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According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time April 16), the total net inflow of the SOL spot ETF was $15.5003 million.Yesterday, only the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) had a net inflow, with a single-day net inflow of $15.5003 million, bringing the historical total net inflow to $808 million.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of the SOL spot ETF is $892 million, with a SOL net asset ratio of 1.73%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $997 million.

According to data from TheMinerMag, in the first quarter of 2026, publicly listed Bitcoin mining companies including MARA, CleanSpark, Riot, Cango, Core Scientific, and Bitdeer collectively sold over 32,000 BTC, surpassing the total amount sold throughout last year and even exceeding the sell-off levels triggered by the Terra-Luna collapse in Q2 2022, setting a "new record for a single quarter."The backdrop of this sell-off is the key metric for measuring miner profitability, "hashprice," which has fallen to a historical low of below $35 per PH/s per day, with about 20% of miners already in the red. Asset management firm CoinShares stated in its report: "Unless the BTC price rebounds significantly, high-cost miners will further capitulate in the first half of 2026."

Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, stated that Bitcoin's quantum defense proposal BIP-361 has been mischaracterized as a soft fork, and is actually closer to a hard fork, and it cannot protect approximately 1.7 million early BTC generated before 2013, including about 1 million bitcoins attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto.He mentioned that the zero-knowledge proof recovery scheme in the proposal relies on BIP-39 mnemonic phrases, while early wallets used different key generation methods that cannot provide the required proof, thus the relevant assets may be permanently frozen under the current scheme. Reports also indicated that BIP-361 co-author Jameson Lopp described it as a rough concept for an emergency plan, rather than a final specification.

Texas man Robert Dunlap was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for his involvement in a cryptocurrency scam exceeding $20 million and was ordered to pay restitution to nearly 1,000 victims.Prosecutors stated that Dunlap operated a cryptocurrency project and sold Meta - 1 Coin, falsely claiming that the token was backed by $44 billion in gold and approximately $1 billion in artwork, including works by Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, and Salvador Dalí, and that the assets had been audited. A jury had found him guilty of mail fraud last year.

According to Coinglass data, the current 8-hour average funding rate for ETH across the network is 0.0005%. Among the current mainstream exchanges, the rate on Binance is 0.0008%, OKX is -0.0002%, Bybit is 0.0051%, and Gate is -0.0014%.

According to Coinglass data, the current average funding rate for BTC across the network over 8 hours is -0.0015%. Among the current mainstream exchanges, the rate on Binance is 0.0033%, OKX is 0.0009%, Bybit is 0.0019%, and Gate is -0.0028%.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Robert Dunlap, a man from Texas, was sentenced to 23 years in prison by Federal Judge LaShonda A. Hunt for orchestrating a cryptocurrency scam that defrauded nearly 1,000 investors of over $20 million.Between 2018 and 2023, Dunlap claimed to operate a cryptocurrency business and sold a fraudulent digital asset called "Meta-1 Coin" through the "Meta-1 Coin Trust." He spread multiple false statements to potential and actual investors, claiming that the token was backed by artwork valued at up to $1 billion and $44 billion in gold, and falsely stated that an accounting firm had audited the gold and certified its value. The so-called art collection allegedly included works by renowned artists such as Picasso, Dali, and Van Gogh. To cover up the fact that he did not actually hold the aforementioned gold or artwork, Dunlap forged a batch of legal documents.

According to Cointelegraph, Michael Selig, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stated that the agency is working to provide clarity for the crypto space, including tokenized collateral and stablecoins, while also developing clear guidelines for prediction markets.

According to Coinglass data, the current 8-hour average funding rate for BTC across the network is -0.0023%. Among the current mainstream exchanges, the rate on Binance is -0.0022%, OKX is -0.0013%, Bybit is -0.0081%, and Gate is -0.003%.

According to The Block, Josh Stark, a key figure at the Ethereum Foundation (EF), announced his resignation after five years and will officially step down at the end of the month. Stark joined the Ethereum Foundation in 2019, initially working in the special projects team, and later rose to leadership, collaborating with EF Chair Aya Miyaguchi, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, and co-executive directors Hsiao-Wei Wang and Bastian Aue.He is one of the most prominent members of the foundation's external image and has led several significant advancements in Ethereum, including the "The Merge" upgrade that transitioned from proof of work to proof of stake, as well as subsequent upgrades like Dencun, Fusaka, and Pectra. During last year's leadership adjustments at the foundation, he was appointed as the "co-manager" of the EF board and recently took on the role of co-chair of the "trillion-dollar security" initiative.Last month, Stark co-authored a strategic blog post on Ethereum with Josh Rudolf and Julian Ma, outlining Ethereum's latest scaling direction and its relationship with the Layer 2 ecosystem. Stark stated, "I haven't planned for the future yet; I just want to take a good rest and spend time with family and friends." This resignation occurs against the backdrop of ongoing changes at the Ethereum Foundation.Last year, the foundation underwent significant leadership adjustments, refocusing its strategic priorities on scaling the Ethereum mainnet and core cypherpunk values; Tomasz K. Stańczak also resigned from his co-executive director position at the end of February this year, having served for less than a year. On the same day, Trent Van Epps also announced his departure from EF to fully dedicate himself to Protocol Guild, the independent funding organization for Ethereum core developers that he founded.

