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According to market news, the UK Liberal Democrats have written to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), requesting an investigation into the relationship between Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and the Bitcoin company Stack BTC.The party questions whether Farage's appearance in the company's promotional video, while holding shares in Stack BTC, violates market rules and presents a conflict of interest. Stack BTC recently disclosed that it purchased 37 bitcoins as company reserves, valued at approximately $2.7 million, and Farage holds a 6.31% stake in Stack BTC through his media company. At the same time, the UK government is advancing a proposal to ban political donations in cryptocurrency to prevent external funding from interfering in elections. The FCA stated that it will review the relevant correspondence and respond.

Binance co-founder He Yi (@heyibinance) published a lengthy article on the X platform on April 10, directly responding to a series of accusations made by OKX founder Xu Mingxing (@star_okx) against CZ and Binance. He Yi refuted each point in the article, stating that Xu deliberately blamed Binance for the market crash on March 11, defined the BNB chain meme as market manipulation by Binance, hired online trolls to suppress competitors, and engaged in "six tactics" such as creating controversies to drive traffic to himself. He bluntly stated, "You know too well how to attack a professional woman," emphasizing that his position is earned through independent effort and is unrelated to anyone else.At the end of the article, He Yi also responded strongly to personal attacks against him, stating, "You know too well how to attack a professional woman, just by stigmatizing 'she is where she is today because of a man,' deliberately creating scandalous rumors, and belittling me as 'a trophy'," and emphasized, "My identity is not given by anyone; I built my own empire. I came, I saw, I conquered; this applies to both my career and my relationships."Previously, CZ (@cz_binance) had posted about Xu Mingxing's public $1 billion bet, demanding that he "apologize like a man." Xu Mingxing responded by stating that CZ's public initiation of a huge bet contradicts the professional ethics expected of executives at regulated exchanges. The debate between the two parties is still ongoing.

BERA Financial Company Greenlane Holdings announced that its board has approved a $2 million stock repurchase plan. Additionally, the company released its annual financial report, which disclosed that after increasing its holdings by 7.5 million BERA tokens, the total holdings have risen to 77.9 million tokens as of 2026, accounting for approximately 32% of the current circulating supply of BERA.

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan today established the "Next Generation AI and On-Chain Finance Vision Project Group," founded by former Digital Minister Hirai Masaki, with former Ministry of Finance official and current chairman of the LDP Blockchain Promotion Parliamentary Alliance Kihara Seiji serving as director. The group is dedicated to formulating a national-level AI-driven on-chain finance framework, marking the formal inclusion of blockchain finance into the structural economic agenda of Japanese politics.Hirai Masaki stated in an interview that the integration of AI and blockchain will first impact the financial industry within a few years, saying, "This is not something that will happen in 5 to 10 years." He pointed out that while Japan already has infrastructure such as the JPYC stablecoin, the joint stablecoin projects of Mitsubishi UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsui, and Mizuho banks, as well as tokenized deposits from Japan Post Bank, there is a lack of a unified blueprint among these components.The project's recent goal is to publish a white paper covering regulatory reform proposals such as trust law, deposit insurance, and KYC frameworks, and to incorporate these into the LDP's growth strategy and the government's annual fiscal policy guidelines, while also pressuring the Financial Services Agency and the Ministry of Finance to accelerate action from regulatory bodies.

According to the token unlocking data from the Crypto asset data platform RootData, Berachain (BERA) will unlock approximately 63.73 million tokens on February 6th at 1 PM Beijing time, worth about 36.51 million USD.

According to official news, Bera Labs has initiated a proposal aimed at reducing the BGT inflation rate to 5%. The proposal states that currently, Berachain mints BGT at an annual target rate of approximately 10%, while the actual inflation rate so far this year averages around 8%. A high inflation rate is appropriate during the network validator community and the early application ecosystem launch phase, but as the ecosystem matures and a new macroeconomic environment forms, it is recommended to reduce the BGT inflation rate to about 5% to minimize unnecessary dilution, enhance sustainability and emission efficiency, while remaining competitive with other L1s.This proposal will not modify the reward mechanism, treasury allocation logic, or any liquidity proof (PoL) functional components.The proposal also indicates that the inflation rate will be further reduced during 2026 and 2027, bringing it closer to Ethereum. Additionally, the team is evaluating long-term improvements to PoL, aiming to create sustainable protocol-level revenue that will stimulate greater value for BGT over time.

