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The ALEX Lab Foundation submitted governance proposal AGP-8, which plans to make structural adjustments to the ALEX protocol, including stopping the emission of ALEX community tokens, closing the treasury grant program TGP, and introducing a protocol-driven token buyback and burn mechanism. Currently, the circulating supply of ALEX is approximately 973 million tokens, close to the cap of 1 billion tokens.If the proposal is approved, the next 32 cycles will be the final ALEX emission cycles, after which there will be no new token emissions. Approximately 1.568 million STX remain unclaimed in the TGP 2024 treasury, and after a 30-day grace period, the ALEX Lab Foundation will use these funds to buy back and burn ALEX tokens at market price. Future protocol revenue will also be used for ongoing buybacks and burns after covering operational costs. This proposal aims to shift ALEX from an inflationary model to a deflationary model.

Bain Capital announced that its sixth Asian fund has completed its final fundraising, with a total size of $10.5 billion, of which approximately $9.1 billion comes from external investors, exceeding the previous fundraising target of $7 billion.Yuji Sugimoto, a partner at Bain Capital and head of the Asian private equity business, stated that they remain optimistic about the vast opportunities in the Asian market and will increase investment in talent development, technology empowerment, and comprehensive platform capability upgrades to achieve business scale development at a steady and prudent pace. Currently, Bain Capital is focusing on sectors such as technology, industrial, consumer, healthcare, and commercial and financial services.

According to Bits.media, the Russian state-owned enterprise Gazprom has requested that its 17 subsidiaries must open digital ruble accounts with the Central Bank of Russia.The company stated that this move is to prepare for compliance with legislation that will take effect on September 1, which requires legal entities to be able to accept digital rubles as a method of payment for goods and services. The Russian digital ruble began testing in August 2023, and by the end of 2025, over 130 legal accounts will have participated in the platform testing. Starting September 1, large Russian banks and major enterprises must provide customers with the ability to transact in digital rubles.

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler stated that Bitcoin has recently attempted to break through the $82,000 level three times, but each time it faced a pullback. During each rebound, the STH-SOPR indicator rose to around 1 before weakening again, indicating that short-term holders are taking profits during the uptrend rather than continuing to hold.Currently, $82,000 is not only a key resistance level from a technical perspective but also an important selling pressure zone from a market behavior perspective, having formed a strong selling pressure area.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a large holder shorted 300,000 HYPE and has again increased their short position by 75,000 HYPE tonight. The current position has increased to 375,033 HYPE, valued at 16.02 million USD, with an average opening price of 43.298 USD, resulting in an unrealized profit of 225,000 USD.

Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala has increased its IBIT holdings to nearly $660 million worth of Bitcoin ETF shares.

Cryptocurrency analyst Marcel Pechman stated that Bitcoin rapidly fell back after being rejected at $82,000 on Friday, dropping below $79,000. The movement is highly synchronized with the U.S. small-cap stock index, indicating that macro factors are the main driving force behind this round of decline. The Russell 2000 index, which covers small and medium-sized enterprises, has a higher capital cost and is more sensitive to interest rate trends. The high correlation between Bitcoin and this index suggests that the market currently characterizes Bitcoin as a risk asset rather than a safe-haven tool.The funding rate for Bitcoin perpetual contracts briefly turned deeply negative on Thursday and remained close to 0% on Friday, with continued absence of long leverage demand—this indicator has been below the neutral threshold of 6% for several weeks. Multiple attempts to breach $82,000 have failed to boost market confidence. Macro pressures have been piling up: the outcome of the U.S.-China summit disappointed the market, with no specific tariff agreements reached aside from a commitment to accelerate U.S. agricultural exports over the next three years; meanwhile, the ongoing war in Iran continues to weigh on market sentiment, with Brent crude oil prices jumping from $99 to $106 in the past week, further exacerbating inflationary pressures.Additionally, the inflation-adjusted Shiller price-to-earnings ratio shows that the S&P 500 index is currently only about 5% lower than its peak during the internet bubble in January 2000, indicating a significant contraction in overall market risk appetite. However, the massive sell-off in the fixed income market may provide mid-term support for Bitcoin. The yield on Japan's 10-year government bonds has risen to its highest level in over 20 years, while the yield on the Eurozone's 10-year government bonds has also surged to 3.18%, a 15-year high. Analysts believe that in response to recession risks, central banks may be forced to inject liquidity, and funds flowing out of fixed income may ultimately seek other asset allocations, with Bitcoin likely to benefit from this.

Italy's largest bank Intesa Sanpaolo will increase its holdings related to crypto assets from approximately $100 million at the end of 2025 to about $235 million in the first quarter of 2026. Among these, the bank has increased its holdings in the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF and BlackRock's IBIT, and for the first time allocated Ethereum assets through BlackRock's iShares Staked Ethereum Trust, while also adding approximately $26 million in Grayscale XRP Trust ETF holdings.In addition, Intesa has established a bullish options position in IBIT for the first time and added 165,600 shares of BitGo stock, while completely liquidating its positions related to Bitmine. Its related holdings in Solana have been significantly reduced, with Bitwise Solana Staking ETF holdings decreasing from 266,300 shares to 2,817 shares. Reports indicate that Intesa has previously confirmed that the related crypto assets are primarily used for proprietary trading. Last month, Ripple also announced that it would provide digital asset custody services for the bank.

According to HyperInsight monitoring, Majie aggressively increased its position again after recharging $250,000 last night. As of the time of writing, its total position has approached $14 million, with Ethereum long positions only 3% away from the liquidation line. The details are as follows: Ethereum 25x long position: 5,250 contracts, liquidation price $2,125.2. Bitcoin 40x long position: 25 contracts, liquidation price $65,087. HYPE 10x long position: 7,200 contracts. In addition, with the market declining again, its overall losses from contract operations on Hyperliquid have reached $30.31 million.

