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According to CoinDesk, in the first quarter of 2026, institutional investors purchased a total of 69,000 bitcoins, while retail investors sold 62,000 bitcoins during the same period.

According to Arkham monitoring, Multicoin co-founder Kyle Samani has deposited $10 million worth of PRIME into Kamino Finance and borrowed 8.6 million USDC against it as collateral. The total annual yield of the USDC stablecoin he holds is 39.4%, but using PRIME can achieve an annual yield of 56.4%.

According to market news, the domain name of the Bitcoin wallet Samourai Wallet, which was once famous for its privacy features, has now been taken over by scammers after being seized by the FBI, and is being used to host phishing sites to steal Bitcoin.Domain records show that the website was registered through a privacy protection service, and the current owner's identity is unknown. Multiple users on the X platform have reported the phishing site to the domain registrar NameCheap, requesting the site be shut down, but have not yet received a response.

According to Bloomberg, the lawsuit filed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's sister regarding sexual abuse allegations has been dismissed. U.S. District Court Judge Zachary Bluestone in Missouri ruled on Friday that the lawsuit was time-barred due to the allegations being too old and exceeding the statute of limitations. However, the judge also stated that Ann Altman could amend and refile the complaint.Her lawyer Ryan Mahoney stated, "The court's ruling only pertains to procedural issues and does not affect the substance of the allegations themselves." He added that the court has allowed the parties to submit a revised complaint, and the team will complete it as soon as possible and will continue with the planned discovery. Sam Altman's legal representatives declined to comment.

According to Jinshi News, JPMorgan Chase expects the second interest rate hike to follow the same path, planning to release new forecasts in June, subsequently confirming the new benchmark, and raising interest rates in July.

According to informed sources, the two top regulatory agencies on Wall Street, the CFTC and SEC, are discussing plans to move into the same complex in Washington, D.C., just steps away from the U.S. Capitol.The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) oversee different markets. According to these sources, the plan will not merge the two agencies but is discussing relocating the CFTC to the same complex where the SEC is currently located, near Union Station. This relocation plan has been under discussion since last year, and according to these sources, it may not be implemented until as early as 2027. The agency responsible for overseeing federal real estate—the General Services Administration (GSA)—is also involved in these discussions.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), the Binance Launchpool project OPN is about to conduct its TGE. Jump Crypto and Manifold Trading appear to serve as both project investors and market makers, receiving 2.5 million and 1.5 million OPN tokens, respectively.The total number of tokens obtained by the two market makers accounts for 2% of the initial circulating supply, and some of the tokens have already been deposited to the exchange.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman forwarded an internal letter stating that the company is negotiating with the U.S. Department of Defense to revise an agreement, clarifying that artificial intelligence systems must not be intentionally used for domestic surveillance of U.S. citizens and nationals, and prohibiting tracking or monitoring through the procurement or use of commercially obtained personally identifiable information.The letter mentioned that the Department of Defense confirmed that the relevant services would not be used for intelligence agencies, and any service provision would require a separate modification of the contract. Sam Altman stated that the company would participate in policy discussions through democratic processes, and if it receives directives that it deems unconstitutional, it will refuse to comply, adding that some technologies are not yet mature and that it will work with relevant departments to gradually improve safety mechanisms.

OpenAI founder Sam Altman released a content summary after the latest AMA. In response to what would happen if the U.S. government attempted to nationalize OpenAI or other AI projects, Sam Altman stated that he could not predict the outcome. While it may be more appropriate for the government to lead the development of AGI in the long term, nationalization does not seem highly likely given the current trajectory of development.However, he emphasized that establishing a close collaborative relationship between the government and AI companies is "extremely important." People often take the "assurances" regarding safety for granted, but they tend to underestimate the significant investment and effort required behind them. He believes this is generally a good thing, but more respect and understanding are still needed.

According to NVIDIA's Q4 financial report, the company's earnings per share for the quarter were $1.62, exceeding Wall Street analysts' expectations of $1.53 per share.The total revenue for the quarter was $68.13 billion, a 22% increase from the previous quarter and a 75% increase year-over-year, surpassing analysts' forecast of $66.2 billion in revenue.NVIDIA's revenue for the full fiscal year 2025 grew by 68%, reaching a record $193.7 billion. In the previous two years, NVIDIA's quarterly revenue performance has consistently exceeded Wall Street's expectations.CEO Jensen Huang stated in a statement, "Our customers are racing to invest in AI computing." This outlook helps alleviate market concerns about an AI investment bubble. Huang has repeatedly downplayed concerns about the sustainability of growth in AI hardware spending. Wednesday's report provided some evidence that short-term worries may have been exaggerated.

