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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.

According to Yu Jin monitoring, Sun Yuchen's USDD withdrew 109 million USDT from the lending platform Spark one hour ago, and then replenished the PSM pool of USDD. Currently, the available liquidity for USDD to exchange for USDT is 42 million dollars.

Meta launched its new AI model "Muse Spark" on April 8. The model was developed by Meta's "Super Intelligence Lab" and led by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang. Meta stated that the new model achieves performance close to the previous Llama 4 medium model with lower computational resources by restructuring the AI infrastructure.

According to PRNewswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark released an operational report, disclosing that it mined 658 BTC last month, sold 405 BTC in spot sales, and sold 500 BTC based on options exercised. As of March 31, the company's Bitcoin holdings reached 13,561 BTC.CleanSpark also stated that as of the end of March, approximately 224,000 mining machines had been deployed, with a running hash rate of 50 EH/s.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Spark completed its first month of token buyback half an hour ago, spending 571,957 USDS to purchase 26.66 million SPK, with an average price of $0.0215. The 26.66 million SPK bought back over the month is approximately 1% of the circulating supply of SPK, and their buyback plan is expected to last for 12 months. Roughly estimating based on this number, a year's buyback could acquire 12% of the circulating supply of SPK, which is about 320 million SPK (6.86 million USD).

This week, a compromise proposal regarding the yield section of the Clarity Act by U.S. Senators has sparked mixed reactions within the crypto industry. Coinbase has expressed dissatisfaction with the latest compromise text to the senator's staff but has not publicly stated opposition.The proposal was presented to stakeholders in the crypto industry on Monday, with some expressing dissatisfaction while others felt the outcome was better than expected. The proposal will instruct certain regulatory agencies to formulate rules to clarify the regulatory approach to yield-generating activities, but there are concerns that regulators may set subjective standards. Additionally, the text may limit companies' ability to tie rewards to the scale of stablecoin transactions.During this week's industry conference call, Coinbase had disagreements with other parties, with some companies believing that giving up certain stablecoin rewards is too costly, while others felt that losing the Clarity Act poses a greater risk to the overall legislative framework for the crypto industry. Previously, news related to this compromise proposal had impacted the market, with Circle's stock price dropping 20% on Tuesday and slightly rebounding on Wednesday.White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt criticized the related predictions on the X platform as "uninformed" and stated that "everything will be resolved." The final text is expected to be released this weekend or early next week.

Ethereum block builder Eureka Labs announced the completion of a $6.7 million seed round financing, led by Spark Capital and Collider Ventures.It is reported that the company has introduced the concept of "programmable blocks," which incorporates executable logic during the block building phase, allowing blocks to not only package transactions but also achieve more complex functions, such as temporary fund calls, advanced computations, and more refined transaction sorting. Eureka Labs was founded in December 2024 and has now become the fourth largest block builder on Ethereum, but its market share is about 1.5%, showing a significant gap compared to leading builders.This round of financing was completed in two phases, raising $4.7 million in April 2025 and an additional $2 million in June. The company stated that this financing will be used to expand its block building technological capabilities and promote the application of "programmable blocks" within the Ethereum ecosystem.

A bill in Kentucky, USA, aimed at regulating cryptocurrency ATMs (HB380), has sparked controversy in the industry due to newly added hardware wallet-related provisions. Critics claim that the regulation may "effectively ban self-custody."The bill originally focused on operators of virtual currency kiosks, covering licensing, compliance requirements, transaction limits, and user protection. However, in the latest revision, new provisions require hardware wallet providers to "offer mechanisms and assist users in resetting access credentials," including passwords, PINs, and recovery phrases. Industry insiders point out that this requirement conflicts with the core design of non-custodial wallets. Since private keys and recovery phrases are solely controlled by the user, wallet providers themselves cannot access or recover this information, making the provision technically difficult to implement.Institutions like the Bitcoin Policy Institute have stated that such regulations effectively create a "backdoor" for wallets, undermining the security of crypto assets and potentially forcing users to turn to centralized custodial services. The bill still needs to be reviewed by the state Senate, and the relevant provisions may still be modified or removed.

