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CoinGecko's report on the cryptocurrency industry for the first quarter of 2026 shows that the cryptocurrency market has shifted from a sharp correction to a prolonged "winter," with the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies dropping by 20.4% ($622 billion), ending the first quarter of 2026 at $2.4 trillion, a decrease of about 45% from the peak in October 2025.The report also states that the market capitalization of stablecoins remains unchanged at $309.9 billion, with a decline in USDT supply, marking the first decrease since the second quarter of 2022.Crude oil prices performed the strongest in the first quarter of 2026, rising by 76.9%, while Bitcoin fell by 22.0% alongside the stock market.In the first quarter of 2026, the spot trading volume on centralized exchanges decreased by 39.1% to $2.7 trillion, with March setting a new monthly low of $80 billion.Solana continues to dominate the spot trading volume on decentralized exchanges, expected to hold a 30.6% market share in the first quarter of 2026.Driven by the demand for all-weather oil trading, commodity traders currently account for about 30% of Hyperliquid's open contracts.

The decentralized AI economic protocol Mindra AI announced the completion of a new round of strategic financing, with participation from LandScape Capital, Harbor Digital Ventures, and Candaq Fintech Group.Mindra AI stated that the funds from this round will primarily be used to accelerate the development of its full-stack four-layer protocol, advancing the construction of the dynamic reasoning routing layer, Agent collaboration ecosystem, AI-Fi (computing power financialization), and the economic value flywheel, creating a decentralized "Intelligence Grid" to fundamentally address issues such as the centralized monopoly of AI reasoning infrastructure, algorithmic black boxes, and ecological fragility.It is reported that Mindra AI is a full-stack decentralized AI economic protocol that breaks the smart hegemony and reshapes AI production relations through dynamic reasoning routing, Agent cross-chain collaboration, and AI-Fi (computing power financialization).

According to Bloomberg, Flow Capital Partners plans to launch its $150 million private credit fund on a blockchain platform based in Singapore by the end of this month, becoming one of the first asset management firms in Asia to leverage the growing liquidity of stablecoins.The alternative asset management company headquartered in Hong Kong will provide its master fund through DigiFT Tech Pte. and plans to raise an additional $30 million through tokenized shares by the end of this year. The company's Chief Investment Officer Jacky Tian stated that the goal is to expand the fund, which was launched in June, to $250 million by the end of the year.

The cryptocurrency futures exchange KieDex announced the completion of a $3.5 million financing round, led by Marqel Capital.The company stated that this round of funding will be used to build the KieDex platform, creating a next-generation cryptocurrency futures exchange focused on fast, secure, and incentive-driven trading experiences. Supporting partners include Hidden Street Capital, Caviar, CSP DAO, Solulu Club, Rocket, TPC, Devmons, TATATU, and others.

According to CoinMarketCap data, the performance of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization is as follows:Top five gainers: RaveDAO (RAVE) up 39.53%, current price $17.06; siren (SIREN) up 37.75%, current price $1.11; MemeCore (M) up 27.84%, current price $3.68; Celestia (TIA) up 25.37%, current price $0.3997; edgeX (EDGE) up 16.31%, current price $1.2.Top five losers: JUST (JST) down 15.44%, current price $0.0597; DeXe (DEXE) down 8.6%, current price $11.16; Venice Token (VVV) down 4.67%, current price $8.48; Dash (DASH) down 4.19%, current price $36.52; Zcash (ZEC) down 3.96%, current price $337.2.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, Abraxas Capital (Alpha Bitcoin Fund) has just deposited 1,993 bitcoins into Kraken, worth $148.32 million.Since March 14, Abraxas Capital (Alpha Bitcoin Fund) has cumulatively deposited 9,582 bitcoins into Kraken, worth $691 million, and currently holds 20,337 bitcoins, worth $1.51 billion.

According to Cointelegraph, the Cato Institute, a U.S. think tank, released a report stating that the U.S. government should eliminate the capital gains tax on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to make it easier for cryptocurrencies to be used as everyday currency and to promote fair competition among different currencies.Currently, U.S. tax law treats Bitcoin as a capital asset, triggering a taxable event when users pay for goods or services with Bitcoin, requiring the calculation and reporting of capital gains. This results in even small everyday purchases potentially generating hundreds of pages of tax documents, significantly increasing the compliance burden. Cato aims to remove the current U.S. tax policy barriers to the use of cryptocurrencies as currency. Cato researcher Anthony emphasized, "Congress should simplify the tax code so that ordinary Americans can easily fulfill their obligations, which will greatly alleviate the pressure of tax season and create a more competitive economic environment."According to a 2025 survey, 39% of U.S. cryptocurrency holders have used crypto assets to purchase goods and services, and currently, about 11,000 merchants worldwide accept Bitcoin payments.

