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Nasdaq-listed company Intchains Group Limited announced its latest business developments, disclosing its Ethereum (ETH) staking scale and AI-driven operational transformation plan. The company stated that as of now, it has staked a total of 8,040 ETH, of which 1,000 ETH were completed through the FalconX platform, and 7,040 ETH were deployed on its own Goldshell Stake platform; additionally, third parties have staked 1,363 ETH on this platform. The company claims to achieve maximized returns and risk diversification through a multi-platform strategy.On a strategic level, Intchains is advancing its AI-enabled operational model transformation, focusing on chip and product research and development, market sales, and overall business operations, restructuring processes and enhancing decision-making efficiency through automation and intelligent tools. In terms of cost control, the company has reduced its workforce by about 20% based on early 2026 levels and plans to further compress it to a total of about 35%, which is expected to bring annual savings of approximately 20 million RMB in labor costs. This adjustment mainly stems from organizational streamlining and replacing repetitive manual processes with technology. The company's management stated that it will focus on core mining machine technology and Ethereum asset strategy, combining AI to enhance research and development and operational efficiency, and plans to launch a new generation of mining machine products in the second half of 2026 (depending on market conditions).

According to BBX data, yesterday the innovative structure of cryptocurrency ETF products was launched simultaneously with the reserve actions of Asian companies, with the core dynamics as follows:Bitwise Asset Management announced on April 15 via PR Newswire that the Bitwise Avalanche ETF (NYSE: $BAVA) officially landed on the New York Stock Exchange, becoming the first onshore ETP in the U.S. that integrates self-operated on-chain staking of Avalanche; the fund stakes approximately 70% of its holdings, targeting an annualized staking yield of 5.4%, with a management fee rate of 0.34% (waived for the first month on the first $500 million in assets).Metaplanet Inc. (TSE: 3350) reported by media analysis that the 27th batch of warrants officially became exercisable for the EVO FUND starting yesterday (April 16), which is part of the company's ongoing capital operations to expand its BTC reserves. Previously, the company disclosed on April 2 that it purchased 5,075 BTC in Q1 (costing approximately $398 million), raising its total holdings to 40,177 BTC, surpassing MARA Holdings to become the third largest BTC holder among publicly listed companies globally; the company's long-term goal is to hold 100,000 BTC by the end of 2026.

According to official news, the scalable blockchain network AO based on Arweave has announced the launch of the "Network Availability Staking Alpha (NASA)" testing program, which is a key step in its AO ecosystem aimed at enhancing the availability and reliability of decentralized data networks through a staking mechanism. The program is currently in the Alpha stage, and users can participate in network availability verification and earn rewards by providing data services for Arweave gateways and staking AO tokens.In the first pilot phase, AO introduces the "availability staking" mechanism, requiring node operators to stake 25 AO to participate in the network and compete for the speed and stability of responding to user requests. The system will allocate rewards from a monthly reward pool of 1000 AO based on the performance of nodes in data services. This mechanism relies on the next-generation HyperBEAM architecture, enabling higher levels of verifiability and trustlessness for gateway and routing services while significantly reducing operational costs.The project team stated that NASA aims to establish a stronger decentralized economic model for the entire permanent network infrastructure, paving the way for future expansion into areas such as computing scheduling, data indexing, and network services. Although the current reward scale is small and still in the testing phase, the program is seen as an important starting point for the AO-Core economic system and will gradually expand to more network infrastructure services in the future.

Polygon officially launched the native liquid staking token sPOL, aimed at enhancing the earnings of POL token stakers.As Polygon's native liquid staking token, sPOL will unlock approximately 3.6 billion staked POL and provide stakers with priority trading fee sharing. Currently, only about 4% - 5% of POL is in a liquid state, and sPOL will improve the situation where idle capital cannot participate in DeFi earnings. Users can migrate their existing stakes to sPOL through the Polygon Staking Portal without waiting, and rewards will not be interrupted; new stakes will automatically receive sPOL.The initial exchange ratio of sPOL is 1:1, increasing as staking rewards accumulate. sPOL supports liquidity provision, collateralization, and DeFi strategy yield stacking, and can be redeemed back to POL and accumulated rewards at any time. The first batch was launched by Polygon Labs and audited by ChainSecurity and Certora, with initial liquidity injected from the official fund pool. The official reminder states that sPOL carries risks of smart contract vulnerabilities, validator behavior penalties, and market volatility risks.

