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💰Why won’t there be an altseason without venture capital?💸
In the crypto community, it’s common to blame venture funds for all problems, but the plain truth is: an altseason is impossible without their capital.
It’s VC money that pays salaries, operational costs, and market-making. Without this support, the alt market would turn into a desert.
💡 The Multiplier Effect
The main value of venture investments is that each $1 influx scales market capitalization exponentially.
Example with BTC: In 2021, Bank of America calculated that an inflow of just $93 million moved Bitcoin’s market cap by $

Mining company Riot Platforms sold 3,778 BTC for $289.5 million in the first three months of 2026. The average sale price was $76 626 per coin.
In the quarter, the company mined 1,473 BTC — 4% less than the same period in 2025 (1,530 BTC). It still manages 15,680 BTC worth $1.1 billion.
Despite the decline in mining output, Riot's capacity has expanded. The deployed hash rate increased by 26% year-over-year — to 42.5 EH/s. The average operational metric grew by 23%, reaching 36.4 EH/s.

🍿 ZachXBT has heavily criticized Circle, stating that the company has been failing its own "compliance" for years — since 2022, there have been at least 15 incidents with losses exceeding $420 million, where Circle could have frozen the stolen USDC but responded too late or did nothing at all.
The main example is the recent Drift Protocol hack: the hacker quietly withdrew $230 million in USDC through the Circle bridge over six hours, while the company took no action.
ZachXBT also reminded of similar delays after the Nomad Bridge and Mango Markets hacks, noting that even Tether usually react

💀 Manipulators made nearly $3,000,000 on XPL.
➠ Seven accounts were created on Hyperliquid with about $1.85 million to pump up the token price #XPL.
➠ They massively opened longs, artificially raising the price and creating the illusion of strong demand.
➠ At the peak of the movement, $4.63 million was withdrawn from the exchange. The total scheme profit was about $2.78 million.
➠ Then, positions were intentionally driven to liquidation through the HLP mechanism, causing the Hyperliquid liquidity pool to incur a loss of approximately $600k.
➠ Analysts also detected similar activity on #ASTER,

🤔 Cathy Wood: The 85% drop in BTC is a thing of the past.
ARK Invest CEO believes that the era of major corrections for Bitcoin has ended – it is no longer an experiment but a proven technology and a new asset class.
➠ The current correction from the ATH is about $126k – approximately 52% (, historically it has reached up to ~80-85%), and if this is the bottom, such a scale of decline can already be considered a “victory.”
➠ Meanwhile, some analysts consider the bottom around ~$34,000 (—72% from the ATH).
➠ The market consensus remains higher – $40-50k.
At the same time, April has historicall

🧐 Grayscale analysts believe that now could be a good time to buy altcoins.
➥ In March, the S&P 500 decreased by ~5%, while the crypto market, on the contrary, grew – the Grayscale index added ~4%.
➥ Altcoins are currently on average about 59% below their highs and have only slightly bounced off the bottom.
➥ Among undervalued assets, analysts highlight #ETH, #SOL, #LINK, #SUI and #AVAX

Daily Results, April 03
🖥 MARA Holdings cut about 15% of its employees, shifting its focus to energy and digital infrastructure amid a loss of $1.3 billion for 2025 and the sale of more than 15,000 BTC to cover debt.
☘️ Another solo miner mined a Bitcoin block and earned 3.14 BTC ($210 000).
🪙 Circle is preparing to launch its own wrapped Bitcoin, cirBTC — a project aimed at competing with Coinbase and BitGo and working with institutional clients.
💸 Among Ukrainian government officials, the most cryptocurrency was declared by police officers — nearly 500 people.
📖 CZ presented his autobiog