According to GMGN monitoring, last night, the market capitalization of the Solana ecosystem meme coin BULL briefly surpassed $11 million, and has now fallen back to $8.9 million, maintaining a 30% increase over 24 hours, with a trading volume of $3.4 million during the same period.It is reported that the previous surge of this token was influenced by interactions and follows from the official Shib Twitter and the BULL community account. ChainCatcher reminds users that meme coin trading is highly volatile, largely relying on market sentiment and speculative hype, and has no actual value or use case; investors should be aware of the risks.

According to GMGN monitoring, the market capitalization of the Solana ecosystem meme coin unc surged during the day, reaching a high of $17.6 million, setting a new record, and currently reported at $12 million, with a 24-hour increase of 150%, and a trading volume of $13.7 million during the same period.Meme coin trading is highly volatile, largely relying on market sentiment and speculative concepts, with no actual value or use cases; investors should be aware of the risks.

According to Decrypt, the institutional-level quantitative AI trading platform AlphaNet announced the completion of a $10 million seed round financing, led by private equity firm Joffre Capital, with participation from Huashan Capital and an Asian quantitative trading consortium. This round of financing will support its transition from an invitation-only whitelist model to a public platform release.It is reported that AlphaNet was incubated by the Asian proprietary trading firm Tensor Investment and is positioned as an institutional-level "systematic alpha" trading platform, aiming to provide retail users with trading capabilities that were previously only available to institutions.

According to official news, the Web3 smart layer project Claw Intelligence has announced the completion of a $3 million seed round financing, with participants including Castrum Istanbul, Titans Ventures, Super Labs, and Genesis Capital.It is reported that Claw Intelligence is building a unified smart layer that lowers the interaction threshold for users with the Web3 ecosystem and computing resources through crypto-native MCP services and transforming fragmented data endpoints into conversational workflows.

According to CoinMarketCap data, the net inflow of funds to Bitget in the past 7 days reached 571 million USD, ranking first among global CEX.

According to BBX data, yesterday the compliant stablecoin infrastructure and traditional institutional crypto layout advanced simultaneously, with the following core dynamics:OSL Group (HKEX: 863) announced on April 14 that its compliant enterprise-grade stablecoin USDGO has been online for about two months, with a circulation scale reaching $130 million; Goldman Sachs' stablecoin reserve fund STBXX officially joined the reserve asset system, alongside BlackRock's tokenized fund BUIDL as underlying support; the original ecological alliance GO Alliance was simultaneously upgraded to the global industry alliance Stable Alliance.Deutsche Börse Group (XETRA: DB1) announced on April 14 through an official announcement that it acquired $200 million in secondary market shares of Kraken's parent company Payward, Inc., obtaining approximately 1.5% fully diluted ownership; Bloomberg estimates the corresponding valuation of Kraken to be about $13.3 billion, down from $20 billion during the equity transfer in November 2025; the transaction is expected to be completed in Q2 2026, aiming to bridge traditional finance and digital asset institutional channels.Capital B (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCPB) recently purchased 37 BTC (average price approximately €60,892), raising its total holdings to 2,925 BTC, with a total cost of €269.4 million, YTD BTC Yield 1.25%; Blockstream and UTXO Management's debt-to-equity conversion was completed simultaneously, adding a total of 36,613,919 shares.

According to Gate Ventures' latest weekly report, the temporary easing of macro risks has driven a market rebound, with the S&P 500 rising 3.48% last week, the Nasdaq rising 4.12%, and WTI crude oil falling over 14% in a week. The cryptocurrency market also saw a recovery, with BTC rising 2.5% and ETH rising 3.9%, accompanied by net inflows into spot ETFs, with BTC around $786 million and ETH around $187 million. However, market sentiment remains in the "extreme fear" zone, and the pace of capital inflow is relatively cautious.In terms of asset and industry dynamics, structural opportunities continue to emerge. Thanks to improvements in fundamentals brought about by network performance upgrades, TON rose 15.9%. At the same time, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued the first batch of stablecoin licenses to Anchorpoint and HSBC, marking the official implementation of a compliant digital currency framework.On the financing front, activity remains relatively active, with a total of 11 transactions completed last week, disclosing a total financing amount of approximately $73.7 million, a significant rebound compared to the previous week, with funds mainly flowing into infrastructure and early-stage innovation sectors. Overall, while the market has shown signs of temporary recovery, structural differentiation continues, with capital and narratives gradually concentrating towards those with fundamental and compliance support.