According to Jinshi News, against the backdrop of widespread market expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates, a Federal Reserve policymaker predicts that there will be an interest rate hike next year. This view belongs to a minority, as most decision-makers still believe there will be a rate cut this year. With oil prices rising sharply, discussions in the market about interest rates increasing next year may intensify. Currently, among the 19 policymakers at the Federal Reserve, 7 believe that interest rates will remain unchanged by the end of the year, 7 believe a 0.25 percentage point cut is necessary, and 5 believe that at least two rate cuts are needed.

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson posted on the X platform expressing his long-standing suspicion that Bitcoin is a "massive Ponzi scheme," and stated that recent cases of investment losses he has heard about have made him more concerned that this judgment may be correct.In response, Michael Saylor, founder and CEO of Bitcoin treasury company Strategy, disagreed with this viewpoint. He pointed out that Ponzi schemes typically require a centralized operator to promise returns and pay early investors with the funds from later investors, whereas Bitcoin has no issuer or promoter, and there are no guaranteed returns; it is merely an open decentralized currency network driven by code and market demand.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the lending platform Spark transferred 570,000 USDS to a new multi-signature wallet the day before yesterday, and then began making small multiple purchases of SPK using CoW Swap's TWAP feature. So far, 1.84 million SPK (worth $36,000) have been repurchased.Spark previously passed a proposal for SPK repurchase, which roughly states: to first set aside operational reserves in the treasury, approximately $35 million. Then, each month, 10% of the excess funds will be used to repurchase SPK. This repurchase is expected to last for 12 months.

Bitcoin recently rebounded to $74,000 before falling back to around $70,000, with the market showing clear divisions on whether this position has formed a temporary top. Some analysts believe the current trend is highly similar to the mid-structure of the 2022 bear market.Data shows that Bitcoin reached a high of $126,000 in October 2025, followed by a rebound peak approximately 149 days later, which is similar to the previous two cycles. Some traders believe that this round of increase may just be a liquidity trap, and the price could still further decline to below $60,000, or even test the liquidity dense area between $62,000 and $65,000. However, there are also analysts who hold the opposite view, believing that a temporary bottom has formed near $60,000.Unlike in 2022, this round of correction has not effectively broken below the 200-week Exponential Moving Average (EMA), but instead rebounded after a retest, indicating a stronger market structure. Additionally, institutional funds continue to flow in through spot ETFs, and the tightening market supply is also seen as an important factor supporting prices. Bullish analysts believe that as long as the key support level of $70,000 remains intact, the market still has a chance to initiate a new upward movement towards the $75,000 to $80,000 range.

According to market news, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark has released its latest Bitcoin mining and operational update report, which discloses that the company mined 568 BTC, with a total of 1,141 BTC mined year-to-date. Additionally, the company revealed that it sold 553.02 BTC last month at a price of $66,279, bringing its total Bitcoin holdings to 13,363 BTC.

Bloomberg ETF senior analyst Eric Balchunas posted on the X platform that Bitcoin ETFs have attracted another $500 million in inflows, with 10 out of 11 U.S. Bitcoin ETFs being favored by investors. Additionally, since the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, Bitcoin has risen about 12%, while gold has seen a decline during the same period. This performance has sparked discussions in the market about the safe-haven properties of both assets.Eric Balchunas further stated that it is relatively rare for Bitcoin to strengthen while gold declines in the context of rising geopolitical uncertainty, prompting some investors to rethink the roles of traditional "safe-haven assets" and "digital gold." This raises the question of whether gold has failed to act as a safe haven in the current environment, or conversely, whether Bitcoin is gradually taking on some of the functions of a safe-haven asset. However, there remains a long-term divide in the market, with some analysts believing that gold is still the primary safe-haven asset during traditional crises, while Bitcoin's market performance tends to be more volatile.

