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According to market news, the Nasdaq-listed company Nakamoto announced its actively managed Bitcoin derivatives program, which will operate starting in the first quarter of 2026. The program aims to generate recurring volatility returns from a portion of the company's Bitcoin holdings and to hedge against some downside risk in Bitcoin prices.The program is managed by Bitwise Asset Management through a separately managed account, with the relevant Bitcoin held by Kraken's qualified custody solution as collateral. The strategy includes covered call options and call spreads on the income side, as well as protective put options and put spreads on the hedging side. Nakamoto stated that the premiums earned from the program could be used to cover hedging costs, increase Bitcoin holdings, or for general corporate purposes. The results for the first quarter of 2026 will be included in the quarterly 10-Q report for that period.

The UK-listed company The Smarter Web Company with the code SWC has purchased an additional 44 bitcoins, bringing its total holdings to 2,750 bitcoins. The company ranks 27th in the Bitcoin 100 list.

According to data from Hypurrintel, HYPE Treasury Company HypeStrat has increased its holdings by 186,877 HYPE in the past 4 days, worth 7.6 million dollars.HypeStrat currently holds 19.15 million HYPE, valued at approximately 780 million dollars, along with 112 million dollars in cash.

According to market news, the cryptocurrency market weakened overall on Friday, with BTC hovering around $77,800, and the upward trend that started at $65,000 since Wednesday has clearly slowed down; ETH is reported at $2,300, with a 24-hour decline of about 0.8%, underperforming BTC.The market pressure mainly comes from two aspects: first, Japan's corporate service price index rose 3.1% year-on-year in March, exceeding expectations, and core inflation is also accelerating upward. The market expects the Bank of Japan may signal an interest rate hike at the next policy meeting, and a stronger yen could trigger the unwinding of carry trades in global risk assets; second, the ongoing war in Iran continues to disrupt oil transportation in the Strait of Hormuz, with WTI crude oil futures rising over 40% to $96 per barrel since the outbreak of the war. The U.S. Pentagon warns that clearing mines will take at least six months, and global inflationary pressures may persist, further compressing the Federal Reserve's space for interest rate cuts.

According to BBX data, the first public collapse case in the corporate digital asset reserve sector occurred yesterday, and on the same day, the crypto industry jointly issued the largest legislative mobilization of the year. Several listed companies disclosed their latest reserve actions, with the core dynamics as follows:Satsuma Technology Plc (LSE: $SATS) reported by Bloomberg on April 23 that digital asset investment firm Pantera Capital (holding approximately 6.7%) is pressuring the company, along with other shareholders, to liquidate all 646 BTC (current market value approximately $50 million) and return the cash to shareholders. The company's executive chairman, Ranald McGregor-Smith, confirmed that they have received requests from shareholders for capital return, stating that they are "evaluating options."DeFi Development Corp. (NASDAQ: $DFDV) announced that its Treasury Accelerator Program has completed a strategic equity investment in Japanese listed company Allied Architects, Inc. (TSE: 6081), marking the company's first entry into the Asian market. As of recently, the company holds approximately 2.2 million SOL (market value approximately $195 million), using "SOL per Share (SPS)" as a core performance indicator.H100 Group AB (OTCMKTS: $HOGPF) upgraded the letter of intent (LOI) signed in March to a binding share purchase agreement, intending to acquire a total of approximately 2,450 BTC reserves from Moonshot AS and Never Say Die AS; upon completion, the company's BTC holdings are expected to rise to approximately 3,501 BTC, with the transaction structure being all-stock consideration (BTC for BTC, no cash involved). Existing shareholders are expected to hold about 30% after completion, with the delivery expected to be completed by August 2026.Remixpoint, Inc. (TSE: 3825) recently increased its holdings by 20.0312 BTC (approximately $1.57 million), bringing its total BTC holdings to 1,431.33 BTC, with a current paper profit of approximately $21.28 million; the company also plans to purchase approximately $3.13 million in additional crypto assets.

