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Payward plans to acquire Bitnomial for $550 million, accelerating its layout in the U.S. compliant derivatives market

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken's parent company Payward announced that it will acquire 100% of the digital asset derivatives platform Bitnomial for up to $550 million (cash + stock). The transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2026, pending regulatory approval.Bitnomial is the first crypto-native platform to obtain all three U.S. derivatives licenses (designated contract market, derivatives clearing organization, and futures commission merchant). This acquisition will help Payward quickly gain a complete compliant derivatives infrastructure, significantly accelerating its expansion in the U.S. market. After the transaction is completed, Bitnomial's clearing and trading capabilities will be integrated with platforms such as Kraken and NinjaTrader, offering products like spot margin, perpetual contracts, and options to U.S. customers, and will be regulated by the CFTC.This acquisition will also expand Payward Services, allowing banks, fintech companies, and brokerages to access the U.S. compliant derivatives market through a single API. Industry insiders believe that with the market warming up and valuations recovering, merger and acquisition activities in the crypto industry are on the rise, as leading institutions are accelerating their transformation into comprehensive trading platforms for institutional clients by acquiring key capabilities such as compliance, custody, and derivatives.

TeraWulf's $900 million share issuance settles today, CleanSpark mined 658 BTC in March, increasing its holdings to 13,561 BTC

According to BBX data, yesterday the capital operations and hash rate data of mining companies were concentrated, with the following core dynamics:TeraWulf Inc. (NASDAQ: $WULF) announced on April 14 via GlobeNewswire that it has completed the pricing of a $900 million public common stock offering, raised from the initially planned $800 million, issuing 47,400,000 shares at a price of $19.00 per share, with underwriters holding an additional 30-day over-allotment option (up to 7,110,000 shares); this offering is expected to close today (April 16). The funds raised will primarily be used for the construction of the Hawesville AI data center campus in Kentucky and to repay bridge credit facilities.CleanSpark, Inc. (NASDAQ: $CLSK) released its March operational report on April 7 (data as of March 31), reporting the mining of 658 BTC in March, with an average daily output of approximately 21.24 BTC, a peak hash rate of 50.0 EH/s, and an average monthly hash rate of about 47.3 EH/s (an increase of 11% month-over-month); as of the end of March, the company's total BTC holdings were 13,561 BTC, with a cumulative output of 1,799 BTC since the beginning of 2026; the average selling price of BTC in March was approximately $71,396. The company has signed contracts for 1.8 gigawatts of power capacity, and CEO Matt Schultz stated that the company is actively advancing the signing of its first AI/HPC large-scale customer contract.
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