Paxos Labs has spun off from the stablecoin issuer Paxos and raised $12 million, led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures, family office Maelstrom, and DeFi developer Uniswap Labs.Paxos Labs co-founder Bhaumik Kotecha declined to disclose the valuation of this funding round. Paxos CEO Chad Cascarilla is also the CEO of Paxos Labs, which will primarily provide services for large enterprises to create and manage their own stablecoins.

The "Global RWA Digital Agriculture Ecological Summit" co-hosted by RWA Global Incubation Alliance and City Arrow Tower was successfully held today in Hong Kong. This summit focused on in-depth discussions on the application of RWA in the agricultural sector, as well as how agricultural infrastructure can achieve assetization and connect with global capital through digitization and financial structures.The conference emphasized the construction of agricultural RWA models, IoT data-driven asset confirmation, and pathways for SPVs and capital markets. Guests shared cutting-edge insights and practical experiences from multiple dimensions of industry, technology, and finance, further promoting the integrated development of physical agriculture and the Web3 financial system.This event received strong support from strategic partners such as GreenX, GreenPro Capital Corp, the Malaysia ESG Association, and the XGT Foundation, collectively facilitating the exchange and cooperation of the global RWA digital agriculture ecosystem.

Y Combinator has completed its first investment entirely in stablecoins, paying $500,000 USDC to the prediction market startup Totalis, completed through three transactions on the Solana blockchain: a $1 test payment, $124,999, and $375,000. The funds are held by the financial operations platform Ramp.Y Combinator President Garry Tan stated on X that YC will offer stablecoin payment options for any startup it invests in, not limited to crypto-related companies, and noted that the new track of financial revolution will not be built on ACH or wire transfers. YC crypto sector access partner Nemil Dalal had previously stated that stablecoin transfer costs are typically less than 1 cent, settling in less than 1 second, far superior to traditional cross-border wire transfers.

The decentralized physical infrastructure network SHARE has completed its seed round financing, led by Greenfield Capital, with participation from Kosmos Ventures, Generative Ventures, Zee Prime Capital, and other strategic funds and angel investors. The specific amount of financing has not been disclosed.

According to Coinmarketcap data, the performance of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization is as follows, with the top five gainers: RaveDAO (RAVE) up 207.51%, current price $9.94; Venice Token (VVV) up 6.37%, current price $8.47; Aave (AAVE) up 5.46%, current price $94.02; XDC Network (XDC) up 4.59%, current price $0.03129; Canton (CC) up 3.95%, current price $0.1511.The top five losers: Polkadot (DOT) down 4.57%, current price $1.17; Zcash (ZEC) down 4.09%, current price $346.48; Dash (DASH) down 3.6%, current price $40.86; Chiliz (CHZ) down 2.44%, current price $0.0364; Pi (PI) down 2.25%, current price $0.1647.

Today, Bitget, in collaboration with media outlet Rhythm, held an online live broadcast themed "Dialogue with Bitget Executives: A Comprehensive Breakdown of the SpaceX Ticket, from Capital Privilege to Universal Sharing," providing a systematic interpretation of the product mechanisms of IPO Prime and preSPAX.Ken, the product head of Bitget IPO Prime, stated that IPO Prime is not the traditional "new coin listing," but rather utilizes digital tokens issued by the regulated issuer Republic to transform the high-threshold, low-liquidity non-standard assets of the primary market into priceable, tradable, and exit-able digital products.Ken pointed out that Pre-IPO opportunities have long been scarce, not only because the targets are of high quality but also due to the inherent high thresholds, strong circles, and low liquidity issues in the primary market. The launch of IPO Prime by Bitget aims to provide users with the opportunity to access potential economic benefits before the listing of unicorn companies through clearer product design and trading mechanisms within a compliant framework.The first phase of the preSPAX launched is an important attempt in this direction, focusing on providing users with a more flexible and tradable participation path.He further stated that from crypto trading to UEX, and now extending to the primary market, Bitget has been continuously pushing the boundaries of trading. In the future, the platform hopes to do more than just list more assets; it aims to further bridge the previously fragmented opportunity structures between different markets, allowing users to access earlier, higher quality, and more diverse global asset opportunities within the same system.