The full-chain token issuance platform Printr announced the launch of the V2 upgrade, which introduces five new fee distribution models, including buyback and burn, liquidity compounding, POB staking, creator sharing, and zero-fee mode.Among them, the POB (Proof of Belief) mechanism allows users to share 100% of custom transaction fee earnings by staking tokens. V2 also launches configurable issuance parameters, automatic liquidity migration, and anti-copy protection features, and now supports 8 chains including Solana, Base, BNB Chain, and Ethereum.

Aptos released an update on its token economics. The main adjustments include: the annualized staking reward rate decreased from 5.19% to 2.6%; Gas fees increased tenfold (the cost of stablecoin transfers remains as low as approximately $0.00014); after the launch of Decibel DEX, on-chain trading volume and Gas fee burning will significantly increase, with an expected annual burn of over 32 million APT; setting a hard cap total supply of 2.1 billion APT at the protocol layer; the Aptos Foundation will permanently lock and stake 210 million APT; future incentives will be converted to milestone triggers; exploring a programmatic buyback plan.

The Jito Foundation has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Korean digital asset custodian KODA to explore providing institutional custody and staking support for JitoSOL in the Korean market.According to a Monday announcement, the agreement covers the promotion of institutional investors and the development of compliant custody and staking pathways. This move comes as the Korean Financial Services Commission is expected to finalize the digital asset regulatory framework later this year. In February, the Jito Foundation began exploring the launch of the JitoSOL ETF in Korea with Hanwha Asset Management, but it is still pending regulatory approval. KODA is supported by investors such as KB Kookmin Bank and holds a VASP license and ISMS certification, providing custody infrastructure such as cold storage and MPC key management.

According to BBX data, there was a surge in on-chain Ethereum staking actions yesterday, with cash flow management by mining companies and the continued increase in purchases by Bitcoin reserve companies intensifying the differentiation trend. The core dynamics are as follows:Bit Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: $BTBT) confirmed by the on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain on April 13 that the company added approximately 29,900 ETH (approximately $65.3 million) through the Liquid Collective protocol yesterday, bringing the total staking amount for the week to 73,234 ETH (approximately $156.6 million). The company also holds approximately 27 million shares of AI computing infrastructure company WhiteFiber (NASDAQ: $WYFI) (with a market value of approximately $322.1 million as of March 31), forming a "ETH treasury + AI computing" dual-track structure, positioning itself as a "Strategic Asset Company (SAC)."Riot Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: $RIOT) as of April 7, sold 1,500 BTC within about five trading days, cashing out approximately $102.3 million, continuing the cash flow management model of selling immediately after mining.Strategy, Inc. (NASDAQ: $MSTR) disclosed on April 13 that the company purchased an additional 13,927 BTC from April 6 to 12, costing approximately $1 billion, with an average price of about $71,902; as of April 12, the company's total holdings reached 780,897 BTC, with a total cost of approximately $59.02 billion (average price of $75,577).

Bittensor co-founder Jacob Robert Steeves responded to the Covenant AI incident, stating that he was "deeply shocked" by the events of the past few days and accused Covenant AI founder Samuel Dare of causing serious harm to the protocol and community, betraying the trust of investors and users. He apologized to users who suffered losses due to the incident.Steeves stated that the original intention of Bittensor was to combat greed and selfishness in human nature, promoting AI to be collectively owned by all participants through a permissionless mechanism. He emphasized that while this incident exposed vulnerabilities in the system, it would also encourage the protocol and community to further enhance their risk resilience.Regarding future directions, Steeves proposed advancing the "Locked Stake" mechanism, introducing a "time + stake" commitment dimension at the protocol layer to improve transparency and investor protection, thereby reducing similar risks. He noted that this plan was originally designed with the participation of Samuel Dare.Additionally, he mentioned that the development related to subnets 3, 39, and 81 would continue to be driven by the community, and the overall functionality and vision would not change. Steeves emphasized that Bittensor remains one of the most decentralized AI protocols currently and will continue to promote the development of open AI, with plans to move towards training larger-scale models. In the future, they will train a 1 trillion parameter model.

According to Token Terminal data, the ETH staking rate has reached an all-time high, with the network secured by approximately $85 billion worth of staked ETH.

According to OnchainLens monitoring, trader Techno Revenant (@Techno_Revenant) has just unstaked 2.4 million HYPE after staking for 6 months, valued at 93.7 million dollars. It is currently uncertain whether he will sell or restake.Techno Revenant previously gained fame by making an early investment of 15 million dollars in the Trump family project World Liberty Financial (WLFI), obtaining 1% of the total supply after the token launch, and quickly profiting about 250 million dollars.

