaction structure, introducing a parallel verification mechanism for validating post-quantum signature algorithms as well as traditional signature algorithms.Under this framework, users can choose to use both ECDSA and quantum-resistant signature algorithms for dual signing, achieving security redundancy before quantum threats fully materialize. It is reported that this hybrid signing strategy not only enhances the system's resistance to attacks but also provides ample transition time for network upgrades, avoiding systemic risks associated with a one-time replacement.

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.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks closed on Monday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average initially rising by 0.1%, the S&P 500 index falling by 0.39%, and the Nasdaq falling by 0.73%. Micron Technology fell by 9.8%, Nvidia fell by 1%, SanDisk fell by 7%, and Intel fell by over 4%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index closed down by 0.35%, NIO rose by 3.8%, and iQIYI rose by 5.8%.

According to Jinshi reports, U.S. memory stocks generally fell, with Micron Technology down 5.28%, SanDisk down 2.7%, and Seagate down 4.4%.