The Uniswap developer platform has officially launched. This platform provides developers with a new documentation website, AI toolkit, API Playground, and technical guides. In addition, the Uniswap API has added liquidity provider (LP) endpoints, allowing developers to create, adjust positions, and withdraw fees directly through the API.The API currently supports 10 million assets across 18 chains, with a routing speed of about 200 milliseconds and a transaction success rate of over 97%. In the future, the platform plans to launch dashboard analytics features to track API integration performance and provide on-chain operation combination paths to support cross-chain token swaps and bridging. Currently, this API is available for free use.

OKX will start the Pharos × OKX Wallet exclusive airdrop event on April 20, 2026, at 07:59. Users can participate in staking to receive airdrop rewards. Redemption will open on July 20, 2026, at 19:00, and the staked assets will be locked in the smart contract before the redemption opens.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Milan stated that it is likely that there will only be three interest rate cuts for the remainder of this year.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back stated that Bitcoin should adopt an optional quantum-resistant upgrade scheme, rather than the mandatory freezing of tokens at risk from quantum threats proposed in BIP-361.The BIP-361 proposal suggests phasing out addresses vulnerable to quantum attacks over five years and ultimately freezing un-migrated tokens, including assets held by Satoshi Nakamoto. Google's latest research indicates that a superconducting qubit system may need fewer than 500,000 physical qubits to crack Bitcoin encryption in just a few minutes. Currently, about 6.9 million BTC are at risk from such threats. In response to the quantum threat, BitMEX Research proposed establishing a canary fund that would implement a full freeze only when expenditures occur from the relevant addresses.

The Ethereum Foundation announced that its jointly initiated ETH Rangers project has completed a 6-month operation. The project aims to fund independent researchers who contribute to public safety for the Ethereum ecosystem. Seventeen grantees have achieved multiple results in vulnerability research, security tool development, threat intelligence, and incident response, including: recovering or freezing over $5.8 million, reporting or documenting over 785 vulnerabilities and client issues, identifying about 100 attackers, providing security education content covering over 209,000 users, and handling over 36 security incidents.In addition, the project has also encouraged over 800 teams to participate in security challenges, produced over 80 technical sharing and training sessions, and developed or improved more than 7 open-source security tools. The Ethereum Foundation stated that the related results indicate that decentralized networks require "decentralized defense" and effectively enhance the overall security and resilience of the Ethereum ecosystem.

According to the Financial Times, an analysis of campaign finance records shows that the cryptocurrency and AI industries have raised approximately $250 million over the past year to support congressional candidates in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections in November.A16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz donated a total of $25 million in February to the pro-AI Super PAC "Leading The Future." The organization has raised about $75 million from billionaires, including the two mentioned above and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman; when including "dark money" non-profits that do not disclose their donors, that figure rises to $140 million. The largest Super PAC in the crypto industry, Fairshake, has raised over $134 million on its own.In January, Cantor Fitzgerald, a Wall Street firm previously led by current U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and now managed by his son Brandon, which has a partnership with Tether, donated $10 million to the pro-crypto Super PAC Fellowship; the parent company of the major crypto platform, Anchor Labs, also added a $1 million donation to Fellowship PAC. Elon Musk donated $1.6 million to his America PAC in March, significantly reducing his involvement compared to 2024, when he invested over $250 million across various PACs.Anthropic has pledged $20 million to the non-profit Public First Action, which has redirected some of the funds to a Super PAC to influence the 2026 elections. The company holds a relatively unique position in the industry, explicitly calling for the establishment of strict federal AI safety regulations, which diverges from the majority of participants in the AI industry.

According to Fortune magazine, in the context of a downturn in the crypto market in 2025 and the distribution of profits to investors, the portfolio values of crypto venture capital firms such as Paradigm and a16z crypto have significantly shrunk.According to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the total assets under management (AUM) of four crypto funds under a16z crypto dropped nearly 40% from 2024 to 2025, falling to $9.5 billion. Part of the reason is that the firm began returning capital to investors from earlier funds, and the timing of the returns coincided with the market peak in 2025, with a net DPI (distributions to paid-in capital) of 5.4 for its first crypto fund.Multicoin Capital's AUM has more than halved, dropping to about $2.7 billion. Paradigm's holdings also slightly decreased by about 6%. Meanwhile, the total size of a16z crypto's parent company, Andreessen Horowitz, has exceeded $100 billion.The report points out that the shrinkage in assets under management reflects the decline in portfolio value due to the market downturn, and is also a sign of normal exits by VCs and the return of funds to limited partners (LPs). Some firms, such as Haun Ventures, have seen their AUM grow by over 30%, reaching around $2.5 billion.Currently, Paradigm is seeking to raise a new fund of $1.5 billion, and a16z crypto is also raising up to $2 billion for its fifth fund.

According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $3.837 billion, with long positions of $1.917 billion, accounting for 49.96% of the holdings, and short positions of $1.92 billion, accounting for 50.04%. The profit and loss for long positions is $25.5367 million, while for short positions it is -$47.0734 million.Among them, the whale address 0x94d3..14 has shorted BTC with 40x leverage at a price of $71,652.3, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of -$3.0239 million.

According to Jinshi reports, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending April 11 was 207,000, lower than the market expectation of 215,000, and the previous value was revised from 219,000 to 218,000.