According to Fortune, BlackRock's iShares Staked Ethereum Trust (ticker ETHB) launched today, with a management fee of 0.25% (temporary promotional rate of 0.12%). It also charges an 18% commission on the total staking yield from approximately $318 million in staked ETH, which is shared between BlackRock and Coinbase.Based on the current staking yield of about 2.74% for ETH, the 18% commission roughly equates to a total return of 49 basis points. Falconedge CEO Roy Kashi believes that this 18% covers costs such as custody, risk of forfeiture, validator fees, and brand premium, estimating the operational cost baseline for the staking ETF to be around 5%. Richard Shorten, founder of GlobalStake, pointed out that there are still many hidden fees before the yield reaches the ETF.Ethan Buchman, co-founder of Cosmos, stated that 18% is not outrageous for institutional products but expects it to compress to 15% or even 10% in the future. Harriet Browning, Vice President of Sales at Twinstake, warned that excessive fee competition could lead some providers to lower standards in security and transparency. Currently, this commission is still lower than the maximum 25% rate that retail investors pay for directly staking ETH on mainstream crypto platforms. Financial advisor Tyrone Ross questioned whether it is worth ceding 18% of staking yields to BlackRock and Coinbase.

The Ethereum treasury company SharpLink posted on the X platform that since launching the ETH treasury strategy, the company's accumulated staking rewards from Ethereum have reached 16,947 ETH. In addition, the Ethereum staking rewards obtained by the company last week amounted to 511 ETH.

The Ethereum Foundation has increased its staked ETH holdings, which have now reached about two-thirds of its preset target of 70,000 ETH staked, or approximately 46,667 ETH. This move aims to strengthen blockchain infrastructure and support network security.The Ethereum Foundation plans to continue staking the remaining approximately 23,333 ETH, with the rewards typically used to fund research, grants, and protocol upgrades. Currently, the total staked supply of Ethereum across the network has reached tens of millions of ETH.

Devansh Mehta, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, proposed a Validator Revenue Redistribution (VRR) scheme at the EthCC conference. It aims to allow validators to signal on the consensus layer and autonomously decide to redirect a certain percentage of their staking rewards to designated smart contracts, rather than withdrawing all to personal wallets. The recipients can be public goods funding platforms like Gitcoin, Octant, security auditing agencies, or core protocol research teams.The scheme involves two changes to the execution layer: signaling the redirection ratio by validators and the logical implementation of fund allocation to the designated contracts.

Cryptocurrency financial services group Galaxy Digital, listed on NASDAQ, announced the launch of SOL staking functionality. This service is offered through its fintech platform GalaxyOne and is available to eligible customers in over 40 states and regions in the United States. All SOL staked on GalaxyOne will be delegated to Galaxy Digital validators.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens, Bitmine has added 167,578 ETH in staking, worth approximately $342.4 million. Currently, its total ETH staking amount has reached 3,310,221 ETH, with a total value of about $6.7 billion.

Aster announced an update to its tokenomics and a restructuring of ecosystem emissions, replacing the previous monthly linear unlocking mechanism with a staking-only emission model.Previously, 78.4 million ASTER (approximately 1% of the maximum supply) were unlocked on a linear schedule each month; after the update, ecosystem tokens will only be released as staking rewards, currently at a rate of 450,000 ASTER per cycle (weekly), equivalent to a monthly release of 1.8 million to 2.25 million ASTER.Aster stated that since the TGE on September 17, 2025, all unlocked ecosystem and community tokens, aside from staking rewards, have remained untouched, and the relevant token holdings can be publicly verified through addresses starting with 0x0A55.

Research institution 10x Research published on platform X, pointing out that Bittensor (TAO) is experiencing strong momentum driven by both AI narratives and ecological expansion. The current price of TAO has surpassed the 7-day and 30-day moving averages, with technical indicators showing dual bullish signals. In the past week, it has increased by 19.8%, and the staking scale of subnet has exceeded 620 million dollars, with the number of active subnets expanding to 128.On the news front, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang mentioned Bittensor in a well-known podcast, while Grayscale reiterated this week that the Bittensor Trust private placement subscription is now open to qualified investors, further strengthening institutional endorsement.

According to market news, cryptocurrency exchange-traded product issuer 21shares announced that it will distribute staking rewards to investors in its Ethereum exchange-traded fund TETH and Solana exchange-traded fund TSOL. The distribution amount for TETH investors is $0.01253 per share, while for TSOL investors, it is $0.016962 per share.