Despite the fact that the price of Cardano (ADA) has dropped 71% from $0.9 to $0.26 since October 2025, whale investors have still accumulated 819 million ADA over the past six months, worth approximately $213.9 million.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on the X platform: "Peter Steinberger (founder of OpenClaw) will join OpenAI to drive the development of the next generation of personal agents. He is a genius with many amazing ideas about how future agents will collaborate and provide practical services to people. We expect this to soon become a core part of our products. OpenClaw will exist as an open-source project within the foundation, and OpenAI will continue to support it. The future will be an era of highly multi-agent systems, and supporting open-source projects is a crucial part of achieving this goal."

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai 9684xtpa), two new addresses suspected to belong to the same person have accumulated 985.92 PAXG, worth 5.014 million USD; the accumulation times of the two addresses are close, and both have made small transfers of ETH to another new address.

According to Ember Monitoring, a certain whale went long on 40,000 ETH (approximately 80.54 million USD) at an average price of 2039 USD, while another whale went long on 60,000 ETH (approximately 120 million USD) at an average price of 2060 USD. The USDT for both addresses was transferred from Tron to Arbitrum, and then deposited into Hyperliquid to go long on ETH. The operational paths are highly consistent, suggesting they may be the same whale/institution making a move.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, two addresses have now accumulated long positions of over 95,000 ETH, with a total value of 190 million USD, ranking first and second in Hyperliquid ETH long positions. The margin for both addresses was bridged from the Tron network to Arbitrum, and their trading methods and timing are similar, suggesting they may belong to the same whale or entity.Address 0xa5B...01D41 (0xa5B...01D41) is the largest long position in Hyperliquid ETH, having opened a long position of 60,000 ETH yesterday, valued at 120 million USD, with an opening average price of 2059.8 USD, currently facing an unrealized loss of 3.12 million USD.Address 0x6C8...D84F6 (0x6C8...D84F6) has deposited 21.798 million USDC as margin to Hyperliquid in the past 3 hours, and then opened a 20x long position of 35,164.2 ETH, valued at 70.5 million USD, with an opening average price of 2044.11 USD, currently facing an unrealized loss of 1.245 million USD.

According to on-chain analysts, two addresses have withdrawn funds from the Tron network to go long on Ethereum, accumulating over 95,000 ETH, with a total value of approximately $190 million, becoming the first and second largest holders of ETH long positions on the Hyperliquid platform.Address 0xa5B...01D41 holds a long position of 60,000 ETH (approximately $120 million), with an opening price of $2,059.8, currently facing an unrealized loss of $3.12 million; address 0x6C8...D84F6 deposited 21,798,000 USDC as margin to Hyperliquid in the past 3 hours, subsequently opening a long position of 35,164.2 ETH with 20x leverage (approximately $70.5 million), with an opening price of $2,044.11, currently facing an unrealized loss of $1.245 million. Both addresses' margins were transferred from Tron to Arbitrum via a cross-chain bridge, with similar operational methods and timing, suspected to belong to the same entity.

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.

Former Multicoin co-founder and Forward Industries (FORD) board chairman Kyle Samani posted on the X platform, "Hyperliquid embodies many of the worst issues in the crypto industry. The founders fled their homeland to establish it. It openly facilitates crime and terrorist activities. The code is closed source and is licensed (requires access)."

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the address starting with 0xcA0, labeled as "BTC OG insider whale" (agent Garrett Jin), used the same Binance deposit address as Trend Research under Yi Li Hua.On-chain data shows that the Trend Research address transferred 7,989,000 USDT to the address starting with 0xcdF one day ago, which was then moved to the Binance hot wallet address starting with 0x28C.The "BTC OG insider whale" transferred 10,000 ETH to the address starting with 0xcdF two hours ago, which was subsequently moved to the Binance hot wallet address starting with 0x28C.Lookonchain did not provide further interpretation. However, Binance deposit addresses are typically user-specific (especially for large and frequently used hot deposit addresses), so it cannot completely rule out "coincidence" or "address reuse" (for example, through a common funding source/OTC channel). Nonetheless, under normal circumstances, the probability of two independent large holders/institutions using exactly the same deposit address is extremely low.