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According to Coinglass data, the Coinbase Bitcoin premium index has been in negative premium for 11 consecutive days, currently reported at -0.0545%, as purchasing power in the U.S. market continues to remain sluggish. Previously, it had been in positive premium for 19 consecutive days.The Coinbase Bitcoin premium index is used to measure the difference between the Bitcoin price on Coinbase and the global market average price. A negative premium typically reflects significant selling pressure in the U.S. market, a decrease in investor risk appetite, an increase in market risk aversion, or capital outflows.

According to Khaosod English, Thai authorities raided a location suspected of illegal Bitcoin mining. Due to abnormally high electricity consumption causing the surrounding building's cables to overheat and melt, law enforcement conducted a surprise search of a four-story commercial building. The investigation revealed that the location was suspected of illegally connecting to the main power grid to supply electricity to multiple Bitcoin mining machines on the fourth floor, resulting in an estimated power loss of over $80,000, while its registered monthly electricity bill was only about $11. Currently, the police have seized relevant mining equipment and are conducting further investigations into the individuals involved.

According to official news, Gate has now launched STAR (Starpower) perpetual contract trading (settled in USDT), supporting 1-20x leverage.In addition, the Gate stock area has launched DIS (Disney), RKLB (Rocket Lab), and AMAT (Applied Materials) perpetual contract trading (settled in USDT), supporting 1-20x leverage.

According to Coinglass data, the Coinbase Bitcoin premium index has been in negative premium for 8 consecutive days, currently reported at -0.032%, indicating that purchasing power in the U.S. market has once again fallen into a slump.Previously, it had been in positive premium for 19 consecutive days. The Coinbase Bitcoin premium index is used to measure the difference between the Bitcoin price on Coinbase and the global market average price. A negative premium typically reflects significant selling pressure in the U.S. market, a decline in investor risk appetite, increased market risk aversion, or capital outflows.

Bitcoin mining company TeraWulf announced its Q1 financial report, showing that its high-performance computing (HPC) business has for the first time surpassed Bitcoin mining revenue, marking a critical stage in the company's transformation towards AI and cloud computing infrastructure.The company's total revenue for Q1 was $34 million, roughly flat compared to the same period last year. Among this, HPC leasing revenue reached $21 million, surpassing the less than $13 million from digital asset mining for the first time, becoming the main source of income. The financial report also indicated that the company's net loss widened to $427.6 million, mainly due to the impact of non-cash warrant revaluation. However, CFO Patrick Fleury emphasized that the company is transitioning from "volatile mining revenue" to "stable long-term computing power contract revenue." Currently, TeraWulf has 60 MW of HPC capacity generating revenue at its Lake Mariner data center in New York and plans to continue expanding within the year. At the same time, the company is transforming part of its mining infrastructure into AI/HPC computing resources to support massive computing power demands. This trend is spreading throughout the industry, with Bitcoin mining companies like Riot Platforms also expanding their revenue structure through data centers and AI contracts, gradually transforming into "computing power infrastructure companies."

According to The Block, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has partnered with Coinbase and Stripe to launch Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments, enabling AI agents to complete transactions using stablecoins.Coinbase stated that developers can build "agent-based payment" solutions based on the x402 protocol, allowing AI agents to make small payments using USDC. This feature enables AI agents to make instant payments for web content, APIs, MCP servers, and other agents. AWS noted that developers can choose between Coinbase or Stripe wallets and recharge their wallets using stablecoins or fiat currency.

Bitget announced a strategic partnership with the Web3 women's organization WIW3CH. Both parties will rely on Bitget's Blockchain4Her program to provide more systematic educational resources, industry connections, and career development support for female practitioners.This collaboration will start with a special podcast featuring Bitget CEO Gracy Chen, sharing her career growth experiences and providing more practical advice for women who have just entered the blockchain industry. The two parties will also jointly publish a series of educational articles covering Web3 technology analysis and career development paths.As a long-term project promoting women's growth, Blockchain4Her has been advancing since its launch in 2024, focusing mainly on four directions: enhancement, empowerment, education, and inclusivity. The program has funded 11 women-led startup projects through recent initiatives like the "Lady Forward" event and the "Pitch n' Slay" entrepreneurship competition, reaching hundreds of thousands of audiences through global events.

Japanese cryptocurrency media Coinpost's AI platform Coinpost Terminal has reached a collaboration with the Web3 asset data platform RootData to comprehensively empower its business processes using RootData's data. Through the RootData API, Coinpost Terminal will provide higher quality investment information and market intelligence to local investors, financial institutions, and media in Japan.It is reported that Coinpost is under the SBI Group, providing diversified services in a secure and compliant environment, while actively conducting high-end B2B event planning through large conferences like WebX, fully laying out the Web3 ecosystem.