According to market news, the Bitcoin network has seen the first block supporting the BIP-110 proposal, mined by the Ocean pool. This proposal aims to limit arbitrary non-financial data in blockchain transactions through a temporary soft fork over approximately one year. Supporters believe this can curb "junk" data that occupies block space, protect Bitcoin's role as a robust monetary infrastructure, and alleviate the burden on node operators. The proposal has sparked intense controversy within the community.Critics, including Blockstream CEO Adam Back, warn that intervention at the consensus layer could undermine Bitcoin's credibility, lead to discriminatory treatment of transactions, and violate the principle of transaction capacity neutrality. He also questioned the actual support for the proposal, stating it could increase the risk of blockchain splits.The controversy escalated further when a developer embedded a 66KB image in a Bitcoin transaction to oppose the core claim of BIP-110, demonstrating that a large amount of data can be encoded even without relying on OP_RETURN. This debate highlights the long-standing ideological divide within the Bitcoin community: whether to staunchly defend Bitcoin's pure positioning as a currency or to maintain maximum neutrality regarding arbitrary uses at the base layer.

The 60,000 Bitcoin money laundering case will have a "legal applicability issue" hearing in July, with the UK High Court confirming that Fieldfisher, which was involved in the case earlier, will serve as the lead law firm for the hearing. However, the proposal of the lead law firm has sparked controversy, with some law firms concerned that Fieldfisher may gain an information advantage, such as a list of large investment victims, and even take the opportunity to "poach clients" by improperly "inducing" victims to switch law firms.The judge believes that this arrangement does not designate Fieldfisher to represent all victims' asset recovery claims, but only to negotiate with the court on behalf of all victims regarding the "legal applicability issue." Other law firms will still handle their clients' claims individually, and the selection of a lead law firm is intended to improve litigation efficiency.

OpenAI today released the GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark research preview, a streamlined version of GPT-5.3-Codex, and the first model designed specifically for real-time coding, supporting targeted editing, reshaping logic, or optimizing interfaces, with immediate result visibility.Codex-Spark has been optimized to run on ultra-low latency hardware, achieving near-instantaneous responses—delivering over 1000 tokens per second while still handling actual coding tasks.

At the "Build and Scale in 2026" themed forum recently held by ChainCatcher in Hong Kong, Spark co-founder Sam MacPherson delivered a keynote speech on "The Growth Engine of DeFi," systematically explaining how Spark builds an integrated solution to address the fragmentation and inefficiency of on-chain capital markets by integrating savings, lending, and institutional-level capital allocation.Sam MacPherson pointed out that the current on-chain capital market still faces challenges of severe fragmentation and low capital utilization efficiency. Spark builds its growth engine through three core products: first, the all-chain savings account Spark Savings, which has managed over $2.75 billion in deposits, providing users with a safe and stable income entry; second, the lending protocol SparkLend, which focuses on blue-chip assets and captures value by reducing external protocol commissions and protocol fees; third, institutional lending in collaboration with the Anchorage custodian, seeking risk-adjusted returns between DeFi, CeFi, and traditional finance.He believes that the next phase of DeFi's growth will rely on integrated protocols that can seamlessly integrate multi-chain liquidity, provide institutional-level risk control, and possess sustainable token economic models. Spark is promoting the evolution of DeFi towards a more efficient and robust direction through its product matrix and ecosystem development.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain whale holding an ETH lending position on Spark started to sell ETH to stop losses at $2,050. After a night of stop-loss selling, 27,800 ETH were sold to repay $44.14 million in loans.The whale still has 9,810 ETH ($18.66 million) left on Spark, with a loan of 12.83 million DAI. The liquidation price of the remaining position has dropped from $1,800 yesterday to $1,560 now.

According to PR Newswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark released an unaudited Bitcoin mining and operational update report for the period ending in 2026, disclosing that it mined 573 BTC in January, sold 158.63 BTC at an average price of $91,752 in January, and reached a total Bitcoin holding of 13,513 BTC by the end of the month.