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According to PR Newswire, Hut 8's wholly-owned subsidiary Beacon Point DC LLC has completed the pricing of $4.25 billion in senior secured notes, with a coupon rate of 6.129%, maturing in 2042, and is expected to close on June 9, 2026.The funds raised will be used to build a data center on approximately 521 acres of land in Nueces County, Texas, which will include six data halls with a total critical IT capacity of 352 megawatts, and will be leased to a tenant with a credit rating of no less than AA-. These notes do not constitute recourse to Hut 8's parent company.

According to The Block, regarding the gradual shutdown of the Cardano ecosystem data analysis and infrastructure platform TapTools, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson responded that TapTools is another loss in the ecosystem following JPG Store, and warned of a potential "wave of failures," expecting more projects to shut down, DeFi operations to cease, and industry consolidation in the second half of the year.He stated that some older projects no longer have investment value, resources to support struggling projects are limited, and he lacks direct control over ecosystem funding decisions and treasury allocation.

According to official news, the on-chain application 0xPPL will gradually cease operations. Starting from June 6, the platform will disable trading, and on June 30, the application will be completely shut down. 0xPPL reminds users to export their private keys before the application closes or withdraw all funds from their wallets to other wallets to ensure continued access to their assets.

According to The Block, the stock prices of Bitcoin mining companies transforming into AI and hyperscale computing continue to rise. IREN rose over 13% on Wednesday, nearing an all-time high, after announcing a $3 billion convertible bond financing, collaborating with NVIDIA to build a 5 GW AI data center, and acquiring Mirantis for $625 million. On Tuesday, it also reached a $1.6 billion agreement with Dell to supply the Blackwell AI system.Cipher and Hut 8 both reached all-time highs, with Cipher rising about 9.5% to $25 and Hut 8 rising nearly 5% to $118, with HUT increasing nearly 600% over the past year. TeraWulf rose over 6% on Wednesday, with a year-over-year increase of about 800%, and its HPC business's quarterly revenue exceeded that of its Bitcoin mining business for the first time. Riot rose 3.3% to $27 on Wednesday, with first-quarter data center revenue of $33 million, primarily from its collaboration with AMD. This year, it has sold part of its Bitcoin holdings to finance AI construction and still holds nearly $1.2 billion in Bitcoin.

According to official news, the ICON Network will officially cease operations and permanently shut down on December 31, 2026, fully transitioning to SODAX.After the shutdown, a read-only archive will be provided for historical transaction inquiries. The final deadline for migrating ICX to SODA tokens is December 31, 2026; after this date, migration will not be possible. Starting from September 30, 2026, token migration will become one-way, only supporting ICX to be exchanged for SODA.Currently, the liquidity of the ICON network has been migrated to the SODAX protocol, and the centralized exchange Kraken has listed SODA on its online roadmap.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, over the past 11 months, the Kingdom of Bhutan has sold 9,180 BTC (worth $900 million) at an average price of $98,067.The Bitcoin mining operations of the Kingdom of Bhutan ceased in early 2025, at which point their holdings peaked at 12,200 BTC.They currently still hold 3,021 BTC (worth $234 million).

According to Arkham monitoring, Bhutan recently transferred 90 BTC (worth 7 million USD) to a Segwit address, which may indicate its transfer of assets to an independent entity or sale.Since the beginning of the year, Bhutan has cumulatively transferred BTC worth 237 million USD from its wallet to Segwit addresses and currently still holds BTC worth 233 million USD.

According to Arkham monitoring, Bhutan recently transferred 90 BTC (worth 7 million USD) to a Segwit address, which may indicate its transfer of assets to an independent entity or a sale.Since the beginning of the year, Bhutan has cumulatively transferred BTC worth 237 million USD from its wallet to Segwit addresses and currently still holds BTC worth 233 million USD.

The Cosmos ecosystem chain Evmos has a governance proposal called "Evmos Shutdown," which indicates that Evmos nodes will stop operating at block height 37,318,000. Currently, the Evmos block explorer, official website, and other services are inaccessible.

Public company Hut 8 announced an agreement with West Feliciana Parish in Louisiana to invest approximately $16 million to expand the local water system capacity in conjunction with the development of its River Bend AI data center campus. This investment includes the construction of new water wells and approximately 8 miles of water supply main, which is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026 and will be transferred to the parish at no cost.The first phase of the River Bend campus represents a multi-billion dollar capital investment, and once fully operational, it is expected to support a total of 268 jobs. The campus will utilize a closed-loop cooling system to reduce the demand on local water resources.

According to CoinDesk, blockchain data analysis company Arkham Intelligence has monitored that the wallet holdings of Bhutan's sovereign wealth fund Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) have significantly decreased from about 13,000 BTC in October 2024 to approximately 3,100 BTC currently. Since mid-2025, over $1 billion worth of Bitcoin has flowed out, with funds directed to multiple exchanges and trading companies, including wallets interacting with Galaxy Digital and OKX.In response, DHI CEO Ujjwal Deep Dahal stated, "I don't remember when the last time we sold Bitcoin was." The official denied any selling activity but did not provide details on the specific wallet movements and did not confirm the current holdings.