The U.S. Air Force has agreed to purchase a batch of interceptor drones from a company supported by President Trump's son, with the quantity unspecified. As the U.S.-Iran war enters its third month, this move deepens the connection between the U.S. military and defense contractors associated with the Trump family.Velikovich, co-founder of Powerus, stated that the company will sell these drones to the Pentagon after a demonstration in Arizona, marking Powerus's first contract to sell such weapons to the U.S. military. The company declined to disclose the terms or scale, but the military often engages in such transactions when evaluating new weapon systems. This move aligns with the U.S. strategy of using inexpensive interceptor drones to counter Iranian attack drones rather than relying on expensive missiles. Reports indicate that the U.S. military has deployed 10,000 AI-equipped Merops interceptor drones developed in Ukraine to the Middle East.

According to Jinshi reports, the IPO documents show that only by voting through the class of stock controlled by Musk can he be exempted from his board seat or executive position at SpaceX.

According to the official announcement, the Gate TradFi stock section has launched 52 contracts for difference trading pairs including GIS (General Mills), MPWR (Monolithic Power Systems), HSY (Hershey), COTY (Coty Inc.), CTSH (Cognizant), INFY (Infosys), SO (Southern Company), ALK (Alaska Airlines), BAP (Credicorp), CIB (Grupo Cibest), SYY (Sysco), DD (DuPont), DTE (DTE Energy), PSX (Phillips 66), AON (Aon), MCO (Moody's), CHT (Chunghwa Telecom), GT (Goodyear Tire & Rubber), GFS (GlobalFoundries), MAR (Marriott International), WYNN (Wynn Resorts), SYF (Synchrony Financial), EPD (Enterprise Products Partners), CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange Global Markets), IVZ (Invesco), MLM (Martin Marietta Materials), EXC (Exelon), PNC (PNC Financial Services Group), AMT (American Tower), BDX (Becton Dickinson), WMB (Williams), AIG (American International Group), CPRI (Capri Holdings), HBAN (Huntington Bancshares), SYK (Stryker), ZTS (Zoetis), BMRN (BioMarin Pharmaceutical), APD (Air Products and Chemicals), STT (State Street), XLE (State Street Energy Select SPDR ETF), IBIT (iShares Bitcoin Trust), ASTS (AST SpaceMobile), AUPH (Aurinia Pharmaceuticals), PTON (Peloton Interactive), CRON (Cronos Group), GPRO (GoPro), OPFI (OppFi), RIG (Transocean), XRX (Xerox), MANU (Manchester United), URA (Global X Uranium ETF), LIT (Global X Lithium Battery ETF), supporting 4x fixed leverage.In addition, the Gate TradFi stock section will launch the second phase of the new coin airdrop from April 29 at 16:00 to May 8 at 16:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users can register to receive 30 USDT and can share a prize pool of 100,000 USDT by participating in the trading of newly listed assets, with a maximum individual reward of 3,130 USDT.

Nasdaq-listed company Republic Power Group Limited announced the completion of a definitive transaction, having acquired a 10% stake in NVC Partners Limited, and entered into a technical service and platform cooperation agreement with NVTH Limited and its affiliate NVTHK Limited, officially entering the RWA tokenization and blockchain infrastructure market.According to the agreement, RPGL will gain access to real-world asset tokenization systems, secondary trading infrastructure, and related technology development, support, and maintenance services. The company stated that this move will promote its expansion of institutional-level digital finance and capital market solutions, leveraging its customer base in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia to advance the implementation of related applications.

OpenAI's recent internal growth targets have not met expectations. CFO Sarah Friar warned that if revenue growth does not keep pace, the company may struggle to fulfill its commitment of approximately $600 billion in computing power procurement, and the board has begun to review the data center investment expansion plans.Reports indicate that ChatGPT user growth, revenue targets, and subscription retention are all under pressure. Despite OpenAI recently completing a $122 billion financing round, the company's management is still discussing long-term capital expenditures and the pace of an IPO. OpenAI has denied that there are significant internal disagreements.

According to official news, B.AI has made several advancements this week in product iteration and ecological layout: the BAIclaw landing page has undergone a complete visual and interactive renewal, and the website's multilingual support has expanded to 10 languages, further solidifying its global usability; in terms of infrastructure, strategic partnerships with Biconomy, MoonPay, and Pundi X have significantly optimized the Web3 payment link, greatly lowering the entry barrier for users. Meanwhile, B.AI's multi-chain LLM service continues to evolve, covering intelligent search, boundaryless mode, and memory functions, with significantly enhanced interactive performance. In the future, with the upcoming subscription system, points incentive mechanism, and core Skills like "Sun Yuchen Brain," B.AI is accelerating the construction of a fully functional intelligent ecological matrix, relying on the deep integration of AI Agent and Web3.

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.

Non-custodial staking infrastructure provider Everstake has partnered with Web3 asset data platform RootData to comprehensively empower its business processes using RootData's data. Through the RootData API, Everstake will integrate comprehensive project information into its products, significantly enhancing user experience; leveraging RootData's rich industry data to provide more diverse and in-depth research reports; and obtaining more customer expansion leads based on information such as financing and teams.It is reported that Everstake is an institutional-grade staking infrastructure provider that supports secure and scalable participation in staking across more than 130 proof-of-stake (PoS) networks. Everstake provides support for asset management companies, custodians, non-custodial wallets, protocols, exchanges, and platforms, helping them achieve convenient staking access.