According to foreign media citing informed sources, Cognition AI is in the early negotiation stage of a new round of financing. The company is leveraging the growing demand for software development generative artificial intelligence technology, and this round of financing will more than double its valuation to reach $25 billion.One informed source stated that the goal of this AI programming startup is to raise hundreds of millions of dollars or more. Negotiations are ongoing, and the terms may change.

The cryptocurrency payment network MoonPay announced that its Iron platform has officially launched virtual account services in New York State, supporting fintech companies, cryptocurrency platforms, neobanks, and financial institutions to integrate compliant fiat-to-stablecoin infrastructure.This launch is based on MoonPay's acquisition of the enterprise-grade stablecoin infrastructure platform Iron in 2025, allowing users to receive payments through channels such as ACH, wire transfer, and SWIFT, and automatically convert them into stablecoins, settling to non-custodial wallets. MoonPay has also obtained a BitLicense, money transmission license, and limited purpose trust license from the New York State Department of Financial Services in the same year.

Aave has released the latest developments regarding the rsETH security incident on platform X, disclosing that operations related to rsETH reserves have been suspended on the Ethereum mainnet and networks such as Arbitrum, Base, Mantle, and Linea, in order to prevent excess aETH rsETH from being withdrawn, thereby pushing the position closer to the 95% liquidation threshold.This measure aims to preserve as much capital as possible during the asset recovery plan process and reduce systemic risk. Aave stated that further developments and disposal plans will continue to be disclosed to the community.

Investors including Pantera Capital Management are pushing the UK Bitcoin reserve company Satsuma to sell its $50 million Bitcoin reserve.Satsuma shifted to an "AI-driven" Bitcoin reserve strategy in August 2025, successfully raising £164 million (approximately $221 million) through convertible loan notes, led by ParaFi Capital, with participation from Pantera, Digital Currency Group (DCG), Kraken, Arrington Capital, and others. It is reported that Satsuma confirmed that some shareholders "requested a return of capital," but did not disclose the identities of the specific shareholders. Satsuma's Executive Chairman Ranald McGregor-Smith stated in an email that the company is exploring options to facilitate these requests while protecting the interests of all shareholders.

AI deep technology and Web3 infrastructure company Cluster Protocol announced the completion of a $5 million financing round, led by DAO5, with participation from Paper Ventures, JPEG Trading, Mapleblock Capital, among others, bringing the company's total funding to $7.75 million.The new funds will be used to accelerate the development of its EVM ecosystem-oriented browser-native IDE product CodeXero, expand the product and engineering teams, and enhance AI systems, developer workflows, deployment infrastructure, and ecosystem growth. Cluster Protocol stated that CodeXero has connected over 300,000 wallets, processed more than 3 billion AI tokens, and supported the deployment of over 25,000 dApps.

According to Bloomberg, the cryptocurrency venture capital fund Pantera Capital Management is urging the London-listed company Satsuma Technology Plc to sell its remaining approximately $50 million in Bitcoin and return the funds to shareholders.Satsuma has confirmed that some shareholders have requested a return of funds, and the company is evaluating related proposals. Additionally, sources revealed that the shareholders are also demanding a change in management; currently, Satsuma's CEO Henry Elder and CFO Andrew Smith have resigned. Earlier this month, the company announced it would cut costs and disclosed the purchase of Bitcoin worth £1.4 million.

Ju.com disclosed the first-day data for its new product matrix Hyper Trade. Within just 24 hours of launch, the series has shown strong performance, with the total number of participants exceeding 10,000 and total orders surpassing 200,000.Among them, "Bounty Duel," "Finger Trading," and "Happy BTC" have become the most popular star products due to their high interaction frequency.Data shows that Hyper Trade's characteristics of "low threshold and high transparency" are attracting a large number of users to the lightweight market prediction track.

