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Michael Saylor hinted at a new BTC purchase announcement from Strategy
Strategy founder Michael Saylor posted again related to Bitcoin Tracker and wrote: "₿ack to Work." Based on past practice, Strategy usually reveals details of new BTC purchases on the second day after such posts.

F2Pool Co-Founder Van Chun Opposes “Political Compromises” in BTC Protocol Updates
F2Pool co-founder Van Chun wrote on X that protocol updates for BTC should not be pushed through packages similar to American “consolidated bills,” and cited this as one of the reasons for his disagreement with BIP-110 and BIP-54. According to him, the Timewarp issue has long been known and almost provides no advantage to miners, and the acceleration of block verification has already been provided by libsecp256k1 and hardware updates without any changes to the protocol. He added that scenarios involving “fake

The mechanisms of the landing DeFi protocol Aave version V3 prevented the formation of hopeless debts, but this was accompanied by significant losses for borrowers. This conclusion was reached by analysts at the Bank of Canada.
According to the study, from January 27, 2023, to May 6, 2025, Aave V3 did not record a single case of loan default. This was made possible thanks to the over-collateralization model and automatic liquidations.
Typically, smart contracts close positions before the collateral value drops below the debt amount. This helps protect lenders from losses.

Shanghai Approves 10 Support Measures for the Gaming Industry and Esports, Including AI and Blockchain
The Shanghai authorities have announced a package of 10 measures to support the gaming industry and esports, including assistance to companies in implementing large language models of AI, blockchain, big data, and cloud technologies. The city also plans to promote blockchain for registration and protection of copyright, as well as for transactions and settlements, and to encourage partnerships between game studios and electronics manufacturers to develop games across different devices.

💰Why won’t there be an altseason without venture capital?💸
In the crypto community, it’s common to blame venture funds for all problems, but the plain truth is: an altseason is impossible without their capital.
It’s VC money that pays salaries, operational costs, and market-making. Without this support, the alt market would turn into a desert.
💡 The Multiplier Effect
The main value of venture investments is that each $1 influx scales market capitalization exponentially.
Example with BTC: In 2021, Bank of America calculated that an inflow of just $93 million moved Bitcoin’s market cap by $

Mining company Riot Platforms sold 3,778 BTC for $289.5 million in the first three months of 2026. The average sale price was $76 626 per coin.
In the quarter, the company mined 1,473 BTC — 4% less than the same period in 2025 (1,530 BTC). It still manages 15,680 BTC worth $1.1 billion.
Despite the decline in mining output, Riot's capacity has expanded. The deployed hash rate increased by 26% year-over-year — to 42.5 EH/s. The average operational metric grew by 23%, reaching 36.4 EH/s.

🍿 ZachXBT has heavily criticized Circle, stating that the company has been failing its own "compliance" for years — since 2022, there have been at least 15 incidents with losses exceeding $420 million, where Circle could have frozen the stolen USDC but responded too late or did nothing at all.
The main example is the recent Drift Protocol hack: the hacker quietly withdrew $230 million in USDC through the Circle bridge over six hours, while the company took no action.
ZachXBT also reminded of similar delays after the Nomad Bridge and Mango Markets hacks, noting that even Tether usually react

💀 Manipulators made nearly $3,000,000 on XPL.
➠ Seven accounts were created on Hyperliquid with about $1.85 million to pump up the token price #XPL.
➠ They massively opened longs, artificially raising the price and creating the illusion of strong demand.
➠ At the peak of the movement, $4.63 million was withdrawn from the exchange. The total scheme profit was about $2.78 million.
➠ Then, positions were intentionally driven to liquidation through the HLP mechanism, causing the Hyperliquid liquidity pool to incur a loss of approximately $600k.
➠ Analysts also detected similar activity on #ASTER,

🤔 Cathy Wood: The 85% drop in BTC is a thing of the past.
ARK Invest CEO believes that the era of major corrections for Bitcoin has ended – it is no longer an experiment but a proven technology and a new asset class.
➠ The current correction from the ATH is about $126k – approximately 52% (, historically it has reached up to ~80-85%), and if this is the bottom, such a scale of decline can already be considered a “victory.”
➠ Meanwhile, some analysts consider the bottom around ~$34,000 (—72% from the ATH).
➠ The market consensus remains higher – $40-50k.
At the same time, April has historicall

🧐 Grayscale analysts believe that now could be a good time to buy altcoins.
➥ In March, the S&P 500 decreased by ~5%, while the crypto market, on the contrary, grew – the Grayscale index added ~4%.
➥ Altcoins are currently on average about 59% below their highs and have only slightly bounced off the bottom.
➥ Among undervalued assets, analysts highlight #ETH, #SOL, #LINK, #SUI and #AVAX

Daily Results, April 03
🖥 MARA Holdings cut about 15% of its employees, shifting its focus to energy and digital infrastructure amid a loss of $1.3 billion for 2025 and the sale of more than 15,000 BTC to cover debt.
☘️ Another solo miner mined a Bitcoin block and earned 3.14 BTC ($210 000).
🪙 Circle is preparing to launch its own wrapped Bitcoin, cirBTC — a project aimed at competing with Coinbase and BitGo and working with institutional clients.
💸 Among Ukrainian government officials, the most cryptocurrency was declared by police officers — nearly 500 people.
📖 CZ presented his autobiog

🤑 The Federal Reserve's balance sheet increased by $18,183,000,000 in one week!
▪️Market expectations for (the Fed rate):
- Hold until December 2027.
▪️Miran, Fed Chair:
- Rising oil prices currently do not affect inflation expectations.
- I anticipate a 1 percentage point rate cut within the year.
- I support gradually reducing the Fed's balance sheet.
▪️Schmidt, Fed Chair:
- Inflation remains the main risk, possibly around 3%.
- The rise in oil prices should not be considered a temporary factor.
- More expensive energy could also push up core inflation.
▪️Musalem, Fed Chair:
- The war has i

🏦 Ripple platform is included in the SWIFT Certified Partner Program
After acquiring GTreasury for $1 billion in 2025, Ripple continues to develop and expand the Treasury platform.
📱Thanks to the platform's integration with SWIFT, corporate clients can now manage payments and liquidity through a unified channel for handling fiat, XRP, and RLUSD.

The difficulty of mining BTC increased by 3.87% to 138.97 T
The mining difficulty of BTC at block 943,488 increased by 3.87% and reached 138.97 T, according to Cloverpool data. The average network hash rate over the past 7 days was 986.74 EH/s.

Drift has identified the individuals involved in the leak and is attempting to contact the malicious actor.
Drift announced on social media that it has obtained key information about the people involved in the leak and is open to dialogue. The team is sending an on-chain message to the ETH wallet holding the stolen funds and is requesting contact via the Blockscan chat.

JPMorgan May Debut in the Prediction Market
Major banks are increasingly viewing the prediction market as a direction for further development. JPMorgan is exploring the possibility of launching specialized products considering strict restrictions on the use of insider information. Similar interest has been expressed by Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon. The segment is rapidly growing. Currently, Polymarket and Kalshi dominate, while pressure from new entrants is intensifying. In turn, the CFTC regulator is forming a dedicated group to establish regulatory rules and aims to mitigate systemic ri

Anthropic accidentally deleted repositories on GitHub
Anthropic found itself at the center of a high-profile incident after fragments of the Claude Code tool's source code were leaked. The company filed complaints with GitHub, resulting in approximately 8,100 repositories being deleted, including forks of the official project. Later, Anthropic clarified that the cause was an employee error and that user data was not affected. After reviewing the data, most of the complaints were withdrawn, and GitHub restored access to the materials.