According to Binance spot market data, there has been significant volatility in the market. BERA has increased by 35.93% in the last 24 hours, while BANANAS31 has decreased by 11.56% in the same period.In addition, CHZ, MAV, RED, and ZBT have all experienced a "high-to-low" situation, with declines of 5.77%, 5.57%, 6.88%, and 16.12%, respectively. Meanwhile, TUT has also shown a "5-minute small drop" situation, with a decline of 4.32%.Additionally, BANANAS31 has experienced a "5-minute large drop" situation, with a decline of 11.56%.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a giant whale deposited 1.57 million USDC into Hyperliquid and opened a 5x leveraged BERA short position.

According to the official announcement, the Berachain liquidity staking protocol Infrared has released details of the IR token airdrop. This airdrop aims to reward early community members who have continuously used Infrared during the points program, participants of the Boyco pre-deposit event, and users who actively engage in community activities (such as Discord interactions, user surveys, community events, testnet participation, etc.).The IR token has three main functions: staking to earn sIR for governance voting rights; participating in profit sharing through buybacks; and token issuance to optimize protocol efficiency and revenue. Users can pre-claim the airdrop through the CEX pre-deposit process, with the three centralized exchanges for pre-deposit being: Bitget, Gate, and KuCoin.Important dates are as follows: the centralized exchange pre-deposit window opens on December 16 at 1:00 (UTC+8), the centralized exchange pre-deposit window closes on December 17 at 16:00 (UTC+8), and the IR token officially launches. All claims will permanently close on January 12, 2026, at 08:00 (UTC+8).

According to market news, as of the end of the second quarter of 2025, the crypto venture capital firm Framework Ventures, which co-led the Berachain Series B financing with Brevan Howard Digital's Nova fund, holds 21,145,476 BERA tokens, with a total acquisition cost of approximately 72.4 million dollars. Based on its average purchase price of 3.42 dollars, this portion of BERA will result in a paper loss of over 50.8 million dollars for Framework at current prices. Framework Ventures did not respond to multiple requests for comment.Previous reports indicated that Berachain's privacy terms were exposed, claiming that Brevan Howard's 25 million dollar investment could be refunded after the TGE, which other investors were not aware of. In response to reports stating that "Nova Digital has the right to refund the 25 million dollar investment," Berachain's co-founder stated that it is neither accurate nor complete, and Nova remains one of the largest token holders.

The co-founder of Berachain, Smokey the Bera, responded on social media to reports that "Berachain was exposed for providing a $25 million refund right to Nova Digital in its Series B funding," stating that the report is "neither accurate nor complete."Smokey the Bera clarified the details of Brevan Howard's investment agreement: Brevan Howard co-led Berachain's Series B funding a year ago through its Nova fund in Abu Dhabi, with investment terms identical to those of other investors. Nova's compliance team requested additional terms to mitigate the risks of TGE failure and failure to list, leading both parties to sign an additional commercial agreement that includes a commitment to provide liquidity post-network launch.Smokey the Bera emphasized that Nova remains one of Berachain's largest token holders, and may even be the largest holder. They hold locked BERA tokens obtained from the Series B funding and liquid BERA tokens purchased from the open market, continuously increasing their holdings amid market fluctuations.

According to The Block, Unchained columnist Jack Kubinec disclosed in a recent report that Brevan Howard's venture capital investment in Berachain is nearly "zero risk." Documents made public this Monday show that Berachain granted Brevan's crypto investment subsidiary Nova Digital a special right—a one-year refund guarantee on its $25 million Series B funding. This means that despite Brevan co-leading a $69 million funding round for Berachain at a valuation of $1.5 billion, it can still recover its entire investment after the token generation event.It is reported that this right will remain effective until February 6, 2026. Kubinec pointed out in the report: "Such refund clauses completely shield Brevan's fund principal from risk, which is fundamentally different from traditional venture capital models. If Berachain's BERA token performs well, the fund will achieve excess returns; if the token underperforms, the fund can exercise the refund right." Currently, the trading price of the BERA token is about $1, down approximately 67% from Brevan's investment cost of $3. According to data from The Block, the fully diluted valuation of the token is now $536.7 million. The Series B funding was led by Framework Ventures, with participation from Arrington Capital, Hack VC, Polychain, and Tribe Capital. Berachain also completed a $42 million Series A funding in 2023. It is still unclear whether other investors also have refund rights.