Former OpenAI Codex team engineer Daniel Edrisian announced his departure and founded an AI hardware company, Blackstar Computers. The company has completed a $12 million seed round of financing, led by Abstract, with participation from SV Angel, Naval Ravikant, Chapter One, and Timeless.Blackstar positions itself as a new type of computing device, planning to reconstruct the computing experience from hardware, software, and interaction perspectives. Edrisian stated that current software development has matured, and further enhancement of human-AI interaction needs to be innovated at the operating system level. The company team currently consists of about 8 people, distributed between San Francisco and Shenzhen, and has not yet launched a public product.

According to market news, at the "9th BCCC Collaborative Day" held on April 21, 2026, Shigeru Shimizu, the head of the Risk Analysis Division of the Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan, delivered a special speech revealing significant progress in cryptocurrency regulation. The FSA has submitted a bill to the extraordinary Diet, proposing to transition cryptocurrencies from the Payment Services Act to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, mainly involving four core aspects: regulations on information disclosure, the establishment of new classifications for independent operators, strengthening penalties for unregistered operators, and preparing regulations against insider trading.At the same time, the FSA is advancing three "Payment Innovation Projects (PIP)" empirical experiments: first, a cross-border payment trial using yen stablecoins involving three major banks; second, on-chain settlement of securities such as government bonds, corporate bonds, and stocks based on blockchain, aiming for 24/7 continuous trading; third, an interbank tokenized deposit transfer experiment that just received support on April 3 of this month, which will be promoted in conjunction with the Bank of Japan's central bank digital currency tokenization sandbox project. Mr. Shimizu stated that blockchain has great potential in enhancing the convenience of financial services and diversifying products, and the FSA will continue to promote institutional development and practical support.

MetaMask co-founder Dan Finlay announced today (April 23) that he has officially left Consensys, marking the end of over a decade of building MetaMask. He stated that the reason for his departure is professional burnout and the need to spend more time with his family, and he expressed his best wishes for the future development of the team.Dan Finlay also expressed his satisfaction with the recent official launch of the advanced permission feature (ERC-7715) for MetaMask, believing that this feature fills an important gap in the product that has existed for a long time, and he looks forward to experiencing this feature as an ordinary user in the future.

According to the official announcement from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand, the Thai SEC is publicly soliciting opinions on adjusting the licensing rules for futures contracts. The core content allows existing digital asset business operators to directly apply for a futures contract business license without the need to establish a new company, while also formally including digital assets in the category of reference targets for futures contracts.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stock index futures and spot gold and silver have plummeted, while international crude oil prices have rapidly surged, with WTI crude oil's increase expanding to 4%.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks rose in late trading, with the S&P 500 index increasing by 1%.

According to official news, the Trump family mining company American Bitcoin announced that it has completed the power deployment of approximately 11,298 ASIC miners, further advancing its expansion plan and enhancing overall mining capacity.Data shows that after this expansion, the company's total self-owned hash rate reaches approximately 28.1 EH/s, an increase of about 12% compared to before; the total scale of miners has increased to approximately 89,242 units, with new hash rate of about 3.05 EH/s and energy efficiency of about 13.5 J/TH.In terms of operations, approximately 58,999 miners are currently online, corresponding to a hash rate of about 25.0 EH/s, with an average energy efficiency of about 14.1 J/TH. The company stated that this round of expansion will strengthen its structural advantages in Bitcoin accumulation.

According to CoinDesk, monitoring by CertiK reveals that the Lazarus Group is conducting an attack operation named Mach-O Man targeting executives in the fintech and cryptocurrency industries. This operation utilizes ClickFix social engineering techniques, sending fake online meeting invitations to lure victims into pasting repair commands on their Mac terminals, thereby gaining access to company and financial systems.CertiK researcher Natalie Newson stated that the Lazarus Group has stolen over $500 million through attacks on Drift and KelpDAO in the past two weeks. Mach-O Man is a modular macOS malware toolkit developed by the Chollima division of the Lazarus Group, capable of automatically deleting itself after use to evade detection.Additionally, attackers have implemented this attack by hijacking DeFi project domain names and replacing them with fake Cloudflare messages.