According to CoinDesk, on-chain analysis firm Arkham Data shows that over the past year, wallets associated with Bhutan have seen outflows of approximately $1 billion in Bitcoin, with funds flowing to multiple trading platforms and trading institutions, reducing their holdings from about 13,000 BTC to around 3,100 BTC.Arkham speculates that there may be ongoing selling behavior, and if the trend continues, the relevant addresses may be cleared of holdings before October 2026. However, Bhutan's sovereign fund Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) stated that "they do not recall any recent Bitcoin sales," did not respond to specific changes in on-chain addresses, and did not confirm the current holding size, only emphasizing that there are no additional comments.The report points out that some of the fund inflow paths are related to institutions such as Galaxy Digital and OKX, leading the market to interpret this as selling or over-the-counter trading behavior, but there are also possibilities of transfers into custody, collateralization, or structured trading that do not involve selling. Additionally, some trading institution personnel stated that there has been no clear selling recently.Furthermore, Bhutan's previous commitment to a reserve of 10,000 BTC for the "Gelephu Mindfulness City" project has also been questioned due to potential sell-offs. Currently, there is still significant disagreement regarding its actual holdings and mining operations.

The co-founder of the Solana ecosystem DeFi project Ranger Finance, cobra (@barrett_io), posted on the X platform that Ranger Finance is gradually shutting down. The project took on business beyond its sustainable capacity, and the founder invested personal funds to maintain operations, but delays in financing led to the accumulation of bills. Ultimately, the financing was unsuccessful, and the raised funds were returned.The team is trying to fairly pay employees and suppliers with the remaining two months of operating funds, but it is insufficient to cover all expenses. The treasury liquidation was unexpected and severely impacted budget decisions. Subsequently, the Drift attack incident depleted the remaining funds and personal capital. Treasury users affected by the Drift attack will receive recovery tokens when distributed by the Drift team. The founder stated that in hindsight, the project should have been shut down earlier and apologized for this.

According to official news, the smart contract auditing platform Code4rena has announced that it will gradually cease operations, and the Web3 security company Immunefi will take over its clients and security researchers. Code4rena posted on social media that it has made the decision to shut down and stated that all ongoing competitions and bounty activities will be completed as usual, and existing collaborations will be "properly concluded." Immunefi stated that it will assist in migrating Code4rena's bounty projects, reward structures, and researchers to its platform.Code4rena is known for its "competitive auditing" model, where independent researchers compete to find vulnerabilities in smart contracts for rewards. This shutdown comes less than two years after blockchain security company Zellic acquired Code4rena in 2024. Previously, Code4rena raised $6 million from Paradigm in 2023 for auditing incentives and platform expansion.This shutdown comes at a difficult time for DeFi protocols and the security sector. Data from DefiLlama shows that there were over 20 crypto vulnerability incidents in April alone, setting a monthly record. JPMorgan analysts believe that ongoing DeFi security incidents are limiting major institutional investors from entering the market. Meanwhile, the total value locked in DeFi has decreased from about $160 billion in October to approximately $83 billion currently.

According to Arkham monitoring, Bhutan is selling Bitcoin and has just transferred 100 BTC ($8.1 million) from its holding wallet. At the current selling rate, its BTC will be depleted by the end of September.Since the beginning of the year, Bhutan has sold a total of $230.39 million in BTC, with remaining BTC valued at $252 million, selling about $50 million per month. If all remaining BTC is sold at the current price, its on-chain profit will reach $767 million.

The meme coin application Zap posted on platform X that it will shut down on June 1. The team aimed last year to develop an application that allows anyone to register and purchase their first meme coin within 30 seconds. Although they achieved this goal, it did not gain the expected market appeal.They advise users to log into their accounts and export their private keys before the shutdown on June 1, and recommend importing them into Phantom to continue accessing all assets. After June 1, users who have not exported their private keys can still securely access their funds through Privy Home.

The Bitcoin inscription browser Ord.io announced on the X platform that its platform will shut down on June 1. Launched three years ago, Ord.io was positioned as an Ordinals browser supporting voting features and has now developed into a Bitcoin inscription exploration platform used by over a million users.The platform previously launched the Satributes feature for discovering rare satoshis behind inscriptions, as well as the Block Vision feature for real-time monitoring of Runes minting activities. Ord.io will upload all historical voting records, replies, and public address information to GitHub to preserve relevant Bitcoin cultural data.

According to CoinDesk, the game public chain behind Axie Infinity, Ronin, will migrate from an independent sidechain to an Ethereum Layer 2 network through a hard fork on May 12, which is expected to result in approximately 10 hours of network downtime, during which all transfers, swaps, contract interactions, and on-chain gaming activities will be paused.This upgrade will introduce the OP Stack architecture and the "Proof of Distribution" allocation model, rewarding builders based on their actual contributions to the network, while significantly reducing the RON inflation rate from over 20% to less than 1%. Additionally, 90 million RON originally allocated for staking rewards will be moved to the treasury fund, and the market transaction fee will be increased from 0.5% to 1.25% to enhance security, scalability, and reshape the token economy.