Berachain granted Brevan Howard, one of the lead investors in its Series B financing, the right to a risk-free refund of its investment after the TGE, without the knowledge of other investors. It is reported that Berachain has raised at least $142 million in total, with its token valued at $1.5 billion in the last round of financing, which was co-led by Framework Ventures and the Nova Digital fund under the $34 billion hedge fund Brevan Howard.A former employee, who requested anonymity, recalled that Berachain co-founder, codenamed "Papa Bear," pointed out that Brevan's involvement could enhance the project's legitimacy. However, the terms of the Series B financing are particularly favorable to Brevan's Nova Digital fund. According to documents, Berachain granted the fund the right to refund its $25 million Series B investment for up to one year after the token generation event on February 6, 2025.This clause means that unlike traditional venture capital, the principal of the Brevan fund carries zero risk: if the BERA token performs well, the fund can enjoy the profits; if it performs poorly, the fund can demand a full refund. Four lawyers specializing in the crypto field stated that granting investors the right to a refund after the TGE is extremely rare. Two of the lawyers noted that even when refund rights appear in token financing, they typically only trigger if the project fails to issue tokens.If Nova Digital exercises its refund right (the current token price has dropped about 66% from the $3 investment price, making exercising the right financially logical), it could force Berachain to raise $25 million in cash to repay its investors. According to project documents, the tokens purchased by Berachain investors have a one-year lock-up period, so if Nova exercises its refund right, it may forfeit its BERA allocation. It remains unclear whether Nova's refund right is legal—especially since other investors were not informed of this clause. The deadline for Nova Digital to exercise its refund right is February 6, 2026.

Berachain announced on the X platform the addresses and token balance information affected by the BEX/Balancer V2 vulnerability, including addresses that directly deposited BEX and those that deposited through treasury providers like Infrared.Berachain stated that there may be slight discrepancies in the digital calculation of the returned funds and plans to launch a claims page later this week. However, the returned funds will not include the amounts provided to white hat hackers. They will continue to conduct checks and gather feedback regarding the distribution of recovered funds until the final recovery claims take effect.

Berachain co-founder Smokey stated that due to the freezing of the BEX exchange rate, there are still anomalies in some annual interest rates and pricing in the Hub. Some users encounter a 500 error message when accessing the Honey page, which seems to be related to geographic location. The Honey SC/Mint and exchange functions are operating normally, and the front-end team has been arranged to synchronize the fix for this error so that all users experiencing this issue can access it properly.

The Berachain Foundation announced early this morning that approximately $12.8 million in stolen funds from the BEX / Balancer V2 vulnerability has been fully recovered and returned to the foundation's deployment wallet.The team expressed gratitude to the white hat hackers who assisted in recovering the funds and plans to lift the malicious tags on their addresses, considering issuing a bounty as a token of appreciation. Currently, all functions of BEX (including exchanges, withdrawals, deposits, etc.) remain restricted, while the minting and redemption of HONEY have been restored. Due to the suspension of BGT and incentives in the past 24 hours, the on-chain APR may show anomalies. Regarding the allocation of the affected funds, the Berachain core team is developing a system to attribute and distribute them to the original user addresses one by one. Deposits of BEX that were not affected by the vulnerability are currently also unable to be withdrawn; the team stated that this is a precautionary measure and is closely monitoring the progress of Balancer's subsequent investigation to ensure that all user funds can be safely returned as soon as possible.

Berachain announced that all funds lost due to the BEX / Balancer v2 vulnerability (approximately $12.8 million) have been returned to the Berachain Foundation Deployer address. The blockchain has resumed operation.The minting/redeeming function of HONEY has also been restored accordingly, but all BEX functions are restricted, including redemption, withdrawal, and deposits. For those with large pools of stolen funds from independent depositors, the Berachain core team is currently developing a system that will return deposits to their original addresses and allocate them to users accordingly. The team reminds that users with deposits in BEX that have not been attacked are temporarily unable to withdraw. This is out of caution, as the cause of the Balancer vulnerability has not yet been fully determined.