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Kraken's co-CEO Arjun Sethi confirmed that the company has secretly submitted an initial public offering (IPO) application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This IPO application has been formally advanced after plans for the initial disclosure last year.Data shows that Kraken's latest valuation is approximately $13.3 billion, a significant decrease from $20 billion in 2025. Previously, Kraken had paused its IPO plans due to a downturn in the cryptocurrency market. Deutsche Börse Group has committed to investing $200 million in exchange for a 1.5% fully diluted ownership stake in Kraken.

Anthropic recently received investment intentions from multiple venture capital firms, with some offers corresponding to a company valuation as high as $800 billion, significantly above its current valuation level.Previously, Anthropic completed a round of financing in February this year, with a valuation of approximately $380 billion; while the secondary market Caplight shows that its valuation has risen to about $688 billion. Data indicates that the company's annualized revenue has grown to approximately $30 billion, a substantial increase compared to the end of last year.Market participants indicate that with the rapid development of AI models and related products, investor interest in Anthropic continues to rise, and the company is also seen as a potential IPO candidate.

According to informed sources, the AI cloud platform FluidStack plans to raise about $1 billion at a valuation of $18 billion, with Leopold Aschenbrenner's institution Situational Awareness in talks to participate and co-lead the investment. This round of financing is expected to be used to accelerate FluidStack's expansion in the fields of AI computing and cloud infrastructure.It is reported that FluidStack has previously signed cooperation agreements with several Bitcoin mining companies, including TeraWulf, Cipher Mining, and Hut 8.

According to the Financial Times, OpenAI investors are questioning its $852 billion valuation, stating that its strategy is shifting. Some OpenAI investors have indicated that these changes may make OpenAI vulnerable to threats from Anthropic and Google.

According to market news, Hyperliquid founder Jeffrey Yan received an investment intention based on a valuation of about $1 billion and a scale of about $100 million less than a year after the project went live. However, after careful consideration, he ultimately chose to reject the investment terms.Reports indicate that before and after the financing proposal was made, the team had been continuously using personal funds to maintain operations, consuming the founder's personal finances each month to cover project costs. During the investor's engagement, Jeff communicated with several entrepreneurs and VCs about the nature and significance of financing, but he was never convinced that external capital could enhance its intrinsic value. Ultimately, he clearly informed the team on Monday that he would reject the financing proposal.Relevant insiders described that the team members managing funds were shocked by this decision, as several preparations had already been made around the financing. Jeff's core reason was that Hyperliquid is not a traditional company but an on-chain protocol that needs to maintain neutrality. He believed that once external equity capital was introduced, it could undermine the protocol's permissionless and neutral positioning, conflicting with its long-term design goals.He had previously stated that if Bitcoin had accepted VC financing in its early days, its neutrality narrative might have been weakened. Following the same logic, he chose to continue maintaining Hyperliquid's investor-free structure and to support part of the operating expenses with personal funds in the long term. On January 28, 2024, he summarized the project's principles on social media: · No investors · No paid market makers · No fees charged to the development team (or the development team does not take fees) · No insiders (or internal privileged participants). This statement is also seen as a core footnote to Hyperliquid's extreme decentralization/decapitalization approach.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) recalled in his new book that after the "9·4" regulatory policy was introduced in 2017, venture capital firms as a whole became more cautious, and Sequoia Capital, which had originally expressed investment intentions, also paused related cooperation. He stated, "Seeing the venture capitalists collectively silent during our most difficult September, I was actually quite disappointed."CZ revealed that prior to this, Sequoia had expressed investment interest at the beginning of He Yi's joining, but chose to wait and see in light of the policy impact. Subsequently, Binance achieved rapid growth from September to October, with the number of users increasing from about 20,000 in August to about 120,000 by late October, ranking among the top ten exchanges globally and becoming profitable.CZ stated that by the end of October, after the risk phase had basically passed, Sequoia re-expressed its investment intentions, but they had proposed to raise the valuation requirement. Ultimately, the two sides could not reach an agreement due to valuation differences. The other party then proposed to pursue legal proceedings, and a week later, four large boxes of legal documents were delivered. CZ said this was the "first time in his life becoming a defendant." CZ mentioned that he later learned that the lawsuit was led by Sequoia's legal team in the U.S., who are skilled at using the media to create public opinion, "the media reporters knew before I, the party involved."