According to Cointelegraph, Italy's largest bank, UniCredit, has just disclosed that it increased its cryptocurrency exposure to $231 million in the first quarter.

According to Jinshi reports, the US and Israel are expected to resume strikes against Iran as early as next week. Amidst the soaring expectations of interest rate hikes in the bond market, the last meeting minutes of the "Powell era" are coming. Here are the key points that the market will focus on next week (all in Beijing time):Tuesday 9:30, the Reserve Bank of Australia will release the minutes of the May monetary policy meeting;Tuesday 20:00, Federal Reserve Governor Waller will speak at the European Central Bank research conference;Tuesday 20:15, the weekly change in ADP employment numbers for the week ending May 2 in the United States;Wednesday 7:00, 2026 FOMC voting member and Philadelphia Fed President Harker will speak;Thursday 2:00, the Federal Reserve will release the minutes of the monetary policy meeting;Thursday 20:00, European Central Bank Chief Economist Lane will speak at the European Central Bank research conference.The AI boom and consumer spending under inflationary pressure are the two main themes currently influencing the direction of US stocks. Next week, semiconductor giant Nvidia (NVDA) and a number of retail companies such as Walmart (WMT) will successively disclose their earnings reports. Nvidia will release its earnings report after the US market closes on Wednesday, and Walmart will release its earnings report before the US market opens on Thursday.

According to OnchainLens monitoring, as the HYPE price declines, the 5x leveraged HYPE short position established by Loracle.hl (Loracle.xyz) has returned to profitability, and its 5x leveraged CRBS short position currently has an unrealized profit of over 1.76 million dollars.Its total profit has now risen to 41.43 million dollars.

Kelp announced on platform X that the rsETH protocol has fully resumed normal operation, and the related functions have been re-launched on the mainnet and all Layer 2 networks, with the overall system status restored to normal levels. The rsETH exchange rate has been updated, accounting for all staking reward earnings accumulated during the suspension period. Meanwhile, EIGEN rewards are now open for distribution to rsETH holders, covering the entire suspension period.In addition, the deposit and withdrawal functions have been restored on the mainnet and Layer 2 networks, and the rsETH asset support status has been fully restored to 100% backing. The official emphasized that the current rsETH has achieved complete and sufficient support on the mainnet and L2 networks, and all operational processes have returned to normal.

According to Arkham monitoring, Morgan Stanley's spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund MSBT has once again increased its holdings by 74.536 BTC, worth 5.93 million dollars.As of now, its total Bitcoin holdings have reached 3,389 BTC, worth 273 million dollars.

The latest disclosed SEC documents show that as of March 31, 2026, Avenir Group holds 18,276,100 shares of BlackRock's IBIT Bitcoin Spot ETF, with a position market value of approximately $702 million based on the quarter-end closing price, a slight decrease of about 0.061% compared to the fourth quarter of 2025. Since the second quarter of 2024, Avenir Group has maintained its position as the largest institutional holder of Bitcoin ETFs in Asia for eight consecutive quarters.Since 2026, Avenir Group has been continuously promoting the integration of TradFi and Crypto, including strategic investments in CoinRoutes, leading a $20 million seed round for Inference Research, and signing a cooperation MOU with Tiger Brokers, AMINA Bank, and CoinRoutes during Consensus Hong Kong 2026 to advance the construction of next-generation institutional trading infrastructure.

ARK Invest, led by Cathie Wood, submitted its Q1 2026 13F report, which shows a significant increase in holdings of Circle, Robinhood, Bitmine, and Bullish, while reducing its position in Coinbase.Specifically, ARK Invest significantly increased its holdings in Circle (CRCL) by approximately 368,000 shares, raising its total to about 4.5 million shares, with a market value of approximately $430 million, accounting for 3.34%; it also increased its holdings in Robinhood (HOOD) by about 1.19 million shares, with a market value of approximately $416 million; Bullish (BLSH) and Bitmine (BMNR) saw increases of about 1.74 million shares and 240,000 shares, respectively. Additionally, ARK Invest reduced its position in Coinbase (COIN), currently holding about 2.37 million shares, with a market value of approximately $414 million, accounting for 3.22%.

BlackRock, the world's largest asset management company, submitted its Q1 2026 13F report, showing a significant adjustment in its holdings of crypto-related stocks.Among them, it increased its holdings in MicroStrategy (MSTR) by approximately 3.14 million shares, raising its total to 17.75 million shares, with a market value of about $2.216 billion; it increased its holdings in Bitmine (BMNR) by approximately 2.02 million shares, bringing its total to about 11.08 million shares, with a market value of about $219 million.At the same time, it reduced its holdings in Coinbase (COIN) by approximately 330,000 shares, bringing its total to about 16.74 million shares, with a market value of about $2.924 billion; it reduced its holdings in Circle (CRCL) by approximately 610,000 shares, bringing its total to about 5.06 million shares, with a market value of about $483 million.

According to monitoring by lookonchain, a wallet related to a16z (0xb5E4) has purchased 74,175 HYPE (approximately 3.38 million USD). In the past month, this wallet has accumulated a total purchase of 1.71 million HYPE (approximately 72.81 million USD).

According to Gate market data, the dollar is heading towards its best week in two months, following U.S. data showing rising inflation pressures that may force the Federal Reserve to consider interest rate hikes within the next year. The dollar index DXY has risen more than 1% this week, expected to achieve its best single-week performance since mid-March. Due to two consecutive inflation data releases this week exceeding expectations, the U.S. Treasury market has been impacted, prompting a Federal Reserve official to state that the U.S. "is facing an inflation problem."