🤑 The Federal Reserve's balance sheet increased by $18,183,000,000 in one week!
▪️Market expectations for (the Fed rate):
- Hold until December 2027.
▪️Miran, Fed Chair:
- Rising oil prices currently do not affect inflation expectations.
- I anticipate a 1 percentage point rate cut within the year.
- I support gradually reducing the Fed's balance sheet.
▪️Schmidt, Fed Chair:
- Inflation remains the main risk, possibly around 3%.
- The rise in oil prices should not be considered a temporary factor.
- More expensive energy could also push up core inflation.
▪️Musalem, Fed Chair:
- The war has i

🏦 Ripple platform is included in the SWIFT Certified Partner Program
After acquiring GTreasury for $1 billion in 2025, Ripple continues to develop and expand the Treasury platform.
📱Thanks to the platform's integration with SWIFT, corporate clients can now manage payments and liquidity through a unified channel for handling fiat, XRP, and RLUSD.

The difficulty of mining BTC increased by 3.87% to 138.97 T
The mining difficulty of BTC at block 943,488 increased by 3.87% and reached 138.97 T, according to Cloverpool data. The average network hash rate over the past 7 days was 986.74 EH/s.

Drift has identified the individuals involved in the leak and is attempting to contact the malicious actor.
Drift announced on social media that it has obtained key information about the people involved in the leak and is open to dialogue. The team is sending an on-chain message to the ETH wallet holding the stolen funds and is requesting contact via the Blockscan chat.

JPMorgan May Debut in the Prediction Market
Major banks are increasingly viewing the prediction market as a direction for further development. JPMorgan is exploring the possibility of launching specialized products considering strict restrictions on the use of insider information. Similar interest has been expressed by Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon. The segment is rapidly growing. Currently, Polymarket and Kalshi dominate, while pressure from new entrants is intensifying. In turn, the CFTC regulator is forming a dedicated group to establish regulatory rules and aims to mitigate systemic ri

Anthropic accidentally deleted repositories on GitHub
Anthropic found itself at the center of a high-profile incident after fragments of the Claude Code tool's source code were leaked. The company filed complaints with GitHub, resulting in approximately 8,100 repositories being deleted, including forks of the official project. Later, Anthropic clarified that the cause was an employee error and that user data was not affected. After reviewing the data, most of the complaints were withdrawn, and GitHub restored access to the materials.

Tencent Cloud has launched the Lobster Memory Service for long-term data storage
Tencent Cloud introduced the Lobster Memory Service (TencentDB Agent Memory), which adds long-term data storage capabilities to OpenClaw. The solution is already integrated into Lighthouse, ClawPro, and other Tencent Cloud products as a plugin with one-click free activation.

Intergaze will close: users need to withdraw funds by April 16
Intergaze will gradually cease operations, and users need to withdraw their assets within 14 days, by April 16, while cross-chain access is available. NFT owners will be migrated to Stargaze on Cosmos Hub in the second half of May; to do this, you need to register a Cosmos wallet by May 1.

IMF: Tokenization Will Reshape the Global Financial Market and Reduce the Role of Intermediaries
The IMF stated that tokenized finance will be a structural overhaul of the global market, replacing many financial intermediaries with smart contracts and a shared ledger. The volume of tokenized real assets has reached $27.5 billion, of which more than $12 billion are tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds. The fund warned that instant settlements and 24/7 trading could increase systemic risks and accelerate the spread of liquidity crises.

Sonic Labs: Approximately 32.69 million S tokens from airdrops remain unclaimed
Sonic Labs announced that about 32.69 million S tokens allocated for Season 1 and Season 2 airdrops have not yet been claimed. Unclaimed tokens will be burned on October 15, 2026. Season 1 tokens can be claimed without penalties until April 18, 2026, after which penalties will apply from April 18 to October 15; Season 2 tokens must be claimed by May 24, with no penalties from May 24 to October 15.

Commissions on Perp DEX are falling along with the market, but Hyperliquid's share has increased to 50%
According to DefiLlama, the total volume of commissions on Perp DEX is gradually decreasing amid the market downturn. Meanwhile, Hyperliquid's share continues to grow and now accounts for 50% of Perp DEX commissions. HIP-3 commodities/stocks make up 40% of Hyperliquid's trading volume.