As AI transitions from "the capabilities of a few" to "a widely used basic tool," the old models that rely on information asymmetry and poor execution are being dismantled. Projects with data barriers and closed-loop scenarios are beginning to emerge. On April 7th at 8 PM, a Space live discussion on "the new stage of the AI industry" will take place, focusing on the core changes in the industry after the popularization of AI tools, which tracks are being disproven, which can transcend cycles, and where future value ultimately lies—whether in tools, models, or scenario integration.

Tether is pushing investors to participate in a new round of financing at an estimated valuation of about $500 billion. If market demand does not meet expectations, the fundraising process may be delayed.Reports indicate that the company has been exploring financing plans since last year, but some investors are cautious about the valuation. If this valuation is achieved, Tether's size will surpass most U.S. banks, second only to JPMorgan Chase. Previously, the company discussed raising about $15 billion to $20 billion through private placements, but the related plans still carry uncertainty.

SpaceX has raised its IPO target valuation to over $2 trillion, as the company prepares to pitch this potentially largest IPO in history to potential investors. SpaceX's valuation has increased by nearly two-thirds in just a few months. In February of this year, after acquiring xAI, a company owned by Elon Musk, the combined company's valuation was $1.25 trillion.If it goes public with a valuation exceeding $2 trillion, SpaceX's market value will surpass all companies in the S&P 500 index except for Nvidia, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon, and it will also exceed Meta and Tesla. SpaceX has secretly submitted its IPO application, with the earliest listing possibly occurring in June, aiming to raise up to $75 billion, far exceeding the previous largest IPO record of $29 billion set by Saudi Aramco in 2019. The funds raised will be used for space AI data centers and lunar factory projects.SpaceX has selected Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriters for the IPO and plans to hold a bank syndicate conference call next Monday, with an analyst briefing scheduled for later in April. Bloomberg Intelligence analysts noted that SpaceX's revenue is expected to approach $20 billion in 2026, with the launch business and Starlink contributing the majority of the revenue.

According to Jinshi News, Tether is launching a final sprint for financing with a valuation of $500 billion, urging investors to commit to an agreement in the next two weeks.

The AI model evaluation platform Yupp.ai's CEO Pankaj Gupta posted on the X platform stating that the platform will soon cease operations, and access will be maintained for the next 15 days, during which users can download their data. Existing users will not be able to create new conversations starting today, and new users will also be unable to register.Yupp.ai launched in June 2025 and raised $33 million in seed funding last June, led by a16z. The platform allows users to compare various AI models for free; users can input prompts and view responses generated by multiple AIs in parallel. After selecting the best result, a "preference data package" is formed, which is used for the post-training and evaluation of AI models. The platform combines blockchain technology to achieve transparency in the evaluation process, allowing users to provide feedback in exchange for corresponding rewards, while AI developers obtain verifiable training data.

OpenAI announced the completion of its latest round of financing, securing $12.2 billion in committed capital, with a post-investment valuation of $85.2 billion. The company stated that this round of financing will be used to expand AI capabilities, accelerating the delivery of "useful intelligence" to global users more quickly and widely, thereby achieving rapid diffusion of technology and applications.OpenAI emphasized that its core goal is to generate a "compound effect" of AI capabilities globally by enhancing accessibility, driving sustained growth in productivity and innovation.

Polymarket platform data shows that the market bets an 80% probability that edgeX's FDV will exceed 300 million USD on the day after its launch, a 57% probability for exceeding 400 million USD, a 36% probability for exceeding 500 million USD, and a 19% probability for exceeding 600 million USD.According to previous news, edgeX will launch its TGE tonight at 20:30, and the official Twitter account has currently closed the comments section.

Digital asset service provider Keyrock has completed a Series C financing round, led by SC Ventures, the venture capital arm of Standard Chartered Bank, with existing investor Ripple participating. After the financing, the valuation reached $1.1 billion. This round of financing is still open, with a total scale of up to $100 million. Keyrock stated that the funds raised will be used to strengthen the balance sheet, expand the service matrix, and promote mergers and acquisitions.The company was founded in 2017 and currently provides services such as market making, asset management, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and options, covering more than 80 centralized and decentralized trading venues, with over 200 employees globally. In terms of business expansion, Keyrock acquired Turing Capital, an alternative investment fund management company registered in Luxembourg, last September, and established an asset and wealth management department to focus on serving institutional clients and private investors.CEO Kevin de Patoul stated that by 2026, the company will continue to drive growth in services, customer base, and geographic coverage to expand market share and strengthen its industry position.